Boot Camp is a technology from Apple that allows for an assisted installation of alternative operating systems on an Intel-based Macintosh computer.
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MacBook Pro running Windows 7 trouble sleeping
I have Windows 7 on my bootcamp partition and everything was working fine until now... now, when I close the lid, the computer doesn't go to sleep completely (fans are running)... when I reopen it, ...
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Image/Clone Entire Disk including OS X and Boot Camp Partitions
Is it possible to clone an entire Mac disk including both OS X and Boot Camp partitions?
Background: My company is switching from PCs to Macs. We want to have a dual boot platform. Before I used to ...
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Bootcamp crashes when installing ISO to USB
My Bootcamp crashes when installing ISO to USB. I have no idea why it does that. I thought that it was a version specific problem(seeing as I have OSX 10.8.3 installed), but that isn't so. Please ...
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Bootcamp-like bootloader for Windows and Linux (Ubuntu) [closed]
Is there a combination of bootloader + config software for Windows and Linux that allows changing next boot OS just like Bootcamp does with Darwin?
I am currently dual booting Windows + Ubuntu and ...
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Running Windows 8 off partition created in Boot Camp and also in Parallels 8. How do I handle Windows activation?
The scenario I have in mind is:
Install Windows 8 on a separate partition via Boot Camp.
Create a virtual machine in Parallels based on the installation in step 1.
Create a new virtual machine based ...
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Bootcamp Win7 partition does not load
I am running Mac OS X and Bootcamp with Windows 7. I needed to have read/write access to data on Windows partition. Therefore I have created one more partition using Disk Utility.
The resulting ...
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Disk Management and Windows Explorer show different allocted sizes
I shrinked 50GB from my main bootcamp NTFS partition.
After a reboot my windows explorer now shows that drive C's total size is 90GB,
but the Disk Management tool in windows (and EaseUS Partition ...
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How to I create a smaller OS partition size when reinstalling OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
I want to install Windows 8 with Bootcamp on my Macbook Air but my OS partition is the full drive size. My understanding is that you cannot resize the OS partition with Disk Utility (and it appears ...
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OSX: install (dual-boot) Windows 7 without USB stick or DVD drive
I'm attempting to install (dual-boot) Windows 7 on a second partition on my macbook. I have the Win7 installer ISO and even a VM running Win8 where I've installed the "Win7 USB/DVD download tool" -- ...
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How to make a USB flash drive bootable for Linux on an iMac? [duplicate]
I want to make a USB flash drive bootable on my Mac (iMac 12,1), so I can run a live version of any Linux-derivate and check for viruses on my Boot Camp partition.
I've already tried creating one ...
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Repairing Boot Camp on a secondary hard drive
I managed to install Windows on a partition of a secondary hard drive with Winclone, but I am unable to boot on it.
Now when i choose windows as startup device i get the "No bootable device --- insert ...
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Windows 7 running on Macbook pro not resuming after hibernate
I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro 13" on which I was running Windows 7 32 bit perfectly fine. Recently I upgraded the memory to 8 GB and put in a Samsung 840 256 GB SSD into the DVD drive bay. I cloned ...
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Will Windows 8/OS X boot from a hard-drive drive created from a block-level backup of its main hard-drive?
I'm running Windows 8 and OS X on a late 2010 Macbook Pro using Bootcamp. I'd like to replace the internal HDD with an SSD, but want to get a backup process in place first.
I read this article by ...
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How to restore a Windows 7 Bootcamp partition
My iMac was one of those suffering from a faulty Seagate HDD, and it failed a few weeks ago. In anticipation of getting it repaired at the Apple Store, I was able to clone the OS X partition easily ...
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Bootcamping Windows 8 Installation issues: Blue screen of death
I'm trying to install Windows 8 on my MacBook Pro, using Bootcamp.
I've stepped through the assistant and used the Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk, and stored this on a Usb ...
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boot camp: not recognizing os x drive
I started getting an error after attempting to boot into OS X from Windows 7 via Boot Camp.
