XP Pro installation problem

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From: Owen McKinstry (McKinstry_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:21:17 -0700

After restarting during installation of XP Pro I was given this message
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll

When I attempted to expand hal.dll from the CD in the recovery console I was
told the "The system cannot find the file or directory specified"

Any suggestions?

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