The link below will probably resolve the problem but I'm curious about how the problem came to be in the first place.
I was not attempting a dual boot system. All was well then I noticed a dual boot option during startup with a 25-30 second count down timer. The first selection gives me the message of the corrupt or missing hal.dll - the second loads the OS as before.
When I checked for improper paths one was identified as improper or corrupt but the system would not correct the problem.
I hate these spirious xp enigmas!
http://www.compphix.com/corrupthal.html
I was not attempting a dual boot system. All was well then I noticed a dual boot option during startup with a 25-30 second count down timer. The first selection gives me the message of the corrupt or missing hal.dll - the second loads the OS as before.
When I checked for improper paths one was identified as improper or corrupt but the system would not correct the problem.
I hate these spirious xp enigmas!
http://www.compphix.com/corrupthal.html