Purple Puppy Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Currently, my computer has 3 volumes on 2 disks. The first disk is GUID partition scheme and has 1 volume containing an install of Kalyway OS X Leopard 10.5.1 with PC_EFI bootloader. The second disk is Master Boot Record and has two volumes: the first one is an empty FAT32 volume containing nothing, and an HFS+ Journaled partition containing all my documents and data. I wish to install Windows XP on the empty FAT32 volume, and then use BIOS to select which disk to boot into (as far as I know, bootloaders only affect one physical disk; correct me if I'm wrong). However, when I try to install Windows XP, the installer says that my FAT32 volume is not suitable for installing Windows on, even if I formatted it as NTFS. So how can I install Windows? I desperately need to run 3DS Max 2008! Help is appreciated, thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 However, when I try to install Windows XP, the installer says that my FAT32 volume is not suitable for installing Windows on, even if I formatted it as NTFS. ! This really sounds like a partition problem. Did you try deleting the FAT32 partition and then creating a new FAT32 partition with the XP install disk ? Caution - you should not lose your Vista partition, but you never know. This guide may be help: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=39253 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Puppy Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 At present I don't have a Vista partition. I only have Mac OS X Leopard installed. Maybe I should try creating a new FAT32 partition with the XP install disk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Unplug your leopard drive before installing XP, otherwise xp may write to the boot partition and mess up your Leopard install. I wrote the worst dual boot guide ever...... though it really works: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...c=84917&hl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Puppy Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 I wrote the worst dual boot guide ever...... though it really works: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...c=84917&hl= A contrario (or should I say, au contraire). That guide is the most brilliant guide ever. Thanks so much. Now... I wonder if I will bother opening up my PC to unplug harddrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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