File Missing

[Guest]

When my Windows XP Home Edition restarts it goes to a black screen that says:

<Windows root> system32\hal.dll file missing. Reinstall file.

What do I need to do to reinstall this file?

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

"Invalid Boot.ini" or "Windows Could Not Start" Error Messages When You Start Your
Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330184

Error Message: Windows Could Not Start Because the Following File Is Missing or
Corrupt...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320252

How to Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654

Error Message: Windows Could Not Start Because of a Computer Disk Hardware
Configuration Problem
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314477

How to Determine the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) That Is Used in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=298898


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| When my Windows XP Home Edition restarts it goes to a black screen that says:
|
| <Windows root> system32\hal.dll file missing. Reinstall file.
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| What do I need to do to reinstall this file?

 

[Plato]

When my Windows XP Home Edition restarts it goes to a black screen that says:
<Windows root> system32\hal.dll file missing. Reinstall file.
What do I need to do to reinstall this file?

That's generally an incorrect error message as your hal.dll file is most
likely just fine and in the right place.

http://www.bootdisk.com/txtfiles/xpquick.txt
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