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Lunaz	Posted - 2007.12.06 02:31:00 - [1] Just figured i would warn everyone that installing the premium files can cause serious system errors. I just recieved the following upon restart after instalation. Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corupt: <windows root>\system32\hal/dll Please re-install a copy of the above file and sense it cant load in regular mode OR even safe mode no way to go expcept most likely a fresh re-instal of the OS. so be warned.... please note everything was downloaded correctly and nothing else altered other than the instalation.
Phoenix Allfire	Posted - 2007.12.06 02:35:00 - [2] If you created the system restore point as standard with any installation of any software and hardware, all you need to restore back to that point .... 5 minutes tops, depending on how old the system is.
Lunaz	Posted - 2007.12.06 02:36:00 - [3] cant from the startup that i seen im afraid so system restore aint an option. atm i am trying to boot from cd to see what i can do
Phoenix Allfire	Posted - 2007.12.06 02:38:00 - [4] F11 or F8? Could always run the administrator from the windows xp cd and do it that way :)
Lunaz	Posted - 2007.12.06 02:39:00 - [5] funny thing is i pop in my windows xp disk and its saying it cant even find a copy of windows on there...... so much for this update. <cries

CCP Mindstar	Posted - 2007.12.06 02:43:00 - [6] This article from Microsoft should be of assistance to those having issues with boot.ini and hal.dll errors when starting Windows. -- The cake is a lie!

Lunaz	Posted - 2007.12.06 02:48:00 - [7] thanks for the link checking it out now
Lunaz	Posted - 2007.12.06 02:57:00 - [8] so far its not letting me follow those instructions as its asking for an admin password which i didnt set or if i did none of the passwords i always use work but still trying.... even changed the admin password and it wont acknowledge it /shrug man i need eve <cries
Lunaz	Posted - 2007.12.06 03:04:00 - [9] YES YES YES its alive ALIIIIIIIVE thanks so much for your help you 2 and especialy for that link. Turns out there was no password so i just had to hit enter LOL but ya it fixed it.... again my thanks.
Aaron Sylasta	Posted - 2007.12.06 04:02:00 - [10] Just posting to say I'm getting the boot.ini thing as well. I'd be interested in knowing what this patch is doing to my computer that involves messing up an important system file like that
Lord MuffloN Caldari Aggressive Tendencies Veritas Immortalis	Posted - 2007.12.06 04:09:00 - [11] Originally by: CCP Mindstar This article from Microsoft should be of assistance to those having issues with boot.ini and hal.dll errors when starting Windows. Not possible to fix boot.ini when we're still in Windows? (Haven't rebooted yet, oh and, good ***** going CCP!) Originally by:** Jago Kain If they ever decide to award a Nobel Prize for Emo, Lord MuffloN is a sure fire winner of the first on
Takitimu	Posted - 2007.12.06 04:10:00 - [12] I've got the same problem as well, fyi
Lunaz	Posted - 2007.12.06 04:21:00 - [13] i was wondering what it was doing in there as well /shrug. but just follow those instructions and it fixes it NP. BUT you must use your OS instal disk to get there so if you dont have it then its not good.
Jinli mei	Posted - 2007.12.06 04:29:00 - [14] Originally by: Lord MuffloN Originally by: CCP Mindstar This article from Microsoft should be of assistance to those having issues with boot.ini and hal.dll errors when starting Windows. Not possible to fix boot.ini when we're still in Windows? (Haven't rebooted yet, oh and, good ***** going CCP!) Well, there's a way to toy with it. THIS MAY NOT WORK AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THE STEPS TAKE YOU Be warned: I am not taking responsibility for further messing up your system. Be careful, be wise! If this seems a little trick to you don't do it. This will only work for Windows XP Professional as I am using tools only found in XP Professional. In all reality, you should be booting into the repair console for this! 1. Go to start, right click on 'My Computer' and click Manage. 2. Once the management console is open, go to Disk Management. It could take a few seconds to load. In the disk management you have two parts: A top part indicating all the partitions and driver letters, and a bottom part showing you the partitions and drives ordered by disk number, and then by partition locations. 3. Find what disk number your windows installation is on (for example, mine is on the C: partition, the first partition on disk 0) Disk 0 Partition 1 should be the typical location where your windows install is. However, I can't possibly guarantee this is it. 5. Open up notepad (start, run, notepad, click ok) and paste in the following: Quote:** [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(YOUR DISK #)partition(YOUR PARTITION #)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(YOUR DISK #)rdisk(0)partition(YOUR PARTITION #)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect There are two things you should notice: disk() and partition(). now set these to what you discovered in step 3, and set them both for the default switch and the operating system entry. 7. Save your boot.ini on the installation drive 8. Click Start, Run, and type in MSCONFIG 9. Select the "BOOT.INI" tab 10. Click "Check all Boot Paths" If it gives you the OK, you should be in the clear. If it says the boot path is invalid, I recommend taking a few steps back and playing with the boot.ini more. This is the process I did to get mine back. It will likely differ from yours, so fair warning.
