OSX and Windows 7 Dual Boot

shanejordan · 12 Aug 2009

I am having the same problem. Installed windows 7, rebooted, installed iAtkos OS X86, rebooted, used the windows 7 disk to do the repair method as stated and it would not repair it. I spent a day or two setting up windows 7 and now im on the road so I really need to get it back up and running without doing a fresh install of everything again (stupid of me to try this i know). Any way to install the boot loader from OS X onto the windows partition? I found this program NTFS-3G for Mac OS X that will allow for writing to ntfs (windows) partitions from os x. Can anyone point me in the right direction, I dont want to mess things up any further. Thanks!

TheBroker · 22 Aug 2009

limneos said:

Hello pmcgarr

I have dual boot W7 and OSX 10.5.6.

All you need to do is first , install W7. Then, create a new partition for your osx within W7 , format it as fat32 or ntfs and set to to be "active".

Then run the osx installation and before you start the install, go to Utilities and "disk utility" , select the partition you created from W7 and format it as Journaled (don't delete it!).

Then, install as you would normally, selecting this partition as your installation target. (don't forget to customize your OSX installation with the necessary drivers for you system.)

After installation is complete, you will need to repair your W7 boot loader, cause you probably won't be able to boot W7.
Insert the W7 installation DVD, at the first installation screen select your language etc, and at the second screen select "repair computer".
This will bring the W7 boot loader back, so you can boot W7.

Now you won't be able to load osx!
So boot in Windows 7, and unhide your hidden 200MB partition:

1. In disk management, assign a drive letter for your 200MB hidden partition.

2.Download EasyBCD and add a new boot entry, select MacOS, Generic X86, Add, Save. That's it.

You can now have dual boot with W7 and OSX

Supercool. Let's try this out.

yonyz · 26 Aug 2009

limneos said:

Create a new partition for your osx within W7 , format it as fat32 or ntfs and set to to be "active".

What do you mean "within Windows"? You mean with a Windows partitioning software? Sorry for the bump. There's just no way to ask this in a new topic.

rukna · 12 Sep 2009

@yonyz: Yes, I would assume they mean creating a partition using "Disk Management" within Windows.

pparks1 · 12 Sep 2009

I'm assuming that you guys are using hacked copies of OSX which are allowing you to install onto the PC in the first place. Aside from that, you'd have to use something like the EFI-x module (which is what i am doing) or some other flavor of hackintosh (boot 132 + chameleon).

kreesdqban · 14 Sep 2009

When OS X starts for me it tells me my keyboard is disconnected....

nerdyperdy · 28 Sep 2009

Im currently typing from Ubuntu, loading Kalyway 10.5.2, and running Windows 7 and hope the little guide from the first page is correct. I will state that if I do screw this up..all I gotta do is re-install..lol...It'll give me something to do.

If I'm assuming correctly, the 200mb folder is the boot partition..right??If not, why do you need to assign it a drive letter in the first place??

So let me get this right.

Install 7
Install Mac(Kalyway 10.5.2)
Repair 7 with your install disk
Add an option With EasyBCD(does it matter what bootloader you used or??)

and as far as I have read elsewhere, that should be it..Wjhats the 200mb partition for??

Thanks for the help, and I too regestered just to say thanks..lol

I'm Nerd and I'm new, but this place looks solid so I might stay for a while..lol

~Nerd

Update***
Got a grub error(17)

Went to repair Windows with my DVD and got this.

Root cause found:
System volume disk is corrupt.

Repair action:File system repair(chkdsk)
Result:Failed.Error code=0x1f
Time Taken:0ms

Update 2****
I am know running Mac OS X 10.5.2 and I do like it, its just I like Windows 7 as well, and know I don't have it..lol

A320 · 28 Sep 2009

1318 said:

Any other success story when trying to dual boot win7 and OSX?
I saw some question still not answered..

How to Dual Boot Windows 7 and Mac OSX

Read my post #7

o ViiRuSs x · 29 Oct 2009

limneos said:

Hello pmcgarr

I have dual boot W7 and OSX 10.5.6.

All you need to do is first , install W7. Then, create a new partition for your osx within W7 , format it as fat32 or ntfs and set to to be "active".

Then run the osx installation and before you start the install, go to Utilities and "disk utility" , select the partition you created from W7 and format it as Journaled (don't delete it!).

Then, install as you would normally, selecting this partition as your installation target. (don't forget to customize your OSX installation with the necessary drivers for you system.)

After installation is complete, you will need to repair your W7 boot loader, cause you probably won't be able to boot W7.
Insert the W7 installation DVD, at the first installation screen select your language etc, and at the second screen select "repair computer".
This will bring the W7 boot loader back, so you can boot W7.

Now you won't be able to load osx!
So boot in Windows 7, and unhide your hidden 200MB partition:

1. In disk management, assign a drive letter for your 200MB hidden partition.

2.Download EasyBCD and add a new boot entry, select MacOS, Generic X86, Add, Save. That's it.

You can now have dual boot with W7 and OSX

I got lost at "unhide your hidden 200mb partition"

Dark Nova Gamer · 29 Oct 2009

o ViiRuSs x said:

limneos said:

Hello pmcgarr

I have dual boot W7 and OSX 10.5.6.

All you need to do is first , install W7. Then, create a new partition for your osx within W7 , format it as fat32 or ntfs and set to to be "active".

Then run the osx installation and before you start the install, go to Utilities and "disk utility" , select the partition you created from W7 and format it as Journaled (don't delete it!).

Then, install as you would normally, selecting this partition as your installation target. (don't forget to customize your OSX installation with the necessary drivers for you system.)

After installation is complete, you will need to repair your W7 boot loader, cause you probably won't be able to boot W7.
Insert the W7 installation DVD, at the first installation screen select your language etc, and at the second screen select "repair computer".
This will bring the W7 boot loader back, so you can boot W7.

Now you won't be able to load osx!
So boot in Windows 7, and unhide your hidden 200MB partition:

1. In disk management, assign a drive letter for your 200MB hidden partition.

2.Download EasyBCD and add a new boot entry, select MacOS, Generic X86, Add, Save. That's it.

You can now have dual boot with W7 and OSX

I got lost at "unhide your hidden 200mb partition"

Hello o ViiRuSs x, I only want to point out that this thread was made back in august, and the last post was over 4 weeks ago.

If you plan to post on old threads, try to post information that is relevant (helpful, solves the problem, etc) in the future. :)

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