unvaluablespace Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I really need some help to accomplish this. I dont know what else to do. so I basically probably have several questions within this one thread. my system: Lenovo s10-3t i know this system isnt fully compatible with snow leopard, but ive been able to get it up and running, and i have to say, snow leopard seems to work better often times on this laptop than windows 7. i want do to this for now so its already up and running, installed and maybe in the future if more hardware becomes compatible for this machine i can simply do what i need to do for it. anyways, my problem lies in the fact that the windows 7 that came with the pc is starter edition, with only a manufacturer restore disc, not a windows 7 install disc. when i use the restore disc, it wants to format (erasing ALL CONTENTS on the hard drive). when i get snow leopard up and running and ready to install, it wants to format the drive to make it snow leopard compatible, meaning that will erase it as well. when i first got the laptop, i read up about upgrading to windows 7 professional to take advantage of its features for the laptop. i did so using the windows anytime upgrade method built into starter. id assume my conflict wouldnt be so hard if there was some sort of way to fresh clean install windows 7, unfortunately im guessing the keys for the starter and windows anytime upgrade to professional dont work with a disc install. maybe someone knows some way to clean install using my existing keys? id rather do it this way anyway. the bloatware that came with the laptop slowed the system down so much lol. my other attempt was to try and take the windows 7 installed onto the hard disk after using the system restore cds and make a disk image out of it. however, i cant figure out how to properly format or mount the images onto a different partition within the opposite OS. for example, i cant figure out how to mount the disk image for windows 7 onto the second partition within snow leopard, and cant figure out how to mount the disk image for snow leopard from within windows 7. is there anything i can do? any help on this would be appreciated. and sorry if i havent clarified well enough. feel free to ask any questions if theres any details i left out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/222219-dual-boot-windows-7-snow-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
unvaluablespace Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 no one has any ideas? ive tried googling, and this site but no clue. if i could at least figure out some way to use the oem starter key with a install disc to do a fresh, clean install, im sure i could figure out the rest myself. i paid for the professional upgrade via windows anytime upgrade. if theres no way to do a clean install using the starter key, could i do so using the professional upgrade key? any help on this would be greatly appreciated guys. thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/222219-dual-boot-windows-7-snow-leopard/#findComment-1496401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flym4n Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Simple: 1) Format your drive with Gparted Live CD, partition table MBR, make 2 partition, for osx & windows 2) Install snow leopard, patched to install on GUID (look @ this : )3) Install windows (cr*cked version, if you have only recovery CD that can't repair your installation. If you don't find any, PM me ) 4) Boot with a chameleon CD into snow leo, install chameleon, reboot 5) Put 7 as bootable with gparted 6) Boot with downloaded windows drive, repair windows 7) Put osx as bootable with gparted 8) You're done (sry 4 my bad english XD ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/222219-dual-boot-windows-7-snow-leopard/#findComment-1496421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unvaluablespace Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 yeah but thats the problem. install windows how? i only have a restore cd lol. i got the windows 7 starter key using the magic jellybean keyfinder though. is there a special install disc i can get to clean install windows 7 starter? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/222219-dual-boot-windows-7-snow-leopard/#findComment-1496971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryyyyy Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 yeah but thats the problem. install windows how? i only have a restore cd lol. i got the windows 7 starter key using the magic jellybean keyfinder though. is there a special install disc i can get to clean install windows 7 starter? Suggest you consider adding SL as VMware. Works fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/222219-dual-boot-windows-7-snow-leopard/#findComment-1497236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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