{"id":132,"date":"2011-12-26T00:12:28","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T00:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/?p=132"},"modified":"2011-12-26T00:12:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T00:12:28","slug":"snow-leopard-10-6-8-on-lenovo-g770-i5-sandy-bridge-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/mythemes\/snow-leopard-10-6-8-on-lenovo-g770-i5-sandy-bridge-laptop.html","title":{"rendered":"Snow Leopard 10.6.8 On Lenovo G770 i5 Sandy Bridge Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><button class=\"w3-button w3-red w3-round-xlarge\">05\/29\/2018 These methods are no longer supported and working&#8230;<\/button><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"prepare and fix dual-triple boot with easyBCD\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/prepare-and-fix-dual-triple-boot-with-easybcd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>2012-08-16 Prepare and fix dual boot for lenovo.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And always use portable drive to install before internal hard drive. For Realtek id 0139 card reader isn&#8217;t supported, a USB SD card reader is handy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">May 17, 2012 <em>If you&#8217;re not familiar with chameleon, there&#8217;s a way to dual boot using windows 7 and EasyBCD on 750GB hard drive <a title=\"dual boot windows 7 and Lion using easybcd\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/dual-boot-windows-7-and-mac-os-x.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2011-12-26 <em><strong>For those who want to boot from WDC 750 GB, I use the original MBR formatting on the hard drive, use Windows 7 to shrink a partition for Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Use an external USB hard drive to load Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or LION first, then restore the partition to the internal hard drive partition. When done, <a title=\"remove hard drive\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/remove-hard-drive-on-lenovo-g770.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remove the hard drive<\/a>, connect this hard drive to an external USB, install Chameleon on the 100MB MBR partition, copy the Extra folder to this MBR partition (after Chameleon installation). Make sure we can still boot the drive (in USB connection), then put it back to the LAPTOP, it will boot using Chameleon boot loader.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aYIPnUNVPCI?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;m writing up a tutorial on how I intalled Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with full QE\/CI\/CL &amp; resolution 1600&#215;900 &amp; Atheros Ethernet\/Wifi &amp; sleep working on my Lenovo G770 10372LU laptop model. I need these software to make it work. I think this laptop is the best for Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and Lion at the moment. This Lenovo has the important devices that work\/not work with Mac OS X at the moment, please identify your hardware because G770s do come with different devices. Check for Graphicsid, Wifiid, Ethernetid, SDcard readerid. My SDcard id is not supported at the moment. Thanks to many techs savvy on the net like <a title=\"Maldon dsdt\" href=\"\/\/www.insanelymac.com\/forum\/index.php?s=c686a91458d16af0d335f47d5803355d&amp;showtopic=258033&amp;pid=1690160&amp;mode=threaded&amp;start=#entry1690160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maldon<\/a>, <a title=\"Bcc9 InsanelyMAC\" href=\"\/\/www.insanelymac.com\/forum\/index.php?showtopic=259705&amp;hl=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bcc9<\/a>, I could get these going so well. MAKE SURE TO BACK UP THE IMAGE OF THE HARD DRIVE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TO THE LAPTOP.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"intel HD 3000 id 0x01168086\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/graphicsid.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"intel HD 3000 x01168086\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/graphicsid.jpg\" alt=\"intel HD 3000 x01168086\" width=\"250\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Atheros AR8152\/8158 Ethernet\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ethernetid.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Ethernet Atheros AR8152\/8158\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ethernetid.jpg\" alt=\"Ethernet Atheros AR8152\/8158\" width=\"250\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Atheros AR9285 wifi\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/wifiid.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Wifi Atheros AR9285\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/wifiid.jpg\" alt=\"Wifi Atheros AR9285\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Realtek SD card reader id\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/cardreaderid.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"SDcard reader Realtek\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/cardreaderid.jpg\" alt=\"Realtek SD card reader id\" width=\"250\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Software and hardware needed.<\/p>\n<p><em>* iboot-legacy, multibeast, updatehelper<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* An external USB hard drive: we will need this one over and over for installation, experimenting snow leopard 10.6.8 and lion then restore it to the internal hard drive after we&#8217;re happy with our MAC OS X. DON&#8217;T install on the hard drive without knowing if it&#8217;s going to work.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* Patched kexts for Ethernet &amp; Wifi &amp; trackpad<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Introduction--> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lion with Full QE\/CI\/CL and 1600&#215;900 native resolution<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SqYUGIzORuM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Full QE\/CI\/CL and resolution test<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4W4Pz3p2fFk\" width=\"560\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tutorial<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gVE2arZh7JY\" width=\"560\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Demo Videos--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Install Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on Lenovo G770 i5 Sandy Bridge HD3000 laptop.