installing a corrupted file

[johnny alvarez]

i hav ebeen trying to bring up a computer with winXP but
it is saying that a file window root\system32\hal.dll
it says it is corrupted so i got that file of another
computer and i set up my bad one to start floppy first
now my question is how do i install that file to the
computer using DOS command prompt thatks

 

[T.C.]

You don't install that file. It is created by the Windows XP install on
your system, for your system's particular hardware. You can't copy it from
another system. Go to:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

Click on the letter H
The first entry will explain hal.dll
Below that will be info for troubleshooting and recovering...