If any of the files that Windows NT installs on the system partition are missing or corrupt, you cannot start your computer. These are the files:
x86-based file | Folder | RISC-based file | Folder | |
NTLDR | root | Osloader.exe | \Os\Winnt40 | |
Boot.ini | root | no equivalent | ||
Bootsect.dos | root | no equivalent | ||
Ntdetect.com | root | no equivalent | ||
Ntbootdd.sys (SCSI only) | root | no equivalent | ||
Hal.dll is in the boot partition | Hal.dll | \Os\Winnt40 | ||
no equivalent | *.pal files (Alpha-based computers) | \Os\Winnt40 | ||
You can restore any of these files by using the Repair process and the Emergency Repair Disk. However, because you copied these files to your Windows NT startup floppy disk when you created it, you can use that disk to restore them.
1. Start your computer by using the Windows NT startup floppy disk.
2. Replace individual files, or replace all of the files, by copying them from the Windows NT startup floppy disk to the corresponding location on your system partition.