nebuluz Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 This might be old but there is a real easy way to fix the boot error, when trying to boot up your Vista partition that VMWARE Fusion 2.0 detects as Bootcamp partition. Start the Bootcamp partition in vmware. Hit F2 and tell vmware bios to boot from dvd. Boot up the Vista Install dvd. Choose language etc til you reach the tool menu. Just choose the first option to repair vista startup. This wont touch the real partition, it will only make changes to the vmware files. Then you can use the partition that vmware detects as bootcamp partition. There is a similar way for xp to. But involves to run those commands after booting for xp install disc. chkdsk /r /f fixmbr bootcfg /rebuild Hope this help someone, im sure its old news but anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/131728-bootcamp-vista-partition-in-fusion-2-real-easy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbySaysHi Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 cool. Are you talking about on a real mac or a hackintosh? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/131728-bootcamp-vista-partition-in-fusion-2-real-easy/#findComment-934317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebuluz Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hackintosh Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/131728-bootcamp-vista-partition-in-fusion-2-real-easy/#findComment-934499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
X3r0X Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I don't touches my xp partition but i works like boot camp in real osx ? so i can work with my xp partiton but without any changes after shutdown bootcamp and boot to my real xp ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/131728-bootcamp-vista-partition-in-fusion-2-real-easy/#findComment-947734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I installed XP Pro on a extra HHD someone gave me, the next time I opened VMWare it had a "Boot Camp Partition" on the menu of OS'es, so i double clicked on it(naturally) and it asked me for my Root password and proceeded to activate this drive as part of my list! I currently run it as a VMware drive or when hacking Nokias or BIOS'es I reboot to it natively! SticMAN Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/131728-bootcamp-vista-partition-in-fusion-2-real-easy/#findComment-947762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
X3r0X Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Same here, but when when the boot camp vm boots up it doesnt find any boot device and starts pxe. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/131728-bootcamp-vista-partition-in-fusion-2-real-easy/#findComment-947799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebuluz Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 I don't touches my xp partition but i works like boot camp in real osx ? so i can work with my xp partiton but without any changes after shutdown bootcamp and boot to my real xp ? If you do it this way, it shouldent do anything to the real patition. It just changed the vm file with patition info for vmware fusion. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/131728-bootcamp-vista-partition-in-fusion-2-real-easy/#findComment-947832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
X3r0X Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Hmm...i can't boot with my external drive. How I can create an image on mac to mount this ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/131728-bootcamp-vista-partition-in-fusion-2-real-easy/#findComment-949583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc000ter Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 When I try to repair with the Vista disk, I get an error saying that my system can not be repaired, in the error log, there is a driver error. I would really love to get this to work, instead of having to install a second version of Windows. I have a vanilla 10.5.5 install which is working well with GUID partition. Any suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/131728-bootcamp-vista-partition-in-fusion-2-real-easy/#findComment-954259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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