Questions about Boot Camp, a utility included with Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion (10.5, 10.6, 10.7) operating systems that assists users in installing other operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers.
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“No Bootable Device” after failed Boot Camp installation (Windows 8 - 1TB Fusion Drive)
On my new iMac /w a 1TB Fusion Drive, I tried to install Windows 8 (still technically unsupported) using the following method:
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Thunderbolt to VGA monitor blank in Boot Camp Windows 7
I have a 22" external monitor connected to my MacBook Pro (late 2011) via Thunderbolt to VGA. When I boot into Windows 7 x64, the screen seems to work and is mirrored during the boot screens, then it ...
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MacBook Pro Retina and Windows 8
I am running my Windows 8 RP on my MacBook Pro Retina. Everything's going smooth, but I have problems with my keyboard and trackpad drivers because I can't make any changes to them since BootCamp ...
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How to force Startup Manager menu to appear at every boot?
Is there any way to force the Startup Manager menu to appear on every boot? Rather than me having to remember to hold down Alt if I want a different OS.
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50% SSD Space lost issue on MBA
I have an MBA 2009, model A1304. The Hard drive system information says its an "Apple SSD SM128". But when I look at the available and total space, I have one partition 28.8GB (bootcamp) and one ...
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Bootcamp keyboard driver not installing
I am assuming that this is an bug, but I thought I would check with you all first to see if that is the case.
I had been running OSX 10.6.8 with bootcamp 3.3 and Windows 7 64x PRO. I reloaded it ...
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Bootcamp: Restore Windows system image on larger partition
I'm using Bootcamp to sideload Windows (7 Pro) on MacBook Pro. Current windows partition has not enough free space. I've created a Windows system image using Backup and Restore. I wonder if can I ...
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Fan Control in Windows on a Retina Macbook Pro (Boot Camp)
Gaming on the rMBP under Windows 7 is a very good experience but I have noticed that unless I elevate the chassis there is a tendency for the automatically regulated fan speed to fail to engage a ...
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How to create third partition after Macintosh HD and Boot Camp partitions?
I have a mid 2009 MBP. I am going to install Boot Camp beside Snow Leopard.
I would like to have a third partition, DATA, and format it FAT32, where I will keep my data files easily and safely ...
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How to clean install Windows 8 Pro *Upgrade* on BootCamp already running Windows 7?
Now that Windows 8 is officially supported in the latest BootCamp, I am considering this for my Mac.
There is plenty of general advice about installing Windows 8 / Windows 8 Pro in BootCamp on a Mac.
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Help needed with Boot Camp Setup
I have a 2009 27" Core2Duo 8GB RAM iMac. The hard drive is a brand new 3TB with a fresh install of 10.8.3. I want to install Windows 7 64bit.
I set up some basic settings and have a backup at the ...
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Notification area icons are sometimes invisible in Windows 7 (Boot Camp)
For some reason, sometimes my notification area icons are invisible in Windows 7 64-bit (Boot Camp, on an iMac mid-2010), as seen in this screenshot. Clicking on an invisible item does nothing. ...
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Is there a way to hibernate macbook then switch to windows?
I have installed Windows7 by bootcamp on my Macbook, however, every time when I want to switch to Windows, I have to reboot the machine completely. That means I cannot keep my current workspace when ...
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NTFS-Bootcamp-partition thinks it is a FAT partition
I'm running 10.8.3 Snow Leopard and installed Windows 7 x64 using Bootcamp.
Both system are running fine.
I couldn't use the bootcamp-partition inside in Parallels and then I read about Tuxera NTFS ...
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Windows 8 RP says no network adapter found under boot camp in the new Retina MBP. Can anyone help me get the driver for the network adapter?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6008/windows-8-on-the-retina-display-macbook-pro
"The problem is Apple doesn't provide a Boot Camp driver set for the Retina MacBook Pro yet. I had to use the Broadcom ...
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Dedicated SSD/HDD to install Windows on a MacBook
So I have a Late 2008 unibody MacBook. I recently bought a caddy to replace my optical drive with so I can fit a secondary drive in the laptop.
I have a 256 SSD in the main and a brand new 128 SSD to ...
