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<windows root>\system32\hal.dll

Started by russ1 , Nov 13 2009 10:46 AM

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russ1

Posted 13 November 2009 - 10:46 AM

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I have a 2006 Toshiba Satellite A105, i keep getting this windowsroot.hal message, i can't even start up windows. the computer was working fine, i tried to recover it using the disks with the computer and now it won't work. can someone help please?

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The Skeptic

Posted 13 November 2009 - 11:34 AM

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Go to here and follow the instructions. If that doesnt work go back to Recovery console and at the prompt type:

expand x:\i386\hal.dl c:\windows\system32\hal.dll . press Enter. (x is the drive in which the xp cd is placed).