laptop help

[bloater]

my laptop won't start up, it keeps coming up with this message...

missing or corrupt <windows root>\system32\hal.dll

does anyone have any idea how to fix this??

 

[Simon Le Tom]

have you got a windows XP disc to hand?

 

[mat]

 

[bloater]

nope i don't have a disc for it

 

[killeen22]

nope i don't have a disc for it

You will need to get hold of one to repair it.

 

[Simon Le Tom]

If it's a Dell machine, you might have one bundled with it. If not, get one off a mate or somin.

You can run a recovery console to replace/repair any of the files.

 

[Benarbia]

Is it stolen

 

[mat]

http://www.dll-files.com/

try here.

 

[The_Maverick]

Try here

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerr ... haldll.htm

 

[josh06]

I used to get that fucking error all the time. Wouldnt let me repair it either. So most of the time it would result in a full system restore - usually meaning i would lose all my data. But it would always be backed up. Then it happend again, but my laptop wouldn't allow it to restore. So i called it a day. Weird thing was it happend from day one, and quite alot of times in truth. I think it was a design fault in the laptop.

But for yours if it is only the first time, there are alot of sites you can find via google which should help. But i would advise you make sure you know roughly what your doing.

And good luck :)