Lauren Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Hi all, I was very happy to get OS X 10.4.3 running on my Inspiron 1100. I installed it off of a DVD and gave it the full hard drive. It worked nearly flawlessly — my one issue was the lack of support for my wireless card, so I decided I would attempt to install Windows as well and dual-boot the two operating systems. Currently my hard disk is set up as follows: Partition 1, Windows (6GB NTFS) Partition 2, OS X (7GB HFS+) Partition 3, swap (15GB FAT32) By default, the computer boots into Windows. I have placed the chain0 bootloader in the root directory of the first partition, and added the corresponding information (C:\chain0="OS X") to boot.ini. When I select OS X in the bootloader menu, however, I get the error message: NTLDR not found Press any key to restart This prevents me from getting into OS X, but I am still able to select and boot Windows without error. Is there any way to get around this error message while still using the chain0 bootloader? I am fearful of using Wingrub, as I have botched several installs with it before. (It would work well the first time or two. Subsequently I would find myself booted automatically into OS X, or would receive the message "Operating system could not be loaded," with no way to access the bootloader menu or my Windows install. I assume these problems are the result of amateur mistakes, as I have not worked with bootloaders much before.) Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8201-bootloader-troubles/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
skater Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Acronis Disk director Suite should make it with its multi boot option software . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8201-bootloader-troubles/#findComment-51283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixminded Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Acronis Disk director Suite should make it with its multi boot option software . well i cant get into the OSX with acronis. i got "HSF+ partition error"when I selecting the OSX boot from the menu. What I do wrong? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8201-bootloader-troubles/#findComment-53661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atreju Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Hi Lauren, The HSF+ partition error is a well known error, I have exactly the same configuration and the same HSF+ partition error. I think nobody found a sollution yet as all post concerning this error haven't got any (yet). {censored} but true Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8201-bootloader-troubles/#findComment-58989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 C:\Chain0 assumes the OS X is installed on IDE channel 0, slave drive. If instead you have OS X sharing a partition on the same hard drive as Windows, it will mess up. The HFS+ parition error is a corrupted boot sector, and I forget how to refresh that. If you boot an installation DVD for OS X, it will however discover your installed OS X on the hard drive and switch into that as soon as possible. Under OS X, you use the System Preferences to choose a startup volume. Click Windows operating system icon there and restart, that should get you back into Windows (assuming you removed the install DVD). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8201-bootloader-troubles/#findComment-59009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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