Fire-up EasyBCD, and go to the “Bootloader Management” screen.
Select “Other” and start Windows Vista.
It should give you an “Other” option to boot into Windows Vista.
Once OS X has finished installing, the Darwin bootloader should load up OS X for the first time.
Assuming you have the legitimate Dev Preview kit with the official OS X x86 DVD, just stick it in the drive and follow the on-screen prompts.
Install OS X to a primary partition on your PC.
EasyBCD only boots into OS X, nothing more, nothing less. NeoSmart Technologies does not provide any instructions whatsoever on getting OS X installed. This section covers booting Windows Vista and OS X together via the Windows bootloader assuming that you installed Vista first and now want to install OS X. There are two ways to get OS X and Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 working together with the BCD/bootmgr bootloader, depending on the order of installation.
1 Dual-Booting Mac OS X and Windows Vista/7/8ĭual-Booting Mac OS X and Windows Vista/7/8Īdding a pre-existing OS X installation to the Windows Vista+ bootloader is a very easy and straightforward process with EasyBCD.