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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Bootcamp HD monitor overscan problem on MBP
I've got a MacBook Pro (Early 2011) set up with Windows 7 64-bit on a Boot Camp partition. I'm using a mini DisplayPort adapter and an HDMI cable to connect to an Asus VH232H monitor. The problem is ...
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Operating System Not Found from bootable USB?
Hi I am trying to create a bootable USB for Windows 7 (I have superdrive removed).
I went the rEFIt + Microsoft Bootable USB Tool route and keep getting
"Operating System Not Found".
I also checked ...
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Bootcamp not working after partitioning Macintosh HD
I installed Windows 7 using bootcamp on my Early 2011 MBP. I gave 130GB to Win7 and rest to Mac HD. Once all was done, I created a new partition within Mac HD. The partition was created successfully ...
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Dual boot versus VM storage use?
Which requires the least total storage to run Windows 7, configuring an MBA for dual-boot with Bootcamp, or using a VM (Parallels, VMWare, VirtualBox)?
For the smallest solution, how many free GB ...
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Macbook Pro (Late 2011) Bootcamp and USB boot questions
I have a Macbook Pro with an OWC DataDoubler drive caddy replacing the Superdrive (installed at an Apple premium reseller, when I bought it, so I can still have my warranty).
The main drive slot has ...
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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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What can slow down/How can I speed up the pre-kernel boot steps?
I've got a late 2007 Macbook Pro with 4 GB of RAM and an SSD. I am running Boot Camp and have an OptiBay. I have partitioned the SSD and secondary drive to devote half of each to Lion and half to ...
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How do I perform a right-click-drag with the trackpad on Windows 7 under Bootcamp?
I tried two-finger-click and drag. Nope, doesn't work.
I tried clicking in the bottom right corner with one finger, but can't seem to drag.
I'm on a early 2011 Macbook Pro running Bootcamp 4 and OS ...
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Question Regarding Bootcamp and Windows 7
I am possible going to install windows 7 on my iMac using the standard bootcamp setup and have a question about this setup.
I will store all of my large movies on the mac and will need good access to ...
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Windows installed on 17" MacBook shows bad resolution.
I installed Windows 7 using BootCamp but I can only choose the 800x600 or 1024x768 resolution. Can I get any other resolutions? Is there any driver I need to install. These resolutions don't look good ...
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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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Bootcamp/Parallels - how to use the the line-out on my MacPro
I have a 2010 MacPro which I'm multi-booting (OS X, Win 7) using Parallels and Bootcamp depending on what I'm doing.
I can't see how to change the audio setting so that the line-out on the back of ...
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Dual Thunderbolt displays with a Mac running Windows under Boot Camp?
Is it possible, on a brand new MacBook Pro, to use two external Thunderbolt displays under Windows booted from Boot Camp?
I found this KB article, which says no. I also found this thread, where ...
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How to move files from FileVault to NTFS?
I have a 2011 MacBook Air running Lion.
I have setup a small Boot Camp partition for the sole purpose of copying files on to NTFS hard drives. (NTFS is the only file system my media player supports ...
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Upgrade OS X with Windows already installed using Boot Camp - will it break anything?
I've got a late 2010 MacBook Air that came with OS X 10.6.6 installed; I have never upgraded it to 10.6.8 Snow Leopard or to 10.7 Lion.
I dual boot with Windows 7 installed using boot camp. I use ...
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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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Lion Recovery Terminal will not allow me to run TestDisk?
Setup: Macbook Air (2011) running Lion with BootCamp (Windows 7).
Problem: I have somehow screwed up my partition table. When I boot I only can select Windows instead of Windows and Lion. However ...
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Any difference from Apple instructions when installing Bootcamp to dual-drive iMacs?
Apple's Bootcamp instructions make no mention of how to proceed with a dual-drive iMac. Are there any differences in formatting/installation procedures involving either or both of the drives? I am new ...
