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Black screen Hal.dll problem

Ok. When I first got my iMac I installed windows through bootcamp with no problems at all. I didnt have the osx disk for the drivers but it worked fine. So I decided to uninstall my windows and reinstall. I reinstall my partiton through bootcamp and begin to install.... After the blue windows setup screen in which I've chosen my install option, formatted my drive and windows has copied all the files for setup, the computer restarts before the main installation begins. Only it tells me I have a window root\systeme32\hal.dll file missing or corrupt! I decided to install OSX 10.5 fresh again and I did. I then use bootcamp to make a new bootcamp partition for windows. I install the disk and the process starts over again. After it copies all the files, it restarts and same problem. So then I use the recovery option and repair the hal.dll file, then restart. It's still there.

To clear any possible questions; Yes my firmware is up to date, yes it a good copy of windows because it has worked before and yes it's the bootcamp that came with Leopard!

Even after a fresh install of everything, this missing file is still there. I even borrowed someone elses windows and this system32\hal.dll file is corrupt or missing.

Any help???

PowerBook G4 15" 1.25 Ghz/ G5 iMac (Intel), Mac OS X (10.5), 2 ghz Ram, 100g HD, Airport Extreme, CD/DVD-RW/ 2 ghz Ram, Dvd-burner

Posted on Feb 11, 2008 4:32 PM

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Feb 11, 2008 10:38 PM in response to Axel Foley

Thanks for the response. I do not have any virtual software installed. No fusion or parallels.

I also noticed after the black missing file screen, after I reboot with option key back to OSX, the bootcamp drive is hidden or missing from screen.

Any more advise would help.
I almost forgot, I even tried formatting the windows partition with disk utility and still nothing. Ive tried fat32 and ntfs with no change. Thanks again.
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Feb 13, 2008 12:36 AM in response to abiem

Hello there I did a search on the forums and found that when you are selecting which partition to setup your Windows in there will most likely be 3 choices:

1) unknown 200MB
2) unknown xxxGB (this should be your OSX partition)
3) C: (where your windows will go or created from bootcamp)

turns out that if you wipe out the 200MB partition and combine it with the C: and run the install then everything will be OK. I just did this and my windows is installing fine now.

So give it a try =) hope that helps!
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Feb 25, 2008 9:24 AM in response to abiem

Thanks everyone. I found the problem. After the blue setup screen runs on the windows side and it asks you to choose a partition. ** Very important** You need to select the bootcamp partiton, do not delete it and format the the unpartitoned space. If you delete the partition and format the empty space, it combines the 128-200 mb space, which deletes some files that allow you to install windows correctly. I just figured it out late last night.
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