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Hi,

 

I've made the CD Nawcom, have  a blank WD Black HDD from a few years back, have tried to boot from CD/DVD - There is no boot menu as such like in thr guide but a dash like so - in the top left hand corner of the screen.

 

Have changed some BIOS settings to do this.  I'll keep plodding away with this but would like some specific feedback.

 

This board is a Z97-AR Asus board that I'm trying this on. - Thanks

 

edit - I've checked the DVD/CD on boot and the light flashes - The same dash like so - also appears with no cd in the drive

 

I can do this on an empty, unused HDD can't I? - Or does Windows need to be installed?

 

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It did go into an Intel boot agent with flashing dots on screen, and then into BIOS, 

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Hello folks,

 

I've just Google'd about problems with Nawcom CD, and one of the comments from someoene was "if you use Haswell CPU, Nawcom CD is useless.

 

In this case the CPU is Haswell -  :hysterical:  - So the Nawom will not work right? - What is my best bet now? - Another Boot loader, of course, I'll see if Clover can do something or if I can do something with Clover :hysterical:

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Hi foskvs,

 

I'll get round to that - Thanks for the tips as I don't know these things.

 

Is a working version of OS X needed to do this? - Or is it possible to do a Sierra install without?

 

It shouldn't be a problem, hopefully - I'll have a look for a tutorial or best route to do this

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Is a working version of OS X needed to do this? - Or is it possible to do a Sierra install without?

To install OS X on a pc you don't need to have already installed a previous version. To create a bootable usb stick, you need to have a working hack or a mac (from a friend) or a VM (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309556-run-vanilla-os-x-el-capitan-sierra-or-high-sierra-in-vmware-workstation-12-on-a-windows-host/).

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