Snow Leopard HP dv6

[KHIT]

Hi

 

I want to install retail copy of Snow Leopard on my notebook, which runs Windows 7 64-bit, and then make a dualboot.

 

My problem is that it wants me to make the partition table GUID, but then I have to install my OEM Windows 7 again, and I don't want that.

 

Is there any way around that?

 

I'm booting with Empire EFI 10.6.3 compatible, and the retail disk, where is stripped of all languages I don't need, and all printer drivers, to make it fit on a DVD5, because a friend of mine has broke my original DVD, which I luckily had made a backup-copy of.

 

Can someone help me here?

 

Thanks in advance

[Lordadmiral Drake]

Win7 only allows install/boot from GPT-Disks when on an EFI-Mainboard, on the other hand OS X requires GPT. SO for dual boot you need 2 HDDs in your laptop

[b1gdadd1]

...SO for dual boot you need 2 HDDs in your laptop

 

Sorry but I beg to differ.

 

I have a work laptop, Toshiba Tecra S11 with i5-M520@2.4GHz and Nvidia NVS 2100m, with Windows XP SP3. But I managed to install Windows 7 Ultimate and Snow Leopard without reinstalling Windows XP.

 

Used the following:

• WIN7PE with Snapshot or RDEPLOY - to backup you existing HDD
  
• Ubuntu live on USB - to resize and move your existing HDD partition
  
• MBRWiz - to backup your MBR
  
• a copy of chain0 into windows root directory - did not use fdisk440/boot0hfs
  
• BCDEasy in Windows 7 to include MAC OS X in boot
  
• Deviato's OSInstall - to allow MBR install of OS X
  

Now the laptop triple boots Windows XP, Windows 7 and Snow Leopard with MBR partition.

 

For detailed instruction, follow this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4749