From the platform drop-down list, select “Generic x86 Hardware”.

Select “Mac OS X” from the tabs at the top.

Fire-up EasyBCD, and navigate to the “Add/Remove Entries” screen.

In this case, the computer boots into the Windows Vista bootloader, and does not have an option to boot into OS X. The most common setup for users looking to get OS running on their PCs involves a pre-existing OS X installation followed by a Windows Vista install.

Read the next section for info on how to add OS X to the Vista bootloader.

Follow the instructions here to re-install the Vista bootloader.

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.

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