Not Tractors Laptop, My Laptop

[Longboarder]

Acer Travelmate 4600 with XP on it. I use it for VCDS and Omex software. Was using it yesterday but had to update the VCDS (VAG group ecu fault finding software) to current version. All went well. Read the Polo TDI engine fault (Quantity Adjuster intermittent fault) and came in, copied the log and closed down. On restart it tries to boot win XP but fails with an error message following file is missing or corrupt

<WINDOWS ROOT>\system32\hal.dll

Tried booting off the XP install disc into therecovery console which it manages but it fails to then scan the hard disc when trying bootcfg /rebuild with the error message

missing or corrupt file.

 

I'm stuck. Nothing vital on the computer so I can do a re-install of XP. Just too lazy/busy.

 

Anyone got any ideas please?

 

Pretty please?

 

Nigel

[agent_zed]

if you need to get anything off the computer download a linux live disc. They are awesome and is the reason i ended up using linux. You can burn the entire operating system to a CD or USB and you can boot from there (assuming your BIOS allows this and you have enabled boot from CD/USB - normally F2 on startup to edit the bios).

 

You can then copy any files you want from the HDD (assuming your hdd isn't knackered) to a usb etc before the re-install XP (or linux )

 

https://www.slax.org/is one i've used. But there are loads.

[tractor]

EH!!!!!

[Guest lotusPaul]

You lost me at "not mine"

 

What oil does that take??

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Might be better if it was written in English

[Guest Gargoil]

I understand.

Switch it off and then switch......

Sorry, lost the will..

[nelmo]

Whenever my Windows laptops have died (normally because of a virus) , I install Ubuntu until some bit of hardware goes and then it's new laptop time.

 

I've just had to do that with my 6 year old ex-Windows 7 laptop and I'm just trying to get the Emerald software working on it. It runs but I haven't tried actually connecting it to the ECU - hopefully, it will be OK.

[Guest lotusPaul]

My lap top that has my emerald maps crashed too...so I stripped it down to fix it, now I'm not stupid but I couldn't find the crank,con rods, pistons, any valve train what so ever. I narrowed it down to an electrical failure on the grounds there was no sign of fluid lose. Some one said it's a hard drive fault. Can't confirm this because I can't get to drive it, so no idea if it's hard or easy.

Any ideas??

[Dave R]

reinstall, but you might have trouble when you get to the bit where it connects to the server... dont think its there anymore?>

[nelmo]

My lap top that has my emerald maps crashed too...so I stripped it down to fix it, now I'm not stupid but I couldn't find the crank,con rods, pistons, any valve train what so ever. I narrowed it down to an electrical failure on the grounds there was no sign of fluid lose. Some one said it's a hard drive fault. Can't confirm this because I can't get to drive it, so no idea if it's hard or easy.

Any ideas??

You need to find the flux capacitor...

[Guest 2b cruising]

Probably a four core integrated unit on that model.

[Longboarder]

Verified by phone. Automated service. 42 digit number to be entered to activate. So no more notices counting down the days. All good.

 

Nigel