Load Leopard on a New Hard Drive with Windows XP already loaded

How can I load a new, fresh Leopard operating system on a new hard drive, with Windows XP already loaded and working on it's own independent hard drive via bootcamp beta. I have been using Tiger on it's own drive and wish to discontinue Tiger and move to Leopard without reloading windows. Can I just put in a new drive, and load Leopard with the Windows drive in place?
Please, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4) Runing Windows and Mac operating systems

Malcolm:
Thanks so much for replying to my question! I am new to MAC and have Tiger and Windows XP on separate drives. I will be removing the drive with Tiger and putting in a new drive to load Leopard and I wondered how that would effect accessing Windows XP since the Windows drive will remain in the system. Is there anything I need to do with bootcamp, since Windows was loaded using the Beta version of bootcamp, and bootcamp icon currently shows in the Windows XP taskbar. Tiger was pre-loaded when the computer was purchased. In fact I had to backdate the beta bootcamp version in order to get it to work. I hope this is not asking too much, but I wondered if there would any problem with Windows after the Leopard load.
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

Similar Messages

  • Portege 3490, install new hard drive with windows xp ready loaded?

    My hard drive failed recently on my portege 3490. I bought a replacement seagate 20gb hard drive. I installed Windows XP pro by connecting the drive (via adaptor) to my desktop and running the setup cd.
    I thought I could then just fit the drive back into the Portege and be good to go. However when I turn on the system straight away asks me to insert system disk.
    I have no floppy drive and my only cd is a usb drive and I cannot use this to boot.
    Has anyone got any ideas how I can get this working?
    I plugged the same drive into my other notebook (non Toshiba) and it boos straight away. Thanks for your help
    [Edited by: admin on 27-Jun-05 07:03]

    Hi
    I have no real solution for you except that I can confirm that the ay you installed Windows and then moved the HDD is generally not a good idea.
    In your case I think what is the primare problem is that the BIOS'es in the 2 different PC's look at the HDD in different ways. That means that even though both systems might say that it is a 20GB HDD they read it differently and therefore the 3490 gets only 'strange' data from the disk.
    Even if it had been able to read the contents still it is not a good idea to do the installation this way because if the chipsets differ too much then Windows will not be able to boot due to wrong drivers.
    My suggestion is to
    In the 3490 format the HDD with FAT32.
    Once again attach the 20GB to the other system.
    Copy the contents of the i386 folder of the Windows media to the HDD.
    Put the HDD back in the 3490.
    Boot up on a DOS/Win9X diskette and enter the I386 directory. Start the installation from there.
    A little bit of fiddling but should give you no problem with boot up.
    Good luck
    Tom

  • Installing new hard drive with Windows XP on T40

    My 40GB IDE hard drive on my T40 is dying.  PC Doctor reports failures.  I reformatted and reloaded from factory defaults with pre-loaded software, especially including Win XP.  Even upon reformat, Windows discovered (and marked) many unrecoverable bad sectors.
    So I decided to buy a 120 GB IDE drive (same mfr Hitachi with same drive telemetry i.e. cylinders, heads as my dying drive.
    I also bought a USB to IDE cable - works well - have both IDE drives active.
    I used a piece of software called BounceBack Ultimate by CMS which is supposed to copy the exact image, including partitions, boot sectors, system software, etc. from one drive to another.
    I went to Windows Explorer, made sure I was able to view hidden and system files, and it looked like it worked - all files and folders that are on the old drive are on the new one.
    I shut down the system, put the new drive in the internal bay, but I cannot get boot - just a flashing underscore of a cursor in the upper left corner of the screen after some drive activity.
    So, I remember the good old DOS days when I could reformat with the /S option to make the disk I was formatting bootable with the OS version I was booted under.
    There HAS to be an easy way to do this!  I do not have any OEM version of Win XP since this is preloaded on the hard drive that is failing.
    I know I have to be missing something easy.  Seems like I should be able to format the new IDE drive via USB and transfer the OS while my old drive is still limping along.
    Help.  Thanks!

    BounceBack Tech Support gave me a different version of their image copying software and the new drive booted.

  • I can't install Snow Leopard on a brand new hard drive with a brand new optical drive.

