new Dual Boot method (win and osx)

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I tried nearly one thousand dualboot methods. but I was either too stupid or my hackintosh too stubborn...nothing worked out for me.

So, I hope this short tut will help others out there.

 

 

what you need:

 

 

xp cd

osx dvd

boot 123 cd (Please google for it )

Ubuntu live cd (or gparted boot disc)

carbon copy cloner (freeware - just google it!)

external Harddrive

 

 

1 - Install Osx86 as you would normally do it on your hackintosh.

2 - download and install Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC - just google it )

3 - Connect your external Harddrive

4 - Make a backup of your OSX partition (select your external Harddrive as destination)

5 - Eject your external harddrive

6 - Restart your Hackintosh and boot from XP CD

7 - Delete your Harddisk in the xp setup

8 - Create your windows partition (the size you want it to be) leave the rest unformatted for your OSX Installation

9 - Install Windows on your newly partitioned hdd

 

At this point we have a standard xp Computer and a external harddrive with an osx-backup (CCC).

 

Now to the next step:

 

10 - Prepare Disk with Ubuntu (boot into ubuntu live cd and convert the unallocated free space to a fat partition and flag it as "boot" with Gparted)

11 - boot your hackintosh from your Boot 123 CD

12 - put in your OSX disk (do not install osx !)

13 - start Disk-Utility and click on your hard drive

14 - connect your external harddrive

15 - go to restore and drag and drop your backup (that you made with Carbon Copy Cloner in step 1-5 ) to ' source ' and drag and drop your designated osx partition to destination

16 - optionally (doesnt work for everybody ) install chameleon to substitued the ugly Darwin Bootloader

 

Have fun!

Alternatively, just restore a backup of a real mac that you or one of your friends has. That worked best for me!