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DefCon-17
Maple Syrup Faggot
+362|6414|Vancouver | Canada
I tried installing Osx (not sure which version) on a separate partition awhile ago, but it didn't work due to files missing or something.

When I started my computer up after that, it always asked me whether I wanted to start up the "foreign OS" (Windows 7), or the OsX. Choosing foreign would just boot up W7 normally, but choosing OsX would show a screen saying "please restart computer" after the Apple logo.
If I started it up without the OsX cd in, it would tell me that no OS was detected and made me restart.

I thought deleting the partition and merging it with an existing one would solve the problem, but now if I start without the CD, it tells me to put in a CD with bootable media, or restart. When I put the CD in, it now only gives me the option to go to my main drive with the OsX, but doing that gives me the same result as before (Apple logo followed by "please restart")

Any ideas on how to fully get rid of the OsX and let me just start W7 up normally?
alexb
<3
+590|6198|Kentucky, USA

DefCon-17 wrote:

I tried installing Osx (not sure which version) on a separate partition awhile ago, but it didn't work due to files missing or something.

When I started my computer up after that, it always asked me whether I wanted to start up the "foreign OS" (Windows 7), or the OsX. Choosing foreign would just boot up W7 normally, but choosing OsX would show a screen saying "please restart computer" after the Apple logo.
If I started it up without the OsX cd in, it would tell me that no OS was detected and made me restart.

I thought deleting the partition and merging it with an existing one would solve the problem, but now if I start without the CD, it tells me to put in a CD with bootable media, or restart. When I put the CD in, it now only gives me the option to go to my main drive with the OsX, but doing that gives me the same result as before (Apple logo followed by "please restart")

Any ideas on how to fully get rid of the OsX and let me just start W7 up normally?
You need to repair your bootloader.

Boot off the W7 DVD and click Repair (after you've selected your language, should be on the second screen), and then run the command prompt, and enter "bootrec /fixmbr" without the quotes.

Last edited by alexb (2010-08-05 21:56:42)

DefCon-17
Maple Syrup Faggot
+362|6414|Vancouver | Canada
Zomg I think it worked. (Typing this from my own comp now)

Thanks.
alexb
<3
+590|6198|Kentucky, USA

DefCon-17 wrote:

Zomg I think it worked. (Typing this from my own comp now)

Thanks.
You're welcome.

If you have any other issues, do post back.
FFLink
There is.
+1,380|6949|Devon, England
You can also solve this issue with the msconfig tool, if you don't have access to a CD (For future reference).
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6046|Catherine Black
This is why alexb got his badge, smart fucker he is
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