re: windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt...
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 9:27 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by MartinM
(2713 messages posted)
Karen,
The news is not good. HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) is pretty fundamental.
Probably, the most straightforward route for you will be to purchase a recovery CD
from Gateway. You will lose all your own files if you go down this route.
For what its worth, your issue is described here
If you have a computer literate friend, and can borrow an XP CD, they may be able
to either:
Perform a repair/install for you, or
Boot to the Recovery Console, then run this command:
Expand d:\i386\hal.dl_ c:\windows\system32\hal.dll (change "d" to whatever letter
your CD drive uses)
Good luck.
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