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Interference on external VGA monitor (intermittent ripple) only when booted into MacOS X but OK on Windows Bootcamp, why? and how to fix?
I'm seeing a ripple-like interference on an external display attached to my 2010 Mac Book Pro via VGA (Display adapter). This only occurs when the Mac is booted into MacOS X but not Windows. It's ...
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Does FileVault encrypt my BootCamp partition?
If I enable the new FileVault feature in Mac OS X Lion, will it also encrypt my existing Windows bootcamp partitions? (And/or any new bootcamp partition I create?)
Update: If not, where can I get ...
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Booting into Windows gives “Operating System not found”
I just upgraded my Macbook Pro from Snow Leopard to Lion, and now when I boot into Window 7 using Bootcamp I get the error "Operating System not found."
Following the advice at ...
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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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Does Find my Mac work if you boot into Windows on BootCamp?
If I have Find my Mac set up and Bootcamp is installed as well, will my computer be trackable when I'm in Windows?
What happens if a thief steals my computer and remains in Windows all the time, will ...
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Boot into Mac from Windows after failed Bootcamp
Don't hate on me too much for this one...
I put Win8 on my Mac Mini using Bootcamp, and all was well. I switched back and forth a couple times between the two with no problems. The problem started ...
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Assisting Boot Camp Assistant
I decided to "give a hand" to Boot Camp and partition my drive, setting aside a FAT32 partition for installing windows (through Boot Camp) in the future.
Can one do this or does Boot Camp Assistant ...
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How to load windows 7 directly (without Boot camp) in a Mac Mini with intel processor whose Hard disk crashed and so is replaced?
The hard disk of my Mac mini with 2 GHz intel processor and 4 GB RAM crashed and so I have replaced the Hard disk. How to load Windows 7 without loading Boot camp? Windows 7 original DVD is not able ...
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MBP'13 (Late 2011) Win7 (BootCamp) + iMac'27 (Mid 2011) as an external display?
Is it possible to use iMac'27 (Mid 2011, MacOS) as an external/target mode display for the MBP'13 (Late 2011) running Windows 7 in Bootcamp?
I'm using thunderbolt cable.
It works perfectly fine if ...
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Can't resize shrunken boot partition to fill empty space
I needed to make room on my Windows 7 partition to install a new program, so I did some searching on how to resize a partition and it told me to shrink the OSX side and then expand the Windows one ...
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Running OSX from Bootcamp
It's well known that to run Windows on a Mac you can either use a virtual machine install or reboot into a Boot Camp partition. You can also, with suitable software like Parallels Desktop or VMWare ...
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Used boot camp for windows - cannot select partition at boot up
I'm used boot camp and created a partition for windows. It gave the usual directions to insert windows CD. I did that and follows the installation instructions. When windows started up I inserted the ...
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Can't read my Windows (Boot Camp) partition from OS X
I have a Boot Camp problem. Both OSes boot correctly, but when I'm in OS X, I can't access my Windows partition and vice versa. I know that I can't write, but it should be able to read. But I can't ...
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Eject Windows 7 Installation DVD 1, during boot camp install on MacBook Pro (Intel Based)
I have 2 DVD's for installing Windows. The 1st DVD contains part of the Windows 7 installation and then the DVD 2 has to be inserted. Now, when I try to install Win7 on my MacBook Pro using Boot Camp ...
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Is it possible to repartition hard drive from which Mac OS X boots?
I have the following problem. I wanted to have dual boot to Ubuntu, so I've created 3 additional partitions using BootCamp (I probably created freespace with Bootcamp and then used Ubuntu installer to ...
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OS X won't boot. errno 19
I have a MacBook with OS X on one partition, a few other partitions and a Bootcamp Windows 7 on another partition.
Right now, I can boot into Windows but I cant boot into OS X. I am typing this while ...
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Can I delete Lion and re-install Snow Leopard while keeping my Boot Camp partition?
