*.Hello,
my system had a virus(anti virus 2010) I THOUGHT I GOT IT OFF BUT THE NEXT DAY IT WAS BACK AND NOW I CANT OPEN WINDOWS I GET A MESSAGE SAY WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR CORUPT: <WINDOWS ROOT>\SYSTEM32\hal.dll . please re-install a copy of the above file now the thing is my dell system did not come with a recovery disk and i cant get into the dos mode I CAN GET TO THE WINDOWS ADVANCED OPTIONS MENU AND WHEN I SELECT THE OPTION SAFE MODE WITH COMMAND PROMPT THIS IS WHAT I SEE(PLEASE SELECT THE OPREATING SYSTEM TO START -(WINDOWS (DEFAULT) IS HIGH LIGHTED) SO WHEN I HIT THE ENTER I GET THE SAME MESSAGE
please re-install a copy of the above file <WINDOWS ROOT>\SYSTEM32\hal.dll . iam using window xp and my system is XPS 400 I JUST NEED TO RECOVER MY SYSTEM I DONT WANT TO LOSE 2 YRS OF MY PHOTO I NEED HELP BAD AND I DO HAVE A RECOVERY DISK THAT CAME WITH MY HUSBAND COMPUTER BUT IT DONT SEEM TO WORK IT STARTS TO IT GET TO THE WINDOWS SET UP SCREEN THEN LOAD SOME THINGS WITCH I SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THEN IT GET TO THE OPTION WERE U HAVE TO PICK WHAT OPTION YOU WANT I HIT THE (R) KEY BUT NOTHING HAPPENS THEN IT STOPS CAN YOU HELP ME

Configuration: Windows XP