Whalid Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I am sorry if this one has been asked before... I couldnt find anyware. I have a Leopard 10.5.2 working flawlesly for a couple of weeks now. I have 2 HDs one with Leo and one with XP. The thing is: I just realized that I dont need a separate partition for XP if I use Paralells or VMware. I did a test and is perfect for my needs. 2 questions: 1. Is it possible to convert my MBR partition to GUID? Without loosing data of course. 2. Can I install EFI without the GUID partition, before my leopard is installed? thanks in advance Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruury Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 No, you can't convert MBR to GPT. You'll need to repartition. You CAN you efi on a MBR system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempel Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I believe this can be done, provided there is some room after the MBR sector. E.g, I have a Asus Eee PC here whose first partition starts at block 63, with unused space from block 1 to 62. This should be enough to add an EFI GPT. I'll try to work this out now (I ran into this post because I was looking if someone has already provided a solution). Once I know more, I shall report back here. If there's no reply here in 2 days, send me a msg as a reminder. Update 2: Uh, I thought it works but there's still something wrong with it. Teaches me to shout hurray before crossing the final line. I'll document it all on this page: http://www.tempel.org/Hackintosh/InstallOnMBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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