X P -damage?

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Suzanne Davidson

My other computer (the one which I am not on) appears to
have windows damage.

It is a Toshiba 2805 Sattelite, runnng XP Professional.

How do I replace the missing <windows
root>\system32\hal.dll. file?

windows was running normally. I left the computer for about
30 minutes, and upon returning a message box said that some
file(s) were about to be replaced, and I clicked 'cancel.'
It did not cancel, so I clicked the 'X' button. Nothing
happened, so I went to cntrl -alt -delete and it had no
effect whatever. A mesage box said to put my XP CD into the
drive. The message said that it was the wrong CD. I tried
to open control panel, but other messages appeared.

I shut the computer off. Upon re-start it said that windows
could not start because the
"<widnows root> \system 32\hal.dll."
file is missing, and has to be replaced. But I cannot get
into widows at all, or even a command prompt.
I have tried 'safe mode' and all the other options for
start-up.

The only unusual thing to precede this, was McAfee, which
ran its self-updating for hours earlier in the day. It
usually updates quite quickly as I am on cable connection

S Davidson
 
Suzanne,

I would attempt to repair your Windows installation using your XP CD.

Michael Stevens has detailed instructions on how to do this. It will
essentially attempt to replace missing files (hal.dll) with the ones from
the CD and you should be able to log in and use the computer like before you
had the issue. Make sure to go back to Windows Update when you are done and
check for updates again.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
 
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