MacBook Pro :: MBP Bootcamp RAM?
May 1, 2010
I am running Windows 7 Professional (32 bit) through boot camp. The problem is that it recognizes all 4gb of ram I have installed, but only says 2.725-2.75gb is usable. Through Windows 7 I only have the option of using the discrete nVidia 9600m GT graphics card, so the integrated graphics card not being used couldn't (or at least shouldn't) be using memory, and even so I believe it shouldn't use more than 256mb. Also, I checked and W7 32bit is able to recognize up to 4gb of memory. Finally, the missing 1.25gb is not being used by system memory, so I am completely at a loss as to why it is being recognized but not used.
I'm not sure if it matters, but I am using the 2x2gb ram sticks that came stock with the laptop.
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Jan 30, 2009
Used migration assistant to move my Blackbook apps and settings to the Air using a Time Machine backup from my Time Capsule - wirelessly. Two hours later (not terrible) and I'm using my Air with all my apps and setting - fantastic.
Question: My Blackbook also has a Bootcamp partition running Windows - is there a way to take that image and migrate it to my MB Air? I'd rather not have to purchase the Superdrive and re-install/setup the Windows OS on my Air....
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Jan 16, 2010
had a bootcamp partition which I eventually ended up removing again with the bootcamp assistant.Now I want to create the bootcamp partition again, and when I start up the assistant, there is a 5gb leftover partition of the old bootcamp it seems. I just can't resize it... I've tried anything as low as resizing it to 10gb to 100gb... both fails.I have more than 200gb free space.I have just run a full defrag with iDefrag I've tried to do fileoptimization with techtool pro v5
I tried using camptune (which only works if you already have a working bootcamp partition, which I dont.
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Apr 16, 2010
im on a goal to resize my bootcamp partition... im running 10.6.4 with Win7 in Bootcamp... i made a mistake of only making a 80GB partition for windows 7.... now i want to make it bigger, i have read up on a number of methods but most are outdated and users report issues with windows 7 and SL so i'm a lil stuck... this is my idea
I have 120GB unused HDD space atm so could i.. back up my 80GB partition to a DMG with disk utility then delete the old partition making the whole 200GB unallocated space... then use the bootcamp utility to re occupy the space then use disk utilities restore option to restore the image of the 80GB to the new 200GB partition... would this work? if not has anyone got any other methods to use with 10.6.4 SL and Win7?
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May 3, 2009
Bought an OEM version to use with bootcamp. Everything works fine up to the point where it is supposed to let me format the partition that bootcamp created. The XP installation just skips right from when I select the C:yatta-yatta/bootcamp partition and starts installing. So obviously the partition is not bootable... Does anyone know if this is because the OEM version of the OS or something else. I tried to reduce the size of the partition because I read a thread about FAT32 not playing well with disc sizes greater than 32Gb. Still didn't work...
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Jan 23, 2009
I want to try out Windows 7. During this process though I deleted my winXP partition. When I went to create a new BootCamp partition in The BootCamp SetUp Assisstant, it failed to create the partition on my harddrive.
I was greeted with the error, "BootCamp SetUp assistant failed to yada yada yada, please backup and reformat your harddrive."
So my question is do I really have to reinstall Mac OS X? (I backup with TimeMachine so it won't be a big deal but still thats a very long process.) Do you guys have any tips or anything to get Mac OS X to partition my main HDD?
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Aug 9, 2009
im kind of new to this and i was trying to get bootcamp to run and also the windows partition that runs on bootcamp through vmware fusion. ive installed and uninstalled like 12 times now in 2 days and its driving me nuts. no matter what i do i cant get it to work. maybe someone on here can give me some tips because im lost.
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Aug 28, 2009
Maybe I'm just over thinking this, but Apple never posted a KB article about how to upgrade an existing bootcamp partition with the new snow leopard bootcamp 3.0 drivers. I'm assuming if you already have bootcamp 2.1 you boot up in boot camp and then insert the snow leopard disc in order to upgrade the drivers to 3.0 correct? Or do I have to erase my stupid bootcamp partition and reinstall it all over again using the new leopard boot camp assistant in order to get to 3.0?
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Nov 5, 2009
I've just bought a copy of windows 7. Just wondering if i install it via bootcamp now can i update bootcamp in a few weeks when apple releases windows 7 support or will i have to reinstall windows 7 when that happens ?
