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naquaada · 12-31-2008, 01:47 PM

First I have to know a bit more about your installation:

- Which image did you use for installation? Which version of OS X do you have, and which kernel version (look in About this Mac -> More information -> Software).
- If you have 4GB RAM installed, make sure you have the 64bit adapted AppleNForceATA.kext installed, otherwise you'll get problems with some software. You can test it if you boot with -v, if there are outputs like

Command Active 300ms
Command Recovery 30 ms
Data Recovery 30ms
UDMA timing 0xc6

- Are you using GUID or MBR partition table for your system? Start Utilities/Disk Utility and select your harddisk. At the bottom are shown some information, also about the partition table scheme.

Add these information in your signature, so it's readable anytime. Now to your questions:

- If you want to install Windows on the same harddisk, I have no idea, but there are some guides out there. But I would recommend a seperate HD for installation. But if you're no gamer, try a virtual Windows installation in a Parallels or VMware. So you can run Mac and Windows programs at the same time and there's no need to reboot. With 4 GB you have enough RAM to run a virtual machine and OS X at the same time.
- Is the first or the second partition the MacOS partition? Normally it should be the first one. How to fix it is depending on the image and the partition table. Here are some screenshots.
- No this isn't possible (yet). But did you take a look at my installation guide? I'm using a three-partition-system that works with two boot partitions and makes use of disk images, so you can easily restore your system after nearly every crash. Also take a look at my Disk Utility guide - this program can do more than just partitioning harddisks.

Tip: I would recommend to make the MacOS boot partition not too small. If you want to use programs like Logic or Final Cut they need about 80-90 GB each, also Photoshop needs a lot of space. If you want to run a virtual Windows XP you need 5 GB minimum. Music, videos and DVD images also need a lot of space. If you have the money, buy a seperate harddisk, the Samsung Spinpoint HD103UJ Terabyte harddisk is great (about 80-90 Euro in Germany). It's fast, big, quiet and it stays cool after long use. So use the OS X partition only for software, if you want to backup your data you need only to backup yor home folder sometimes. If the system is totally crashed, you can restore it with an disk image (when using my system) and copy your home folder back. That's easy.