[X4U] Boot Camp will not find my disk.
Hans M
lists at hmbg.net
Sat Mar 22 03:32:58 PDT 2008
Ahhh, so the trick is to SELECT the drive, not the volume.
But.... shall I create the disk to two partitions then?
(Can I do that?.... or it must be the volume?)
I am in a confused age of my life.
Thanks for your reply.
/Hans
Bill Fox wrote:
> On Mar 21, 2008, at 7:11 AM, Hans M wrote:
>
>> 4. I booted the MacBook Pro, and started BootCamp Installer.
>> The manual was fine, but continuing there is a message I can't
>> install Bootcamp on the hardisk. It has to be reformatted in the
>> GUID mode, AND WHAT IS THAT?
>>
>> Anyone knows the trick?
>> Whats' GUID formatting, I can't find that option in the
>> Disk Manager.
>>
>
> You need to reformat your new drive since Intel-based Macs used the
> GUID Partition Map. When you do, you will use all of your data so back
> it up. Then,
>
> Open Disk Utility, select the drive (not the volume), click the
> Partition tab, select the number of partitions you want from the pop
> down menu, click Options, select the GUID Partition Table and click OK.
>
> -Bill
>
>
>
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