@LaFemme69

HI. wondering if anyone can help me. I have Vista in 1 HD and OS X (iATKOS v5i updated to 10.5.8) in a separate HD (not a partition), how can i dual boot? so far, i've been going into bios and change my SATA settings before i can boot into…

wondering if anyone can help me decide. are there any advantages or disadvantages in installing either SnowOSX (like iAtkios, Ideneb, Kalyway…) or Retail Snow Leopard (with a USB thumb drive and a pre-existing working Leopard OS)? for e.g.…

I have an issue but not sure where to post so i post here because I indeed needing some expert helps in data recovery. some of the files in my trash couldn't be removed. i noticed that these files are from an external HDD and only see them…

I want to install kext for my ALC888s sound and wondering if anyone can help me installing it. I have OSX86Tools but I don't know how to use it. I also have Kext helper but I cannot past the password entry since I don't have a password on…

I successfully dual boot b/w OSX & Vista on separate HDDs with the help of Thorazine74 and razy60 (thread dual boot on separate HDDs without fiddling with bios settings). NOW, I am embarking on an attempt to TRIPLE boot, adding Windows 7…

I hope this is a proper Forum to post this. I've had leopard installed on my HP9250f for awhile. it had been working great so far except for intermittent 'blue screen' I get when booting up the computer. However, it has been getting worse…

wondering if any osx86 expert can exam a system and see if it's hardware- compatible for iATKOS v5i or v7 installation. (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01837641&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=4005981&lang=en) thanx. katie…

I know this is an OLD machine, which i followed a guide from TheFormed.org to install JAS 10.4.8. so far, all the necessary components (video, audio) are working however, i could not get the integrated ethernet network card to work. it's a…

I know this is an OLD machine, which i followed a guide from TheFormed.org to install JAS 10.4.8. so far, all the necessary components (video, audio) are working however, i could not get the integrated ethernet network card to work. it's a…

“you guys ROCK! Thorazine74: thank you for the links. so far, that solved the problem. Vista is capable of booting in AHCI mode but not always enabled, like mine so I had to enable it through Vista registry (from the links) before I can boot…”

“Ok the situation is like this: Your Vista will only boot in RAID mode as it is. Your OS X will only boot in AHCI mode as it is. So you have several choices to fix that no-go: - Keeping SATA in RAID mode and making OS X boot in RAID mode wit…”

“Ok the situation is like this: Your Vista will only boot in RAID mode as it is. Your OS X will only boot in AHCI mode as it is. So you have several choices to fix that no-go: - Keeping SATA in RAID mode and making OS X boot in RAID mode wit…”

“Well I think if you can boot Vista in AHCI mode it means you dont have any RAID array. I would keep SATA in that way, you should be able to boot both Vista & OS X in AHCI, by choosing the HD to boot in the BIOS menu, correct? To fix the oth…”

“2) You have an Intel ICH9R controller, you should be able to use one of the kexts from that thread to boot OS X with the ICH controller in RAID mode. 1) It looks like you definitely have a weird disk layout maybe with a raid array and a rec…”

“Thanx razy60. i now able to print within vista with my mac keyboards…woohoo! I already have an image of my vista disk management but how do i post or attach on here? LOL! thanx. kate”

“2) You have an Intel ICH9R controller, you should be able to use one of the kexts from that thread to boot OS X with the ICH controller in RAID mode. 1) It looks like you definitely have a weird disk layout maybe with a raid array and a rec…”

“Hi, read through this link it will help with your keyboard in windows .forums.cn et.com/5208-7592_102-0.html?threadID=12112 It has this helpful link in.diesel station.com/software/ hope it helps. Raz THANK YOU razy60. you and thorazine74 ha…”

“2) You have an Intel ICH9R controller, you should be able to use one of the kexts from that thread to boot OS X with the ICH controller in RAID mode. 1) It looks like you definitely have a weird disk layout maybe with a raid array and a rec…”

“I overlooked this, you have 2 troubles mixed up: 1) Having to use the boot menu to select the main disk. 2) Having to switch the SATA mode between AHCI & RAID. For 1) I dont know the solution, you should post the disk layout from both Windo…”

“LaFemme69 wrote. Windows. You should have on your keyboard a key that will print screen, it would be something like: PRTSC, it may be in or around the F keys, you may have to use it with the shift key. Raz Ok, i will do that tonight. when i…”

“I'm not sure but I think you cant use EasyBCD to chainload OS X from vista bootmgr when they are in different disks, maybe the 2.0 beta can do it, try it if you havent yet. Thorzaine74, i've tried to install easybcd 2.0 beta but i still can…”

“Could you post a screen shot of your disk management screen, it would help to see how your system is set up. Raz Edit: Yes hi Razy60. disk management in windows or OSX? how do i go about doing it? sorry, i am a newbie when it comes to compu…”

“I'm not sure but I think you cant use EasyBCD to chainload OS X from vista bootmgr when they are in different disks, maybe the 2.0 beta can do it, try it if you havent yet. thanx thorazine74. I'll see if i can find EasyBCD v2.0 beta. I thin…”

“Hi, when you say fiddle with your bios, do you mean go into it and change which HDD it starts from? or something else. It's just that whenever i have loaded a second OS into my PC that has 3 HDD's the boot always seems to be on the first HD…”

“Did you try the EasyBCD and add the MACOSX boot option? hope you are still following this thread andr3as… i finally tried easyBCD and added the MACOSX boot but didn't work. when i checked the setting in easyBCD, i noticed that the MACOSX is…”

“No, not yet. hopefully soon when i have the time to. I'll keep you guys posted. thank you so much for all your help. kate, Did you try the EasyBCD and add the MACOSX boot option?”

“Are you sure its not a Recovery partition? Somehow I find it weird HP is putting whole disks in their systems just for Recovery. You can get a low level report of partitions with "diskutil list" in Terminal. If you have a foreign partition …”

“Maybe you have some weird partition layout in your vista hd and chameleon is not working well with it. the hp m9250f came with 2 HDDs and one of them is partitioned for Recovery disc. I purchased a 3rd HDD to put OS X in. if the partition i…”

“Yes, i do have my BIOS to boot into OS X. but still doesn't work.”

“Well, I prefer the retail setup. It depends on the hardware you have, but then I tailored my system to be closer to a Mac Pro anyway (Gigabyte ep45 board, nvidia graphics, etc.) You will get a more stable install that will leave the core in…”

“update… my first attempt of recovering, i used data rescue 3. after reviewing the recovered contents, i noticed that it did recover .dmg along with various file formats…mp3, wav, jpg, bmp, avi, mov…but NO mkvs. however, i did see mkvs recov…”

“just to update… i've used stellar phoenix and data recovery. recovred lots of photos, pdfs, txt files. I've also used testdisk, suppose to be one of the best one out there…seen photos, pdfs, txt files and a few .mkv. but i mainly want to re…”

“update…finally able to get back to desktop last night…by pressing SHIFT while booting up. Not sure if it was coincidental or that was the trick. Had to reconfigure background settings…good to go again. HOWEVER, this morning after activating…”

“ok. here we go…hope this will help. kate d.”