Dual-booting Windows 7 and OS X on Aspire One using Boot-Think boot loader

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:55:59 +0800

The following may not be the only way of doing it, but that's how I got mine working.

1. Connect your Aspire One or technically any netbook to an external DVD drive, boot with iATKOS V7
2. Start "Disk Utility", and split your drive into 2 partitions - first one as Mac Extended with MBR option (this is the one OS X will be installed), second one FAT with MBR option
3. Install iATKOS V7 onto the first partition using Chameleon V1 bootloader, make sure everything works and OS X boots up fine
4. Boot with Windows 7 installation DVD, and choose to install onto the second partition. You won't be able to install on FAT, so format it with NTFS (do not repartition, when you do that Windows 7 creates a hidden third partition that will give you a real hard time)
5. Install Windows 7, it will restart a few times automatically, at this point you won't be able to boot OS X
6. Before you install anything onto Windows 7, activate it with "7 Loader" by Hazar + Orbit30 (version 1.3 worked fine for me, but 1.5 has been released as I wrote this), this enables you to use Windows update on your activated Windows 7, it even lets you install OEM logos of your choice!
7. Now Windows 7 should be permanently activated, install Boot-Think 2.2.2. Just hit the EXE and it will do the rest
8. Upon restart you will for the first time see the Windows 7 boot loader, asking whether you wanna boot "Windows 7" or "Boot Think", just choose "Windows 7"
9. Once you have boot into Windows 7, move to the "Darwin" folder created on your boot disk by Boot-Think, move to "MBR" folder, and right click to run "SetupMBR.BAT" as administrator, reboot again
10. Now you should see only the graphical boot menu like this one

11. You're done, enjoy two of the most advanced OSes on your trusty netbook.

Windows 7 Final Build

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:21:05 +0800

I know... I know you can't read what's in the screen capture above, but I didn't expect you to, it's just a proof-of-concept. Let's just say I "saw" this somewhere.

Windows 7 Build 7600 64bit Ultimate Edition (Confirmed Final Build)
Windows 7 Loader 1.3 by Orbit30 & Hazar

on AMD Opteron 146 @ 2.8GHz, "hacktivated" and working like a breeze!

Don't ask me where and how...

dermk4 BLoG - PC

Dual-booting Windows 7 and OS X on Aspire One using Boot-Think boot loader

Windows 7 Final Build