Question:
HELP!! Compaq PC Recovery Problem
Last night I decided to do a system restore. I've done em before--so I thought, no problem. However, it was late and I guess I wasn't really thinking. When I chose System Restore, Two options came up. One to do a Microsoft System Restore, and the other to do a PC Restore. I chose the PC Restore. When I realized I had chosen the wrong one, I tried to stop the process but couldn't. So I just turned my computer off. I thought if I did that it wouldn't go through with whatever it had been doing.
When I turned the computer back on I got the following error message.
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
Windows root\system32\hal.dll.
Please reinstall a copy of the above file.
Anything I can do short of trying to locate a reinstallation disk? I don't have time for that!!!!!!! :-<
Answer:
Re: HELP!! Compaq PC Recovery Problem
With the Hal.dll error, unfortunatly, the only way you can fix it is to run a recovery. Is there a recovery partition you can use if you dont have the cd?
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Re: HELP!! Compaq PC Recovery Problem
Oops, part of the error message got cut off. It was
Windows root\system32\hal.dll.
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Re: HELP!! Compaq PC Recovery Problem
I do have a recovery partition, problem is I can't get to it because the error message is the first thing that pops up. It won't let me do anything.