The basic idea of Boot Camp is that it adapts the Mac's EFI bootstrapping system with a BIOS one, which allows BIOS bootloaders (like Windows's) operate.
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Windows 7 + Bootcamp: Apple Cinema Display brightness doesn't work
I have no idea what's going on here, I hope someone can help.
Windows 7 x64 was installed and fully updated on an Intel Mac. It seemed to be working fine, but there was no sound, so I installed the ...
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My macbook pro will freeze when I attempt to run Windows 7
Currently, I am running a March 2010 13 inch Macbook Pro (10.6.8) that has a dual boot Win 7 32bit installed. I've been able to run Win 7 for almost a year now, but recently, when I turn my computer ...
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Installing windows 8 on a second hard drive on a Mac
I just downloaded the windows 8 developer preview and set my secodary internal hard drive to gpt partition scheme windows installer runs fine until I get to the end of the file extraction then get an ...
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Mac Pro won't boot from Windows 7 DVD - Flashing prohibitory sign
I am trying to install Windows 7 on my Mac pro, I have tried everything it seems. I have a perfectly good Windows 7 DVD which boots on other devices, yet it doesn't on mine.
First off it started with ...
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How to boot windows in Mac?
I have this strange problem, where I have two Windows installed on my MBP in two different partitions
Untitled Windows is Win8, Bootcamp windows is Windows 7 and Mac OS X
Whenever I choose to boot ...
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Stuck with Windows 8 on macbook pro
I use Windows 7 and Mac OSX on macbook pro using bootcamp, few hours back I installed the windows 8 as well without using rEFIt or any other tools.
Now the problem is I always see Mac OSX and ...
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How do I set up the network drivers for Windows 7 on my iMac?
I installed Windows 7 32 bit on my 27" iMac OS X 10.6.6. When Windows loaded, I couldn't connect to the internet via wireless or ethernet. It appears the drivers are not correct?
I did the same ...
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mac bootcamp - showing hard drive selection on boot
Is there an option that always make the hard drive boot selection visible?
My current method is always pressing the option key on start up.
This is what i mean:
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MacBook grey screen at boot, cannot press any keys
This morning my Macbook Pro (2011 model), decided it didn't want to boot, and is stuck at the grey screen. The startup chime happens, but then stays on a blank grey screen. This seems to be for no ...
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Adding a partition
I deleted my Bootcamp partition from Disk Utility by accident..Im trying to create it back but this message appears:
Partition failed with the error:
Couldn’t modify partition map because file ...
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Ancient Hardware: IBM Spacesaver II Keyboard with Windows 7 on MacPro
I'm running Win 7 on a 2010 MacPro under Bootcamp. I have a classic IBM Spacesaver II keyboard (PS/2 connection) plugged in via a USB adaptor.
I've been running this set-up since I got my first ...
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How do I make my bootcamp partition bootable again?
I needed to resize my bootcamp partition so I used gparted to move and resize it. This seemed to work, except that now I can't boot into Windows.
I can boot into OS X just fine. OS X can recognize ...
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Can you enable option+click for right clicking in boot camp?
I am running Windows 7 on a Mac via bootcamp.
I find the double finger press right click very frustrating (it works fine in OSX) because it comes up when I don't want it to. Especially when trying to ...
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custom sudo command
How can I make custom functions accessible to the sudo command?
I have my Mac OS X set up with Bootcamp, but also with VirtualBox so I can run Windows for testing websites in IE. I have to run this ...
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How to backup Boot Camp as image and incremential
I am using Windows Home Server 2011 to do image based and incremential backups of my home computers.
All machines uses Windows 7, and the Macs use Boot Camp - I don't use Mac OS (there is a small Mac ...
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Install BackTrack 5 rc1 on Mac OSX Lion, feasable?
I just uninstalled windows from my bootcamp and i would like to run only my Lion and a second partition with BackTrack 5, is it doable?
I already tried to follow a couple tutorials i found around ...
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(Mac OS X) Do I need Library/Application Support/BootCamp/WindowsSupport.dmg?
