Masna Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Hey everyone. I just leeched Vista Final, and attempted to install. I used Boot Camp, but ran into one major issue: the installation said that Windows couldn't find a compatible drive to install on. I made sure I formatted to NTFS (not FAT32), and what not, and still no luck. Any ideas? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 try reformatting a couple times. i had the same problem as i installed it a few times (playing around with different versions). go into bootcamp, restore to a single volume, and then repartition with a different size (1 gb bigger worked for me) and then try to install again. it is a really weird quirk, i'd like to know what causes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightballbill Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 You should check the first partition or at least the first ntfs partition of your hard drive as the active partition. this will solve the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masna Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 You should check the first partition or at least the first ntfs partition of your hard drive as the active partition. this will solve the problem. How? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman38 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Vista requires a 40gb partition with 15gb free, don't ask why it's just strange. Read this for min system requirements Link: http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/18/vista/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollfaster Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 To assign it as active, grab hiren's boot cd and use the filesystem tools to set your win partition as active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Vista requires a 40gb partition with 15gb free, don't ask why it's just strange. Read this for min system requirements Link: http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/18/vista/index.php no it doesn't! i have it on a 33 gb partition now and before a 20 gb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 uhh rollfaster, hes on a mac, and im pretty sure hirens cant deal with the efi scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I have it on a 10 GB crammed partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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