deathwarder Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I recently installed osx on my dell inspiron 8500 using the jas 10.4.7 dvd. It all went well until the next boot, when I got an hfs partition error. What do I do? I am not dual booting or anything like that, akthough I might try to dual boot with vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34812-hfs-partition-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 The HFS+ Partition error means that the boot files are not properly installed. Format the drive as FAT32 using some Windows/Linux utility. Don't use Windows itself because it has a limit on partition size. Formatting as FAT32 creates a teeny-tiny partition for MBR and the rest of the disk is one big partition. In Disk Utility, select the partition icon displayed below the hard drive icon and format that as MacOS Extended Journaled. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34812-hfs-partition-error/#findComment-247059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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