it keeps on saying "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file."
i tried to go in to safe mode but when i clik enter, it says " please select the operating system to start:" and on the bottom it says windows(default) as its only choice, so i have to clik it, and then it says"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file." all over again, i tried all the options on F8 and F11 and it says the same darn thing, also, i dont have a windows xp cd, plz help, ty
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Jim // Aug 4, 2009
Once the HAL file is corrupted you are forced to reinstall the operating system. The HAL is the Hardware Abstraction Layer and is critical to system operation.
Sorry - You will definitely have to reinstall the operating system.
2 Noname // Aug 4, 2009
youre screwed, get another copy of windows
3 woobee // Aug 4, 2009
sorry dude, ya gotta re-install windows…see if u can get restore cd’s from your computer manufacturer
4 Unknown // Aug 4, 2009
There is a way to do this without reinstalling the operating system. What you need to do is go into the recovery console. To do this reboot with your windows XP installation cd, press enter then press R to enter the recovery console. Then you press 1 then press enter. Then enter your administrator password then press enter. (If you don’t have an administrator password enter it blank. Then type expand d:\i386\hal.dl_ C:\windows\system32 and the problem should be fixed. If this does not fix it then check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvMkt9fkHCI
If that does not work then go do the factory reinstall
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