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WIN XP <Windows Root>system32\hal.dll ?

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Pentium 4, 512mb RAM. New Partition and NTSF format. Windows XP clean install. Everything seemed to work fine until first reboot. On reboot I got the error message: system 32\hal.dll. Missing or corrupt.
I've done many XP installs and upgrades and have not experienced this before. A search for the file on another XP machine produced nothing.
Any and all help appreciated....
Thanks....Arnie

aszunick@yahoo.com

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by aszunick

Problem solved!! After going in circles, replacing the dll files and XP, it had to be a hardware problem. I noticed on bootup that one of the 2 CD drives, not in the booting sequence was "flashing". I removed the signal cable from that drive and all is well. To confirm my decision, I put a regular CD drive on the same connector and everything continued to be OK. Time to replace the CD burner!!

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