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Fix Missing HAL.DLL

I found this quick solution to repair missing hal.dll error in your Windows XP.

First of all, boot into Recovery Console using WinXP CD and follow the instruction below:

At the command prompt type the following commands

Attrib -H -R -S C:\Boot.ini
DEL C:\Boot.ini
BootCfg /Rebuild
Fixboot

Thats all. Hope it helps. Otherwise you need to manually edit the boot.ini which is complicated and not recommended unless you know what you are doing.