It's belong to Windows (Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL file) and it should reside in your Windows\System32 folder. Check to see if the file is missing or corrupted. If it missing/corrupted, please click on this link or click on this link for an instructions of how to fix it.
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While running Norton Utilities, a message saying "file 'hal.dll' missing. What is this file? Where do I find it? Where does it belong?
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