    I need help please. I have a 2009 MacBook Pro. The hard drive crashed a while back so I bought a new one. The original Snow Leopard disc that came with it was scratched so I bought a new one of it as well. After trying/failing to install Snow Leopard on the new hard drive about a dozen times I bought a new optical drive as well. I installed the new optical drive today, tried to install Snow Leopard again and STILL got the same installation error messages. Any help that anyone might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
    Last error message:
    Install failed: The Installer could not copy the necessary support files.

    Did you partition and format the new drive first?
    Drive Partition and Format
    1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button.  When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
    2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
    4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
    5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
    6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
    7. Upon completion quit Disk Utility and return to the installer. Complete the Snow Leopard installation.

  • I had to have a new hard drive installed.  Now programs load slowly and pinwheel spins a lot.  Any suggestions?, I had to have a new hard drive installed.  Now programs load slowly and pinwheel spins a lot.  Any suggestions?

    I had to have a new hard drive installed.  Now programs load slowly and pinwheel spins a lot.  Any suggestions?, I had to have a new hard drive installed.  Now programs load slowly and pinwheel spins a lot.  Any suggestions?

    It's likely that the new drive isn't working, or it wasn't installed correctly, or you had some other hardware fault rather than a bad drive.

  • I see that i have a problem after installing my new hard drive on my macbook pro mid 2009 version. I put a new hard drive, with all of my information from my old drive installed on it, into the computer. but now have the blinking question mark folder

    i see that i have a problem after installing my new hard drive on my macbook pro mid 2009 version. I put a new hard drive, with all of my information from my old drive installed on it, into the computer. but now have the blinking question mark folder. I see that it means that it isn't reading the new hard drive.
    did i miss a step between transferring all of my information from my old hard drive to the new hard drive and installing the new hard drive into the computer. I believe that i installed properly. it was quite easy.
    thanks for your help

    It means there is no bootable system on the drive. If you still have access to the old drive, then I suggest you boot from it then clone it to the new internal drive. Use OPTION boot to boot from the Recovery HD on the old drive:
    Boot to the Recovery HD:
    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
         1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
             button.
         2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
         3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
         4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
             to the Destination entry field.
         5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
             the Source entry field.
         6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
    Source means the external old drive. Destination means the new internal drive.

  • Can my iSight work on partitioned hard drive with windows 7?

    I have a macbook pro 17in screen, snow leopard. I have yet to get it updated to the latest operating system. I partitioned the hardrive to run windows 7. The built in iSight camera is not working. The dvd player will not visual to tv or projector. If I wanted to project a power point presentation, it wont transfer thru the hardware provided by the mac.

    kmburr wrote: Can my iSight work on partitioned hard drive with windows 7?
    Yes.  If you are using BootCamp to boot Windows®, see  Apple - Support - Boot Camp for help.
    If you are using an virtualization emulator like Parallels, VMware Fusion, CrossOver Mac, or VirtualBox, seek help from its support site.
    kmburr wrote:... The built in iSight camera is not working....
    If the problem continues after turning Mac off for a minute or two and restarting in Mac OS X with no external devices connected, see Apple's How to Troubleshoot iSight.
    Be sure to test more than one Apple camera app in more than one user account.
    kmburr wrote:... The dvd player will not visual to tv or projector....
    I do not understand this sentence. We can try to help with this after you get your other problems corrected.  However, to minimize confusion among problems right now, I suggest you not respond to this unless you can explain how it is related to your other issues.

  • Installed new hard drive and windows 7 at the same time. Left old hard drives in computer but unable to get bookmarks from old drives to new.

    Installed new hard drive and windows 7 at the same time. Left old hard drives in computer, installed firefox however I have no idea in which file the old bookmarks are located. I still have the old files for firefox in the old drives.

    Your "Firefox personal data", like bookmarks, are stored in your Profile folder in Firefox. See this support article about how to recover that data from that old hard drive and transfer it your your new Profile.
    http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

  • HOW DO I SAVE APPLICATIONS INSTALILNG A NEW HARD DRIVE WITH NEW OS?

    I recently purchased a used G5 that is loaded with programs. I am getting signs that the hard drive is getting ready to crash. I installed a 1TB hard drive and formatted it. What I want to do is install leopard on the TB hard drive but still transfer all the applications and programs over from the old HD. A lot of the programs I don't have serial codes for. Can I do a new OS instilation on TB HD with new users and everything and still transfer all the programs over that I don't have serials for and them work perfectly without entering in new serials.

