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--- macinstallationguideonpc [2008/07/26 05:14] – created zhuanyi
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-<big>'''Mac OS X Installation Guide for PC (WinXP/MacOSX)'''</big>
+====== Mac OS X Installation Guide for PC (WinXP/MacOSX) ======
-__TOC__
-==Introduction==
+===== Introduction =====
 You have tried Windows for a while, which crashes a lot and give you some weird error codes that make absolutely no sense to you, and it eats up memory as if everyone in this world is wealthy enough to buy a server.
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-==Preliminary Information==
+===== Preliminary Information =====
 So here I am, a poor university undergraduate with an IBM Thinkpad T42 (2373-MA5). It is a bit old in today's standard, but anyway, here is the configuration:
 * Intel Centrino 1.6GHz
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 P2P may be the best source that you are getting the software.
-==What you will need to prepare?==
+===== What you will need to prepare? =====
 . A PC with WinXP installed(obviously), but please, this is the 1000 times I am going to remind people: '''Backup your computer!''', anything could happen when you are messing up with OS and MBR, and probably the last thing you want to loss are your Math assignments and the photo you had with that sweet cutie =:)
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 Once you have gathered all these, let's get started.
-==Installation==
+===== Installation =====
-===Step One: Set Up your OS Selector===
+==== Step One: Set Up your OS Selector ====
 The first step is installing Acronis Disk Director Suite. This is pretty straight-forward step, so I will not elaborate here.
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 '''Note:'''Please activate the OS Selector '''before''' you install your OS X, else OS X will override your MBR and you may not able to boot to your XP afterwards.
-===Step Two: Burn the DVD===
+==== Step Two: Burn the DVD ====
 This is the name of the file I have: Mac OS X 10.4.9 Intel SSE3 [JaS 10.4.8 AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1 & PPF2.iso + JaS.10.4.9.Combo.Update.Intel.SSE3.zip]
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 '''Note:''' After you have burned the DVD, you may open it up in Windows to check for the files. However, all you will see is a couple of small boot files. Do not panic and thought you've just wasted another piece of blank disc. You did not. The reason why you only see a couple of boot files is because Windows have a different file system than Mac.
-===Step Three: Set Up Hard Disk===
+==== Step Three: Set Up Hard Disk ====
 I am more comfortable playing around my hard disk using PQ Magic, but you can use anything you like.
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 You may have a different structure, but it is generally recommended that you set up your Mac partition directly after the Windows Parition.
-===Step Four: Check to make sure you have your data backed up===
+==== Step Four: Check to make sure you have your data backed up ====
 This is the last chance you have to make up all your data, so please check carefully to ensure you are not missing anything.
-===Step Five: Show Time!===
+====Step Five: Show Time!====
 First, insert the DVD you have just burnt to your DVD drive, and shut down your computer.
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 Now is the tricky part, the installation type.
-===Step Five: Installation Type===
+===== Step Five: Installation Type =====
 I make a special section for this because this is the most tricky part of the entire process.
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 Once the installation is done, the computer will reboot.
-===Step Six: Dual Boot Setup===
+====Step Six: Dual Boot Setup====
 When the computer was rebooted, it may boot directly to the MAC system without loading the OS Selector, this is because the Master Boot Record (MBR) was overridden. To fix this issue, you will need to to perform the following actions: