There's an easy fix for "Missing HAL.DLL," "Invalid Boot.Ini," and several other fatal startup errors, Fred Langa says.

clipped from www.informationweek.com There's an easy fix for "Missing HAL.DLL," "Invalid Boot.Ini," and several other fatal startup errors, Fred Langa says. 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