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Addictive
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_ 		21. February 2009 @ 18:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all.

I turn my computer on and it goes to a screen that says

'Microsoft windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional setup'

I click the first one and avoid the setup and then it comes back with a page saying;

''Windows could not start the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows Root>\System32\hal.dll
Please re-install a copy of the above file''

What am i suppose to do? How do i install that file (whatever it is) if Windows doesn't even start?

Someone please help me, thanks in advance.
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ddp
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_ 		21. February 2009 @ 18:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
moved to correct forum as not a pc hardware issue.
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Rickster0
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_ 		23. February 2009 @ 14:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Have you tried booting the pc with the windows xp professional cd in the drive and booting from there to see if it will replace the files
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varnull
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_ 		23. February 2009 @ 15:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's done you a big favour.. you have the choice of installing windows again ..fix that file, and it will cry for the next one.. and the next.. and the next..

or get a proper operating system which doesn't break all by itself.
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Rickster0
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_ 		24. February 2009 @ 08:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
lol yeah windows can be a bit annoying when you can't get it to run right. I had one instance when a computer shop couldn't fix my problem of windows failing to starting up and they wanted to reformat my pc. I went to the boot options and reset sectors and it booted fine and never had the problem again and that was the last time i used a pc shop :)
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