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I&#8217;ve tried all different ways of dual booting with windows 7 premium 64 on this laptop and Mac OS X 10.6.8 but I always get the &#8220;chain booting error&#8221;. The only way I can dual boot to the Mac OS X is to use the USB flash drive loaded with Chimera 1.5.3 (although 10.5.4 just came out, but it does have some bugs IMO). Anyhow, I can load lion dp4 with full QE\/CI\/CL and native resolution 1600&#215;900 without modifying anything. If I use retail lion.app, QE\/CI disappear unless I use the intel HD graphics kexts from the lion DP4 and it&#8217;s not very stable and the atheros wifi and ethernet don&#8217;t work well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lion is nice and new, but the best is to load both of these OS X to an external USB drive and play with them. This tutorial is for dual booting windows 7 premium 64 (came with the laptop) and Mac OS X 10.6.8 with the mean of booting from a USB chimera 1.5.3 boot loader. I&#8217;ve been trialed and errored many times and here is the sure way to get your laptop working with these 2 operating system. Things need to be prepared:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>iboot-legacy, multibeast 3.8, chimera boot loader 1.5.3, UpdateHelper (for updating 10.6.8 from 10.6.3 without kernel panic) , snow leopard 10.6.3 retail DVD, update combo 10.6.8, external usb drive 250GB (4 partitions), 1 usb flash drive (small in size 256MB will do for chimera boot loader to boot to OS X) , my extra folder with dsdt.aml (this one has the display slider backlighting), if you plan to install lion, get myhack to make the lioninstaller, try to get Lion DP4, if not buy the retail and download hd kexts from DP4 (will be on the lion tutorial).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">iboot-legacy_multibeast_updatehelper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Myhack download<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"10.6.8 update combo\" href=\"\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/DL1399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac OS X 10.6.8 combo update<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Let&#8217;s get started<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We need to back up our hard drive IMAGE, not files so we can restore in case something goes wrong using windows 7 back up tools. Make sure you select the boot sector also. Also make a window repair cd.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a class=\"preview\" title=\"backup hard drive image\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/media\/lenovog770\/sm_backupimage.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"controlpanel-amdin-backup back up images\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/tn_backupimage.jpg\" alt=\"backup hard drive image\" width=\"250\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"create win7 repair cd for dual boot fix\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/sm_win7repaircd.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"make a repair cd with 700mb cd\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/tn_win7repaircd.jpg\" alt=\"make a repair cd with 700mb cd\" width=\"250\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sz4Tb6XOt4A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Burn iboot-legacy to a cd (no need dvd), download all the files above to a usb flash or put them all on the FAT DATA partition of the external USB hard drive we&#8217;re using to load SL10.6.3 retail dvd.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"external usb hd 250gb and snow leopard 10.6.3 dvd retail\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/sm_extusbsl1063.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"external usb hd drive and snow leopard 10.6.3 dvd\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/tn_extusbsl1063.jpg\" alt=\"external usb hd 250gb and snow leopard 10.6.3 dvd retail\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><em> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"boot with iboot-legacy in DVD drive\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_76.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"boot with iboot-legacy in DVD drive\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_76.JPG\" alt=\"boot with iboot-legacy in DVD drive\" width=\"256\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>With external usb drive plugged in and iboot-legacy cd in dvd drive, reboot the laptop and hit F12 to select first boot device which is the DVD where iboot-legacy cd is in. Or we can hit F2 to access bios setting and change the dvd as the first boot device by default, choose the one that&#8217;s more convenient to you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"change boot list to cd\/dvd first boot\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_75.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"change boot list to cd\/dvd first boot\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_75.JPG\" alt=\"change boot list to cd\/dvd first boot\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"iboot-legacy boot screen\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_79.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"iboot-legacy boot screen\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_79.JPG\" alt=\"iboot-legacy boot screen\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Now we need to eject the iboot-legacy cd and put in the Snow Leopard 10.6.3 DVD. Wait for about 5 seconds then hit F5 to refresh the boot menu, the OS X Installation DVD should come up. Move the cursor select the DVD icon then hit enter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"replace iboot-legacy with sl10.6.3 retail DVD\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_82.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"replace iboot-legacy with sl10.6.3 retail DVD\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_82.JPG\" alt=\"replace iboot-legacy with sl10.6.3 retail DVD\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"f5 will show the sl10.6.3 install DVD-click enter to boot from DVD\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_84.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"f5 will load sl10.6.3 install DVD\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_84.JPG\" alt=\"f5 will load sl10.6.3 install DVD\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>If the iboot-legacy is correct, you should be in the installation screen in less than 2 minutes, in there, we need to access diskutilities to partition GUID 4 partitions, 1 for 10.6.8, 1 for lion, 1 for lion installation, 1 for DATA using FAT format.