<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll

I have a HP Parvillion 513w on the stat up it says:
WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR CORRUPT

<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll

Ok
I have run a PC recovery, after I install all 8 cd's and then it start finalizing and just the last few minutes before it finishing, ot the says:

PROBLEM IN EXTRACTING PROCESS: WINDOWS\Adobe.aval
\Console_DLCouldn't be opened!
it has a thousand of those things, ranging from Adobe, Quicken and all the system software.

I can't install to get into windows, I try Dos mode, trying ro replace the Hal.dll and had no luck.

Has my hard drive gone out?

 

Try this first.

It might simply be the BOOT.INI file on the root of the C: drive that is misconfigured and pointing the bootloader (NTLDR) the wrong direction..

1. Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD.
2. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key
3. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair. Typically this will be #1
4. Type bootcfg /list to show the current entries in the BOOT.INI file
5. Type bootcfg /rebuild to repair it
6. Take out the CD ROM and type exit

 

In case you don't have access to a full retail version of the XP install CD and the Recovery Console isn't installed on your HD, you can make an XP Quick Boot disk that will bypass the bootloader files on your HD and use the ones on the Quick Boot disk.

If that disk boots you all the way into Windows, you can then make repairs to the bootloader files on the root of the C: drive. Copying the files from the floppy to replace the corrupt ones is the method.

 

Thanks

Thanks surferdude2 for your quick reply.
Are you talking abput thr first of the 8 disks? It ask me if I want to do a system restore or a complete recovery?

Are you talking about a Dos boot disk that will boot me into drive C: or the six floppy that I have to boot me into C:\Windows

I try the first disk with the repair options, it intall all the Application, then it put me back into the:
PROBLEM IN EXTRACTING PROCESS: WINDOWS\Adobe.aval
\Console_DLCouldn't be opened!
It stops at 33 percent

Please explain to me about the dos disk, I have the one Dos disk and then I have six dos disk whck boot me into C:\Windows

 

Sharptooth, The only two item I was referring to was a full retail version of the MS XP install cd. It's only one cd and will have the MS hologram on it. If you don't have it AND you don't have the Recovery Console installed on your HD, you'll not be able to perform the operation I mentioned to repair the bootloader files. You can check by holding the F8 key down immediately after the POST on bootup and look for the Recovery Console as a listed option. If it's not listed there, you don't have it on the HD.

The other item I mentioned is a plain and simple floppy disk (one only) that is formatted as I outlined and contains only the three bootloader files I listed.

It sounds as if you have some sort of Restore disks rather than the MS XP disk. It also sounds like the disks aren't being read properly for some reason which leaves you without a complete repair install.

I can't offer you much more in the way of repair ideas. If your Restore disks are damaged, which sounds likely, you may want to try getting replacements where you bought the computer. Also contact HP via their web site and use their support pages. Other than that, plunk down some coins for the MS install cd.

 

Not working yet

Thanks surferdude2 for your reply.
My friend has a computer like mind. I borrowed his eight cd's to recovery mind. Still no luck, it says:
PROBLEM IN EXTRACTING PROCESS: WINDOWS\Adobe.aval
\Console_DLCouldn't be opened!


I made a cd boot which contains
NTLDR
NTDETECT.COM
BOOT.INI

I test it on his computer to see if it work, and it say invalid disk.

The other thing, full retail version of the MS XP install cd. Can I download it somewhere on the internet or do I have to get it from MS, what about the cost. Also is there a place on the internet where I can download the quick boot disk you was referring to, even though I have it on disk and it don't work. Should I have buy another hard drive, would that fixed the problem?

 

It's easier to make a floppy bootloader disk as I outlined. You made a CD instead but it sounds like you didn't make it "Bootable." That's a little harder than working with a floppy.

I don't think there is any source for directly downloading this bootloader disk image for XP Home but there is a source for an XP Pro version of it. I'm not sure which version you have and they're not interchangable. Even then, it's only for floppy imaging. It takes some hot licks to use it for a CD but it can be done.

However, this may all be an exercise in futility since you have performed a flawed Recovery on the system. It is very likely that you'll not be able to boot with ANY kind of disk. I think you'll need to wipe the drive clean and reinstall the system fresh. The Recovery disk method may not work and you may have to actually buy an XP retail disk as I mentioned earlier. Prices vary so use Google and shop around.

 

Working so far

surferdude2, I did want to reply. I downloaded a program called Disk Wipe, I ran the software and it took everyting off the computer, even the os. Then I installed the eight disk back on my computer and worked just fine. One day, I put this floppy disk in my computer and it did it again. I didn't know how I got it the first time but the second time I did put in the floppy. I ran Disk Wipe again and installed everything, my computer has been working fine for a week now. I don't know if my hard drive is going out or the floppy had a virus. I threw the floppy away, if it does it again, I asume it would be the had drive. Thanks for helping.