[RKinner]

You are replacing the good HAL with the one from the bad Windows right? Sounds like you might have done it the other way around.

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No, I got it right. Should I re-do it to make sure? Lot of work. :-)

[rootkits-r-evil]

No, I got it right. Should I re-do it to make sure? Lot of work. :-)

[rootkits-r-evil]

How about this theory- I did it right, but when I booted into bad windows accidentally, the newly made good hal got corrupted?

[rootkits-r-evil]

You are replacing the good HAL with the one from the bad Windows right? Sounds like you might have done it the other way around.


Wait a minute. I am supposed to copy the one from the good machine and put it in place of the one in the infected laptop right? Because that is what I tried to do.

[rootkits-r-evil]

Do you think it's odd that the error message is saying there is a corrupted file at "<Windows Root>System32\hal.dll" and not "C:\Windows\System32\hal.dll"?

[rootkits-r-evil]

Type:

copy E:\hal.dll c:\Windows\System32\hal.dll"

it came back with "The system cannot find the file specified".



Wait a minute......... is that case sensitive? Did it say it cannot find it because it was called "HAL.DLL" when it looked? What if I tried it now that it's there with small letters?

[RKinner]

It's a possibility. Can also be that the hal.dll from your working PC is not the right one. There are about 4 different versions out there depending on the number of processors and the type.

Too bad you don't have an XP CD.

You might try a chkdsk just to see if it's just hard drive corruption and not the virus.

In Recovery Console type:

CHKDSK /r

Ron

[rootkits-r-evil]

Does Hiram's have the file on their somewhere? Ah, but you say there are different versions.

And that could account for the different file sizes, no?

[rootkits-r-evil]

Should I really dig for the CD? I don't think I have it, but it's possible. I hate to think of the crap I would have to go dig through. What would it do if I had it? And what does it look like?

[rootkits-r-evil]

In Recovery Console type:

CHKDSK /r


Under "E" or "C"?

[rootkits-r-evil]

Hey! I think I found the disk! I got fooled because it's open. I think I opened it and tried to use it when..... eh-hem, "The good PC" got infected and I was going to try to fix it.

Anyway, there are two disks. One is the OS, and the other is the drivers specific to the laptop. It has to be the right disk, because there is a disk for the laptop with it.

[RKinner]

Stick it in and see if you can run a repair on C:

[rootkits-r-evil]

How does that work? Never done it before. Just boot from it and follow the prompts?

[RKinner]

http://www.geekstogo...air-windows-xp/

I'd repair both C and E

[rootkits-r-evil]

"have your CD-KEY ready if needed."

It's a legit disk, but there is no "key". Hope it doesn't ask for it.