has anyone had this before... im trying to install windows vista on my imac... when i go threw the set up when it tells me to pick my partition i do and then i have to format it to ntfs when i click the button to format i get this error:0x8004005 and it doesnt allow me to continue... i tried searching the internet for other ppl but there doesnt seem to be that much on it... y am i not having any luck with this ****!!! ahhhhhh
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getting an error when trying to formatt partition
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i'd try removing the parition and repairing the disk/disk permissions before trying again.
You'll have to boot up with your Leopard install disk then at the install screen select Utilities - Disk Utility. Then run repair on your hard drive. (you cant do this in OSX as you're using the hard drive at the time!
A couple of times when ive had to reinstall the windows partition if had to repair this and that's cleaned it up.
You'll have to boot up with your Leopard install disk then at the install screen select Utilities - Disk Utility. Then run repair on your hard drive. (you cant do this in OSX as you're using the hard drive at the time!
A couple of times when ive had to reinstall the windows partition if had to repair this and that's cleaned it up.