Marilyn,

Your problem regarding the missing file may have been solved by now, 
but if not you can go to this article by Fred Langa.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=185301251

I am not shilling for him but you might want to subscribe to his 
Newletter. He has two versions Free and a Plus version which costs 
about $12.00 a year. I have received his Plus version for many years 
and always get something from every issue.

Take care, George



From:    Marilyn Leathers <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Missing windows system32 hal.dll file

Hello All,
       I have a friend pc that is running Windfows XP Media Center 
Edition that is missing the hal.dll file. The computer will not boot 
off of the recovery disk nor can I bring the system up in safe mode.
   Most of my research says that I should fix ther boot.ini file with 
a recovery console. Well, the system will not run the system recovery 
disk. I keep getting the same error that hal.dll is missing.
   I'm thinking abou taking the hard drive out of the freinds 
computer and putting in my computer as a slave and fix the problem of 
the missing file. Any suggestions would be appreciated of the 
quickest method of fixing the problem of the missing hal.dll file.

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