How to recover NTFS partitions when HAL.dll is missing or corrupt?
DLL
files are important constituents of all Windows OS and required for
smooth functioning of all Windows Programs. HAL.dll is a system file
under MS Windows XP, 2000 and 2003 versions that allows MS Windows to
communicate with computer hardware. It allows smooth interaction
between computer hardware components and device drivers. HAL.dll file
is stored in Windows\system32 folder of MS Windows.
Corruption issues of HAL.dll and its probable outcomes
HAL.dll allows MS Windows to access hardware resources of a system. However, it gets damaged due to various reasons such as virus infection, unexpected system shutdown, corrupt device drivers and damaged computer drive. There may be several possible outcomes of missing or corrupt HAL.dll:
Some or all NTFS file systems of your computer become inaccessible
MS Windows fails to start
MS Windows will shutdown unexpectedly
MS Windows Device manager will not show some hardware devices
Manual
options of Windows Data Recovery
Before troubleshooting the issue, you must understand exact reason of HAL.dll corruption. If file does not exist in your Windows system directory, you need to extract it from Windows installation CD. If HAL.dll file become damaged due to virus infection and still you are able to access MS Windows, then run a powerful antivirus program to handle the situation.
If Windows XP, 2000 or 2003 fails to start after HAL.dll corruption, then run MS Windows with setup CD. After start of MS Windows in your computer, do the following steps:
Go to Start>Run
In the command box, type G:\i386\winnt32.exe/cmdcons (Here G refers name of CD/DVD drive)
Click “Ok” that will start a setup menu for Windows Recovery Console
To complete installation of Recovery Console, press “yes”
Restart your computer and you’ll get a startup menu showing Recovery Console
Start your system with Recovery Console that will show command prompt
Type appropriate commands to repair MS Windows
After finishing recovery of NTFS partitions with Recovery console, type Exit at command prompt and restart your system
Recovery Console troubleshoots many corruption issues relating to HAL.dll file. However, if Recovery Console fails to repair corrupt Windows OS, then you should choose a third party Windows Data Recovery software.
Windows
Data Recovery Tool
Windows Data Recovery software is perfect solution to all corruption issues of NTFS file systems. It quickly recovers all NTFS or FAT tables of a computer that are lost due to Windows DLL file corruption or other issues. Windows Data recovery supports all types of Windows File system such as NTFS, NTFS5, FAT16 and FAT32. It also supports recovery of Windows data from different hard disks such as SCSI, IDE, EIDE, SATA, PEN drives and others.
Windows Data Recovery is capable of recovering NTFS/FAT tables even after damage or loss of Master Boot Records. It is embedded with three powerful recovery modes that ensure complete recovery of NTFS or FAT file systems and its contents. It works well on MS Windows XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, 7 and 2008 servers. You can evaluate key software functions in demo version. After evaluating Windows Data Recovery software, you can purchase the license key for the software.
Summary: HAL.dll is an important file under Windows XP, 2003 and 2000 servers. Due to corruption of HAL.dll file, MS Windows fails to start or functions improperly. You can start repairing NTFS or FAT partitions of your computer using Recovery Console. However, in case all inbuilt options fail to recover partition data of your computer, you should use Windows Data recovery software. It quickly recovers user data from corrupt or inaccessible Windows partitions.