m9c0sx Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 hello all, I had successfully installed and runnning a dual boot XP/OSX (IPC 10.5.6) with chameleon bootloader on a single HD with multi partition setup. First I installed XP followed by IPC. Installation all went smooth. Now my question is I want to reinstall my XP but when I ran the XP installation disc, i keep getting BSOD and I cant continue. Is this because OSX is the ACTIVE partition? Or does it has to do with chameleon bootloader? Do I need to reset something on the OSX side so XP installation will work? I dont want to start from scratch again. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/208968-how-to-reinstall-xp-on-an-existing-dual-boot-xposx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2n117 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 To Bad or Good Luck! I Had The Same Question For The Last Month. How to load windows without the bootloader being overwriting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/208968-how-to-reinstall-xp-on-an-existing-dual-boot-xposx/#findComment-1396216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9c0sx Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 To Bad or Good Luck! I Had The Same Question For The Last Month. How to load windows without the bootloader being overwriting. I was experimenting and here is what I learned so far.. I created a bootable GParted so I can flag ACTIVE any partition I want. If I set the XP partition to ACTIVE then my computer boot straight to XP. If I put the flag ACTIVE to OSX partition then Chameleon bootloader shows up again. Regarding my XP installation I found out that the error is due to AHCI SATA setting of my hard disk. I slipstream the driver to my XP CD and now it get me to the point to install XP. I believed when I reinstalled XP, my OSX wont be accessible since XP partition will be reset to ACTIVE. I will then try to switch the ACTIVE flag back to OSX using Gparted and we will see what happen. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/208968-how-to-reinstall-xp-on-an-existing-dual-boot-xposx/#findComment-1396576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9c0sx Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 It did work! I reinstalled XP. I simply switched back the boot flag to my OSX partition and voila - Chameleon bootloader is back. OSX is running without any problem. My conclusion is XP reinstall wont really mess up or overwrite your OSX. The only thing you need to do is switch back the SET ACTIVE to OSX partition and you will have back your multi boot setup. Atleast I know now that if I messed up my XP partition again (which is my dedicated gaming system), reinstalling XP wont corrupt or mess up my OSX system. s2n117, hope that helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/208968-how-to-reinstall-xp-on-an-existing-dual-boot-xposx/#findComment-1396850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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