After selecting "Restart in Mac OS X," it tells me that there is no OS X installation available to boot ...
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Error with Formatting Partition (Late 2012 Mac Mini)
For some reason, I am getting an error when I have follow the 'Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide' which I downloaded and printed from Apple. The error is that when I get to the bit on the ...
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Restore Windows system image on larger partition (Bootcamp)
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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What's messing with my default input language?
The Problem
Why is my input language set to NL (=Dutch) every time I open an application, despite the default input language setting?
Background
I have a Windows 7 system with an English (US) ...
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Win 7 Ultimate partition size on I-Mac
Does the required size of the Win 7 (64-bit) Ultimate partition change when one uses it on an I-Mac with Boot Camp?
I am trying to use it on an I-Mac 27 inch (late 2012) with the following data:
CPU ...
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What is the most efficient way to switch OS's on bootcamp?
Currently I'm just restarting my machine and holding alt, and then selecting the Bootcamp partition and launching. Is there a more/faster way to do this (or at least prompt it to launch windows ...
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Which bootloader to use when dual booting a Mac without OSX (Win/Ubuntu)
A while back I used Bootcamp to install Windows 8 on my 2011 27' iMac. Accidentally using the Windows installer I overwrote Windows onto my OSX partition. Now I would like to install Ubuntu on to my ...
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Installed Win7 for Bootcamp by removing SSD, but 'Missing' OS after reconnecting it
I have a recent-model Mac Mini running Mountain Lion, and I swapped out the primary of it's two 500gb spinny drives with a 256gb SSD.
Then I went to install Bootcamp. when I got to the Windows ...
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12 GB Of Ram But Only 2 GB Usable? - Windows [duplicate]
I just installed Windows 7 on my Mac through Bootcamp, I am almost certain that would not have an effect on this, but I'm still posting anyways. I understand Windows has to already be using some RAM, ...
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Everything stoped working after converting simple disk to dynamic
I have mac book pro 15. (if you know what i mean)
Installed Mac OS X Lion
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Installed BootCamp
300gb for mac, 100gb for windows
Installed Windows
Opened mmc and shinked the window volume to 80gb
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Black Screen, Blinking Cursor after cloning from HDD to SSD
(I'm aware there are similar questions, but from what I've seen I've already tried the fixes suggested.)
How I got into this situation:
I'm running a Macbook Pro (Which means a hybrid GPT/MBR ...
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Stuck at booting Ubuntu 12.10 on iMac (late 2012)
So i've installed bootcamp windows on my mac already and created a extra partition for installing ubuntu 12.10. However i've downloaded the image from ubuntu, then burnt the iso to the DVD, boot my ...
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When buying Windows 8 in German, is it possible to install it in English? [duplicate]
I have a Mac and want to install Windows 8 via BootCamp on it as well.
I signed up on microsoft.at and now I'm facing two questions.
First off. The product says "Windows 8 Upgrade". What does that ...
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Windows bootcamp partition still present, unrecognized?
So I recently got a computer that came partitioned via bootcamp with windows 7 and OSX 10.7. It had the ratio of Mac to Windows 1 to 2, and I preferred it to be the other way around. So I went in 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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rEFIt on Mac won't boot into USB Installation after OS is installed
Recently I have used Bootcamp to install Windows 7 Professional (64bit) on my Mac Book Air 3,2. I didn't have a CD/DVD so I used ISO and USB.
This is how I did it:
Use VirtualBox to install the ...
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I already have my drive partitioned. How do I install Windows 7 on it?
For some reason Boot Camp it seems that boot camp is not letting me install Windows on the partition I already have. When it shows my available drives, it shows my drive and says it's my startup disk ...
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Partitioning Bootcamp partition without OS Disk
I would like to repartition my hard drive so that my mac partition has more space as opposed to my windows partition. I, unfortunately, no longer have the operating disk. Is it possible to resize the ...
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How do I save keypad settings in Bootcamp?
