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windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt...
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 8:37 am
Posted by karen
(1 messages posted)
i have a gateway m520 laptop with windows xp home. i got the above message yesterday
(screen is black) and says "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." tried to reboot in safe mode. received the same error. do not
have any original disks from manufacturer, as they were lost in a recent move. what
are my options? i should mention that i am computer illiterate. thanks in advance
for your help and expertise.
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re: windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt...
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 9:27 am
Posted by MartinM
(2918 messages posted)
Karen,
The news is not good. HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) is pretty fundamental.
Probably, the most straightforward route for you will be to purchase a recovery CD
from Gateway. You will lose all your own files if you go down this route.
For what its worth, your issue is described here
If you have a computer literate friend, and can borrow an XP CD, they may be able
to either:
Perform a repair/install for you, or
Boot to the Recovery Console, then run this command:
Expand d:\i386\hal.dl_ c:\windows\system32\hal.dll (change "d" to whatever letter
your CD drive uses)
Good luck.
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re: windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt...
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 10:09 am
Posted by bob wells
(1259 messages posted)
Karen,
This Web site has some options besides reloading Windows. There aare other things
that cause this message to appear.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/missinghaldll.htm
BW
There's nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you.
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On Friday, April 11, 2008 at 8:37 am, karen wrote:
>i have a gateway m520 laptop with windows xp home. i got the above message yesterday
>(screen is black) and says "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." tried to reboot in safe mode. received the same error. do not
>have any original disks from manufacturer, as they were lost in a recent move.
what
>are my options? i should mention that i am computer illiterate. thanks in advance
>for your help and expertise.
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