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Missing or corrupt system 32 file: hal.dll
Name: Magical Swordsman Date: June 13, 2009 at 06:27:34 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: General
Comment:
Hi. I realize in order to fix this I need a Windows Recovery CD. My problem is that on the computer that is broken, there is no CD drive. Is there any way I can fix it using a USB device? Any help is much appreciated. Again the missing or corrupt file is: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll
I cannot get into the computer, after the boot screen it shows me this message and I can only turn my computer back off.
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