gotama Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Just wondering if anyone has gotten this to work. I want to install win7 on a second partition, but want to try my hardest not to mess up my current leopard install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148404-leopardwin7-on-a-single-guid-drive-works/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altece Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 don't ask exactly how, but i did it. partition your HD into two partitions, install leopard on one. get it all perfect. insert win7 dvd and install it on the partition that the disk can see (it will know about the HFS+, but won't be able to identify it or see how much space in it is filled). use EasyBCD as bootloader. it should be self-explanatory, but i can walk you through the steps. All Done. As for specifics, i have no idea :glare: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148404-leopardwin7-on-a-single-guid-drive-works/#findComment-1050724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotama Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Works! From my leopard install, I made a second partition from free space in disk utility, formatted FAT. Popped in the win7 disk, formatted FAT partition to NTFS, proceeded with install. When install finished, I ran easyBCD 2.0 beta, added an entry for leopard, and crossed my fingers. Both boot without any problems Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148404-leopardwin7-on-a-single-guid-drive-works/#findComment-1051038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglis Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 What's your configuration gotama? When i have try to install windows 7 in the guid partition i got an error saying "Windows 7 can not install in GPT disk". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148404-leopardwin7-on-a-single-guid-drive-works/#findComment-1051556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotama Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 im on a toshiba satellite a135-s4427 XxX 10.5.5 ppf1 for my leopard install latest chameleon installed leopard and got it working nice, then used disk utility and switched to 2 partitions, hfs+ and then a fat partition. win7 build 7000 for my win7 install select advanced disk options or something like that. format fat partition to ntfs, then install. once win7 is running use easybcd 2 beta to add your leopard entry to boot. are you using disk utility to resize/create your partitions or something like gparted? here is a snap from my disk utility: du.tiff Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148404-leopardwin7-on-a-single-guid-drive-works/#findComment-1051658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglis Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I used gparted to create partition for windows 7. Well I try with your indication, do you know if it works also with a linux distribution? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148404-leopardwin7-on-a-single-guid-drive-works/#findComment-1051687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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