MACBOOK 4.1 BOOTCAMP PROBLEM

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MACBOOK 4.1 BOOTCAMP PROBLEM

I HAVE A MacBook (13-inch, Early 2008)MacBook4,1, NO EFI Boot ROM version ON THIS LIST, AND WHEN I TRY TO INSTALL WINDOWS IN BOOTCAMP IS NOT WORKING. AFTER I PARTITON THE HDD (I DON'T SEE THE BOOTCAMP PARTITION IN THE STARTUP DISK) AND ASO AFTER RESTART I CAN'T INSTAL WINDOWS. IF BOOTCMP ASSISTENT IS RESTARTING THE LAPTOP AN I PUT WINDOWS 7 32 OR 64 BITS OR WINDOWS XP DISK, THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN BECOMES A FOLDER WITH X OR FOLDER WITH QUESTION MARK, OANE AFTER ANOTHER VERY FAST.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 20, 2012 8:36 AM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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Jun 20, 2012 9:03 AM in response to andreifromdubai

Don't use CAPS it is

SHOUT

Harder to read

'Netiquette -

If you read the tips in Boot Camp Assistant, you would know that only Windows 7 is supported with Lion.

The DVD if it was sold as physical media and your computer is listed as supported, but if you burned an ISO image and did not reduce burn speed to slowest, it will not be accepted or work (even if it appears to install).

BCA sets the default boot OS volume to the Windows FAT "BOOTCAMP" so that Wndows can restart multiple times to install and update on its own. YOU have to format to NTFS during install.

And you need to go to OS X control panel (system preferences) and use Startup Disk to make OS X the default again.

http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp

has all the articles FAQ HOW TO and manual guides

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Answer 2

Jun 22, 2012 10:00 AM in response to The hatter

Sorry for the CAPS and the mistakes. Reasons , reasons .....

I read that the Boot camp assistant si working only with Windows 7.

I'm a little bit confused that after BCA is downloading all the necessary drivers, and is partitioning the drive, before restarting, when I go to System preferences at StartUp Disk, I don't see the bootcamp partition.

The same thing happen in System Preferences If I change the HDD from another macbook (2.1) wich have bootcamp and is working.

I will try now to wire the ISO Windows 7 on a dvd again at lower speed an see what is happening.

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Answer 3

The hatter

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Jun 22, 2012 11:28 AM in response to andreifromdubai

You can't see because there is nothing there,, it sets the system to boot frm DVD first, then during Windows install it changes again to the Windows partiton.

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Answer 4

Jun 22, 2012 9:55 PM in response to The hatter

Then why when I boot from the DVD I see apple sign, then the circle with a slash then a folder with question mark ?

I have let it like this for 20 minits and nothing happen.

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Answer 5

The hatter

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Jun 23, 2012 4:30 AM in response to andreifromdubai

hardware - kernel panic on startup - sounds like the hard drive partition table - use Lion Recovery: check health of hidden and visibile partitions - to me, I would erase and restore from backup

you can't see anything that does not have a bootable system in STARTUP DISK as there is no OS yet.

It should show the DVD

It will show up in Disk utility

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