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HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED ERROR after windows loading on boot disk

  • 1.  HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED ERROR after windows loading on boot disk

    Posted Jan 04, 2018 01:25 PM
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    I've created a WinPE boot disk from Symantec ghost Suite 2.5 

    I'm trying to get to load from a HP DL580 & 380 G9 

    I installed only the network drivers and raid controller drivers needed. I even checked using msinfo32.exe command and verified but for some reason it seems its not detecting the storage controller drivers. 

    Any reason why this maybe. See attachment.

     



  • 2.  RE: HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED ERROR after windows loading on boot disk

    Posted Jan 04, 2018 01:31 PM

    I've also tried windows 2012 & 16 still same error 



  • 3.  RE: HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED ERROR after windows loading on boot disk

    Posted Jan 08, 2018 06:38 AM

    The version of WinPE that ships with Ghost 2.5 is based on the Vista 32 bit kernel therefore any drivers you add to WinPE must be compatible with 32 bit Vista. I suspect your issues are caused by using the wrong version of WinPE drivers for the version of WinPE you are using.  Ghost was also not directly intended to image server machines and I am pretty sure no server machines ever came with Vista 32 bit drivers.

    You may wish to check out this article: https://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/creating-and-using-winpe31-image-gss-251  which describes how to use WinPE 3.1 instead of WinPE2 with Ghost 2.5.  This allows you to use Win 7 drivers which are equivalent to server 2008/2012 drivers, if I recall correctly. Remember to use 32 bit if creating a 32 bit WinPE.

    The version of Ghost you have also does not understand UEFI bioses, so you would need to turn that off on your target machine. You would need to upgrade to Ghost 3.x in order to properly service modern hardware and software.