NO Hdd to be partioned

Hello, ive got leopard on macbook. with bootcamp i partioned 32 GB, then i put vista home premium first edition (no sp 2 or sp1) ( i wanted to install vista update version).
Xp asked to format C but i didnt find the 32 gb partition just 13000 mb ... i took off the partition then i formated that partition with fat ntfs. I switched off mac rebooted option but mac was no longer there.
I took leopard dvd, loaded, went to disk utility it was unable to partition or format the HDD.
I have an external HDD. I rebooted from there, same fate. basically right now i'd just like to format my HDD and then carbon copy leopard from external to internal drive. But how do i reformat the original HDD ? all the options in utility disk are not clickable.
Do i need to put the original install disks of macbook with macos 10.4 and go from there ?
thx

I just posted a reply to this in the other topic you started. It helps to only have one topic on one subject going at any one time, that way if other people post we don't replicate each other's suggestions needlessly. It also saves you the trouble of posting updates to each thread. Since both posts were to the Tiger forum and I suspect the most frequent helpers view the whole forum in one go it doesn't help to post in multiple categories.

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Hi All,
I need the installation steps of SAP IDES 4.7 on windows 2003 server with screen shots.
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Is so then how?
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Installing Windows 7 on mSSD directly from HDD recovery partion (no USB, no DVD)

I bought a mSSD and plan to use two 500GB HDD I already have. I want to install my OS on the mSSD, preferably with the Lenovo Recovery Partition. In the F11@bootup recovery menu, I could only install a recovery or backup on the HDD, not on the mSSD. In theory, I should be able to install it on the mSSD without resorting to a third medium, e.g. a USB or DVD. Is this possible?

Hi, Dussault
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Recovery partion lost it from my HDD Satellite S855-S5188

Dear all
I accidently deleted the recovery partition toshiba S855-S5188 model while formating the windows and give it back to the old one windows 8 becasue I upgrade it to 8.1 so I need a help
please guys I couldn't work without original windows
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We are just volunteers here and do not work for Toshiba, the Windows 8 key is built into your motherboard. When you recover with the recovery disc it will already be activated and if you install a stand alone version of Windows 8 it is suppose to see the activation code on its own. (must be the same version as the original one)
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Hi. I posted this question here (http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10691580#10691580), but was requested to start a new thread...
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AAhhhh.....
Ye Olde socket-7 TX98 board...
I remember it well, back in the day.
Mine was an AMD K6 @ 233MHz that I overclocked to 300MHz
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Greetings. I'm new to Lenovo and new to actually owning a ThinkPad, although not completely new to ThinkPads in general, since I used company-supplied ones when I worked for Big Blue (some time ago, now).
Anyway, I just took delivery of my W520, and I'd like to get to a "clean" system by using a Win7(64)-Pro installation disk to partition the factory-configured HDD into three logical drives (C, D & E); then format the C-partion and install the OS. Of course, immediately afterwords, I'll need to re-install all the device drivers, and optionally, I may re-install some of the Lenovo utilities (e.g., the color calibration app).
My previous experience with other laptops (DELL) suggests this should be quite doable. But if anyone knows of any reason why this would be inherently problematic with my W520, I'm all ears. Assuming it's not inherently problematic, the first order of business would be to somehow obtain the aforementioned Windows Installation disk.
Now, I know the Recovery Partition and related utilites provide the ability to create Recovery Media, but what I don't know is whether or not this ability includes creating a Win7 Installation disk, such that using it doesn't inevitably lead one down the road to re-creating the original factory-configured environment, with all its bloatware, etc. I wonder about this because of a sentence in the User's Guide that said something like this: “Recovery media can only be used to restore your harddrive to its original factory settings.”
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I have other, somewhat related questions associated with getting my system ready for installing and running actual applications, but for now this is the point I need guidance on. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
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—Thri

[edit] Forgot my manners. Hello and welcome!
I don't have a "W", but most of what you want to do is straight-forward.
If you make a recovery media set using Rescue and Recovery, that will restore the entire hard drive to factory state. There's no way (that I know of) to make "vanilla" media using a factory install.
Even if you don't want to use the recovery media for your "new" install, please burn a set ASAP - before touching your partitions.
You can download a clean MS install DVD image legally - and activate it legally using the Windows activation key that came with your laptop (on the bottom or in the battery compartment) as long as you are installing the same version that came with the machine. Pro -> Pro, Home -> Home, etc. You can activate either 32 or 65 bit with the same key.
Legal Resources for Downloading Windows 7
After a vanilla install, I'd recommend installing ThinkVantage System Update and using it to pull down the Lenovo drivers and apps. That avoids having to find and install every piece by hand. You don't have to accept all of them. You can do a selective install.
[edit] System Update 4.03, Installation instructions for System Update 4.03
Folks often want to do a "clean" install to avoid what they consider excess Lenovo "baggage". I don't find most of the Lenovo stuff to be a problem, and it's easy to uninstall the few that I don't use.
If you need to repartition, that a different deal. Once you do, you (most likely) won't be able to use the recovery partition even if it is still there. BURN YOUR MEDIA.
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HDD recovery from a partition on Portege M300

