Cant boot missing hal.dll file - HELP!

I have just installed my new MSI board, and I have a dreadful problem. I cannot get my computer to boot. It tells me that windows cannot start because the following file is mssing or corrupted: Hal.dll
In fact the file is there. I know this because if |I leave the windows install disk in the computer it boots ok. I have tried using the rebuild command from the recovery console, and the repair option, but so far it does not work.
Has anyone else had a similar problem? I had no problem with my old board, and so I thought it might be something to do with this new board. Are my settings incorrect?
I have SCSI as well as IDE drives, and I cannot tell if the boot.ini file is pointing to the right drive, but I suspect it is.
Please help!
Dan

hal.dll is a dll which interfaces your hardware to the operating system (Hardware Adapter Layer).
I don't know which operating system you are using, so I can't tell you the total answer to your problem.
When you boot from your hard drive (as opposed to floppy disk or cd-rom), it will always look for the initial hardware loaders ($ldr$, ntldr, etc) from the boot drive (normally "C") prior to looking at boot.ini. From there it will give you a choice of which operating system to load.
Incidentally, the loader is a dos based program so only knows about drives 1 & 2.
the easiest way to get the operating system on the second drive, is to use the install disk from windows by executing "cd-rom":/setup.exe from the start menu.
After removing the current version of the OS from the scsci drive, you may then install onto the scsi drive. Ensure that the scsi controller is enabled for booting, so it's BIOS is enabled.
Hope this helps.
kd1im (MCSE)

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