pjs18 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 (edited) Here's the deal: I have a SATA harddisk where my WinXP Pro is located (i'm using it right now). Tomorrow I'm gonna buy IDE harddisk and I will install there OS X 10.4.6 (by JaS). I will follow these instructions. So, is it possible to install OS X to my IDE harddisk (and use it from there) so i can also use XP from my SATA harddisk? text might be a bit messy but i hope you understand thanks! EDIT: Should I use TransMac to convert it to HFS+ ? Edited February 20, 2007 by pjs18 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43039-quick-help-please/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
3on Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 (edited) I never set up a dual boot because my self I have allways use my motherboard boot menu (or boot loader I don't remember its name) I just have to press F8 on start up and I can selec the disqk on which I want to boot. It is very usefull to get a multi-boot system, I have now Linux on one disk 3 Mac Os on another one and final a crapy os on a not used raid... If you don't have a such menu avaible on boot you should be looking for a tutaurial, there many of them To create partitions you can(should) use the install dvd, to do so you just have to use the disk utility Edited February 20, 2007 by 3on Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43039-quick-help-please/#findComment-307578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I never set up a dual boot because my self I have allways use my motherboard boot menu (or boot loader I don't remember its name) I just have to press F8 on start up and I can selec the disqk on which I want to boot. I agree, there's nothing easier than that. hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43039-quick-help-please/#findComment-307579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjs18 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Ok, thanks for the answers! But can i still use WinXP from SATA and OS X from IDE? and should i convert IDE's filesystem to HFS ? That's all i need to know. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43039-quick-help-please/#findComment-307583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jana Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Ok, thanks for the answers! But can i still use WinXP from SATA and OS X from IDE? and should i convert IDE's filesystem to HFS ? That's all i need to know. Thanks! Yes you can run XP from SATA and OSX from IDE and I think you have to convert filesys to HFS but do it anyway! Might be a silly question, but why not just buy another SATA Drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43039-quick-help-please/#findComment-307602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjs18 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 (edited) Yes you can run XP from SATA and OSX from IDE and I think you have to convert filesys to HFS but do it anyway! Might be a silly question, but why not just buy another SATA Drive? Because i think SATA isn't supported. Here's a list. I have these: Asus K8N 754 NFORCE3 250 Thanks! Edited February 20, 2007 by pjs18 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43039-quick-help-please/#findComment-307611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jana Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 okay maybe it isnt - is trying it out of question? - why not see if it works and return it if it doesnt? I think it would be better Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43039-quick-help-please/#findComment-307617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjs18 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Okay, i will test it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43039-quick-help-please/#findComment-307698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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