Post #115,170
8/24/03 12:14:50 PM
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After OS/2 install attempt XP Pro partition is trashed
Windows 98 is still there, but the D: drive formatted as NTFS32 won't boot XP Pro because it says it is missing the HAL DLL. My XP Pro CD-ROM won't boot, but I can run setup from 98. Problem is that setup says that it shut down to prevent damaging the hard drive, and shows me that blue screen which states either a hard disk error or virus. I have the latest Norton AntiVirus, but no infections found. Scandisk on C: drive shows no errors. I cannot access the D: drive as 98 cannot see NTFS32 partitions.
Also the WD hard drive utility reports a Drive I/O timeout when trying to access partition information. So I cannot even see if the partition is still there. Any ideas? Should I just reformat the whole drive and start over? Is it a hard disk problem covered by warranty? Was it something I did while trying to install OS/2 3.0 with the newer drivers?
I have no idea at this point what to do yet.
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #115,175
8/24/03 1:46:14 PM
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Likely a screwup with drive letters.
Try using PartitionMagic or System Commander or similar to hide the other partitions while the XP driver boots.
Just a guess, but I've seen similar before.
Hugh
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Post #115,180
8/24/03 2:18:09 PM
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Any free or open source alternatives?
I don't have any current version of those. I have partition manager, but an older copy that may not work with larger drives. I'll give it a try and see if it works.
I'm guessing that getting a Linux boot disk with CFDISK on it might work as well, does the standard Red Hat install disk have CFDISK on it? Or is it an additional download?
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #115,182
8/24/03 2:34:44 PM
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Partition Magic 3.0 couldn't read the drive
It had partition error 120. I think 8.0 is the latest version of PM.
I'll try downloading the latest Data Lifeguard Tools from WD.
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #115,184
8/24/03 3:08:46 PM
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Re: Likely a screwup with drive letters.
Not in this case, I don't think. I searched the system32 folder when this happened to me with Linux, and the DLL was really gone (or just not there). I ran the XP recovery w/repair disk and it got fixed. Note to all: make a repair disk.
It seemed to me that this was somehow related to replacing the boot sector code for XP - perhaps on boot, this DLL is created/moved on the fly.
Dual boot of XP and anything else is a major pain. What I did was reinstall XP on FAT32 from a CD, call Microsoft, and activate over the phone.
It wasn't as if I didn't warn Norm about this.
-drl
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Post #115,198
8/24/03 4:21:22 PM
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Well let me see how it goes
I think the partitions got moved around somewhat. Norton Systemworks reports problems with extended partitions on drive 1, but cannot fix them. I suspect this may be part of the problem. I just need something that can fix the partition, or delete it so I can recreate it and start over again.
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #115,196
8/24/03 4:19:20 PM
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Could very well be that
I changed the partition used in boot.ini and it gave the same result. I guess the first thing it tries to load is hal.dll? I'll keep trying partitions until I find one that works.
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #115,330
8/25/03 5:44:51 PM
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Linux to the rescue (new thread)
Created as new thread #115329 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=115329|Linux to the rescue]
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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