Problems To Install Windows On MacIntel? A Solution

By linathael. Original by Ewok - 30/05/2006 17:05:20 CEST - Category: Mac Intel

While trying to install Windows on a MacBook, I have been facing a quite common error message:

Winnt_root\System32\Hal.dll missing or corrupt:
Please re-install a copy of the above file.

This can happen when re-installing windows. Looking in Microsoft knowledge databases one can find that the possible reasons for this error message are: • Windows XP is not installed in the location specified in the Boot.ini file.
• The Ntoskrnl.exe file is missing or damaged.
• The partition path in the Boot.ini file is not set correctly.
• General hardware failure.
I will not go into details, but I have tried all the solutions proposed by MS to solve each possible issue, and none worked... I have also tried to re-format the partition using MS Windows installer without success. Finally the solution is: