I have had some problems with my iMac and had to do a complete re-install.
My partition setup is a bit special, 3 partitions in total. I want Mac OS on the first partition, Vista 64bit on the second and Vista 32 bit on the last.
Installing Mac OS X is no problem, slide in the installation DVD fire up the Disk Utility (Do not install yet). Partition the disc as planned (remember to choose GPT as partitioning system). The first partition should be the suggested Mac, the two nest should be MS-DOS FAT (Don't worry, we will reformat to NTFS later).
Install Mac OSX.
After that, put the Vista x64 installation DVD in the drive and initiate that installation. There should not be any real problems in this.
Finish the first Vista installation and boot up. Now we need to install the Boot Camp 64bit 2.1, and this can be a bit of a problem. The problem is, the Boot camp software on the Mac OS X DVDs are not compatible with Vista 64bit on an iMac. I then downloaded the updated Boot Camp 2.1 for Vista 64. Unfortunately this is an update, requiring an earlier version, which we cannot install. Read more about that here: http://www.iotashan.com/index.php/2008/07/06/install-vista-x64-sp1-under-bootcamp/
But do the following and you should be home safe:
- Download Boot Camp Update 2.1 for Windows Vista 64
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/bootcampupdate21forwindowsvista64.html - Install an older version of Boot Camp from the installation DVDs (I used Leopard 10.5 update disc)
- Run the downloaded Boot Camp 2.1 64bit update
- If you encounter the problem "Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid."
The system is trying to tell you (I think) that you are installing a software that is using another culture/language than your system.
Read more about resolving this issue here or find a short version below:
http://www.tiagodherbe.eu/Page/3191/articleType/ArticleView/ArticleID/118/Home.aspx - Now try the install again.
This worked for me.
Fixing "Error applying…"
1. Start the Registry editor
2. Go to this key (or search for Boot Camp): {HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1972E1D59AAA4FE4B9DA97EEB1F70D04}
3. Change language to 409 (1033, the culture/language of the installation)
4. Try the install again
