How do I install <windows root>\system32\hal.dll?

[Dan]

When windows tries to boot, it brings me to a black
screen saying:

"windows could not start because the following file is
missing or corrupt: <windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please reinstall a copy of the above driver."

How do I install this file from the Windows cd in the
recovery console?

Thanks a bunch!!!!

 

[PA Bear]

See http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm
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[Alex Nichol]

When windows tries to boot, it brings me to a black
screen saying:

"windows could not start because the following file is
missing or corrupt: <windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please reinstall a copy of the above driver."

How do I install this file from the Windows cd in the
recovery console?

That indicates that there is corruption of the boot.ini file: That
tells the boot where to look for windows components, and it is looking
in the wrong place. Hal.dll just happens to be the first file it looks
for.

Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD and, instead
of Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any password
requested is blank, and TAB over.
Give:
ATTRIB -H -R -S C:\Boot.ini
DEL C:\Boot.ini
(thus deleting the old one)
BootCfg /Rebuild