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elijahkan8 02-24-2009 04:37 PM
Iatkos Installation Hard Drive Format Help
 
I am formatting my hard drive with one partition to GUID with the disk utility upon installation. But it is stuck on "Creating partition map", any help?
I have a Compaq SR2011WM with upgraded ram.

Taisto 02-24-2009 04:56 PM
Try MBR if it`s not a problem. My old laptop never worked with GUID map, but i don`t really know why...

elijahkan8 02-24-2009 09:22 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taisto (Post 22813)
Try MBR if it`s not a problem. My old laptop never worked with GUID map, but i don`t really know why...
How do I do that without messing anything else up, I dont care if I lose all my files.

nuttzy 02-24-2009 09:38 PM
yea hackintosh works only with MBR so try that.

Taisto 02-24-2009 09:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by elijahkan8 (Post 22828)
How do I do that without messing anything else up, I dont care if I lose all my files.
Run installer again, run Disk Utilities, select your disk which you want to format and select Partition tab, then Options button at the bottom, and change it to MBR.

elijahkan8 02-24-2009 10:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taisto (Post 22831)
Run installer again, run Disk Utilities, select your disk which you want to format and select Partition tab, then Options button at the bottom, and change it to MBR.
It does the same thing on that...

elijahkan8 02-25-2009 03:23 AM
Bump, are there any utilities that I can burn to a disc that will format the HD to GUID or MBR or whatever, I refuse to use Windows (and problably linux) ever agian....

Ali C. 02-25-2009 04:50 AM
Use a Linux Live CD or something similar and verify you don't have a b0rked hard drive. If anything would prove a drive is on its deathbed, it's unsuccessful reformatting.
Or with OSX86, a southbridge conflict.:p But verify your hard drive's in good shape before you worry about how to fix that.

elijahkan8 03-01-2009 04:50 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ali C. (Post 22853)
Use a Linux Live CD or something similar and verify you don't have a b0rked hard drive. If anything would prove a drive is on its deathbed, it's unsuccessful reformatting.
Or with OSX86, a southbridge conflict.:p But verify your hard drive's in good shape before you worry about how to fix that.
My hard drives in good shape because i reinstalled xp (blah), I tried formatting my flash drive to GUID with the boot disk and it formatted almost instantly, so its not my hdd or south bridge, or is it...