i walk up and start talking the the guy. black DOS screen loads.

says

"expected 0300 occured "

bunch of letters and numbers

freezes up. have to unplug from wall.













also when i copy the hack from the sd card is it suppose to show up on the wii memory or not?

That usually means you've made a bunch of mistakes setting up your SD card.

Carefully go through this guide: [www.wiibrew.org]

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also when i copy the hack from the sd card is it suppose to show up on the wii memory or not?

Yes, it's just a save file, so it should be listed with all the rest of the saves.
Of course, if you're on 3.4, it will be deleted when you reboot your Wii.