I opened my wife's computer to blow out the dust, and add 2 more gigs of RAM and another hard drive; but, I didn't see that I partially dislodged the power cable to her boot drive. When I restarted, it gave this error message:
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:\system 32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file."
Can I repair this XP installation so I can recover this PC back to normal? I have looked on my own computer and have found where the needed file is located, so I could potentially copy it onto a flash drive or cd, but I'm not experienced much at performing command-line type manipulations. The Windows XP installation disk doesn't offer to repair an existing Windows installation, only to perform a new install or make the repair console available. Please help, she needs this back in service for her photography business. Thanks, Ted.
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
Please re-install a copy of the above file."
Can I repair this XP installation so I can recover this PC back to normal? I have looked on my own computer and have found where the needed file is located, so I could potentially copy it onto a flash drive or cd, but I'm not experienced much at performing command-line type manipulations. The Windows XP installation disk doesn't offer to repair an existing Windows installation, only to perform a new install or make the repair console available. Please help, she needs this back in service for her photography business. Thanks, Ted.
