t0adman Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I'm following instructions on how to install 10.6 on my HP dm1z. I've got a bootloader on one stick drive and 10.6 on another. I can load up the installation interface but in Disk Utility I don't see my NTFS drive with Win 7 on it (primary and only) and thus cannot partition a portion of it for OS X installation (no surprise to this group I'm sure). I'm new at this (no {censored}?) and am hoping someone can tolerate my newbie question and let me know how to carve off some of my HDD and partition it to HFS+. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/272069-how-do-i-partition-ntfs-drive-in-win-7-to-hfs-format-for-os-x-106-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN95 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Hi, The esasiets way for you id to: 1- Boot into Windows 2- Create a FAT32 partition which OS X Dsik Utility can see. hope this helps Rgs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/272069-how-do-i-partition-ntfs-drive-in-win-7-to-hfs-format-for-os-x-106-install/#findComment-1770208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0adman Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Yep, that was helpful. In Win 7 I shrunk the main (only) partition and allocated 75GB for OS X. I then formatted it in exFAT (only FAT option in Win 7). When I tried the OS X install again it recognized the HDD and the two partitioned but would not let me format just the exFAT partition. It appears I have to repartition the entire HDD first, which means re-installing Win 7. Is there a way for me to keep the installation of Win 7 I have on there and simply format the allocated space and install OS X? Hi, The esasiets way for you id to: 1- Boot into Windows 2- Create a FAT32 partition which OS X Dsik Utility can see. hope this helps Rgs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/272069-how-do-i-partition-ntfs-drive-in-win-7-to-hfs-format-for-os-x-106-install/#findComment-1770234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN95 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Hi again, It does sometimes happen with MBR Partition. A better way is to create a FAT partition using DISKPART in Windows. 1- launch the COMMAND promtp in Windows (run as Administrator) 2- Run 'Diskpart' 3- Select disk 0 (Assume you only have one disk) 3- Do a ' List Partitions' 4- then 'Select Partiton x' (x being the FAT partition you previously created) 5- the 'delete partition x' (as above) 6- Now create a FAT partition . This worked for me in the past. Good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/272069-how-do-i-partition-ntfs-drive-in-win-7-to-hfs-format-for-os-x-106-install/#findComment-1770349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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