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Feb 7, 2011 2:13 AM in response to shady24by The hatter,Read the Apple tech articles
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp
So which is it? Vista or 7? 64-bit? You won't survive or be able to use either with just 20GB. And x64 takes even more.
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Feb 7, 2011 3:20 PM in response to The hatterby shady24,i have tried both vista x64 and win 7 x64 , dvd
i can survive with 20gb ,win 7 x64 was working with osx 10.5 on 18gb
i did try apple tech article but i could not find any suggestions,other than what i have tried.i am considering re-installing leopard and dumping snow leopard,such a waste of $$ -
Feb 7, 2011 4:27 PM in response to shady24by Asatoran,...when i select install mac reboots and then all i get is a black screen with white cursor.
After creating the Boot Camp partition, choose to install the OS later. Then shut down the Mac. Start up the Mac while holding down the Option key. Then double-click on the Windows installer disk. I've found a few Windows disks that Boot Camp Assistant won't reboot correctly. (Basically all that Boot Camp Assistant does is to set the startup disk to be the Windows installer, then reboot the Mac.)...i am considering re-installing leopard and dumping snow leopard,such a waste of $$
BTW, this has nothing to do with Boot Camp. -
Feb 7, 2011 11:50 PM in response to Asatoranby shady24,Asatoran wrote:
I've found a few Windows disks that Boot Camp Assistant won't reboot correctly.BTW, this has nothing to do with Boot Camp.
guess you are confused, anyhow i fixed it , here is how:
Step 1. Download iMacLate_2009_2010 Win7_Drivers from
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl995
Step 2. Follow the steps given here : http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173
This is bootcamp issue because i was able to install win 7 x 64 without these steps on osx 10.5 it seems apple decided to remove drivers for late 2008 macbook to compress the code n stuff.If you are running old machine apple doesnt care much ......it shows -
Feb 8, 2011 5:56 AM in response to shady24by Ulises2009,I have the same problem, and I am trying to install a windows 7 32 bt in a 20GB partition. I had tryed with other installation´s DVD and the same result. It is a Boot Camp problem in Leopard Snow? -
Feb 8, 2011 8:50 AM in response to shady24by Asatoran,That's a Win7 issue with the drivers, but hey, whatever you want to believe. Good luck. :-| -
Feb 13, 2011 8:23 PM in response to shady24by ps42,I solved the blinking cursor problem by double clicking the right mouse button once it appeared. Hope that helps. -
Feb 27, 2011 12:21 PM in response to ps42by crmartin,I can't believe it, but this worked! How did you know to do this? -
Feb 28, 2011 5:20 AM in response to crmartinby PierrotMobile,Is it true ? You are only right mouse clicking two times, to start Windows 7 when black screen appears with blinking cursor? -
Mar 4, 2011 2:00 AM in response to PierrotMobileby PierrotMobile,LAST INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC ISN'T TRUE -
Jul 13, 2011 9:25 AM in response to shady24by RodWall,I was having the same issue. I just forced shutdown the mac, turned it on again, press Option Key while starting up, and selected the Windows CD to boot from. That double click trick, is just bul****.
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Jul 19, 2011 4:38 AM in response to shady24by Simon Westenholz,This solved it for me!
From another forum:
"1. Put the Windows 7 installation disc in the disc drive, and then start your computer.
2. Hold down Option key till all available disks are displayed and select DVD. Press a key when you are prompted.
3. Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard or an input method, and then 4. click Next.
5. Click Repair your computer.
6. Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
7.In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Type (these commands are safe)
Code: Bootrec.exe /FixMbr
Code: Bootrec.exe /FixBoot
Code: Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd
*Press ENTER after each command.*
*Restart your computer.* "
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Dec 4, 2011 9:07 AM in response to Simon Westenholzby substance44,Indeed, bootrec tool solves this problem.
Thanks.
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