Dual Boot Fail

[Will0410]

Hi, I was trying to set up a dual boot of windows 7 with MAC OSX and It ended up not working , but now my computer wants to boot from The Mac Partition that i deleted and i get a


boot0: done
Non-system disk
Press any key to reboot

 

[Veedaz]

Hi, I was trying to set up a dual boot of windows 7 with MAC OSX and It ended up not working , but now my computer wants to boot from The Mac Partition that i deleted and i get a


boot0: done
Non-system disk
Press any key to reboot

Easy BCD works with Windows 7 and Mac OS X (may help with your problem and its free)

Link > http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

 

[Will0410]

the only problem is that the mac osx install failed and the computer wants to boot into the broken partition

 

[Will0410]

and it wants to boot into the parttition that doesnt work and cant boot into 7

 

[Veedaz]

I would clear the partition and reconfig the bootloader. what emulator are you using ?

 

[Will0410]

iatkos...how would i reconfig the bootloader?

 

[Veedaz]

Use Easy BCD, you may have to run a repair install on Windows 7, but try Startup Repair first.

 

[Will0410]

I cant use easy bcd becuase i don't have an operating system to boot into

 

[Veedaz]

I cant use easy bcd becuase i don't have an operating system to boot into

You dont ? sorry you have lost me now, when you said dual boot is one not Windows 7 ?

 

[Will0410]

OK so i had windows 7 and then i went to install MAC osx but it only partialy worked. It now wants to boot into the mac osx partition, but that partition doesnt work. so i am left with a broken mac partiton and a working windows 7 partition that i cant boot into because the computer wants to boot into the MAC partition

 

[yodap]

2 OS partitions on 1 drive?

 

[Veedaz]

You should be able to access your Windows 7 partition via the Windows 7 DVD or if the damaged partition is on another drive just disconnect it.

 

[Will0410]

ok ive decided to try to install xp on the other partition and use easy bcd to fix the other partition

 

[Veedaz]

As yodap questioned ... I take it your using two HDDs as this is the best configuration for a dual boot. good luck and do let us know how it goes

 

[Will0410]

no one HDD two partitions...cant afford 2 HDDs D:

 

[Fire cat]

Ok, so use a Windows 7 installation DVD to do a startup repair. You do NOT need an OS to do this. Just powerup your computer, insert the DVD and reboot. You should get a message like "Press a key to boot from CD...". Do so and then follow the instructions from here:

https://www.w7forums.com/startup-repair-t441.html

Once in Windows, go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management.

If you do not have a installation DVD, download and burn an iso of it from here:
https://www.w7forums.com/windows-7-iso-official-direct-download-links-t2910.html

 

[Will0410]

it gives me an error when i try to repair

 

[Will0410]

im just gonna do the xp then bcd thing...who knows i might even keep the xp anyway

 

[Fire cat]

im just gonna do the xp then bcd thing...who knows i might even keep the xp anyway

7 vs XP

7 Wins

 

[Will0410]

yeah im sayin i might keep the dual boot