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    Emachines M6811 won't boot to windows

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by wajo22, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. wajo22

    wajo22 Newbie

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    My laptop s giving me this message "missing or corrupt \system32\hal.dll" and it can't get to wndows. I've done everything suggested by Microsoft, but nothing works. Can anybody help me here please?
     
    wajo22, Sep 18, 2008
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    qhn Notebook User

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    try scan your drive for bad sectors and a reinstall.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Sep 21, 2008
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    qhn Notebook User

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    ^^
    . same issue as in OP?
    . tried suggestion in post #2?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Sep 30, 2008
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