i get the missing hal.dll error when booting up, i try repairing but it asks for admin. password which i don't have, then i try f8 and safe mode with command prompt and i can't get there b/c i get the error. any help out there?

Hi ... Try downloading that file from this website and see whether it will correct your problem http://www.dll-files.com/

This is the Windows "Hardware Abstraction Layer" file and is specific to the individual computer and its hardware. 1. Access the recovery console 2. Try running bootcfg/ rebuild from the console 3. Try Start>Run>CMD. sfc/sfc.exe with the original Win XP disk in place The system file checker (sfc) tool scans all protected files to verify their versions and repopulates the %Systemroot%\System32\Dllcache folder with correct versions, as described above.

If you don't know admin password it is possible that it's blank anyway. Try Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and his wife will never forgive you.

i don't know it b/c it was passed down to me at my job. i've tried . doesn't work. i guess about the only way to fix it then is to redo xp. b/c i can't get to the recovery console or windows at all b/c of the error.