wongwong,

How Do I Fix the "hal.dll is missing or corrupt" Error Message?

Rick

Hi WongWong, Bell Boy wrote about the hal.dll HERE, and how to fix it. Hope that helps.

Give this a try....

Assuming this is Windows XP,  Press Escape.  Go to the set-up options.

Enable the internal hard drive, Save and Exit.

Your computer will restart automatically and the DOS prompt will appear on the screen

Here is the proper command to replace the hal.dll from CD, be sure to include spaces.
 
 expand d:\i386\hal.dl_ c:\windows\system32\hal.dll              

(Substitute d: for the drive letter of your CD.)