Hello everyone. I hope you can help me with a solution with this. I have searched the internet for hours with no luck.
Here is what happened:
I think I got a virus on my laptop, which is running vista 32 bit Home premium. I had McAfee Antivirus software preinstalled with it but currently not up to date. I decided to try AVG antivirus and when I tried installing AVG, it stated that I must delete the other antivirus software. I did the uninstall and rebooted...This is where the big problem starts...
When it reboot, I got the "bootmgr ctrl+alt+del" problem. I looked online for a solution and used the bootdisk to repair disk. At first, My operating system did not show, but i clicked the "next" button anyways. It did its thing and I reboot. It didnt work so I tried it again. The second time, the OS showed, it was highlighted, and I clicked next. It did its thing and I reboot. I have also tried the Command Prompt method and it says its successful, but it doesnt work.
I tried this several times, and finally the "bootmgr" problem does not show anymore. However, there is a new problem...I have a problem with hal.dll not being there is corrupt. I have tried using recovery again, but it seems not to work. It shows a window stating "Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically." So at the moment, Im not sure if I actually fixed the "bootmgr" problem. I have searched for fixes to the hal.dll problem but most information I got was for XP.
So I am stuck and have no idea what to do. I really do not want to reinstall Vista because I don't want to lose any data.
Anyone have any ideas on how to tackle this?
Is there anyway to get hal.dll installed or reinstalled on my laptop manually?
Is there any way to transfer my data out through USB to an external HD using command prompt?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan
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