Mac operating system???

[raven07866]

I was trying to partition my macbook pro for bootcamp but was having difficulty so i used idefrag and this did not help so i put in the OS disk and proceeded to try and partition 20Gb for windows there once i had done this every thing on my laptop had done and i am having to re install every thing..... is there any reason why it should do this with out any warning because it really annoyed me and im starting to lose faith in apple.

could some one fill me in on what im doing wrong???

 

[dukebound85]

just run bootcamp assistant (applications/utilities/bootcamp assistant)

you dont need to pre partition it before running the assistant as it will do it for you

 

[raven07866]

that didnt work

that didnt work and now im having to re install tiger to then update to leopard but theres one problem... my laptop wont read the second disk even though it is immaculate.... kill me now lol hair is coming out

 

[dukebound85]

that didnt work and now im having to re install tiger to then update to leopard but theres one problem... my laptop wont read the second disk even though it is immaculate.... kill me now lol hair is coming out

why reinstall tiger and upgrade to leopard when you can just install leopard?

 

[raven07866]

because i only have the leopard upgrade disk by the way thank you for the quick response much appreciated

 

[dukebound85]

because i only have the leopard upgrade disk

theres no such thing

apple doesnt sell upgrade discs

haha no problem. just on forum spy lol

 

[marbles]

there are loads of folks here who could help you but try and give them some more detail as to what exactly your doing/have done etc ., never installed windows n a mac myself so I don't know much about it but like I said .....

 

[themoonisdown09]

I was trying to partition my macbook pro for bootcamp but was having difficulty so i used idefrag...

I wouldn't use any 3rd party software to partition my hard drive. Use Disk Utility instead. I'ts located in Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility.

 

[raven07866]

I wouldn't use any 3rd party software to partition my hard drive. Use Disk Utility instead. I'ts located in Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility.

i only used idefrag for defragment my hard drive because the hard drive couldn't partition due to un movable infomation. this didnt help so i tried to erase the free memory so that didnt work.
I then inserted the OS instalation disk and booted from it so i could access the boot up disk utility and from there tried to partition 20Gb of my hard drive.
but it then went and formatted my whole laptop and i had no boot up disks

thanks for your help guys

 

[r.j.s]

Unfortunately, I think the Disk Utility partitioner on the DVD only does destructive partitioning, meaning that the whole drive gets erased and reformatted.

I hope you had your files backed up.

On the bright side, you should have problems partitioning and installing Windows now.

 

[themoonisdown09]

i only used idefrag for defragment my hard drive because the hard drive couldn't partition due to un movable infomation. this didnt help so i tried to erase the free memory so that didnt work.
I then inserted the OS instalation disk and booted from it so i could access the boot up disk utility and from there tried to partition 20Gb of my hard drive.
but it then went and formatted my whole laptop and i had no boot up disks

thanks for your help guys

Like dukebound85 said, use the Bootcamp utility and it will partition your hard drive for you. It is much easier.

 

[raven07866]

Unfortunately, I think the Disk Utility partitioner on the DVD only does destructive partitioning, meaning that the whole drive gets erased and reformatted.

I hope you had your files backed up.

On the bright side, you should have problems partitioning and installing Windows now.

hahah put a smile on my face yea i would if the laptop wouldnt stop spitting the damn disk back out on me

 

[Sly]

theres no such thing

apple doesnt sell upgrade discs

haha no problem. just on forum spy lol

Yes there is, Apple put upgrade disks in with old stock using the previous OS when a new OS is launched.

OP. honestly the best way is to go cold turkey, if you install Bootcamp you'll only be tempted to use it.

 

[dukebound85]

Yes there is, Apple put upgrade disks in with old stock using the previous OS when a new OS is launched.

OP. honestly the best way is to go cold turkey, if you install Bootcamp you'll only be tempted to use it.

but they are not "upgrade" discs, they are fully fledged os discs meaning you can install from them

 

[raven07866]

but they are not "upgrade" discs, they are fully fledged os discs meaning you can install from them

All i know is i got the upgrade disk through when i bought the new Imac and i desided to use it with my macbook pro aswell

 

[Sly]

but they are not "upgrade" discs, they are fully fledged os discs meaning you can install from them

They have 'Upgrade' printed on them and they search for a fully installed previous OS before they allow install.

All i know is i got the upgrade disk through when i bought the new Imac and i desided to use it with my macbook pro aswell

Disks that come with your computer are also machine specific meaning a Mac Pro disk will not install in a Macbook Pro

The upgrade disks are not machine specific though.

 

[dukebound85]

They have 'Upgrade' printed on them and they search for a fully installed previous OS before they allow install.

really? im surprised ive never heard of that. well guess you learn something everyday.

i was under the impression they just stuck a leopard retail disk as it would be too late to install the new os on after the announcement

 

[raven07866]

Disks that come with your computer are also machine specific meaning a Mac Pro disk will not install in a Macbook Pro

wrong because i've used it for a year now with the upgrade on my macbook pro any way this isnt about arguing about the upgrade disk myth my laptop is fooked

 

[themoonisdown09]

wrong because i've used it for a year now with the upgrade on my macbook pro any way this isnt about arguing about the upgrade disk myth my laptop is fooked

Sly must have thought you were talking about the restore disks that come with your computer and not the extra drop-in disk that you were provided.

 

[Sly]

Sly must have thought you were talking about the restore disks that come with your computer and not the extra drop-in disk that you were provided.

Exactly, as I said the upgrade disks are NOT machine specific the grey faced restore disks are.

 

[11800506]

I borrowed my friend's Leopard upgrade disk and I'm pretty sure that you can in fact use them to do an Archive and Install or Erase and Install. When you are running the disk it will come up with the option to do an Upgrade which it then checks for a fully installed OS - but if you click something like Options on that page you can select a different type of install. I'm not exactly sure the exact options since I don't have the disk, but when I used it I remember that you could in fact do other install types than an upgrade.

 

[r.j.s]

I borrowed my friend's Leopard upgrade disk and I'm pretty sure that you can in fact use them to do an Archive and Install or Erase and Install. When you are running the disk it will come up with the option to do an Upgrade which it then checks for a fully installed OS - but if you click something like Options on that page you can select a different type of install. I'm not exactly sure the exact options since I don't have the disk, but when I used it I remember that you could in fact do other install types than an upgrade.

The point is that the upgrade drop-in discs do check for a previous version, unlike the retail DVD or restore DVDs.