henky Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Hello I have windows xp installed and I tried installing mac aswell (dualboot) like this guide tells me: http://dilnalomo.googlepages.com/xposx03 (you can guide through pages by clicking on introduction etc. in the black bar(upper) Now I installed windows xp, than acronis os selector, which worked at firsted, then I installed MAC, but mac's bootloader replaced acronis! so now I can't boot into windows?!? or can I,? what do I have todo? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I am not familiar with Acronis at all ( I use grub), but I believe what you have done is that you overwrote the Acronis bootloader with Darwin (osx bootloader). What I would do is search the acronis website for maybe a recovery iso (like the Super Grub Disk). That could provide help. Or if the Acronis bootloader detects bootable partitions upon installation, I would reinstall Acronis, but ... Not without some solid research. Good Luck, and if all else fails download grub, install it to a seperate partition on your hard drive, read the manual and and chainload to windows bootloader and darwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henky Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 I am not familiar with Acronis at all ( I use grub), but I believe what you have done is that you overwrote the Acronis bootloader with Darwin (osx bootloader). What I would do is search the acronis website for maybe a recovery iso (like the Super Grub Disk). That could provide help. Or if the Acronis bootloader detects bootable partitions upon installation, I would reinstall Acronis, but ... Not without some solid research. Good Luck, and if all else fails download grub, install it to a seperate partition on your hard drive, read the manual and and chainload to windows bootloader and darwin. OK, well I like you're solution way better, I like grub;) could you please post detailed download and install instructions? very much appriciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Hi henky, first of all, just try to make your winxp partition primary partition . than should start Acronis ... ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henky Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Hi henky, first of all, just try to make your winxp partition primary partition . than should start Acronis ... ~R OK, how do I do this through mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 don`t know with mac you need some bootable partition manager or similiar program,look for that mate ... cheers ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henky Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Got iT!@ fully working dualboot system tnx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 :thumbsup_anim: I am glad to hear that ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Sorry I did not respond fast enough. But thats great you got your problem fixed. Keep on macKIN' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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