[FWTools] struggling to import

[Isabel Sargent]

I've downloaded and installed FWTools1.0.0a7 for Windows (and retried it several times) but don't seem to be able to import elements of it into my Python code.

When I try the command 

import gdal

, an error occurs at the line 

import _gdal

"ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found."

Python is therefore finding gdal.py but not _gdap.dll which is in the same folder (and the folder is in sys.path).

I'm completely flummoxed, can anyone suggest where I am going wrong, please?
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