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"install screen\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_85.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"install screen\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_85.JPG\" alt=\"install screen\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"disk utility\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_87.JPG\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"disk utility\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_87.JPG\" alt=\"disk utility\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"select 4 partitions for usb drive GUID option\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_92.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"partition GUID 4 partitions for USB drive\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_92.JPG\" alt=\"partition GUID 4 partitions for USB drive\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><em> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"usb1068 = 50 GB Journaled (extended)\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_96.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"usb168 = 50GB journaled (extended)\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_96.JPG\" alt=\"usb168 = 50GB journaled (extended)\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"lion=50GB\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_97.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"lion = 50GB\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_97.JPG\" alt=\"lion = 50GB\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"lioninstaller=6GB\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_98.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"lioninstaller = 6GB\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_98.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo lioninstaller = 6GB\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"data=400GB FAT\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_99.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Data=400GB FAT\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_99.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo Data=400GB FAT\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"4 partitions are done\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_03.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"partition GUID 4 partitions for USB drive done\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_03.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo partition GUID 4 partitions for USB drive done\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When done, close disk utility then select the correct partition to install, I would name them usb1068, lion, lioninstaller, DATA for identifications.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"select partition to install and customize\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_10.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"select partition and customize to install SL10.6.3\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_10.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo select partition and customize to install SL10.6.3\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"select options to install\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_11.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"options to install 10.6.3\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_11.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo options to install 10.6.3\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>It should take about 20-30 minutes to install, and watch for the reboot, because we need to switch the OS X DVD with iboot-legacy again, the best way is to hit F12 (after restart) to get to bios then replace the CD.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a class=\"preview\" title=\"iboot-legacy boot screen with usb1068 partition\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_13.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"iboot-legacy with usb1068 USB partition\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_13.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo iboot-legacy with usb1068 USB partition\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"select usb1068 to boot\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_14.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"select usb1068 with 10.6.3 installed to boot\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_14.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo select usb1068 with 10.6.3 installed to boot\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Install 10.6.3 Retail DVD--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">10.6.8 combo update installation<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Start laptop with iboot-legacy in the drive, select first boot &#8211; cd\/dvd, it will load iboot-legacy bootloader, this time we will see the &#8220;snowusb1068&#8221; partition with 10.6.3 we just installed, select the partition and click enter, if it fails to boot for any reasons, we can use the &#8220;tab&#8221; key and type -v at the prompt, make sure to select &#8220;snowusb1068&#8221;, but I never have problem booting from the boot screen. We will be able to load 10.6.3 without any problem, we&#8217;re going to update 10.6.8 right after 10.6.3. First, in the 10.6.3 snow leopard (&#8220;snowusb1068&#8221;), we need to install UpdateHelper, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, install this first, RESTART and boot with iboot-legacy cd again and select &#8220;snowusb1068&#8221; (right now it only has 10.6.3 with UpdateHelper installed). <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"first log in 10.6.3\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_18.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"begin 10.6.3 log in\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_18.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo begin 10.6.3 log in\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"10.6.3 first screen\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_usb1068_19.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"10.6.3 screen\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_usb1068_19.