I upgraded my MacBook to Lion and am less than impressed. I figured I should re-install Snow Leopard.
Can I do that without destroying the lion partition?
If not, can I at least keep my Windows 7 ...
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Using the extra SATA ports on a 2006 Mac Pro under Bootcamp
i have a 2006 MacPro (Dual, Dual Core Xeon) which is currently running Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. I have read (and checked in my case) that there are 2 extra SATA ports on the mother board ...
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Install VMWare Workstation on Mac Boot Camp
Can I install VMWare Workstation in a Mac's Boot Camp partition that has Windows 7 installed in it? Is there any technical restrictions? Will there be a problem if I load the Boot Camp partition in ...
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Windows will not boot after a restart of my Mac Pro, only after a cold shutdown and startup
I am currently experiencing a very strange issue regarding booting into Windows 7 64-bit (installed on its own 1TB HDD). If I restart my Mac Pro, hold down the option key, and select my Windows ...
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How do I set up a Mac to use both FileVault and Boot Camp?
I understand FileVault will encrypt the volume Mac OS X is installed on. I guess this means that Windows won't be able to read it.
How can I set up a MacBook to use FileVault for the Mac OS X ...
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Installing Ubuntu via Boot Camp on 1st gen Macbook running Lion
Does anyone know if it's possible to install Ubuntu via bootcamp on a first gen Macbook running Lion? I'd prefer not to use Parallels/VMware due to the fact that it's only got 1GB of RAM in it and I'd ...
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Boot Camp Crashes - bsod
I use boot camp on my 2009 MacBook.
I boot into windows. I have refi installed.
I stay in Windows 90-100 percent of the time.
Every 2-3 days I get a bsod. Typically during the middle of the day. ...
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How can I delete my Windows partition and add the space back to my OS X partition?
I use Bootcamp to install windows 7 on separate partition (200 GB for OSX & 50 GB for Windows) Now I decide to delete my windows and want my 50 GB partition back and stick to the 200 GB ...
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What is Boot Camp?
Is Boot Camp some sort of virtualization system, or will it run Windows 7 on a Mac the same way it runs on a Dell or an HP machine? I need to run Visual Studio in Windows 7. and I need it to work ...
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how do I turn free space into a useable partition?
I have read a few answers to this sort of question already, but don't know how to do it. I had some problems with my partitioning, it seems the operating system has been somehow installed on bootcamp, ...
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How do I set OS X to boot by default?
I set Windows 7 to my Boot Camp.
Windows 7 starts now by default in the normal boot.
However, I want that OSX boots by default and Windows 7 only as I press ALT and then select it.
How can you set ...
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Mac Mini - Installing Windows 7 from external CD/DVD drive - hangs before installation with black screen
Really wanted to get Windows 7 working on my Mac for some Windows-specific applications.
Essentially, I followed all instructions after having updated my Mac's EFI Firmware, and have been left with a ...
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How to Install .NET Framework 4 on Windows 7 Bootcamp
I am trying to install the Microsoft .Net Framework 4 on a Windows 7 bootcamp partition on my MacBook Pro. It always fails. I have tried installing it via the web platform installer and also the ...
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Restoring a Boot Camp image with Windows 7 and making it bootable?
I have an image of Boot Camp with Windows 7, which was created by Carbon Copy Cleaner. I didn't realize that the image wasn't bootable until I had already deleted the partition.
I'd like to restore ...
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Functions keys in windows 7 macbook
I have a late 2007 MacBook 3,1 with windows 7 x64 installed on it as part of bootcamp. I can't set the function keys to behave as they would on a pc... I have to press fn each time in order to use ...
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How can I get my MacBook to stop freezing after I switch back to Mac OS from Windows 7 in Bootcamp
I have a problem I could not find anywhere else. Maybe somebody here has an idea on how to solve it.
I have a MacBook Pro, early 2011, 2.2 GHz i7 with the AMD Radeon HD 6750M and 1680 x 1050 display. ...
