Comments on: hal.dll missing or corrupt after internet explorer 8 installation.

By: Eric P. Martinez

Eric P. Martinez — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:47:56 +0000

I have a similar problem to Bob, and I just can’t seem to get it sorted. I have even re-installed Windows and the same error comes back again. The error messag I am getting is ‘Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \system32\hal.dll’.

Is there anything that I can do?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Eric.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:08:31 +0000

Thank you so much or posting this! Worked like a charm!

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:43:36 +0000

This is my problem:
I installed IE8 via the auto update.
I rebooted but got this error message ‘Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \system32\hal.dll’.
So I took my XP CD and went into recovery console and ran bootcfg /rebuild like it says here…
But then it says: ‘Error: Failed to successfully scan disks for windows installations. This error may be caused by a corrupt file system, which would prevent bootcfg from successfully scanning. Use chkdsk to detect any disk errors. Note: This operation must complete successfully in order for the /add or /rebuild commands to be utilized.’
I ran chkdsk /r twice. The first time it said that one or more errors have been fixed, but when I tried running bootcfg /rebuild again, I got the same error message. I ran chkdsk /r again and no errors were detected.
HELP PLEASE!

By: Donovan H

Donovan H — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:19:42 +0000

We had a client that had this issue, ran the above fix (without IE8 uninstall), next ran the SP3 install, then ran the above fix again, then installed all Microsoft updates and restarted the computer, shutdown and powered on the computer, then restarted the computer, the boot.ini is nolonger deleted and the issue is resolved and should stay resolved.

By: Dave K

Dave K — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:34:48 +0000

Thanks for this …. really bailed me out !

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:06:24 +0000

after fixing this you could try manually installing IE8 without installing the updates(option during the install)

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:25:39 +0000

Hey Johny,

I searched for it on Microsoft’s support site and could not find any reference to it. I haven’t heard of any hotfix to correct this yet.

By: Johny

Johny — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:04:31 +0000

Had the same problem, but i had to figure it out myself without the webs help.
Any idea if Micro$oft is gonna fix it, cuz i h8 getting constant reminders to install Ie8

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:10:09 +0000

Hi Danny,

Thanks for letting us know about your success.

Glad it worked.

By: Danny-D

Danny-D — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:38:50 +0000

Worked perfectly for me! Good to go!