# Loading datasets

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**Created:** [March 8, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Floading-datasets%2F33338 "2023-03-08T12:56:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ravik4985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ravik4985](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fravik4985)%5C
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Floading-datasets%2F33338%2F1 "2023-03-08T12:56:40Z")

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While running from datasets import load\_dataset, it gives the following error " DLL load failed while importing \_xxhash: The specified module could not be found."

Any suggestion.?

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**Author:** ![diallomama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@diallomama](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fdiallomama)%5C
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:01am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Floading-datasets%2F33338%2F2 "2023-03-10T10:01:37Z")

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are you running locally (and on windows OS) ?

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**Author:** ![ravik4985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ravik4985](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fravik4985)%5C
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 2:16am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Floading-datasets%2F33338%2F4 "2023-03-12T02:16:12Z")

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Yes I am working on my local windows machine