    No. Either ask the original seller for the discs, manuals, and serial numbers, and ensure they destroy their copies of the data, or purchase your own license for the software that they did not supply on disc and/or legitimate license code. The license to the software is limited to whomever has the software in hand with its codes. Purchasing Leopard will only entitle you to the contents of Leopard. Leopard retail on its own does not include iLife, except for iTunes, though Apple does have a Mac Box Set which includes iLife and iWork. The original discs that came with the Mac still have a hardware test which you can't get other than by requesting them from the original seller.

  • Can't load OS X on new hard drive

    Hi, sorry I am new to Mac and to be honest have no real intention of staying with Mac. I am simply trying to help my friend’s mom with her problem.
    Here’s my scenario. I have a MacBook 2007 model.  Her hard drive crashed. I recommended getting a new computer, but she insists on keeping this one. I replaced the hard drive with a Seagate 500gb drive. I tried to use my friend’s MacBook OS X Install DVD. I got an error that said that I could not load this OS to this computer.
    So, I searched some forums and learned how to use the DU to erase then partition the drive and used the GUID option as suggested. I restarted the start up DVD with no additional success.
    I downloaded snowleopard_104a32_userdvd.dmg and tried to run it from my external, with no luck. I could get the “target” screen icon (I think, floating Y like symbol?) but could do nothing else. I have also downloaded a recovery.dmg, but I don’t really know what to do with it, as I can’t get the flash drive to register. For a while, I could not get the original MacBook OS X disc to eject, now I have it out.
    So, when I restart now, I am completely back to the blinking folder. Next, I am going try the suggestions from this page:  http://osxdaily.com/2010/04/07/how-to-boot-a-mac-in-target-disk-mode/. But I need to buy a firewire and thunderbolt adapter. So, I will do that tomorrow. Hopefully, this will have worked, and I will have wasted 2 minutes of your life for having read this. If not, any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
    I have seen other discussion, mostly archived. I didn't want to troll an old discussion.

    But is this a definite fix?
    It's a fix for the problem of trying to install from the wrong disc, or from a pirated download. I have no way of knowing whether the machine is in working order.
    can I use his app disc?
    If you mean the disc from another computer, no. You can order replacements for the original installation discs from Apple customer service. The Applications disc may be too old to work with Snow Leopard, however.
    Snow Leopard is OS only, yes?
    Yes.

  • Please help!  Cannot access TC backups on new hard drive with Lion!

    I know this seems like a generic posting, and believe me that I have searched through countless posts to find the situation most similar to mine.  To start, the basic story (I am pretty computer illiterate, so excuse the lack of terminology):
    -My computer was working slow, beach balling, etc. two weeks ago - took to Apple Genius Bar for help and they suggested need for new hard drive. I already had a hard drive crash in January, but since I have had a Time Capsule running Time Machine since September 2009, I hooked it right up and restored from a backup with no issue... so I wasn't worried about this.  I waited to make sure that I had the most recent backup (and needed to use my computer for law school for a couple days), so I turned it in a day later immediately after a complete incremental backup via TM on my TC. 
    -Got my computer back from the Apple "depot" with new hard drive and hard drive cable.
    -Had an extremely hard time getting my TC to link to my computer and via AppleCare phone help, realized that Apple had given me back my computer with Leopard, and they said that I needed to go back to the store to get a Lion reinstall since the backups had been done in Lion.
    -Went back to Apple store, reinstalled Lion... they told me there would be no issue once I got home and hooked up to TC.  Connected to TC via ethernet and went through "set up" procedure as if it was new computer - could never get past the "Select the Disk" page.  Either it was beach-balling or just sitting there, and I couldn't click continue or anything.
    -Called AppleCare again, they said to try it through Migration Assistant instead of Set Up... again, could not connect to TC.  They said it was too complicated to do over the phone and sent me back to the store...
    -By now, I am on vacation and spent 5, yes FIVE, hours at another store trying to migrate the data to no avail.  I obviously don't know everything they tried, but I know they tried installing each operating system since Leopard, going through set up and migration assistant, and doing a disk repair of the TC.  None of this worked.  Every single time my TC connects and you can see the title of the drive ("Data") and the two separate backups ("emilysmac" was my old computer and "emilysmacbookpro" was the dummy one we tried to make).  Emilysmacbookpro was accessible with no data on it, but once we clicked on emilysmac it just said "connecting" forever and never did anything.
    Basically:
    -300GB of my TC shows that it has been used, so I know something is there. 
    -I can also pull up the data on another computer, and it shows files dated from September 2009 up to the date I last updated, but they do not look how they used to - they are "Unix Executable" files and cannot open through Time Machine.
    I have a really hard time thinking that my TC AND my computer hard drive failed at the same time - which is actually what Apple suggested to me.  Is there anything that anyone knows that will help?!  I am desperate here!  This TC had backups of all my music, pictures and law school work over the past 2.5 years.  Any help would be much appreciated!

