tonnoyork Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Hi to everyone, i've installed mac os x 10.4.8 and it don't work for me, now i need to reinstall xp but when i do it the installer say to me that there aren't hard disk's...how i can resolve it?!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46454-installation-problems-please-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 You need to reformat the drive/drives to MS dos/Fat32 in Disk Utility from the install disc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46454-installation-problems-please-help/#findComment-332862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJY9 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 You'll most likely need to get rid of your partition before you can even format. Boot up with an MS-Dos or Win XP boot disk. Go into "Fdisk" and delete "non-dos partition" first, then create new partition. Then you can boot up with your XP Install disk and install XP Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46454-installation-problems-please-help/#findComment-332890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonnoyork Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 I've formatted (sorry for my bad english ) to ms dos from the mac osx dvd but from win xp cd i got the same message, there aren't hd etc etc..and from windows vista installer i can see the hd of the notebook, Disk 0 Partition 2 SENZA TITOL etc etc but vista say to me this message: Not possible install windows in the disk.The partition of the disk is GPT. Please Help me i'm getting crazy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46454-installation-problems-please-help/#findComment-333185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 It sounds like you may still have a partition set to active. Vista doesn't have the ability to set disks inactive like XP does during an install. From the Vista install choose Repair and go to Command Prompt, at prompt type diskpart. Check the link for diskpart commands. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...t.mspx?mfr=true http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46454-installation-problems-please-help/#findComment-333222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonnoyork Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 I don't understand the guide (i'm very idiot i know that) maybe u can help me with diskpart? i've only one hd and vista say that there are disk 0 and partition 2... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46454-installation-problems-please-help/#findComment-333243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 One easy solution is to find someone who can download a disk-wiping utility, like the IBM/Lenovo Secure Data Disposal tool (available here) and put it on a floppy or CD for you. Then you can boot with this floppy or CD and literally wipe everything off the hard drive including the partition information and everything else. Then XP or Vista will see a completely blank drive and happily install. Be aware that you will lose everything on the hard drive with this method, but it sounds as if that's not an issue in this case. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46454-installation-problems-please-help/#findComment-334117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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