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Aug 26, 2010
I erased my bootcamp partition this morning thinking that was the same as deleting the partition - how do I actually delete the partition and combine it with my MAC OS partition now? I can't do it thru bootcamp
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Oct 20, 2010
Just ordered myself a new 11.6" MacBook Air
Is it safe to assume this model will support BootCamp? I'll be looking to dual boot Windows 7 and Snow Leopard, need access to both for work purposes.
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May 14, 2008
So I've installed XP on my Macbook air, and I need to install the drivers from the leopard CD, however when I try to I get an error that windows update is a missing resource. I think this must be because my XP cd does not have SP2. I have SP2 on another CD, so I put that in to install it. But I get an error that I need 4 more megabytes of room to install it. I'm not sure what that issue is, as I allocated 5 gigs to the partition and there are 2 gigs available after the XP install. At this point I seem stuck. I can't install the XP drivers as I don't have SP2, and I can't install SP2 as I don't have 4 megs of space although there is 2 gigs available. I tried to search the forum to see if anyone else has seen this issue.
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Sep 15, 2010
i got rid of bootcamp from my mac osx hard drive, but when i turn on my computer it leads to a blank screen and i am doomed to do the hold option on loadup.how do i get it to go straight directly to macosx hard drive?
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Oct 21, 2010
I notices no hard drive no optical drive no nothing. The new low entry mac. So how do you run DVD's and do bootcamp windows?
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Nov 7, 2010
Trying to figure out what config 11.6 I should get. I'll be mostly running Office apps in Windows 7. The apple store guy says 2gb will be sufficient. He also said the base CPU is fine for my purpose. So the only upgrade I would go with is the SSD. Is that reasonable? I've read some conflicting posts - "windows is a memory hog" to "windows 7 runs fine on 1gb netbooks".
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Dec 6, 2010
I'm just wondering how difficult it is to set up bootcamp. I'm above average when it comes to computers. What all will I need and is it worth it to do it on my own rather than taking it to apple.
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Jan 14, 2011
I have an older Macbook Pro 2.2 GHz. It has the original 2GB of RAM that came with the machine. Can it handle Windows 7 HP 32 bit with ease on just 2GB of RAM?
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May 17, 2009
i have the metal macbook (bought november 2008) and i wanted to install windows xp on it. I read my manual i got with my mac and used the boot camp installation thing. I managed to do the hardrive partition thing and it got to the stage after that where it said it was installing windows, so i followed the instructions and then once it restarted after that it kept going back to the 'install xp' screen. I restarted my macbook and took the disk out and when i started it up again it kept coming up with a message which 'no bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key' . So figuring it was part the way through installing xp i inserted that disk again but when i pressed any key it didnt do anything so i restarted it again with the disk in and this time it came back up with the blue windows setup screen. I followed the installation instructions again making sure i picked all the options that the bootcamp instructions told me. Once it got to the restarting stage again it kept loading up with the windows setup screen again. I figured i would be going round in circles if i chose to install it again so i restarted my mac and took out the xp disk and put in my mac installation disk instead. Got all the way through the installation part until you have to 'select a destination' and its got nothing to select? just wondering what to do from here if possible id love to be able to save the files that were on my other bit of the partition (not the windows xp bit) but really i just need my macbook working!
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Jun 13, 2009
I am considering creating a bootcamp partition on my MBA and am curious if both Vista and XP have full Energy saving capabilities and if battery time is better or worse with one or the other?
Also, do you run Parallels or Fusion on your MBA?
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Jul 20, 2009
im on a macbook pro with nvidia 9400 / 9600 gt graphics. i installed windows xp sp2 just to see how games perform under the 9600 gt. at first everything was fine, well, the temps went up to gpu 80�C and cpus up to 60�C but i think thats ok (right?). but then, all of a sudden, the fans stopped working. it all started that when i booted up windows the screen first was like dimmed and lit up very late. then, when i started a game, the fan wouldnt spin and temps went crazy gpu 100�C and cpus 70�C so i shut down. since then under windows there is no more fan activity. is this problem known?
