WinXP doesn't boot anymore - hal.dll missing or corrupted

From: Peter Reiter (reiterpeter_at_hotmail.comNOSPAM)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:28:55 +0200

Hi

Today i installed Mandrake 10.1 Community Edition (Linux), after a
dissapointment i wanted to boot WinXP again (i installed Linux on a seperate
partition), and now WinXP isn't working
I get this error:
Windows could not be startet, because the following file is missing or
corrupted:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
(translated from German by me)

How can i repair windows?
i don't know very much about the Windows XP Repair Console, i tried it
tough, but i didn't have enough rights

Then i tried to install a blank WinXP on another partition, but now this is
happening again, after the first reboot during the setup

can anyone help me?

Thanks,
Peter

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