Hi Charles. For what it's worth, let me share with you a similar experience I had last month. I had a similar problem except that the message was "missing NTLDR". I couldn't recover even going to the console using the original OS installation disk and doing a fixboot, etc.
I ended up purchasing a "rocketfish" enclosure to convert the boot drive into an external USB drive. Of course, I had to purchase a new harddisk also. The with that new harddisk connected only, I reinstalled the operating system and did all the updates. After this I connected the "old" harddisk to the USB port that "rocketfish" gives me, and without any hassle whatsoever, recovered all my data. Since then, I've been using it to back up the data periodically to the converted USB drive. I wish you luck in finding a solution to your situation. Kindest regards. PabloSr * -----Original Message----- * From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:profoxtech- * [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. * Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:15 AM * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subject: [NF] Boot Up Problems * * I use XP SP2. * * Booting in safe mode: bad/missing [windows * root>\system32\hal.dll file] * * Story: * * Returned from lunch and screen black and frozen. I put in cradle my * PDA and it started recharging. I put in a Memory Stick and it * started to exchange with the desktop. * * Alt-Ctl-Del did not work. * * Rebooted and Windows XP screen froze after 2.5 cycyles of the three * balls * thru the temperature bar. * * Cold boot, same freeze in Windows Xp screen. * * Safe mode froze and Mup.sys. * * I detached everything but power. * * I booted and waited until drive lite out. Connecting Monitor, same * freeze. * * I then cold booted and waited 45 minutes and she booted. * * Safe boot then gave error about bad/missing [windows * root>\system32\hal.dll file]. * -- Shai -- * * * Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