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo 10.6.3 screen\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"install updatehelper before 10.6.8 update\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_updatehelper.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"install updatehelper before 10.6.8 update combo\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_updatehelper.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo install updatehelper before 10.6.8 update combo\" width=\"250\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"reboot with iboot-legacy then install 10.6.8 combo\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_updatehelperdone.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"updatehelper done\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_updatehelperdone.JPG\" alt=\"reboot with iboot-legacy then install 10.6.8 combo\" width=\"250\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Reboot usb1068 using iboot-legacy cd then install 10.6.8 update.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Install 10.6.8 combo update package, make sure to select the &#8220;snowusb1068&#8221; partition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"install 10.6.8 update combo to &quot;usb1068&quot; partition\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_1068combo.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"select the &quot;usb1068&quot; partition to install\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_1068combo.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo select the &quot;usb1068&quot; partition to install\" width=\"250\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"install dsdt option\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/sm_mbinstall1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"install dsdt option\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/tn_mbinstall1.jpg\" alt=\"lenovo install dsdt option\" width=\"250\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When it finishes DON&#8217;T RESTART, leave the windows alone, we need to install Multibeast 3.8, but we don&#8217;t select easybeast only dsdt and individual options only. Multibeast will crash and closes both 10.6.8 update and multibeast screens, it&#8217;s OK, just restart the multibeast again, this time we can install solidly. Even with dsdt option selected, I found that we still have to select all the options for the 10.6.8 to boot correctly. Here are the options.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"install dsdt and audio options\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/sm_mboptions1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"dsdt and audio\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/tn_mboptions1.jpg\" alt=\"lenovo install dsdt and audio options\" width=\"250\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"install all options\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/sm_dsdtoptions.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"options needed for 10.6.8\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/tn_dsdtoptions.jpg\" alt=\"lenovo options needed for 10.6.8\" width=\"250\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"select more options\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/sm_mboptions2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"options 2\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/tn_mboptions2.jpg\" alt=\"lenovo options 2\" width=\"250\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Finish with the multibeast installation, it will create an &#8220;Extra&#8221; folder in &#8220;snowubl1068&#8221; partition with all extensions and smbios.plist com.apple.Boot.plist and generic DSDT.aml. You can replace the whole &#8220;Extra&#8221; folder with my &#8220;Extra&#8221; folder or just the 3 files &#8220;dsdt patched and com.apple.Boot.plist&#8221; for the screen backlight to be controlled by a slider. After replace &#8220;Extra&#8221; or &#8220;files in Extra&#8221; folder, use Kext utility in the APPS folder to update the cache before reboot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"replace Extra folder with my Extra folder\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_replaceextra.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"replace Extra folder with my Extra folder\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_replaceextra.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo replace Extra folder with my Extra folder\" width=\"250\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"run kext utility after replacing Extra folder\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_kextutilitydone.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"run kextutility after replacing Extra folder\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_kextutilitydone.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo run kext utility after replacing Extra folder\" width=\"250\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Make sure everything is correct and verified, we&#8217;re ready to boot snow leopard 10.6.8 with full QE\/CI\/CL and native resolutions straight from our USB external drive. If everything is correct, you will see the 1600&#215;900 screen<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"1600x900 full screen with translucent bar\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_1600x900.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"1600x900 full screen 10.6.8 with translucent bar\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_1600x900.png\" alt=\"lenovo 1600x900 full screen with translucent bar\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Install 10.6.8 update combo--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ok, at this time we do not have internal Atheros wifi, ethernet, battery kexts installed. Here are all the files needed for 10.6.8 to run perfectly (not really), <del>SLEEP doesn&#8217;t work, it won&#8217;t wake up,<\/del> <del>monitor panel sleeps when wakes up, there are white lines on the screen which is not very good.<\/del> I fixed this with additional stuff in dsdt.aml (follow this instruction), now after monitor sleep, NO MORE WHITE VERTICAL LINES. I turn <del>off<\/del> ON all SLEEP in the control panel because I can dim the back light very low with the slider. <del>If someone finds a way to wake up from sleep, please let me know (both hard drive and monitor)<\/del>. <del>Wifi only works with WPA\/PSK TKIP and NOT WPA2\/PSK.