Hi , hoping someone can help, been searching for answer to this problem for days!!!!
ACER Travelmate 8571 laptop with 4gb ram
OS - XP Pro with SP 1,2,3
Unable to start laptop and get the message:
“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.”
Put XP Pro Setup disk in cd drive to do repair:
Setup loads files, gets to “Setup is Starting Windows” the Blue Screen of Death appears showing:
“STOP: 0x0000007B (oxF78D2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)”
Run Norton Bootable Recovery Virus check - shows no virus issues
Run Chkdsk /f - again indicated no problems
Completed Memtest - again no issues
Any ideas! This has baffled me????
ACER Travelmate 8571 laptop with 4gb ram
OS - XP Pro with SP 1,2,3
Unable to start laptop and get the message:
“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.”
Put XP Pro Setup disk in cd drive to do repair:
Setup loads files, gets to “Setup is Starting Windows” the Blue Screen of Death appears showing:
“STOP: 0x0000007B (oxF78D2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)”
Run Norton Bootable Recovery Virus check - shows no virus issues
Run Chkdsk /f - again indicated no problems
Completed Memtest - again no issues
Any ideas! This has baffled me????