Re: hal.dll is missing

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charles cashion wrote:
When Windows XP Home starts,
(actually before it starts)
I get the message that <something>/system32/hal.dll
is either missing or corrupt. It exists and it has
the same size as the last time I backed up. It must
(therefore) be corrupt.

QUESTION #1
Is hal.dll within one of the cabinets under I386?

QUESTION #2
How do I determine the location of hal.dll?
Is there a search command for hal.dll?

> search *.cab hal.dl

If I can locate it, I believe I can extract it.
Thank you,
Charles

This whole exercise might end up being moot.
Every time I reboot, my list of problems gets
longer. I think, (when I give up), I will
probably reload Windows.

I have already run "sfc /scannow" with my Windows
Home upgrade cdrom in the cdrom drive.
.

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