Ok heres the problem im working on my wifes step dad's computer and his computer crashed because his hal.dll is missing or corrupt.. I tried to run the Repair through the windows xp disc it wont work cause that files missing. But i can access the cd rom and the xp disc through Dos what is the command that i could use to copy that file from The windows disc back to the hard drive. Any info would be greatly appredciated on what i can do...

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