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How to install Windows XP on mid-2012 MacBook Air Mountain Lion?
I have to install Windows XP on my mid-2012 Mountain Lion MacBook Air (base config: 4GB RAM, 128GB SDD, 1.8 GHz) but the BootCamp doesn't support anything except 7.
I can't afford to set aside sth ...
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Dual boot MacBook Air 2012 with Windows 7 - now boots directly into Windows
So I attempted to set up dual boot (Boot Camp) on my new MacBook Air (Mountain Lion) with Windows 7 and failed spectacularly in the process. The Mac just boots straight into Windows now. There's no ...
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Boot Camp missing Coprocessor, SMBus Controller Drivers
I installed Windows 7 on a user's Macbook Pro yesterday (Aug 2010 model I believe) using Boot Camp, then I used the Mac OS X disc to run the Boot Camp Drivers installation. I then restarted as normal ...
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Windows 7 Bootcamp not recognising devices
Has anybody encountered a problem with the USB driver when running Windows 7 on MacBook Pro 2010 (MC371)?
It doesn't recognize any USB drives or USB hard drives. I've tried both Windows Update and ...
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Installing Windows 7 fails on Mountain Lion
What I want
I'm trying to install Windows 7 with bootcamp(Version 5.0.2 (462)) on Mountain Lion(10.8.3).
The problem
I get this error message upon opening bootcamp and clicking continue:
The ...
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Macbook Pro 2012 i7 - Keyboard/trackpad not working in Bootcamp
I have a 2012 Macbook Pro 15" Core I7 8gb ram and Nvidia 650M. I have been running bootcamp on it for over a month when last night my keyboard and trackpad stopped working after a reboot. I ...
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Fix fusion drive partition mess from bootcamp assistant
I have a self made fusion drive on a 2009 iMac using a 256gb ssd and a 3tb hard drive. After the 10.8.3 update yesterday I tried to create a bootcamp partition but unfortunately it failed after hours. ...
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Boot Camp 5 drivers will not install in Windows 8
I have a Macbook Pro Early 2011 and I had Windows 7 installed on it through boot camp.I recently upgraded to windows 8 by using an upgrade CD. When I upgraded I had Boot Camp 2.3 installed and that ...
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Deleted Mac OS X boot image but can still access files via Boot Camp Windows
Ok, I know I completely messed up here and it's all my fault, but moving past that -- can anyone help me fix this situation?
I used Boot Camp to install Windows 7 on my MacBook the other day. Then, ...
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Microphone & Headphones combo port does not work on Win 8 Bootcamp on MBP Retina 15"
I have a macbook pro retina 15in and I have windows 8 installed via bootcamp.
I have bootcamp v5 drivers installed in windows 8 and everything works well except my external headset mic. It is a Dr ...
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Using Windows 8 .img file to create a bootable USB thumb drive
Is it possible to create a bootable USB drive for installing Windows 8 without access to a copy of Windows?
I know I could install a VM and install Windows there, then make the bootable drive and ...
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Mountain Lion unable to start forbidden sign Harddrive problem
so I have a MacBook Pro 17" with the newest Mountain Lion update and Bootcamp Windows 7. When I start the Mac, Mountain Lion shows me the forbidden sign, while still having this loading sign working ...
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Installing Windows without superdrive or USB
I'm trying to intall Windows 7 on my Mid 2009 Macbook Pro, however I'm running into A LOT of trouble.
My superdrive have been broken for years and I can't boot from a bootable USB. (I created one in ...
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Using 3rd party keyboard on Bootcamp
I'm using a Razer Black Widow keyboard on Windows 7 Bootcamp. I was wondering if there was any way for the volume control buttons other function buttons to be remapped onto the keyboard. I have tried ...
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Enter “vertical bar” (or “pipe symbol”) in Windows
I have my MacBook late 2008 sometimes running Windows 7 via BootCamp. The keyboard has a German layout. Pretty much like the Wikimedia image below except that the blue symbols in the lowest line are ...
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Parallels doesn't recognize Windows 8 Bootcamp
I just upgraded my OSX to 10.8.3 and installed Windows 8 via Bootcamp.
For some reasons Parallels (8.0.18354) doesn't recognize this Bootcamp partition. It doesn't show up in the Parallels Wizard used ...
