How to install MAC OS X 10.6.6i - Snow Leopard on a regular PC

Lately, I have installed MAC OS X 10.6.6i -Snow Leopard on my home PC, and as many of my friends have tried to install it with no luck, I thought I should make it my first post in this blog, and dedicate it to my dearest friends.

• First of all, you should download "torrent" the MAC OS X 10.6.6i - Snow Leopard DVD.
• The second step is to burn the downloaded image to a DVD. In order to do that using Nero, follow below steps:

1. Open Nero StartSmart.
2. from "Backup" in the top navigation, select "Burn Image to Disk"
3. Nero Express will be opened, allowing you to select the image "downloaded file".
4. Select your recorder, and the disk.

• After burning the image to a DVD, you should prepare your PC to install MAC OS X on it, by:

1. Updating your BIOS.
2. Tweaking your BIOS  setting as follows:
1. First, go to Advanced BIOS Features and set the First Boot Device to CDROM.
2. Configure SATA to run in AHCI mode in the Integrated Peripherals menu. You’ll need to set both PCH SATA Control Mode and Onboard SATA/IDE Control Mode to AHCI.
3. Set the HPET Mode to 64-bit mode in the Power Management Setup.
4. Exit the BIOS settings saving your changes.

• Insert the burnt DVD, and restart your PC.
• When you see the screen below, select Mac OS X Install DVD and press Enter.

If all goes well, you should eventually see the language selection screen for the installer.

• Select your language and click the arrow to proceed.
• Next, you need to partition your drive. Click on Utilities > Disk Utility.
• Select your disk drive.
• Click Partition.
• Select 1 Partition for the partition scheme. 

(Note: If you have a drive that is larger than 2 TB, do not create partitions larger than 1 TB. Split the drive into multiple partitions, and be sure the main installation partition is 1 TB or smaller.)

• Enter a name for the partition (I used Hackintosh).
• Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the Format.

• Click Options, select GUID Partition Table, and then click OK.

• Click Apply.
• Quit Disk Utility
• Proceed with the installation [Install on the Hackintosh partition].

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