CompCrasher86 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 So I had vista home premium on my new dell laptop. I installed Acronis disk director suit w/ boot selector and shrunk my main partition to allow for OSX space, and proceeded to install OSX dualboot. After OSX install, I got a b0 error. Put in Acronis boot cd and re-activated disk selector. In disk selector, I can click on OSX but it will only give HFS+ error. If I click on vista, it will only bring me to some dell diagnostics thing. My idea is that dell put some diagnostics programs in a separate partition and now I cannot get into Windows or Apple, only some stupid dell diagnostics. I have tried flagging the windows partition as active, but it looks like the drive letters were re-arranged so now the Dell diagnositics is C, Windows is D, and OSX is E. There is also a recovery partition with a full backup of the factory condition, as setup by dell. At this point I just need my vista back, I will try OSX again next weekend. Please help I need to get back on my laptop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompCrasher86 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 I worked on it a bit an I am farther than before. Turns out I was installing OSX with a GUID partition table and not mbr so I fixed that up. Now OSX is hanging during boot on "NTFS volume name RECOVERY, version 3.1." RECOVERY is a self-explanatory name, it is the recovery partition that dell placed Vista's re-install information on as they do not provide a disk. Why is it hanging and how can I get past. I should mention I am using Kalyway 10.5.1 and my specs are in my sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompCrasher86 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 it starts up now, but only in safe boot mode. Also, I am installing kexts for my video and wireless, but it is not loading the kexts nor do I see them where they should be (I used kext helper). Maybe safe boot mode doesnt work well with Kext helper. Anyways, I need to be able to boot without -x, please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAmLost Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 well if you want your windows back then put your vista installer disk in and do fix startup options in the repair menu and that should fix the startup. (i messed up my computer the same way..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompCrasher86 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 yes well unfortunately the laptop came with an re-installation partition on the hard drive and no DVD, stupid Dell trying to save money. You can re-install vista by pressing F8 on windows start up but oh wait, I can't get that far. I tried to backup the partition to a DVD but it is too big and apparently not bootable. I need to find a way to repair Windows Vista's boot sequence by hand... I have tried booting from the recovery partition, says theres no boot manager. If I boot from the main Vista partition, it just cycles back to the bios in a neverending loop. I can boot into OSX now, but only in safe mode. I installed kexts for my wireless and display, but LEopard will not load them, I have a feeling it has something to do with being in safe boot mode. I think that maybe Acronis Disk Director screwed up my windows boot manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompCrasher86 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Its back and working again, I had to totally wipe out osx and it worked, im taking a long break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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