hal.dll file missing

[tony]

hi all, a friend of mine accidently erased the hal.dll file from the system
32 folder, windows will not boot up now, it keeps asking for this file. is it
possible to take this file off my computer and put it on a pen drive and then
load the file back on to the other computer

thanks in advance,

tony

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Kelly's web site:

"HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_h.htm

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"Tony" > wrote in message
...
> hi all, a friend of mine accidently erased the hal.dll file from the
> system
> 32 folder, windows will not boot up now, it keeps asking for this file. is
> it
> possible to take this file off my computer and put it on a pen drive and
> then
> load the file back on to the other computer
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> tony

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Tony wrote:

> hi all, a friend of mine accidently erased the hal.dll file from the
> system 32 folder, windows will not boot up now, it keeps asking for
> this file. is it possible to take this file off my computer and put
> it on a pen drive and then load the file back on to the other computer


That's probably not the problem. If you're getting the message
"Winnt_root\System32\Hal.dll
missing or corrupt: Please re-install a copy of the above file, that message
is *very* misleading.

Read here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314477


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[S.Sengupta]

"Missing Windows hal.dll file."

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


regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

Tony wrote:

> hi all, a friend of mine accidently erased the hal.dll file from the system
> 32 folder, windows will not boot up now, it keeps asking for this file. is it
> possible to take this file off my computer and put it on a pen drive and then
> load the file back on to the other computer
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> tony