Check here
http://www.jsifaq.com/subm/tip6100/rh6138.htm
Also for the Recovery Console check here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q314058
"Bob" <bobry@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:039001c35897$a96dfed0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Purchased a p.c. with win.xp home ed. just under 2 yrs
> ago.Have had several crashes since, either after shutting
> down overnite or after soft-booting from microsoft
> upgrades or new software. I get the usual invalid boot
> ini. message with either the hal.dll or the krnl being
> the problem.
> Can only reboot from the manufacturer supplied recovery
> disc which I have since done and so am now running on
> a "second" layer of xp.
> Questions - How do I get into the recovery consol and
> repair/restore these files?
> Is there a diagnostic check that can be done to prevent
> it from happening again?
> Tks.
Re: recurring hal,dll fault