lsk91 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 So i have this laptop and we want to keep Windows instaled but ass we all know most laptops have only 1 HDD so what i wnat to know is how to make 2 partitions in a way that 1 of them is rechognised by OSx86 (aka MacOSX). Tnx in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181224-macosx-aand-windows-partitions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlucian Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 install macfuse then search for NTFS-3G and then you'll have full r/w support for ntfs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181224-macosx-aand-windows-partitions/#findComment-1233074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 He hasn't installed OSX yet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181224-macosx-aand-windows-partitions/#findComment-1233100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlucian Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 So i have this laptop and we want to keep Windows instaled but ass we all know most laptops have only 1 HDD so what i wnat to know is how to make 2 partitions in a way that 1 of them is rechognised by OSx86 (aka MacOSX). Tnx in advance aha try this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=179636 Steps 1 and 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181224-macosx-aand-windows-partitions/#findComment-1233111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Use GpartedLiveCD to re-size windows partition. Then create FAT32 partiton (do this in Gparted). Now you have FAT32 partition and can boot to OS X install DVD. Before you begin actual installation process, select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. There in the left side panel must be some HDD shown. It must have 2 partitions. One with windows installed, and the other (FAT32) is the partition you going to install to. Select it (DO NOT select the windows partition or HDD itself cose' you may delete it by mistake) now click Erase (top right line of buttons). Name it somehow. So now you should have HFS+ (journaled) partition. The next step would be installation. But this is the different story. Note that if you want use EFI bootloader, the disk must be partitioned as GUID (partition scheme), not as MBR (partition scheme, MBR is the default for Windows). I would recommend installing OS X to a separate HDD (external in this case, cose' one could use it all and partition it with GUID)... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181224-macosx-aand-windows-partitions/#findComment-1233124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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