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My Computer is not booting up after a failed install of Mac on my Windows 7 and XP Dual booting pc.
It says please instert boot media in select boot device…. I believe the reason is because the Boot loader was overwritten. My question is how can I get another boot loader or something. I have tried installing linux but the grub install part failed (5 times) I have also tried to repair Windows XP with a live cd which also repairs or installs a boot loader but it still said the same thing. Please help.
WOW! it was iPC which is a modified version of the Mac OS X meant to be installed on a Windows Computer. You leave out one little detail and everyone thinks your the typical retard.
I do not have the windows 7 cd. I am using iPC x86. I was wondering if there was some sort of custom boot loader or thing of the sort. Why is grub failing to install? I have BartPE is there anything II can do with that?
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Wait a minute…
You tried installing an Apple operating system on a Windows based PC? There’s your problem.
And yes, it did overwrite the bootloader.
You need to use Wipe Drive (or a freeware utility that performs the same task) to completely clean and eliminate all hard drive information. Then, and only then, can you reinstall Windows.
You cannot reinstall Apple’s os. It will not work. You’ll have to go back to dual booting XP and 7. Wiping the drive is your only hope.
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You overwrote Windows 7′s bootloader with Mac OS X’s Dawin loader. You will have to boot from Windows 7 disc to do a startup repair. Are you installing vanilla Mac OS X or OSX86?
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