I have a laptop running a fully licensed version of Windows 7 Ultimate x64. For some reason, the boot partition has become corrupted. I didn't get a Windows 7 disc or a recovery disc with the install.

At times, you might need to repair your system. By default, Windows downloads the files directly from Windows Server Update Services or WSUS. However, if you want to download files from Windows Update ...

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: Windows\System32\Hal.dll This problem is usually due to the file BOOT.INI instead of the DLL.