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I am going to the apple store tomorrow. I already reserved a genius bar visit for 8:00pm after work. I know you guys probably think I am crazy, but I have been trying to install some form of windows for work related purposes for almost 2 weeks now with some success. I was very successful installing vista and had a nice dual booting machine for work and play. Until today.
I was sick of vista's constant warnings and crap, so I decided to install my XP and now its all over. The XP configuration program couldn't find the 32GB volume I had made for vista and was hoping to use for XP, so it gave me the option to quit the xp installation and restart. So I did, and now I am stuck with a computer that won't:
Boot to previously installed Vista Volume
Boot to previously installed Leopard Volume
Boot to CD
Eject the CD
Boot to command prompt
or
Get past the bright white-ish grey screen after the "dong" noise.
I have zapped the PRAM, PMU, tried Command+option+o+f, holding 'C' during startup, holding 'D' during startup, shift during startup, s during startup, control during startup, holding the left mouse button during startup (yes it is plugged into the the imac USB not the keyboard), option key during startup.
Any advice? Other wise.. wish me luck tomorrow.
I was sick of vista's constant warnings and crap, so I decided to install my XP and now its all over. The XP configuration program couldn't find the 32GB volume I had made for vista and was hoping to use for XP, so it gave me the option to quit the xp installation and restart. So I did, and now I am stuck with a computer that won't:
Boot to previously installed Vista Volume
Boot to previously installed Leopard Volume
Boot to CD
Eject the CD
Boot to command prompt
or
Get past the bright white-ish grey screen after the "dong" noise.
I have zapped the PRAM, PMU, tried Command+option+o+f, holding 'C' during startup, holding 'D' during startup, shift during startup, s during startup, control during startup, holding the left mouse button during startup (yes it is plugged into the the imac USB not the keyboard), option key during startup.
Any advice? Other wise.. wish me luck tomorrow.