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by princeduderg

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Ok I restarted my cpu and now it says windows root system32 hal.dll missing please reinstall,I tried using the cd and going to the recovery console and expanding the file from the cd to my c drive but it said I couldn't, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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by oh smeg

And is a list of the Hardware of your Computer so that is why you can not copy it from the Install Disc it is unique to that hardware and can not be replaced with anything else. It is built as you install the OS.

You can try a In Place Upgrade Install by following the directions here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

Or if you have a valid copy of the HAL.DLL you can copy it to your HDD from the Backup position.

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by rob miners

How to Troubleshoot Windows 2000 Hardware Abstraction Layer Issues

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237556/en-us

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by willcomp

Boot from an XP CD and enter Recovery Console.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

Enter these commands in sequence:

C:> CD..
C:> ATTRIB ?H -S -R C:\boot.ini
C:> del boot.ini
C:> BOOTCFG /Rebuild
C:> CHKDSK /R /F
C:> FIXBOOT

Type 'EXIT' in the Windows Recovery Console and confirm to reboot.

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