    PS I have also looked through Pondini's site, but I am not sure if I am missing something since I don't totally understand all of it.  Thanks again!

  • Why am I not able to install snow leopard on a new hard drive for my macbook pro, which at one point was upgraded to Lion?

    I've just had my hard drive go caput and after purchasing a new one was inclined to install snow leopard but received an error message when attempting to do so.
    I did not create a back up or restore file before I decided to upgrade from snow leopard.
    I'm wondering why am I not able to simply install snow leopard on a brand new hard drive.  What would clue it into me having had ran lion before and why can't I simply delete that kernel or said file.    It makes completely no sense to me.  I come from a pc world where if I choose to format a hard drive, I can do a clean install of whatever OS I choose.  After all I only paid for my laptop as should be able to do with it what I wish. 
    Any suggestions or insight would be greatly appreciated

    1.  Was Lion on the machine and trying to downgrade?
    2.  If so this might be an issue.  Newer machines are done for current OSX.
    3.  If you have Lion on your machine try to install Snow Leopard on another partition or portable HD
    4.  After you format and install SL on the other partition or drive Try to boot from this machine retarting and holding the Option key at boot up.
    5.  See if that work. 
    This is a trial and error way but Mountain Lion is right around the corner and Snow Leopard is 2+ yrs old.
    Brian

  • Loading Operating system on New Hard Drive

    I am having difficulty getting the Mac OS to install on a new hard drive.
    I formatted the hard drive and partitioned.
    I have been able to get disc 1 installed, but the computer rebooted before I saw the prompt for the 2nd disk. 
    When I turn on the computer, I not have the apple icon with a rotating circle beneath. 
    Help?

    camillefromgnm wrote:
     Closest I have is Mac OS Extended (journaled).  Should I stay with that  format?
    Yes, that's what they used to call it.
    camillefromgnm wrote:
     I have  2 disc OS X to install.  When I install again.... should I get a prompt to take out disc 1 and install disc 2 OR do I take the same step of boot + "C"+ disc 2?
    Only if it asks you during the installer to stick in the second disk, then just stick it in, no c or boot needed.
    Once you booted into Leopard off the hard drive, check out if you have iLife or not (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, Garageband etc) or not.
    That's what matters, you can stick the second Leopard disk in to see what it contains or install those applications from the second Leopard Disk before you do Snow Leopard upgrade.
    You don't need to c boot from the second Leopard disk, only the first.
    Once you got Leopard and iLife installed, then stick in the Snow Leopard disk (no need to c boot) and simply run the upgrade from the disk and it will take care of you.

  • Fresh Snow Leopard Installation on new hard drive & Leopard iLife

    I have an early 2009 MBP that came with Leopard 10.5 and upgraded to Snow Leopard. I bought a new hard drive and will need to reinstall OSX. I've read it's possible to perform a fresh install of Snow Leopard without first installing Leopard from the backup disks.
    1) Is this true?
    2) I've heard a fresh Snow Leopard install will not install iLife. Can I reinstall iLife from my Leopard backup disks (that came with the MBP)?
    3) Anything else I should know before installing everything in the new hard drive?
    Many thanks!

    1 True
    2 True. You should be able to re-install it from the DVD that came with your computer.
    3 You should be fine If you have a drive enclosure, you might be able to plug it in and use that to transfer all your stuff from the old drive to the new one.

  • Installed new hard drive now iTunes will not load my purchases on my iPod

    I installed a new hard drive on my computer and successfully transferred all my files to the new hard drive. The first time I tried to sync my iPod a message appeared that my iPod would have to be reformatted to operate with this version of Windows.
    Now, iTunes recognizes my iPod but during the update an error message displayed indicating my iTunes purchases were prohibited from being loaded on my iPod and removed the purchases I originally had on my iPod.
    How do I get iTunes to include my purchases when syncing my iPod?

    Thank you Patrick. You solved my problem. Just checked it out and I now have my purchases on my iPod. Only annoying thing was I had to authenticate my computer a couple of times.
    S

Maybe you are looking for