loonymonkey Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I currently have WinXP Home installed on my primary hard drive. Is it possible to install OSX86 on my second harddrive and have a dual boot menu ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44804-is-it-possible-to-dual-boot-from-a-2nd-hard-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooD Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Yep Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44804-is-it-possible-to-dual-boot-from-a-2nd-hard-drive/#findComment-320718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonymonkey Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 Yep How ? The guides that I've read talk about partioning the drive you have Windows installed on. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44804-is-it-possible-to-dual-boot-from-a-2nd-hard-drive/#findComment-320719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 (edited) Just ignore the part where you partition your Windows drive. Use Diskpart in Windows to create a partition of type 0xAF on your second disk. After that, boot up the OSx86 installer, open Disk Utility and format the 0xAF partition as HFS+. Then proceed to install OSX on it. Edited March 11, 2007 by ErBiC Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44804-is-it-possible-to-dual-boot-from-a-2nd-hard-drive/#findComment-320951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonymonkey Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Just ignore the part where you partition your Windows drive. Use Diskpart in Windows to create a partition of type 0xAF on your second disk. After that, boot up the OSx86 installer, open Disk Utility and format the 0xAF partition as HFS+. Then proceed to install OSX on it. ErBiC, is it necessary to create a OxAF partition? I created a FAT32 partiton with Partition Magic, and shouldnt I be able to erase this partition in Disk Utilitys and create a Mac Partiton during install ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44804-is-it-possible-to-dual-boot-from-a-2nd-hard-drive/#findComment-322228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufgedyng Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I used Acronis for dualbooting works great. Have XP on harddrive 1 and OSX ond harddrive 2. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44804-is-it-possible-to-dual-boot-from-a-2nd-hard-drive/#findComment-322234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonymonkey Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 I used Acronis for dualbooting works great. Have XP on harddrive 1 and OSX ond harddrive 2. How did you setup your drives? Did you use a particular guide? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44804-is-it-possible-to-dual-boot-from-a-2nd-hard-drive/#findComment-322235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxuser33 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 (edited) To many ways to do dual-boot Windows$$$ resides on HD0 (your first HD) OSX sits on HD1 (second HD) 1 use the Boot0-methode in Boot.ini for XPor /with BCDEDIT in Vista 2. use a bootmanager like AcronisBootmanager or Powerquest Bootmagic (needs an extra or at least a logical FAT32-partition on HD0) 3. use Linux' bootmanager Grub or outdated lilo I prefer to use GPARTED-live-CD instead of cryptic tool in Windows$$$-console. look for my name in the forum you will find my tutorial in german and english language (helped a lot of friends) Edited March 12, 2007 by tuxuser33 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44804-is-it-possible-to-dual-boot-from-a-2nd-hard-drive/#findComment-322254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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