Reformat HD & reinstall OS

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I am having a challenge reformatting the HD for a clean re-install of Win.
XP Home SP2. I placed the Win. XP SP2 cd in the drive and booted up the
system. Screen 1 came up (Windows Setup) & I pressed enter. Screen 2 came up
and all the various items loaded ok. Before screen 3 came up the system had
total shutdown with all loss of power-it crashed.
Upon reboot a black screen came up with this information. Select operating
system to start. (1) Win. XP Home Edition or (2) MS Win. XP setup. Selecting
option (2) MS Win. XP setup brings up a black screen with this message on it.
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<windows root>\system 32\ hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
Can you please advise on how to do this so I can reformat and re-install
the OS.
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72 years young & new PC user-ignorent however I am trying to learn. Never
stop learning new things as it keeps one young.
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