<\/del><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To install kexts, we either use kexthelper 0.7 (only install to the active partition) or kext wizard (kext wizard can install to any partitions)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a class=\"preview\" title=\"install atheros wifi and ethernet kexts\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_atheros_batterykexts.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"install wpa2aes kexts\" src=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_atheros_batterykexts.png\" alt=\"lenovo install atheros wifi and ethernet kexts\" width=\"250\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"network detected after reboot\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_networkdetect.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"network detected after reboot\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_networkdetect.png\" alt=\"lenovo network detected after reboot\" width=\"250\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"networks detected after reboot\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_wificonnect.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"wifi detections\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_wificonnect.png\" alt=\"lenovo network detected after reboot\" width=\"250\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"wpa connection\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/sm_wpaconnect.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"select network to connect\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usb1068\/tn_wpaconnect.png\" alt=\"lenovo wpa connection\" width=\"250\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With 10.6.7 kext, now we can get WPA2\/PSK-AES connection<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Atheros AR9285 wifi\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/wifispeed.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Wifi Atheros AR9285 speed\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/wifispeed.png\" alt=\"Atheros AR9285 wifi\" width=\"250\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Atheros AR8152\/8158 Ethernet speed\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ethernetspeed.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Ethernet Atheros AR8152\/8158 speed\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ethernetspeed.png\" alt=\"Atheros AR8152\/8158 Ethernet speed\" width=\"250\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Just a reminder iboot-legacy only works until 10.6.6 update NOT 10.6.8, in case you update to 10.6.8 and something goes wrong, use my idogboot.iso to boot both 10.6.8 and Lion<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Finalize 10.6.8 For QE\/CI\/CL 1600x900x32, Wifi, Ethernet--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>DUAL BOOTING WITH WINDOWS 7<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For some reasons, I haven&#8217;t been able to dual boot with windows 7 using EasyBCD like all of my other laptops and desktop, may be it&#8217;s the bios and the Western Digital Green 750GB hard drive. Whatever the reasons are, I always get the &#8220;chain booting error&#8221;, I uninstalled EasyBCD and found 3 ways to dual boot with Windows 7.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><del>1. The Easy Way-Safe-Slow-Dual boot using boot disk\/usb (keep the factory windows 7 &amp; software) (must carry idogboot usb or cd inside DVD drive).<\/del><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A. Use windows 7 shrinks a small partition for mac os x or lion or both.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lQ9HlOoTX08?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>B. Use external usb hard drive Mac OS X to restore to this partition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>C. Fix the windows 7 boot, use my idogboot cd to boot OS X whenever needed to use, leave the cd in the DVD drive or restore it to a usb flash drive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To create a usb bootable to Snow Leopard and Windows 7 (this one will boot to menu faster than my idogboot cd)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6mVySHMR74A?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Dual Boot With Windows 7 Way #1--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>2. Using Chameleon boot loader to boot to windows 7 or Mac OS X (keep factory windows 7 software). <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f9rkTzlTKgA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A. A, B, C above<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>B. <a title=\"remove the hard drive\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/remove-hard-drive-on-lenovo-g770.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remove the hard drive<\/a>, put it on a usb external adapter. I would do this if installing chameleon boot loader on partition 200MB works, I tried fix boot0:error with all possible ways described on the internet and none of them would work with this LAPTOP.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"boot0 error\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/sm_boot0_error.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"boot0 error\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/tn_boot0_error.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo boot0 error\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"try to fix boot0 error\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/sm_fixboot0error1.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"try to fix boot0 error\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/tn_fixboot0error1.png\" alt=\"lenovo boot0 error\" width=\"250\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>C. Use external USB Mac OS X: format 200MB partition 1 (MBR) to Journaled Extended and install Multibeast 3.8 on it, copy my &#8220;Extra&#8221; folder over the multibeast &#8220;Extra&#8221; folder. Test by reboot from the usb main hard drive to see if it boots to Tony boot menu. If it does, then put it back in the laptop. DONE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"erase windows MBR partition 200MB\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/sm_format200mb.