Roffen Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I sometimes get the error message that the file hal.dll is missing from a WinXP installation. Where or how can I find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuMaGoNx Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 during initial boot? That's probably not what it trying to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destro Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) Think he means hal.dll is missing or corupted (bluescreen). I think that its a hardware malfunction or a driver issue. Could also be bad memory/ Hal means hardware extraction layer Thats the only time I ever see that error. sometimes if i have a corrupted CD when I am installing windows ill get Hal errors but its generally not the blue screen type. Anyways Roffen thats a hard problem to fix without being able to diagnose it my self and recreate it myself in person I cannt really say. But I don't think you would be able to fix that. Only thing you could really do is try to reinstall windows if it was a big problem on that computer and try to find stable drivers. Thats a massive headache for you too probs. Edited January 5, 2019 by Destro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
404notfound Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 HAL.DLL comes with windows. If it's not there, something went very, very wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 4 hours ago, Destro said: Hal means hardware extraction layer That would be Hel , it is actually hardware abstraction layer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlandisgood Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Are you trying to install from a USB? If so, try WinToFlash. Also give this thread a read, the third to last comment helped me get over this exact problem. Thread here: https://wintoflash.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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