On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:56:18 -0000, "John Barnett MVP"
<freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:

>The ntldr and ntdetect are hidden system files, so you would need to disable
>the 'hide protected operating system files' option in the folder option to
>see them.

Yes - I am familiar with that. I checked and the view options were
correct. The hide option was disabled.

>
>In some cases the emergency boot disk simply will not work. But this is only
>in a small number of cases. I have actually instructed people to create the
>emergency boot disk and they have said they have had problems with it.

Actually, where I stand right now is that the boot disk runs, but
stops saying the 'hal.dll' file is missing or corrupt. I tried
replacing it from another hard disk, but it didn't change anything.
The hal.dll file is in fact on the drive I am trying to fix. I
looked.

I
>have then suggested that they email me direct and that i send them the files
>from my emergency boot disk and these have usually worked. I'm not saying
>that it will in your case, but re-visit my website and click on the Contact
>tab and email me directly (this is done to prevent you from having to
>disclose your real email address on a newsgroup and openning yourself up to
>spam). I'll send you the files from my emergency boot disk and you can give
>those a try.

I will do that - and thank you. You correctly interpret why I use an
alias here.

Geezer