I have Windows 8 running on my MacBook Pro using Boot camp and everything is fine apart from the fact I have to change the settings for the touchpad every time I log in.
Is there a way to save the ...
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Can I install Windows on an iMac, and will that Windows have full functionality as a normal PC
I'm intending to buy a new iMAC for iOS programming and graphics processing. But I also work on ASP.NET and PHP. I've thought about installing a VM that runs Windows 7 but it would be painfully slow. ...
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Can I torrent (legal files) to my Mac HD from my Windows partition on bootcamp?
If I (legally) download a torrent file on Windows (running bootcamp) and select my mac harddrive as its download location on, say, uTorrent, will it work?
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Why can't I see the bootcamp drive from Mac OS?
I have a MacBookPro. Primarily use Windows via Bootcamp but occasionally have to dive into the Mac side of things.
One thing I've noticed is that in Mac OS it only offers its own partition in the ...
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Install Windows 7/8 into BootCamp from ISO stored on the target Mac
I have a Mac with no working optical drive, and no spare USB key. I already know how to install Windows into Parallels in such a scenario, but is it possible to install onto bootcamp by copying the ...
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PC to Mac : Parrallels vs. Bootcamp [closed]
I am an avid PC user finally destroyed by Dell. My third 18th month old machine is on its deathbed and I've finally decided to switch to an iMac..... 3.4 gh, 32 ram, 3T fusion drive. I need to run ...
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300GB Boot Camp partition shows as only 64GB when running Windows
I have been struggling for some time with the available disk space not showing in Windows Explorer when using Boot Camp.
I used DU to partition my 500GB SSD for around 200GB for the Mac and 300GB for ...
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Late 2012 iMac — Windows XP via Boot Camp?
My father is looking to purchase his first iMac, but wants to be able to dual-boot into Windows XP to allow him to gradually get used to the new OS. I know that Windows XP is not "officially" ...
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Clone an entire Mac HD (including bootcamp partition) using target disk mode?
I have two otherwise identical iMacs (the actual situation is different, but I'm simplifying it for the purposes of this question). We'll designate one of them as the source machine, and one as the ...
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“Non-system disk press any key to reboot” after removing Windows 7 on Mac
My MacBook had Snow Leopard. I was trying to remove Windows 7 to make more space available. When I thought I had successfully removed Windows 7, I powered off the laptop and when I turned it back on, ...
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Formatted a Bootcamped drive as a dynamic disk, now can't boot to either Mac or Windows
I was trying to create an extra partition to get a file from the Windows side of my Macbook Air to the Mac side, and I accidentally made the disk dynamic without realizing it. I am now unable to boot ...
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Is there any way to run a legacy 16-bit Windows program on Mac?
I know that the real answer is that we need to choose a new accounting program. Until then, we have an old, no longer in business Windows program that is not going to work in Win8. Since I'm a Mac ...
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Installing Windows 8 on late 2012 iMac 3TB SATA Disk
Yes I know installing windows on the new 3TB iMac through bootcamp is not officially supported, but after doing some research it seemed that it was quite possible to do so anyways. Twocanoes seemed to ...
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iMac Mid 2011 Bootcamp running slow
I have a lab of iMacs (21.5 Mid 2011) that primarily run Windows 7 X64 via Bootcamp. The issue that they have been seeing since installation, is on the Windows side, anything to do with accessing ...
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Notification area sometimes has invisible icons?
I run Windows 7 64-bit in Boot Camp on an iMac. For some reason, sometimes when I start it up, the notification area icons will be invisible, as seen in this screenshot. In order to fix it, I restart ...
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Can't move mouse/keyboard on startup for a few seconds while Windows loads USB devices?
I run Windows 7 in Boot Camp on an iMac. For some reason, sometimes when I start it up, I can't move my mouse (using USB via RF) and my Bluetooth keyboard for about 10–20 seconds while Windows loads ...
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Install OSX in VM in Bootcamp
I was wondering if it is possible to install OS X on a Virtual Machine in a Windows (Bootcamp) on a Mac?
