hal.dll missing or corrupt

[Guest]

I got an error when booting on my XP Home SP3 pc saying that a hall.dll
is missing or corrupt. One of the answers I found in forums is I should
boot with my winxp cd delivered with the pc and then the missing driver
will be copied to the pc and the error can be treated (if the error is
not due to a bad sector).

question:
the WinXp Home SP version on the CD is sp1, I use a XP home SP3 from
October 2008. Can this create any difficulties ?
TIA
Frank

 

[Ron Badour]

Perhaps but I don't believe it would be catastrophic. Before you attempt
the replacement, suggest you read the article located here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314477

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience