hack4ev3r Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hey people heres my problem i just installed OS X 10.4.3 and i get a "missing operating system error" if i leave the install DVD in the drive i can boot to OSX but i can't boot to windows or boot without it. i tried FIXBOOT FIXMBR none seem to work still missing operating system error,if i could somehow install grub or something without linux or a bootloader i dunno. thanks ahead, tommy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16361-missing-operating-system-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 A tip I got recently (Thanks JaS) which might, possibly, maybe, work for you.. If you have just installed & have nothing important on that partition.. boot the DVD & run disk util from it, erase the partition once to msdos file system, then again to hfs+ (extended, journaled) & then reinstall.. it seems to force a rewrite of the bootsector... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16361-missing-operating-system-error/#findComment-105319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hack4ev3r Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hi Thanks for the quick replay . are we talking about the mac osx partition? beacuse i have very important stuff on my ntfs partitions could this have happened beacuse the partition was Fat32 before i formated it to HFS+? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16361-missing-operating-system-error/#findComment-105322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 hmm yes, the os x partition.. I if you had it fat32 before it is less likely that this will work.. Im just guessing, remeber, Im a long way from your computer.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16361-missing-operating-system-error/#findComment-105325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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