Where did you drag/drop HAL.DLL from? Check the below steps;
To restore hal.dll with the version of the HAL Driver installed during
setup, perform the following steps.
1. Boot to the Recovery Console by either:
- running the XP setup from the CD and selecting the repair option.
- if the Recovery Console has been installed, select it from the OS
Choices menu.
2. On you have booted to the Recovery Console, you will be at the
\%WINDIR%\
folder (where %WINDIR% is the directory in which Windows XP has been
installed).
Change directory to the \%WINDIR%\Repair folder by typing "cd repair" and
hitting
Enter.
3. From the \%WINDIR%\Repair folder, view the setup.log file by typing in
"more
setup.log" and hitting enter.
4. Locate the line that reads
\WINDOWS\system32\hal.dll = "********","#####" ( where the
********
indicate the HAL driver file that was installed)
example: \WINDOWS\system32\hal.dll = "halacpi.dll","1a769"
(where
halacpi.dll is the HAL driver file)
Note: the name of the compressed file in the Windows XP Installation files
will be
same except with the extension of "dl_" instead of "dll". Example:
"halacpi.dl_"
for "halacpi.dll"
5. Press ESC to get back to the Recovery Console Command Prompt
6. Expand the file from the Windows XP CD by typing in the following:
expand d:\i386\(name of compressed driver file)
c:\windows\system32
Example:
expand d:\i386\halacpi.dl_ c:\windows\system32
7. Change directory to the \%WINDIR%\System32 folder by typing in "cd
\%WINDIR%\system32" and hitting Enter.
8. Rename the expanded file to "hal.dll" by typing in "ren (name of driver
file)
hal.dll" and hitting Enter.
Example:
"ren halacpi.dll hal.dll"
9. Restart the system.
Hope this helps.
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