efi vs bios Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 just delete the partition 0 or the 200mb partition and then reinstall vista to get past winload error w volla it works!!!!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19452-success-vista-boot-without-formatting-whole-hdd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 I did that too but it kept booting back into Mac OSX. Anyways I just used boot camp and got back in and it's working. I can't figure out how to get the internet to work though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19452-success-vista-boot-without-formatting-whole-hdd/#findComment-127526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyles Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 After delete the partition 0 or the 200mb partition, can the MAC OS start in normal? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19452-success-vista-boot-without-formatting-whole-hdd/#findComment-127604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Yeah. There are possible problems with firmware updates with this method though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19452-success-vista-boot-without-formatting-whole-hdd/#findComment-127661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkboy Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 After delete the partition 0 or the 200mb partition, can the MAC OS start in normal? On my machine, when I start or restart the computer, it loads into OS X by default. To load into Vista (where I'm posting this from), I have to hold the Alt/Option key. That's how I had it setup when XP was installed and I wanted it to stay that way. I'm suprised this went as easily as it did. Usually when I try stuff like this, I hose the computer and endup losing everything (which makes me go ). As for Vista, I like it. Its still Windows, but the only compliant I have is with the stupid User Account Control (it gets annoying real fast, so I turned it off). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19452-success-vista-boot-without-formatting-whole-hdd/#findComment-127722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanchan Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 i really appreciate the work of the osx86 project and all the discussions going on on these forums. i presently have an intel imac 1.8ghz upgraded with a 250gb hd running xp pro sp2 and os x 10.4.6 on two partitions using the normal boot camp method. i have a beta version (5384) of windows vista and want to try that, just like others in this thread did... i understand i need to delete the hidden EFI partition and then reformat the present xp partition to install vista while leaving the osx partition as it is. right? what i am really wondering about is what possible damaga this does? i mean, the EFI partition exists for a reason/has a function right? anybody has experiences/thoughts about this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19452-success-vista-boot-without-formatting-whole-hdd/#findComment-127949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
efi vs bios Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 only damages... it doesn't restore your partition back to original state, it purpose it to do repartition back to it was before boot camp correct me if im wrong Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19452-success-vista-boot-without-formatting-whole-hdd/#findComment-128187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantalaimon Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 can u tell us what did u do?? step-by-step plz >< Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19452-success-vista-boot-without-formatting-whole-hdd/#findComment-129065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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