I recently used Migration Assistant and it left me with some odds and ends to sort through, including some obselete Bootcamp data.
Do I need Library/Application Support/BootCamp/WindowsSupport.dmg ...
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Is Mac Boot Camp reliable?
I'm a contracting web developer, and want to get a new MacBook Pro laptop with Windows running as an alternative OS. I'll probably be using Windows 80% of the time, and 20% of the time I'll do iPhone ...
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Is it possible to change the Boot Camp language?
Is it possible to switch to or manually download and install the English version of Boot Camp 4 for Windows.
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Migrate unbootable Windows 7 installation
Until several months ago, I had a 64-bit installation of Windows 7 running very smoothly through Boot Camp on my iMac (iMac7,1). I was going to give the computer to my parents, and to spruce it up, I ...
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How can I swap control and command in bootcamp?
Didn't see this exact question on here, so figured I'd ask anyway.
It's simple, I do a lot of dev on a macbook pro, and now I'm using a bootcamp a lot as well. My muscle memory has me doing ...
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Boot Camp Control Panel does not show my Startup Disk as an option
I have successfully installed an OCZ RevoDrive3 X2 (a PCI-Express card which behaves like an SSD drive) in a Mac Pro workstation, and restored a Windows image on it using Shadow Protect IT Edition. My ...
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How do I install Boot Camp drivers for Windows 7? [closed]
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How do I install Windows 7 64-bit on a Mac using Bootcamp?
I just used Boot Camp to install Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro OS X Lion. The problem is that I can't even right ...
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“Inadequate System Resources” error when trying to start Windows in Bootcamp
I had made a division in the hard drive sometime ago and installed Windows in the other half using Bootcamp software.
But now , I think that the Windows side hard drive is getting full and when I try ...
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AHCI controller issue on bootcamp with 2009 macbook pro
My problem is as follows: I have a mid-2009 Macbook Pro with a Nvidia MCP79 AHCI controller and I have just installed Windows 7 using bootcamp, as i didn't like how it run in vmware fusion. I now have ...
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In Windows 7, if I play a full screen game, then all apps become “full screen” as well
In Windows 7, when I play a full screen game, then quit the game, all windows, such as those belonging to Firefox or Windows Explorer, become full screen as well. This means that they will expand to ...
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Change function keys in Windows 7 (bootcamp)
I am gaming on windows 7 with my Mac. The problem is that the function keys are set as the mac function keys. For example if I need to drink a healing potion in the game by hitting F1, my computer ...
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2011 i7 Macbook Pro unable to boot from any Windows CD?
I'm encountering issues installing Windows alongside my Lion install. I'm attempting to install from the internal SuperDrive, after using Boot Camp to partition what was a single, HFS+ volume.
When ...
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Running Windows 7 on Mac Mini? [closed]
I've never used a Macintosh, and would like to buy a MacMini, but there are applications that are Windows-specific, so I need both OS's.
How solid does Windows 7 run on a Mac Mini through BootCamp? ...
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Configure Multiple OS on Mac
I just had a iMac delivered today. I want to configure it in following way for testing on various versions.
I need to set up 10.7 Server, 10.6 Server and Windows 2008 server and possibly one more ...
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refit menu showing unbootable partitions
I just installed refit with my windows 7 bootcamp setup and customized it to only show internal disk partitions. However, I have come across a couple issues.
Windows 7 is showing both the EFI ...
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Copying data from a Mac Bootcamp partition with bad sectors
I have a Mac running OS X 10.5 that has a Windows XP boot camp partition that will no longer boots and is throwing me input/output errors when I attempt to view the Bootcamp partition in Terminal. My ...
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How to install Windows XP via Bootcamp when there is a 3rd partiton that cannot be removed?
I have three partitions on my computer:
System partition named "macintosh" with HFS+ filesystem journaled and Mac OS X installed (no encryption).
Non system partition named "vault" with HFS+ ...
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Can I get back my Boot Camp Windows partition?
On my Mac, I had a Boot Camp partition that contained Windows 7. I recently got a new hard drive fitted, and have the one with the Boot Camp partition in an external USB enclosure.
