Windows On Mac :: Fresh Install SL By Keeping BootCamp?
Aug 27, 2009I am thinking of getting Snow Leopard tomorrow, but I was wondering if I do a clean install, can I keep my XP bootcamp partition or do I have to remove that as well?
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MacBook :: Fresh Install Of Leopard Dies But Windows Lives?
Sep 1, 2009This is a bit of an odd one.
My GF dropped her MacBook the other night, and since then Leopard would only be able to start in safe mode, and then be very slow accessing the hard drive. I figured the drive had died, but I decided to test it on other computer and it works fine.
Anyway, I did a fresh install of Leopard, which went fine and boots up, but any subsequent boot it dies. Booting in verbose mode, it comes up with some errors on the efiboot screen (I can't remember exactly what they were). I still have access to all the usual boot options etc.
So on a whim, I boot camped up the disk and installed Windows 7 to see what would happen. It installed fine, and works 100%. No complaints about anything at all (except there being Windows on there :P), all hardware functional!
Does anyone have any ideas what the problem Leopard (10.5 and 10.6) might be having? I've erased the drive several times, both quick and zeroed, repaired it and so on.
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I am trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit from a disk.
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Windows On Mac :: Bootcamp Error When Attempting To Install Windows?
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Jun 5, 2012I jsut did a fresh install. wanted to use my SL DVD but the MBP i5 refused to star with it so I used the original DVD (10.5) and upgraded with the SL DVD to 10.6. However after the initial SL Installation, it tried from the SL DVD and this failed. I did a manual restart, starting from the HD and everything ran fine. however today I note there is a locked file on the HD named Mac OS X Install Data. It contains 181 .pkg files.Now I suppose this should have been moved or deleted as part of the install process. Can I move them to a file where they belong?
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MBP, MM, MBP - 10.6 + Windooz XP on a hard partition
OS X :: To Install Windows On Bootcamp?
Oct 16, 2010Well basically I tried to install Windows on Bootcamp, and long story short I have to completely reinstall OSX. When I put the Snow Leopard disc in, I try holding either Command-Option-Shift-Delete or just c, and neither methods work. It always tries to boot from the HD, in which case I just get the spinning circle for ever. Why wont it boot from the disc?!?!? I also tried plugging in an external dvd drive, and it still wont work....
OS X :: Install Windows 7 Via Bootcamp
May 6, 2009I was trying to install Windows 7 via Bootcamp last night - all went well until Win7 started up - it wanted me to type a Username for the default user. However, I have a wireless keyboard & mouse, and these didn't appear to be recognised (I think I might have to pair them later??). I had to abort the installation by hard resetting. Any way around this, without buying a wired keyboard & mouse?!
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Sep 17, 2009I've installed Windows 7 64x on my Macbook, now when I insert the Mac OS X disc that came with my Macbook I can install the Bootcamp64 file but when I insert the Snow Leopard disk to install Bootcamp 3.0 I can't install the Bootcamp64 or the 32 bit Bootcamp file. I really want the 3.0 version so that I can have the read capability for the Mac partition in Windows. When I try to install the Bootcamp64 it comes up saying "This installation requires elevated privilages. Launch the installer through setup.exe" When I run it through setup.exe however it comes up with the message saying that it Bootcamp64 is unsupported on this model. The same message would come up when I use the Leopard disks but I was able to bypass this by instaling it through the Bootcamp64 file found in the Apple drivers folder.
Can someone help me out here I need to get Bootcamp 3.0 installed, I think there are some 3rd party apps that can give you HTFS read capability but I don't want use those, I've looked at some they are horrible so don't suggest it!! Also I'm not a 64x fanatic, I'm using Windows64x because you need it to use 4GB ram.
OS X :: Cannot Install Windows XP Via BootCamp
Feb 4, 2010I am trying to install windows XP via bootcamp. But I am getting disk error right after first installation stage of windows XP. I was installing on Fat32 partition. Before this I was running windows 7 but I need to reinstall windows XP as I needed to use a software that only installs on windows XP.
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May 28, 2010I have a 27" iMac with an i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD. It is running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 under bootcamp.
When I try to install bootcamp services it states "to install bootcamp services you need to running Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista"
I then downloaded bootcamp services 3.1 from here:
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It clearly states Windows 7 support, and is for X64.
Yet when I run it, it gives the same error stating I need to using Windows Vista or XP SP2.
does one install bootcamp services on a 27" iMac under Windows 7?
Windows On Mac :: Possible To Install BootCamp On Win7 64-bit
Sep 16, 2010Is it possible to install Boot Camp 3.0 or higher on Windows 7 64-bit when dual booting with Leopard? What I've been reading suggests I need the Snow Leopard disc for Boot Camp 3.0+ and Windows 7 compatibility, but I only have the Leopard OEM disc.
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Is there a limitation to running Windows 7 only?
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i've tried searching the apple site and on these forums on help to this issue but no soloution yet.
Windows On Mac :: How To Install 7 RC On Parallels And Bootcamp?
May 6, 2009I have an imac with Vista installed both on a Bootcamp partition and in Parallels.
Sorry if this sounds ridiculous but could anyone advise instructions on installing Window 7 on my imac?
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Oct 13, 2009I have an alu iMac, the kind that apple says could not support x64 bootcamp 2.
Having done a bit of research, I followed the instructions on installing the x64 mac pro bootcamp drivers on this computer, and since then have been using Vista x64.
Now, with snow leopard, I'd like to upgrade to bootcamp 3, and once again I am faced with apple's "this machine isn't supported".
Can someone point me in the right direction to get bootcamp 3 x64 drivers installed?
Would I have to dig up the first gen mac pro x64 drivers?
Is apple supporting x64 on the first gen mac pro?
Should I just install every single x64 driver off of the snow leopard installation disc?
OS X :: Start Bootcamp To Install Windows Xp?
Jan 25, 2010I trying to start bootcamp to install Windows Xp., but one window appear to ask me to format my HD...so I think I must to reinstall Snow Leopard again and after windows?
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