Aaron Sylasta	Posted - 2007.12.06 04:30:00 - [15] Edited by: Aaron Sylasta on 06/12/2007 04:30:31 Originally by: Lord MuffloN Not possible to fix boot.ini when we're still in Windows? (Haven't rebooted yet, oh and, good ******* going CCP!) Looks like it is possible, actually. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022/ Edit: Dang, beaten
Lord MuffloN Caldari Aggressive Tendencies Veritas Immortalis	Posted - 2007.12.06 04:42:00 - [16] Originally by: Jinli mei Originally by: Lord MuffloN Originally by: CCP Mindstar This article from Microsoft should be of assistance to those having issues with boot.ini and hal.dll errors when starting Windows. Not possible to fix boot.ini when we're still in Windows? (Haven't rebooted yet, oh and, good ***** going CCP!) Well, there's a way to toy with it. THIS MAY NOT WORK AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THE STEPS TAKE YOU Be warned: I am not taking responsibility for further messing up your system. Be careful, be wise! If this seems a little trick to you don't do it. This will only work for Windows XP Professional as I am using tools only found in XP Professional. In all reality, you should be booting into the repair console for this! 1. Go to start, right click on 'My Computer' and click Manage. 2. Once the management console is open, go to Disk Management. It could take a few seconds to load. In the disk management you have two parts: A top part indicating all the partitions and driver letters, and a bottom part showing you the partitions and drives ordered by disk number, and then by partition locations. 3. Find what disk number your windows installation is on (for example, mine is on the C: partition, the first partition on disk 0) Disk 0 Partition 1 should be the typical location where your windows install is. However, I can't possibly guarantee this is it. 5. Open up notepad (start, run, notepad, click ok) and paste in the following: Quote: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(YOUR DISK #)partition(YOUR PARTITION #)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(YOUR DISK #)rdisk(0)partition(YOUR PARTITION #)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect There are two things you should notice: disk() and partition(). now set these to what you discovered in step 3, and set them both for the default switch and the operating system entry. 7. Save your boot.ini on the installation drive 8. Click Start, Run, and type in MSCONFIG 9. Select the "BOOT.INI" tab 10. Click "Check all Boot Paths" If it gives you the OK, you should be in the clear. If it says the boot path is invalid, I recommend taking a few steps back and playing with the boot.ini more. This is the process I did to get mine back. It will likely differ from yours, so fair warning. It works under WinXP Home as well Originally by:** Jago Kain If they ever decide to award a Nobel Prize for Emo, Lord MuffloN is a sure fire winner of the first on
Coniglietta Magica THE FINAL STAND	Posted - 2007.12.06 04:52:00 - [17] c:\windows\pss\boot.ini.backup copy this to c:\boot.ini if it says access denied. edit the boot.ini and copy the content of boot.ini.backup to it. Sign The Petition!
Kasheem Cetanes Omega Enterprises Mostly Harmless	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:02:00 - [18] Or Use msconfig >.>
Preston FateForger Caldari The Elear FOUNDATI0N	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:08:00 - [19] Edited by: Preston FateForger on 06/12/2007 05:09:38 This is a serious error. Fixes had better work. ---------------------------------- The Elear EVE Video
Aperion Madante GoonFleet GoonSwarm	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:11:00 - [20] The straightforward way to get Windows to create a new boot.ini file is as follows: Go to control panel -> system -> advanced -> and click on settings under startup and recovery. If it pops up with an error saying it can't find boot.ini you need to fix it. Copy and paste the boot.ini files as shown in the original post, taking into account your version of Windows (Home/Professional) and what drive/partition it's on.
Taraq Zell	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:15:00 - [21] It's my understanding that this is only an issue that is affecting people who have Windows installed in a non-standard way? Because I have the premium content patch installed, and I turned off my laptop and everything afterwards. Booted it up a few minutes ago, no error greeted me like everyone is saying... Maybe it's because I don't have EVE installed to C:/Program Files, but rather to C:/Games?
