OSX and Windows 7 Dual Boot

So I finally got OSX to install properly and work, but now I can't assign a drive letter to the 200MB partition in windows. the OS X install turned that partition into a GPT Protective Partition and windows isn't allowing me to do anything with that partition. Any advice?

the convert mbr command returns a Virtual Disk Service Error.

"Virtual Disk Service Error:
The specified disk is not convertible. CDROMs an DVDs are examples of disks that are not convertible."

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 currently have Windows 7 build 7057 and OSX 10.5.6 (iDeneb) installed on my eeePC, but I currently only can boot into OSX.

I tried going through what you said above, but when I choose Startup Repair, it tried for 1-2 minutes, but ends up failing. I also tried repairing the bootloader manually using:

Code:

bootrec.exe /fixmbr
E:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 all /force
del C:\boot\bcd
bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd

But it says: "this volume does not contain a recognized file system", even though it does detect the Windows directory on that partition.

Any ideas? Is it a problem with the 7057 startup repair?

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

how to make a partition active?

i tried this
in disk part i typed
list disk
select disk 0
list part
then selected the partition by typing
select part 5
active
but i get this error
Virtual Disk Service Error:
the specified type is not valid for this operation;

and wat is the 200mb partition?

Well i can't find any 200MB partition.
My OSX installation was complete, so i repaired it with Win 7 DVD. Once I did that I used EasyBCD to add MAC OS X to the boot rec, once i did that and tried to boot with MAC OS X i get this error.

vindows

If you read the text after File_xxxxx.mbr. suspect you hosed the master boot record when installing one of the OS's.

Ken

zigzag3143 said:

vindows

If you read the text after File_xxxxx.mbr. suspect you hosed the master boot record when installing one of the OS's.

Ken

I had Win 7 already installed.
So now theres Mac OS X installed too but can't boot with it. Help me to boot it..