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How to purchase Windows for Boot Camp?
This is a clean install. New Mac. No previous versions of Windows has been purchased or installed.
I need an ISO, not a DVD because there is no optical drive on the new Macs
Microsoft only sells ...
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BootCamp 5 + Windows 8 troubles (unsupported hardware?)
I preordered Windows 8 a while back, and as soon as I got it I tinkered around with BootCamp 4 (which technically only supports Windows 7) to get it up and running, since the only computer I have is a ...
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With Mac Pro, is software RAID 0 worth it?
Does anyone have any reason to believe RAID 0 is any faster than independent drives on a Mac Pro?
I have always run my Mac Pro with all five drives in RAID 0. I recently decided to try out Bootcamp ...
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Where can I download Bootcamp drivers for Windows 8 Macbook1,1?
I have been looking for Windows 8 Boot Camp drivers for my first generation MacBook Pro. Where will I be able to find said drivers?
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How can I install boot camp off a Windows 7 USB flash drive?
I'm trying to follow the directions on how to create a Windows 7 installation USB flash drive. I was able to create the drive and when I insert it into a Windows computer, it shows the installer ...
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How to download Bootcamp drivers without Bootcamp assistant?
I'm setting up my MacBook Air for a Windows-only boot setup.
This was easy enough. It already had rEFIt on it, I just connected a Windows 7 boot thumb drive, and away I went.
However, it seems Apple ...
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No bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key after Boot Camp
When I tried to install Windows on my iMac I must have have formatted the wrong disk. Now when start I get no bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key. Any suggestions!
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Updating bootcamp without re-installing
Now that the 10.8.3 update is out for Mountain Lion with Windows 8 support, I would like to update my existing Windows 8 installation (upgrade from 7) to have the new drivers without re-installing ...
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Keyboard Not Working in Bootcamp
I just installed Bootcamp and Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro (13 inch, 2010), and booted into the OS. The keyboard and mouse worked fine, but because there were no drivers, things like multitouch and the ...
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Can I partition an iPod (nano, classic, shuffle) for use as a flash drive?
I have made an iPod nano appear as a flash drive by going to iTunes and checking "Enable disk use." However, I am short of a large enough USB key to hold a bootable Windows 8 installer for use by Boot ...
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Can't ping a linux server with MacOSX. Software related
I'm having an huge problem with my Mac, from months.
I have at home a linux server, a CuBox. It's running Archlinux, running fine. Everything works.
But the Mac can't ping the CuBox.
I will paste ...
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BootCamp partition disappeared
Running Macbook Pro with snow leopard, I partitioned with bootcamp assistant to install dual boot between MacOS and windows 7. However, now it shows that my Mac Hard Disk is 499 GB, but available only ...
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Understanding RAM and Disk Space when using Windows on a Mac?
I am trying to understand how you need to set things up when trying to run Windows from a Mac (using Bootcamp / Parallels). I understand the differences in terms of Bootcamp requiring you to choose ...
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Resetting MBR on iMac
I installed Ubuntu on my iMac (partially successfully) I had rEFIT installed but it did not recognize the Ubuntu installation.
I removed the partition and rEFIT and now when I attempt to install ...
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How to tell a macmini to stop booting to Windows from a macbook pro?
I need to be able to control a mac mini without a screen and I think using screensharing would be enough. I've enabled screensharing, setup a manual IP address and I have an ethernet cable.
The ...
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How long should Boot Camp formatting selecting drive take?
I'm trying to install Windows 7 using Boot Camp Assistant. Now the boot camp is on task "Formatting the selected drive" and it has been going on three hours and it is not even on the half way. How ...
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Retina Macbook Pro BootCamp vs Parallells Performance
I'm thinking of getting rid of my old gaming PC and just bootcamping / virtualizing on my Retina Macbook Pro.
I've tried using a VM (VMWare Fusion) and the performance there was pretty awful, has ...
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Can I create a fusion drive with an HDD that already has a boot camp partition?
I'm planning to replace the optical drive in my MacBook Pro 9,1 (mid-2012, non-retina) with an SSD and make the two internal drives into a fusion drive, and I know that creating a boot camp partition ...
