Moveteam Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Hey! I have a HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop, who has Media Center 2005 preinstalled. I can't get clean cd's, just some recovery {censored}. But I have two 80 gigabyte harddisk (160GB!), if I use PartionMagic to make 3 drives out of the first 80gb harddisk, so I have 25 gb to XP, 10 gb to Mac OS X, 20 GB to Vista (45 GB in all). The rest 35 gb I could use as data-drive with the other 80 GB, so I have an 115 GB drive to files. If I'm needing to install XP first because of the recovery {censored}, should Vista or OS X installed after? Give me a point to point guide, thanks! And which bootmanager should I use? The best will of course be, if I could use Mac OS x bootmanager or Vistas? Or what about WinGrub. I'm a toally newbie to that OS X!! Please help me, and sorry my not so good english (yet), i'm just 14 years old and come from Denmark Regards Jakob Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30261-tripleboot-xp-vista-and-os-x/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
skredii Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Wingrub is definitively the way to go! I use it to dual boot Windows and 2 JaS OS X 10.4.8 installs. Works great! Check out my blog for detailed info: http://macgeek.freeflux.net Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30261-tripleboot-xp-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-209643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefWiggum Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I would recommend following install order XP OSX (setup dual boot, either chain 0 or other way) and proceed to vista installation Vista As Vista will overwrite the MBR with its own new (efi based?) bootloader. But its quite good and I am able to triple boot using the vista boot loader. For more eloborate methods see http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...06&hl=vista Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30261-tripleboot-xp-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-209666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moveteam Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Thanks for answers! What did you mean with chain0 method? OK, I install XP first on the C-drive (first partion), then Mac OS X on D (know that is number 2 partion and end Vista on the E drive, and so I have an F data drive and a G dvd drive. But what should I do when I have installed OS X? Please tell me what I should do!!! Thanks alot for your help Regards Jakob Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30261-tripleboot-xp-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-209852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefWiggum Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 First readup on how to setup dual boot and then proceed to triple boot. There are several detailed and simple dual boot up guides, see the wiki pages http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Simple_Dual_Boot "Search" is your friend !! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30261-tripleboot-xp-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-209970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moveteam Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Nice guide. But when I've done the step in that guide and I can boot between OS X and XP, should I just install Vista on a third partion, and will Vista so make a bootmanager, who can boot between the 3 operatingsystems? -Jakob Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30261-tripleboot-xp-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-210368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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