Also, you could try (switch off)disconnect your hard drive cable.
(Switch on) let it give the error "Boot disk failure"
(Switch off) reconnect your Hard drive cable.
(Switch on) and it will boot ......or at least mine does.
if you have recently lost it, go to the programme that you installed in onto and you might be able to save the file.
System32 dll file locates in C:\WINDOWS\system32. You can directly install it in C:\WINDOWS\system32.
Download a compatible version of hal dll file directly. And then remove the damaged one.
NOTE Websites cannot be blocked in browsers,you need to edit the host file present in %system root%>windows>system32>drivers>etc run notepad or any text editor(in administrator mode only) and type 127.0.0.1 "Website name" and save the file. (FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS ONLY)
Paging file is located in the root folder of the system drive.
Windows vista and 7 %system root%/system32/config/ ie: C:\system32\config
Documents
Root can refer to either the superuser, a user who can "do anything". or the base of the file system hierarchy.The base of the file system is "/", and subdirectories are placed under it, such as /bin or 'boot.
In hierarchical file systems such as Windows, the root directory (which really isn't a directory at all) is basically the starting point in the hierarchy. In most Windows systems this is known as C:\.
By default, the dump file is placed in the root of the boot drive (i.e., the partition or volume where the main Windows folder resides) and given the name MEMORY.DMP.
This is for windows xp sp2 START > RUN > cmd (Click OK or press Enter on the keyboard) (The Command Prompt Window appears) (Press Enter after each of the following commands) cd\windows (puts the prompt back to c:\windows) cd system32 (moves to c:\windows\system32) Ren interadpt.dll interadpt.old (renames the file) exit (exits the command prompt) Reboot the computer. START > RUN > cmd (Click OK or press Enter on the keyboard) (The Command Prompt Window appears) (Press Enter after each of the following commands) cd\ (puts the prompt back to the root of C:) netsh winsock reset catalog (this will repair the winsock keys) exit (closes the Command Prompt Window) (Restart the computer) Try browsing the Internet -
Replace the corrupt hal dll error with a compatible one.
Windows 2000 Active Directory data store, the actual database file, is %SystemRoot%\ntds\NTDS.DIT
The file called "ntdetect.com" is read during the Windows XPboot process. It identifies what hardware devices are attached to the machine, and passes this information to the operating system loader. The file is located at the root of the system partition.