Purple Puppy Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I have a completely blank, formatted harddisk, which I want to install a dual boot of Mac OS X and Windows. However, which one should I install first? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48198-installing-osx86-windows-vista-dual-boot-on-new-computer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleNeckKiller Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 This is easy. I would say OSx86 first and then Vista because once you boot into Vista you use EasyBCD 1.5 to configure to add OSx86 to Vista boot menu. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48198-installing-osx86-windows-vista-dual-boot-on-new-computer/#findComment-345204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Puppy Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 I installed OSx86 on the 3rd partition, then, when booting into vista setup, it said that it could not find a volume suitable for windows vista!!! However, the other 2 partitions were both NTFS! Having no choice, I deleted the freshly installed Mac OS X and installed Vista. I'll install OS X later. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48198-installing-osx86-windows-vista-dual-boot-on-new-computer/#findComment-345265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Vista is {censored} touchy when it comes to installing. I ended up getting a cheap 80 GB drive and installed Vista on that, leaving my primary drive for OS X and a large FAT32 partition for MP3's and movies so I can share back and forth. I found it much easier to dual- boot WinXP and OS X compared to the cluster-{censored} I got when I tried to get Vista to install properly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48198-installing-osx86-windows-vista-dual-boot-on-new-computer/#findComment-345288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quasar_x Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I installed OSx86 on the 3rd partition, then, when booting into vista setup, it said that it could not find a volume suitable for windows vista!!! However, the other 2 partitions were both NTFS! Having no choice, I deleted the freshly installed Mac OS X and installed Vista. I'll install OS X later. I had exactly the same problem and solved it by activating the NTFS-partition I wanted to install Vista to. You can use a Linux-LiveCD or a GParted for setting the partition as "active". If that still doesn't work, try to temporarily "hide" the OS X partition before installing Vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48198-installing-osx86-windows-vista-dual-boot-on-new-computer/#findComment-345399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Puppy Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 I guess now I'll have to install OS X after installing vista (since I've already installed vista) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48198-installing-osx86-windows-vista-dual-boot-on-new-computer/#findComment-345794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
failurbydesign Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Now i did the same as Purple Puppy, but i lag when it starts...says its searching for device or something like that..why is that? What should and shouldnt i have connected to my pc when i try and install osx? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48198-installing-osx86-windows-vista-dual-boot-on-new-computer/#findComment-345891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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