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Installing BootCamp on a Late 2014 iMac
I'm trying to install Windows via BootCamp on a Late 2014 iMac, so far to no avail.
First attempts, to external drive
First I attempted to install it to an external drive.
I already have a working ...
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Bootcamp Windows running on Parallels VS normal Parallels vm
Since I have to use Windows for some Qt/C++. Last week I installed Windows on MBP 16" i9 16GB Bootcamp. I was using Windows on Parallels vm before and on Bootcamp it definitely runs faster. It ...
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Is a Boot Camp partition in Parallels Desktop still natively bootable?
I am wondering if its possible to use Parallels Desktop with a Boot Camp partition while still being able to boot into Boot Camp natively if I need that last bit of performance?
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can't boot into windows 10 bootcamp but partition is still good
I have a Macbook Pro 15" 2018 running High Sierra and I installed Windows 10 using bootcamp. I had duet display installed on both HS and Win10, and I installed Parallels Desktop 14 on the MacOS side ...
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Boot Win from another computer on mac using external disk and Parallels?
I have Win 7 laptop and mbp. I removed disk from Win laptop and plugged on mbp as external disk. Windows 7 is on NTFS partition. Since I have NTFS for Mac by Paragon I can read/write to that partition....
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Internet dies on MBP 15 2017 the moment I start Windows on Parallels
This is the weirdest problem that I have ever faced. I have a MacBook Pro 15 2017 (MPTR2LL/A ?, running on MacOS 10.14.1), and I recently installed Windows using Bootcamp (dual boot) and then ...
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Make Hard Drive appear as Bootcamp for Parallels
Parallels Dekstop 13.0.1 BE won't let me add a Physical Internal HDD to the VM system.
There is a SATA HardDrive in my system with a GPT partition table and a big (2TB) NTFS partition. I use it when ...
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"The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk" error in bootcamp macOS Sierra
Problem:
I can no longer boot Boot Camp partition (BCP) running Windows 10 Pro 1703. I am also unable to start Parallels 12.2.0 Virtual Machine based on the same BCP macOS side. Problem occurred ...
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Bootcamp/VM Windows 10 licensing
In the past if I wanted to install Windows on Bootcamp, and then also use Parallels/VMware to open up the Bootcamp installation as a VM I would need two separate Windows licenses. Is this still the ...
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How can I remove Windows 7 from my Mac mini
I recently bought a Mac mini with the latest version Yosemite op system. I installed Parallels and then installed Windows 7 pro using the Windows install disc. I now want to remove Windows 7 all ...
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Paralells Reports Missing Operating System with Windows 10 bootcamp Partition
I've installed Windows 10 Release Candidate on a brand new SSD drive. My Windows Bootcamp partition boots and runs correctly, but tends to crash ocassionaly. I believe this is due to bootcamp drivers ...
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Development environment in Visual Studio using Macbook Pro
Platform: Yosemite 10.10.4; MacbookPro 15" Retina (mid-2015).
Questions regarding development on MacOS:
Does Visual Studio for MacOS have all development and debugging capabilities (especially in C, ...
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how to expand bootcamp boot partition to previously existed NTFS data partition
Some time ago I've partitioned my disk using this scheme: shrinked OS X partition, created NTFS data partition for Windows, then installed Windows on Bootcamp partition.
Recently I installed ...
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Transform Parallels Windows disk in native Windows, bootable with Bootcamp
I use Parallels 8 to run Windows 7 in my MacBook with Mountain Lion. But I'd like to have Windows running natively in my Mac. I don't want to start again with a clean Windows installation, and ...
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Windows Key when running Win 8.1 in Boot Camp on a Mac
I'm running Windows 8.1 in Boot Camp under Mountain Lion on a MacBook Air. I've tried every combination of Command, Option, Control and Shift and I can't figure out how to produce the equivalent of ...
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Parallels cant access SSD partitions
I have 4 partitions
MAC
Shared 1 exFAT
Windows
Shared 2 exFAT
I can see the partitions when Windows natively but when I am booting Windows through Parallels I cant access any other partitions but ...
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Macbook Pro 2011 Snow Leopard Boot Camp with Parallels Desktop 8
Quick question in response to a very thorough bootcamp post already on this forum.
For anybody that has a working Mac, Windows and Shared partition ... is the Boot Camp partition recognised by ...
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Windows 8 version specifically for Mac
I really dont understand this. My school sells products to students via onthehub.com.
They offer a separate version of Windows 8 Pro that they claim is specifically for Macs. How does this make any ...
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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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VMware Fusion vs. Parallels Desktop vs. Boot Camp
I've been wanting to get Windows on my retina MacBook Pro for a while now but there are so many softwares that I simply gave up. I recently found out that VMware Fusion, Parallels, and Boot Camp are ...
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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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Boot Camp Windows 7 Taskbar overlapping maximized windows
I have Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium x64 installed under Boot Camp 4.0 in OS X Lion (10.7.2) on the 2011 Mac mini and it's also hooked into Parallels Desktop 7 as a VM when I need it in OS X.
An ...
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Installing Windows 7 on Mac. A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing
I'm installing Windows 7 on my Mac via Parallels. During installation I'm getting. "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing." message. Doesn't give me any option to proceed further. What am ...
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Graphics Card on Windows 7 on MBP
I was just wondering was it possible to use the "AMD Radeon HD 6490M " card of MBP on Windows 7 by installing Win7 either on
a) Boot Camp
b) Parallels
c) VmWare
as I like to play games on Win7 for ...
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Will Windows 7 want two license keys if I go Bootcamp + Parallels?
I read that Parallels 6+ can use Bootcamp installations of Windows, and I'd like to go this route. But I've read reports that Windows will detect a major hardware change significant enough to ask for ...
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What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac? [closed]
I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.
So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your ...
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Why is Windows 7 giving me a software counterfeiting error?
I have a legitimate copy of Windows 7 Ultimate installed via Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro. I also have Parallels 5 installed on my Mac OS X, which can boot up Bootcamp's partition of Windows 7.
I'm ...
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