I'm waiting for the UPS guy to deliver my 500GB Hitachi HDD. Basically what I want is:
3 Partitions:
50GB for Mac OSX (HFS+)
50GB for Win7 (NTFS)
400GB for Data and stuff... (HFS+)
and be able to boot with Bootcamp. Is it possible?
My machine:
- MacBook Pro (Pre-Unibody)
- 2.4 Ghz Intel C2D
- 4 GB RAM 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
- 320 GB Seagate HD
I am trying to partition my hard drive into 4 partitions. However, I can't get Windows working with more than 2 partitions. I know that there is some way to get this to work, I just haven't been able to find the necessary hack/guide. To make matters more complicated, my Windows partition is set over 32 GB, in fact, it is about 80 GB. I'm willing to completely re-install everything and completely repartition my hard drive to get this to work. I just would like to know of a sure fire step by step way to get this setup working. 3 Partitions HFS+ and 1 partition for Windows XP SP3 = 4 partitions.
I tried to do a search with no luck perhaps it's because i didn't use the right keywords.
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No joy. Now when I boot my Mac Pro I got the 'bong' but nothing happens.
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Anyone had this problem and know a fix for it?
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WD1 Partition 1A (200GB) Partition 1B (400GB)
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Then (using Soft Raid)
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Info:
iMac 27 3.06, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
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