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Sep 3, 2009
Has anyone ever had something like this happen? I have a 13" unibody MBP, and I installed XP on bootcamp. I installed civilization IV on XP and played it for a while. Booted back into OSX and used that for a while. Then I went back to XP and now everytime I try to start civilization IV I get a BSOD memory error on XP and it crashes. I'm going to go ahead and install Vista instead and hopefully I'll still be able to run Civ4 fine and not have it crash hard everytime I try to run it after booting between OSX and Vista.
Anyone ever have something like this happen before? I find it strange that it didn't start crashing until I booted into OSX then back to XP.
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Apr 21, 2010
I am merely hours away from making my first mac purchase! I have settled on the 15" 2.4 i5. This should be more than enough computing power for my needs in the next 3-4 years. However I was wondering if I will be able set up parallels 5 AND bootcamp and just choose when to use one or the other? If I am able to do this, would anyone recommend it?
My thinking is that, many of my windows programs are not very demanding(rosetta stone, ms office, etc...) and it would be more convenient to switch back and forth using parallels. Boot camp, from what I've read on a few previous threads, would be more suited for some casual gaming or more demanding tasks(engineering program/reservoir modeling program) on windows. So what do you recommend? Bootcamp, parallels, or both(if this works)? On a side note: is purchasing from Ebay with 8% cashback from bing the best deal going for the base 15"?
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Apr 27, 2010
I have updated all software. Boot Camp Assistant shows as 3.0.1.(313). What can I do?
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May 16, 2010
Has anybody compared gaming under Win7 32 vs 64. Im not that thrilled with the performance on Battlefield 2, but am currently running win 32. I wonder if 64 and its ability to use more RAM will help with gaming experience. Also, I've seen many threads on trying to update the Nvidia drivers, but not many responses on whether it helped much, considering what had to be done just to get the drivers updated....is it worth it.
I wish Apple would address the outdated drivers.
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Jul 12, 2010
I'm forced to use my 13" mbp as my main computer for at least a couple of months. I had a desktop that I would normally game with but now that my sister is using it for schoolwork, that's not possible. I never even thought about using my mbp for gaming, let alone a 13" model, but now I'm getting desperate. I don't plan on running anything that intense. I usually play some Team Fortress 2 and Counter-strike: Source. My main question is: for those of you that have had experience, which would be a better solution for me? Using Bootcamp and installing Windows XP or getting Steam for Mac? I'm not sure how the process goes for Bootcamp. I'm imagining you would have to dedicate some hard drive space. On the other hand, I've heard that Steam on Mac runs pretty slow compared to it's Windows counterpart. Anyone know if this is true? Appreciate the help.
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Feb 14, 2012
I have installed bootcamp in my MBP, with win7 and OSX dual OS.Now, i cannot start OSX in bootcamp. When i choose restart in OSX in bootcamp, it will still restart in win 7..And when i restart MBP with pressing OPTION, there only remain 2 options, the bootcamp windows, and the recoveryHD.I think the cause of this trouble was i used some kind of partition software.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
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Feb 17, 2012
I have just upgraded to 10.7.3 OSX Lion. I'm about to run bootcamp to install Windows 7, but not sure if there are any additional updates I need before doing it? I've also tried to run bootcamp 3.3 on the machine, but this doesn't do anything.
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MacBookPro
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Feb 20, 2012
First things first, I am running OS 10.7.3 and trying to install using bootcamp. I have so far been able to download and burn the disk for the drivers etc for after installing windows. However when I try and progress to the install of windows and creating the partition I run into a few issues.
First up bootcamp in the progression options only mentions installing windows 7....ignoring that and clicking to the next step I set the amount that I wan't to partition (250GB HDD - partitioning off 50GB) when clicking install I come up against a message saying that the installer disc could not be found. I have no internal disc drive currently as it broke some time back, but I have a samsung external optical drive that I use, loads discs on the computer fine normally, so is it not finding the installer because its not looking for an external drive? Or would it be because it is looking for Windows 7?
I have also tried partitioning the drive using the disc utilities app, although after taking a while about it, it says Partition failed (couldn't modify partition map because file system varification failed) So now I am stumped and can't think of what to try.
Info:MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Internal optical drive broken
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Mar 24, 2012
i can t install win 7 on my macbook pro 2011 ....
when the mac restart and try to install windows it show this msg
No device driver were found make sure that the installation media contains the correct drivers ,
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), windows 7
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Mar 25, 2012
how do i get/download bootcamp 3.0 version??
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MacBook, Windows 7, macbook drivers for win7
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