“[Many] “Missing or corrupt HAL.DLL,” “Invalid Boot.Ini,” or “Windows could not start…” problems can be fixed with these five shortcut steps:
- Boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console
- Run “Attrib -H -R -S” on the C:\Boot.ini file
- Delete the C:\Boot.ini file
- Run “Bootcfg /Rebuild”
- Run Fixboot
It really can be as simple as that!”
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