Harvey Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Sorry about this and i know a lot of people have already posted topics like this but i cannot get anything to work. I have partition it correctly, i have done everything right until i get to disk utility, it just won't show up. I have tried my ATA hard drive and an IDE hard drive. My setup is: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ S939 CPU Asrock 939 DUAL-SATA2 Motherboard 160 GB ATA HDD 80 GB IDE HDD. Thanks Harvey Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Have you got an XP install on there or are you starting from scratch? Either way use Diskpart or Ultimate boot disk to set the partition type - id=af and then to mark this partition active. This was the thing that caught me out a few times, Best of luck Andy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/#findComment-189240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Well on the IDE hard drive i haven't got anything on it. And i am using this tutorial: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=24490, which tells you to do all that stuff using diskpart and i have done the id=af, how do you make it as active? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/#findComment-189247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Wow it is installing i am a bit unsure what patches to use but i will just do the 1's i think i need. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/#findComment-189252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 using diskpart and i have done the id=af, how do you make it as active? Wow it is installing i am a bit unsure what patches to use In the tutorial, go to the end where there is a Troubleshooting section. It tells you how to use Diskpart to set the partition active. Be sure to select the correct disk, not the disk that the tutorial says to select. During installation, select only Intel or AMD packages, not both. Select SSE2 or SSE3, not both, depending upon the capability of your processor. Select the Combo update if you want the latest version of OSX. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/#findComment-189285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Thanks, erm i don't know which SSE to select as mine can use both, well it says that when i use CPU-Z or whatever it is. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/#findComment-189301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Thanks, erm i don't know which SSE to select as mine can use both If your processor is capable of SSE2 and SSE3, choose SSE3. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/#findComment-189307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Ok thanks, right i am using VMware to install it but when it says the computer is going to restart its restarts but the os x wizard doesn't come up, nothing happens. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/#findComment-189309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Did you set the partition as active? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/#findComment-189312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 woops no. It still does it, i really dunno what to do. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27724-disk-utility-wont-find-my-hard-drive/#findComment-189313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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