Hello
I reinstalled my win xp from another xp cd on a portege notebook m300 and did not burn an hdd recovery of the with the windows that thoshiba provided the computer with, its commen today that you burn your own backup instead of they sending you an original win xp cd. I want a backup cd/recovery cd now and I see that they partioned(or what its called) a seperate 2,5GB hd with the name "HDDRECOVERY".
This resulted that my windows got installed on E: cause it was a 2,5GB partioned HDspace that windows called C: and I could only pick E: to install win xp to and I didnt want to erase the 2,5gb partioned space. I toughed that I somehow could access this 2,5gb HD file but it dosent show in "my conputer" only in the disk managment tools windows have. You cant do anything in this manegmant tool to get it to show in "my computer". I would like to access this space and burn this HDDRecoveryfile so I can get my propriate windows that followed when I bought the computer since the win xp serial that is supplied under this cumputer did not work with my new win xp cd.
ps. How do you install windows on C: if the windows install program thinks C: is the 2,5gb partioned file? I dont want to delete it.

Hello Andre
The situation with Portege M300 is a little bit complicated but I will try to explain you. Portege M300 (I think just in Germany) is delivered without Recovery DVD and also without Tools & Utilities CD. Both of them can be created by user but only if unit is factory preinstalled. The factory preinstalled unit with factory image contains one tool called Recovery Disc Creator. Using this tool you can create both medias. Without this tool there is no way to make it.
Unfortunately this tool you can not find on Toshiba download page. Because of that you can keep this partition on the HDD but it has no sense at all. You have your own preinstalled OS without Recovery Disc Creator.
There are two solutions:
1. You can format whole HDD, create own partitions and install own OS using all stuff you can find on Toshiba download page.
2. Contact please authorized service partner in your country. They can try to order original recovery DVD for you. If this recovery DVD is not available the service partner can make factory settings again but with costs.
Thats all I know about Portege M300 and preinstalled software. If you have more questions please write again.
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Hey guys so i use bootcamp to install and partion the hard and then get onto the windows 8.1 installer. Everything goes well till i get to the hard drive point were i format the BOOTCAMP hard drive. it still has the error at the bottom saying
" Windows Cannont be instaled onto this disk. The Selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systeams, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks. Windows cannon be installed to this disk.
The computers hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disks controller is enabled in the computers BIOS menu."
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   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            417.4 GB   disk0s2
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Trying partion drive on early 2008 Macbook and the Bootcamp wants me to back up HDD then run assistant then reload the HDD? I have never done the bootcamp partition and i need help.
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How can I partition internal HDD after installing Windows 7 Professional via Boot Camp 4.0?

I recently purchased MacBook Pro 13" (Late 2011) model with OS X v10.7.2 Lion installed. I've upgraded to OS X v10.7.3 Lion and updated all other software.
I require Windows 7 for some Windows based softwares that do not support Mac OS X. Therefore, used Boot Camp 4.0 to install Windows 7 and then tried partitioning single internal HDD to have 3 partitions (4 total including BOOTCAMP partition). Disk Utility created a 648.5MB partition and then I was able to create 3 other partitions of custom sizes. After applying these changes, I got an error message that said selected volume size is too small. I resized this 648.5MB partion to a custom size and had total 4 partitions, including BOOTCAMP.
After reapplying these changes, BOOTCAMP partition was removed and I was left with only 3 partitions and empty space.
I've tried several different ways to partition the disk, all in vein. Is there a way I can partition my single internal HDD after installing Windows 7 Professional via Boot Camp 4.0?

You can't do what you want with GUI utilities, which will only allow a total of 4 partitions due to the limitation of MBR needed to support Windows. Those four partitions: EFI System (hidden), Mac OS, Recovery HD (hidden), Windows. So with Lion, you only get two visible partitions if you're going to use Windows with BootCamp. You can't make anymore with the included graphical tools.
If you need more partitions you'll need to use something like GPT fdisk (gdisk) to create the partitions in the GPT first. Then add the Windows partition only to the MBR and flag it as bootable. gdisk can be googled and downloaded for Mac OS X off sourceforge. It is not a GUI tool.
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