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"erase 200mb windows MBR partition\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/tn_format200mb.png\" alt=\"lenovo erase 200mb windows MBR partition\" width=\"250\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"create chameleon partition over windows MBR\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/sm_chameleonpartition.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"create chameleon partition over windows MBR\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/tn_chameleonpartition.png\" alt=\"lenovo create chameleon partition over windows MBR\" width=\"250\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Install &#8220;easybeast&#8221; to &#8220;chameleon&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"install easybeast to &quot;chameleon&quot; MBR partition\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/sm_easybeast.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"install easybeast to chameleon partition\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/tn_easybeast.png\" alt=\"lenovo install easybeast to chameleon partition\" width=\"250\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"copy &quot;Extra&quot; folder over &quot;chameleon\/Extra&quot; folder\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/sm_copyextrachaemeleon.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"copy &quot;Extra&quot; folder over &quot;chameleon\/Extra&quot; folder\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/tn_copyextrachaemeleon.png\" alt=\"lenovo copy &quot;Extra&quot; folder over &quot;chameleon\/Extra&quot; folder\" width=\"250\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When everything is done, test by boot with this usb external hard drive to make sure it does boot to chameleon (multibeast) and windows7 and mac osx working. Put the hard drive back to the Laptop and enjoy the solid dual boot. This is the way I use my LAPTOP.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Dual Boot With Windows 7 Way #2 (The way I use)--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>3. Use Chameleon on 1st partition and windows 7 on 2nd (need windows 7 install DVD)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong> This is too much work &#8211; Omit<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A. Need to back up the computer (image and files). Down load all drivers and apps for windows 7, extract product key from original windows 7 to register again with the new install.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>B. Use external USB Mac OS X to partition the whole disk to MBR, 2 partitions, the sizes are dependent upon your preferences, the 1st one will be Mac OS X, the 2nd will be Windows 7.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"erase mac to journaled extended\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/tn_cmacpartition.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"partition MBR 2 partitions - Mac OS 1 and Windows 2\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/tn_cmacpartition.png\" alt=\"lenovo erase mac to journaled extended\" width=\"250\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"erase to FAT partition\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/sm_cwindowspartition.png\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"windows 7 partition\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/usblion\/tn_cwindowspartition.png\" alt=\"lenovo erase to FAT partition\" width=\"250\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>C. Install Windows 7 on the 2nd partition first.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"windows 7 home premium 64\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/dualboot\/sm_windows71.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"install windows 7 home premium 64 \" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/dualboot\/tn_windows71.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo windows 7 home premium 64\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"custom advanced install\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/dualboot\/sm_windows72.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"custom advance installation\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/dualboot\/tn_windows72.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo custom advance installation\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"install to windows partition\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/dualboot\/sm_windows73.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"select windows fat partition and format to ntfs to load\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/dualboot\/tn_windows73.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo select windows fat partition and format to ntfs to load\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"windows 7 installation\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/dualboot\/sm_windows74.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[sl1063]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"windows 7 installation\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/dualboot\/tn_windows74.JPG\" alt=\"lenovo windows 7 installation\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When windows finished, we can boot to windows 7 without any problem.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>D. Install Mac OS X to the 1st partition MBR (Retail 10.6.3 won&#8217;t work) need to use the external USB mac os x to install patched MBR or restore the partition but we need to re-install multibeast 3.8 to boot from Chameleon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I verified this way by using my 250GB hard drive, so make sure you back up your C drive image fully before trying this, I&#8217;m not too sure about the Western Digital 750GB to work, but I believe the way they format and set the MBR partitions that caused the EasyBCD dual boot way NOT working.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Dual Boot With Windows 7 Way #3 (Format everything)--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Please post back if you get it done or have any questions<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cheers,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>idog<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2012-08-16 Prepare and fix dual boot for lenovo. And always use portable drive to install before internal hard drive. For Realtek id 0139 card reader isn&#8217;t supported, a USB SD card reader is handy. 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