Advent Laptop 7109

Hi All ,

I have a Advent Laptop 7109 and a few weeks ago it all went haywire and i
now can't do anything with it and all I get is a black dos screen and also I
can't get into safemode or anything. I get the following message:
The following file is missing windows root\system32\hal.dll

I don't have a disk for this and tried using a recuse disk one of my friends
give me , but it did not work. I have the liceience key etc and its a legal
copy and I am running windows xp media center edition 2005.

Can anyone please help me.

ps. Sorry that I have posted this in two rooms, but i wasn't sure of where
to post this question. I have also posted it in help and support and had a
few replies, none help me resolve the problem though

Thanks in advance.
JC

=?Utf-8?B?QmVscHJpY2U=?= <> wrote in
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> Hi All ,
>
> I have a Advent Laptop 7109 and a few weeks ago it all went haywire
> and i now can't do anything with it and all I get is a black dos
> screen and also I can't get into safemode or anything. I get the
> following message: The following file is missing windows
> root\system32\hal.dll
>
> I don't have a disk for this and tried using a recuse disk one of my
> friends give me , but it did not work. I have the liceience key etc
> and its a legal copy and I am running windows xp media center edition
> 2005.
>
> Can anyone please help me.
>
> ps. Sorry that I have posted this in two rooms, but i wasn't sure of
> where to post this question. I have also posted it in help and support
> and had a few replies, none help me resolve the problem though
>
> Thanks in advance.
> JC
>
>

Microsoft support:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477

The answer is to get a copy of the hal.dll file and restore it.

--
CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com

Hi Carl ,

Thanks for the reply.

I know very little about computers and have no idea how i can find and
reinstall the file in question. Could you kindly explain in simple terms how
I do this.

Thanks in advance.

JC


"CSM1" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?QmVscHJpY2U=?= <> wrote in
> news:FF49FE5F-7DFE-4667-998F-:
>
> > Hi All ,
> >
> > I have a Advent Laptop 7109 and a few weeks ago it all went haywire
> > and i now can't do anything with it and all I get is a black dos
> > screen and also I can't get into safemode or anything. I get the
> > following message: The following file is missing windows
> > root\system32\hal.dll
> >
> > I don't have a disk for this and tried using a recuse disk one of my
> > friends give me , but it did not work. I have the liceience key etc
> > and its a legal copy and I am running windows xp media center edition
> > 2005.
> >
> > Can anyone please help me.
> >
> > ps. Sorry that I have posted this in two rooms, but i wasn't sure of
> > where to post this question. I have also posted it in help and support
> > and had a few replies, none help me resolve the problem though
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > JC
> >
> >
>
> Microsoft support:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477
>
> The answer is to get a copy of the hal.dll file and restore it.
>
> --
> CSM1
> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
> .
>

Hal.dll is on the Windows Install disk in the i386 folder.

The actual file is named hal.dl_ and has to be expanded to the C:
\Windows\System32 folder.

So you need the install disk.


--
CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com

=?Utf-8?B?QmVscHJpY2U=?= <> wrote in
news:ED61D595-AC6B-40C4-A91F-:

> Hi Carl ,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I know very little about computers and have no idea how i can find and
> reinstall the file in question. Could you kindly explain in simple
> terms how I do this.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> JC
>
>
> "CSM1" wrote:
>
>> =?Utf-8?B?QmVscHJpY2U=?= <> wrote
>> in news:FF49FE5F-7DFE-4667-998F-:
>>
>> > Hi All ,
>> >
>> > I have a Advent Laptop 7109 and a few weeks ago it all went haywire
>> > and i now can't do anything with it and all I get is a black dos
>> > screen and also I can't get into safemode or anything. I get the
>> > following message: The following file is missing windows
>> > root\system32\hal.dll
>> >
>> > I don't have a disk for this and tried using a recuse disk one of
>> > my friends give me , but it did not work. I have the liceience key
>> > etc and its a legal copy and I am running windows xp media center
>> > edition 2005.
>> >
>> > Can anyone please help me.
>> >
>> > ps. Sorry that I have posted this in two rooms, but i wasn't sure
>> > of where to post this question. I have also posted it in help and
>> > support and had a few replies, none help me resolve the problem
>> > though
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> > JC
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Microsoft support:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477
>>
>> The answer is to get a copy of the hal.dll file and restore it.
>>
>> --
>> CSM1
>> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
>> .
>>
>