My Windows XP Home will not start due to missing or corrupt flie: <Windows

root>\ system 32\ hal.dll (error message)

 

I need to reinstall a copy of the above file according to the error message

 

The System32 folder and its subfolders contain the core operating system

files for Windows XP

 

What should I do to correct this problem?

I cannot find my Windows XP Setup from the operating system CD.

 

Bob

"Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> My Windows XP Home will not start due to missing or corrupt flie: <Windows

> root>\ system 32\ hal.dll (error message)

>

> I need to reinstall a copy of the above file according to the error

> message

>

> The System32 folder and its subfolders contain the core operating system

> files for Windows XP

>

> What should I do to correct this problem?

> I cannot find my Windows XP Setup from the operating system CD.

>

> Bob

 

this can be due to a damaged boot.ini file. Fortunately, this is a text

file and you can use any XP boot CD to get to the Recovery Console and edit

the boot.ini, or any Linux boot CD, or you can remove the drive, attach it

to another XP system, and edit it there.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000490.htm

 

You can also rebuild the boot.ini from the recovery console, with the

bootcfg /rebuild command.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000648.htm

 

If the boot.ini doesn't appear corrupted, search for hal.dll. If it truly

is gone, you're probably going to need to get another copy of your XP CD and

rerun Setup. Apparently there's a business, http://www.restoredisks.com,

which can supply many OEM restore disks. Prices seem reasonable.

 

Googling the actual error message you see will get you much more

information.

 

HTH

-pk