I started running into issues yesterday morning, I have a Latitude D610 with XP Pro operating system.When I try to run Safe Mode any of them, and click the Windows (default), I get an error message saying (Windows root) \system32\hal.dll is missing or corrupt Please reinstall a copy of the above.
I have tried to restore using Wndows XP disc but no help.
Thanks for the help with this but the problem is I can't access anything. If there is anything more information, like specifically how to disable S M A R T I would be gretaly appreciative.
First, disregard the inane comment by Queen.Landau. That's just one of a number of bots that are plaguing Dell, Microsoft, Cisco, Apple and other community forums. I will report it to one of the Dell moderators and see if we can't get it removed.
Now, back to your problem. Check out this Microsoft knowledge base article for several methods recommended to solve your problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477
If one of these doesn't get you up and running, then you may have a problem with your hard drive's integrity.
Davidw45
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Posted August 8th, 2010 08:00
Mary, Thanks but none of the suggestions worked, anything else I could try?
Thanks for your help,
David