F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop The Windows installation appears to be broken or incomplete.

The Windows installation appears to be broken or incomplete.

The Windows installation appears to be broken or incomplete.

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MavrosGR
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06-22-2016, 03:40 PM
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He brought me his old laptop, which he said stopped working. When I tried to start it, the system reported a corrupt or missing "hal.dll" file. I wonder if I need to reinstall Windows or if this issue can be fixed. The machine used Windows 8.1 but was upgraded to Windows 10 about a year ago.
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MavrosGR
06-22-2016, 03:40 PM #1

He brought me his old laptop, which he said stopped working. When I tried to start it, the system reported a corrupt or missing "hal.dll" file. I wonder if I need to reinstall Windows or if this issue can be fixed. The machine used Windows 8.1 but was upgraded to Windows 10 about a year ago.

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Bunny_Boogie
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06-22-2016, 05:13 PM
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Repair installation could assist. If not, it's an essential OS file.
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Bunny_Boogie
06-22-2016, 05:13 PM #2

Repair installation could assist. If not, it's an essential OS file.

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Grekazz
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06-22-2016, 06:58 PM
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Run CMD with admin privileges and execute sfc /scannow. After completion, perform dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth.
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Grekazz
06-22-2016, 06:58 PM #3

Run CMD with admin privileges and execute sfc /scannow. After completion, perform dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth.

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