Shar'Tuk TheHated	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:16:00 - [22] Does this only apply to people with XP or Vista as well? DRINK RUM It fights scurvy & boosts morale! THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES!
Epoch Endless Destruction	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:25:00 - [23] Edited by: Epoch on 06/12/2007 05:25:20 Originally by: Taraq Zell It's my understanding that this is only an issue that is affecting people who have Windows installed in a non-standard way? Because I have the premium content patch installed, and I turned off my laptop and everything afterwards. Booted it up a few minutes ago, no error greeted me like everyone is saying... Maybe it's because I don't have EVE installed to C:/Program Files, but rather to C:/Games? no. it's affecting everyone. the eve file boot.ini is replacing the system file. to check if you have it. either start -> search -> all files and folders (select more advanced options and choose to search for hidden files & folders) -> search for "boot.ini". it should be on the c: drive. just because it affecting you does not neccesarily mean you're going to have reboot/boot problems. other way is start -> run -> msconfig. there should be a boot.ini tab. ccp - you guys should call attention to this. this is a big foul up. other than that, trinity is awesome.
Ayane Shardmoor Minmatar ShardNet	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:25:00 - [24] Originally by: Aaron Sylasta Just posting to say I'm getting the boot.ini thing as well. I'd be interested in knowing what this patch is doing to my computer that involves messing up an important system file like that When I installed the graphics upgrade, the first thing the patcher did was "Delete file: \boot.ini". This image shows specifically what I mean. I got the missing boot.ini startup error after mucking about with the test server build a couple days ago. Put 2 and 2 together and figured the test patch must've done something. So this time around, I kept an explorer window open watching the C:\ root, while running the content upgrade patch, and voila! C:\boot.ini went bye-bye before my very eyes. Perhaps CCP's QA team is in need of a little time out.
Simon Monkoto AirHawk Alliance Rule of Three	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:37:00 - [25] I would think that running EVE (or at least the patcher) as a non administrative user should prevent this issue from happening. By default the boot.ini has its NTFS permissions set to only allow the administrator (local or as in my case the domain administrator) to modify/delete the file.
Gralatus Viper Squad Triumvirate.	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:37:00 - [26] I want to give a warm thank you for making my computer go totally fubar. Thanks CCP. you're the best!!!!!!
Quarc I-Omniscient-I	Posted - 2007.12.06 05:54:00 - [27] Originally by: Ayane Shardmoor Originally by: Aaron Sylasta Just posting to say I'm getting the boot.ini thing as well. I'd be interested in knowing what this patch is doing to my computer that involves messing up an important system file like that When I installed the graphics upgrade, the first thing the patcher did was "Delete file: \boot.ini". This image shows specifically what I mean. I got the missing boot.ini startup error after mucking about with the test server build a couple days ago. Put 2 and 2 together and figured the test patch must've done something. So this time around, I kept an explorer window open watching the C:\ root, while running the content upgrade patch, and voila! C:\boot.ini went bye-bye before my very eyes. Perhaps CCP's QA team is in need of a little time out. Hum, while, not exactly afraid of it, I really do wodner how exactly did this "little" Messup happen? I can jsut see a bunch of the non-techie people with only one comptuer wodnering why their comptuer won't start after the eve patch (althought not exactly is it often that people, certanly people not exactly knowing much about computers, won't connect game patch to sudden comptuer death) And, the ammount of poeple who are just wondering what to do... :/ How did it happen? O.o
Zenara Merric	Posted - 2007.12.06 06:07:00 - [28] im getting the same <windows root> \system32\hal.dll. file missing. This is ridiculous. I wonder how many ppl this has just happened to that cant access the forums to get this issue addressed. How much damage did this update do? I cannot boot windows XP from disk, and it wont let me do "copy C:\windows\pss\boot.ini.backup C:\boot.ini" it says path not found. I really dont want to have to reinstal everything cause i cant launch windows. CCP needs to adress this issue and not screw us over
SheriffFruitfly Caldari Science and Trade Institute	Posted - 2007.12.06 06:10:00 - [29] Hah - this is nuthin. Just wait til the next patch when they put "format c:\" in the install script.
proclaimed HERETIC	Posted - 2007.12.06 06:14:00 - [30] I put up a script on one of my domains that checks your boot.ini to see if it's still intact. Source to script is provided. http://www.gamingassist.com Put it right on the front page so no one can miss it. -proclaimed HERETIC

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