hard disk failure dll corrupt

[checbenj]

i have windows xp and sometimes when it boots up i get a hard drive failed when i continue it says the windows root system32/hal/dll is corrupt then i have downloaded hal.dll from dll.com how do i install and how do i make sure i have a good back up thanks
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[sybil]

You might want to check out this:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm
http://www.compphix.com/corrupthal.html

[checbenj]

thanks i ended up reinstall xp