cruhaven Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Ok Guys..... I have Windows XP on the C drive, OSX on the F drive (usb hdd). When I boot into OSX everything works as it should. But when I restart and try to boot into windows, I get the "hal.dll" corruption error. I can go into Recovery console and rebuid the bootcfg file and then I can boot into XP. Is there something that I may be able to do to avoid this process of having to go into the recovery console every time I switch from OSX to XP? Dell 9200 dual core 1.8MGH 1GB Ram Used deneb 10.5.6 install with appropriate setting via OSx86 guidelines. I am going to try Chain0 later this afternoon. Just looking for some more info... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180926-dual-boot-with-osx-on-external-usb-hdd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatR216 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 How did you get the OSX to boot with the windows environment? Ok Guys..... I have Windows XP on the C drive, OSX on the F drive (usb hdd). When I boot into OSX everything works as it should. But when I restart and try to boot into windows, I get the "hal.dll" corruption error. I can go into Recovery console and rebuid the bootcfg file and then I can boot into XP. Is there something that I may be able to do to avoid this process of having to go into the recovery console every time I switch from OSX to XP? Dell 9200 dual core 1.8MGH 1GB Ram Used deneb 10.5.6 install with appropriate setting via OSx86 guidelines. I am going to try Chain0 later this afternoon. Just looking for some more info... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180926-dual-boot-with-osx-on-external-usb-hdd/#findComment-1258170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruhaven Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 How did you get the OSX to boot with the windows environment? I simply went into the BIOS and selected "Boot from USB" and OSX boots fine. When I select "Boot from HD" then I get the "hal.dll" corruption error. I have tried several "boot" managers and they seem to do nothing on the seconde re-boot. Currently, I have the external usb hdd off line and am porting to an e-machine with osx 10.5.6 on it. Better the play with a new computer than screw the one the kids use..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180926-dual-boot-with-osx-on-external-usb-hdd/#findComment-1258716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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