"Colin Trunt" <
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> "Colin Trunt" <
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>> If I try and boot up in recovery mode I get some message,
>> forget exact working but it says I think hal.dll is missing.
>> I think it may say window/system32/hal.dll is missing.
>> There is a hal.dll in the system32 directory on the main partition,
>> should there be one on the recovery partition?
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>> Anyway whats the problem, the file is there apparently and the
>> system boots up into normal mode so wtf can't it boot into recovery?
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> This is my boot.ini
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> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
> C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
> c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
> C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
> c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
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> Also, in msconfig, on the boot.ini tab when I selct 'check all boot paths'
> it says:-
> "It appears that the following line in boot.ini does not refer to a valid
> operating system."
> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
> C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
> c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
OK I just notice the boot.ini on the second partion (D:)
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
This has partition 1 mentioned? which is c:?
I'm confused!!
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