Scorpio123 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) I currently have 1 hard drive and 2 partitions. One NTFS partition containing Windows XP and the other containing MAC OS X JaS 10.4.8 Both work well.. Now, i just got Windows Vista, and would like to perform an upgrade install to upgrade Windows XP. So i loaded XP, and when to Setup. Unfortuantely it gave me an error as soon as setup loaded. This was the error: I have a lot of space on my C Drive, so i know that isnt the issue.. The only thing that comes to mind is that Windows cannot read my second partiton that contains OS X, and thinks that it doesnt have enough space. But i dont want to have to install OS X all over again, i just want to upgrade my XP to Vista! Thanks for any help! Edited February 3, 2007 by Scorpio123 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40980-vista-wont-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret-Simpson Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I'd personally have stuck with XP, but now you've paid for the {censored}. . . I have one solution. . . Get a USB or Firewire Hard disk of greater size than your OS X partition, and DD it across to back it up! Then, once you've finished corrupting your computer with even crappier software, copy it back. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40980-vista-wont-install/#findComment-292718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpio123 Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 lol, somebody loves Vista.. I think ive sorta solved the problem.. i've made my NTFS partition active again (the MAC partition was primary first...) using Partition Magic, and installation seems to be getting passed that error now.. Im guessing after Vista has installed, OS X should be bootable again if i make the partition active again? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40980-vista-wont-install/#findComment-292724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvornik Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I agree - this is usually the Active partition issue. Make it Active and it will work. I was installing from XP so I just used the XP disk management. But I guess you can use any partitioning tool. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40980-vista-wont-install/#findComment-292887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizbot Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Windows Upgrades are hacky. Reformatting the drive and starting with XP, then Vista, then OS X could help. Its easier to use a secondary older drive for OS X, and the BIOS boot-order settings. You probably don't want Vista. If its for a better system, try Windows 2003. If its for the eyecandy, you can get that for XP. Wait on Vista, its not ready yet. You pay more for its immaturity in sticker price and troubleshooting time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40980-vista-wont-install/#findComment-292928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard! Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I tried it with acronis. Installed acronis on xp and then installed vista. For me it all worked fine... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40980-vista-wont-install/#findComment-292956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpio123 Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 Right, Partition Magic doesn't even load on Windows Vista, so i can't make the second partition active again... anybody know of another way of doing so? Thanks for all the replies guys, i appreciate it.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40980-vista-wont-install/#findComment-293457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvornik Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Give Extended Fdisk a try: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=6890 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40980-vista-wont-install/#findComment-293924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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