fareius Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Hey again, I'm curious about installing both OS'es on my ThinkPad. Will it work flawlessly? I don't like to work on Windows 8 anymore... But I'll be needing it because I'm going to college, so... When everything works on Mavericks - why not. Except dock - that's not the most important thing . After installation I'll just have to solve the brightness slider problem if it will show up this time. As I remember from Jake Lo tutorial for T410 these steps are important: "BIOS settings: Set all to default. Then set Security-> Memory Protection-> Execution Prevention: Enabled Security-> Security Chip-> Security Chip: Disabled Config-> Serial ATA (SATA) -> Sata Controller Mode option: AHCI" Will Win8 install in AHCI mode? I'll begin to download VMware and OS X retail image so I can create bootable USB stick . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted September 2, 2014 Yes, Windows8 work perfectly fine on AHCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareius Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Thanks a lot mate!So. The last thing I have to do is formatting my HDD to GUID and making NTFS partitions for Windows. Better install Windows 8 first as I think so, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted September 2, 2014 I usually install OS X first on the first partition where Chameleon boot loader resides and Windows on second partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamid37 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Thanks a lot mate! So. The last thing I have to do is formatting my HDD to GUID and making NTFS partitions for Windows. Better install Windows 8 first as I think so, right? Can windows be installed on a Guid partined hard disk? If so why I get error when try to install Windows7/8 on Lenovo x201 ? Error:" can not install on this portion because it's GUID" Bios setting just as mentioned above . So what is wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted October 1, 2014 Administrators Share Posted October 1, 2014 This has been asked and answered many times before... You can install Win7 on a GUID partitioned HDD, but you need to format the target partition FAT from OS X first. You will then re-format it NTFS during installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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