i am having a really big problem lately. i have a sbs 2003 and every so often in the last month my hal.dll has been corrupt and/or deleted. i am receiving the following error message"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file."and i tried to do the tutorial that are online but no luck yet. what i've been doing in order to resolve this problem would be reinstalling the OS and it works fine for a while but then goes back to have the hal.dll corrupt.any ideas what it could be causing the problem?thanks in advance NOTE: i remove all of my external hd's out until i figure out what the problem could be.

Hi, As this issue is related to Small Business Server 2003, I suggest discussing it in our Small Business Server newsgroup. http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/community/newsgroups/dgbrowser/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz&amp;lang=en&amp;cr=US&amp;r=627fae54-a95e-45ba-b054-e423964b47fa Meanwhile, I would like to share the following article for your reference: Error message in Windows XP SP2: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt. Windows\System32\Hal.dll http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/945380/en-us I hope your issue can be resolved soon. Tim Quan - MSFT