# Hal.dll is corrupt or missing!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hal-dll-is-corrupt-or-missing/164304
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 30, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hal-dll-is-corrupt-or-missing/164304 "2005-09-30T00:20:17Z")
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### Author: ![3d\_Nirvana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/a88e4f/32.png) [@3d\_Nirvana](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/3d_Nirvana)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hal-dll-is-corrupt-or-missing/164304/1 "2005-09-30T00:20:17Z")

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help me! my computer is dying! I turned it off (by holding down the power button) and now it says system32\hal.dll is corrupt and widnows cannot start. I cant even get to the point where i can boot off my windows xp cd. :crying:

also, i think i messed some other stuff up. when i was formatting a drive (i used the windows xp cd to do it), it formatted, but now i have 2 windows xp boot options, and a longhorn (dosent work, see [http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=194164](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=194164))

please tell me i dont have to loose everything… ☹