Is it somehow ...
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Safe mode in Windows 7 on Bootcamp?
How do I boot my Windows 7 partition to safe mode if it is installed into BOOTCAMP? On normal PC computers, you normally see the BIOS getting started and prompting you to press something (normally F8) ...
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Doing Ctrl-Alt-Break under BootCamp
When using the remote desktop client on Windows, one very useful keyboard shortcut is Ctrl-Alt-Break, which toggles the remote session between full screen and window.
How can I do the equivalent of ...
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Boot Camp creates a “Removable” Non-Reassignable “F” Drive in Windows 7. I need F reassigned
I desperately need an external drive I use for media (specifically mp3's for iTunes purposes) to bear the drive letter F as it does on my PC.
I've successfully installed Windows 7 via Bootcamp on my ...
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Boot Camp Broken…?
I was having trouble setting up kiln and after getting an Apple employee to help me, Boot Camp stopped working. When I try to restart into Windows, it gives me an error that says:
Boot Camp was ...
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How to remove Ubuntu, that is alongside Win7 on a bootcamp partion without screwing up MBR/Refit?
I had this awesome setup, OSX, and Win7 on the bootcamp partition.
Windows was booting fine in VMWare Fusion until... I've tried to triple boot by adding an Ubuntu partition.
Now I've got reFit ...
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Repair Mac Boot Camp Bootloader
I have the most recent MacBook Pro (Lion) and I've been running Boot Camp with Windows 7 Ultimate perfectly for a few months. I think I installed something while running Windows, however, that messed ...
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Boot Camp on external hard-drive partition?
I would like to know if it is possible to boot Windows or Linux on a Mac through BootCamp, or without it, from an external hard-drive so to leave the internal drive completely unaffected. the thread ...
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Are 2011 Apple Macs EFI-ready for Boot Camp?
I would like to know if the most recent Apple Macs have the EFI firmware up to date to boot Windows through Boot Camp.
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How to make braces with Apple keyboard in Windows?
I'm using Bootcamp to run Windows on my Mac. Now I can't find a way to make curly braces and brackets. What is the keyboard shortcut for that?
I am using a Swiss German Apple keyboard layout.
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After installing Boot Camp tools on Windows 7, the display settings aren’t supported by my monitor. How can I fix them?
Here are the steps I took:
Installed Windows 7 on a Mac mini using Boot Camp
Installed Apple’s Boot Camp tools on Windows 7
Rebooted.
Now, when I start the Mac mini, I get the “Windows ...
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How to make a screenshot with a Mac keyboard on a Mac that is running Windows 7?
I have a Mac that is running Windows 7 using Bootcamp. I have an external Mac keyboard. Now I want to make a screenshot but I'm not succesful. Some googeling told me that the correct combination is ...
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Trouble trying to update display driver for Windows 7 that is running on Macbook
I have an issue with display setting on Windows that I installed on 15 inch Macbook via boot camp. The display is set to Mobile PC Display. I have tried to go to AMD Site and download the right ...
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Is there any way to modify the shutdown options for Windows 7 on the login/lock screen red button
I want to add an option on my Boot Camp enabled iMacs to add 'Restart in OSX' (using the command line shortcut) to the Red Shutdown button that appears in the right corner of the Logon screen and Lock ...
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Create a VM from DMG disk image created from Windows XP Boot Camp Partition
I had Windows XP installed on a Boot Camp partition, and wanted to replace it with Windows 7, so I used Disk Utility to create a .DMG image from the partition, reformatted and installed Windows 7 on ...
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Is it possible to run OS X Lion inside a virtual machine in Windows 7 Bootcamp on Mac hardware? [closed]
All of the answers I've come across seem to either pre-date the change in the OS X EULA or are not dealing with real Apple hardware. The reason I want to do this is because I love my Macbook Air, I ...
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Ubuntu and a mac boot icon in windows - is there such a thing?
In a mac os, you can double click on an icon to boot windows, (boot camp).
Is is possible to have the same concept for a windows os but for a mac/linux boot?
I don't enjoy or want where I turn on ...
