Q: Boot Camp Support Software Question.
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Aug 15, 2013 11:24 PMby Kappy,Boot Camp- System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems
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by Carolyn Samit,HelpfulAug 15, 2013 11:27 PM
Carolyn Samit
Aug 15, 2013 11:27 PM
in response to Preston1993
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Apple MusicI have no OSX Install disk
The only way to obtain a replacement OS X install disc is to contact Apple.
(800) 767-2775
You will need the serial number of the Mac.
How to find the serial number of your Apple hardware product
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Aug 15, 2013 11:55 PMby mende1,From the mess of links that were given you, you can get the download your MacBook needs. You have to download Boot Camp Support Software 5 from the Apple site (as you are running Snow Leopard) > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Follow the steps of the link to burn it into a USB drive. If you have already downloaded it, nothing else to do.
Then, open Boot Camp Assistant (in /Applications/Utilities) and follow the steps to install Windows 7. Follow the Apple's steps > http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdf
After installing Windows, insert the USB drive or DVD with the Boot Camp support software, and install it.
The DVDs that came with your Mac contain Boot Camp 3, much older than Boot Camp 5. You don't need your original OS X DVDs to install Windows
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Aug 16, 2013 12:15 AMby Preston1993,I plain and simply cannot even boot into windows to get the chance to install that support software 5, this is what I've done, I insereted my windows 7 installation disk, started boot-camp, it said it could not find my the support software, so I download the one I thought worked (now replaced by the one you mentioned, thank you) i told boot camp I had my own support stuff, then it formatted the drave and rebooted my mac, when it came back, I simply had a black screen saying that no bootable drive was found, I tried holding option already to see if the disk came up as an option, and it simply did not. I've tried 2 different windows 7 disks as well, so it's not my disk causing the problem. I think the image is possibly being burned in the wrong manner, maybe not being burned as a bootable image perhaps? I'm using built in disk burning that came installed already, and now I'm attempting to burn it with Burn! as well.
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Aug 16, 2013 12:21 AMby mende1,HelpfulWhere did you download Windows 7? That would be the problem, if you are downloading it from illegal sites. Also, note that you can't use upgrade versions.
I think the problem is that the Windows 7 DVD is not bootable, as Boot Camp Assistant detects it, but you can't install Windows because the DVD doesn't appear as a boot option. Download Windows 7 again because there's something wrong.
Also, if you have a PC near you, use Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to burn Windows 7 into a DVD or USB drive > http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool
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Aug 16, 2013 1:23 AMby luxuryliner67,You've got many useful answers but I would like to say my opinion. As far as you've installed the latest version of Bootcamp Assistant for Snow Leopard I would only runit let it automatically download the drivers for Windows.
Then, install Win 7 and the driver's you've previously dowloaded. If there are updates to those drivers you can do it through Bootcamp app into Windows.
Regarding the install of Win, in my large experience in the matter, many CD/DVD of Win can give problem of not starting install or performing a bad install. For many I had to change the install CD/DVD, for some, washing them with soap and water and cleaning with a soft sheet is a wonderful thing as many don't know the worst thing we "do" to CD/DVD is holding the written surface with hands which, you know, have e thin film of fat on it and is a very deletery thing for reading/writing CD/DVDs.
HTH
Simon
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Aug 16, 2013 1:24 AMby mende1,luxuryliner67 wrote:
As far as you've installed the latest version of Bootcamp Assistant for Snow Leopard I would only runit let it automatically download the drivers for Windows.
Boot Camp Assistant in Snow Leopard can only download the Boot Camp drivers for the Late 2010 MacBook Air, or at least, that's what it did when I was using the latest Snow Leopard version (10.6.8) in my iMac
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Aug 16, 2013 4:33 PMby Preston1993,So now I have windows 7 installed, however it seems I cannot find the correct support software, that 5.whatever did not work, it said it couldn't open on this version of windows, so I tried the latest 4.something and that did not work either, so I'm not sure what one I need.
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Aug 16, 2013 4:33 PMby Preston1993,So now I have windows 7 installed, however it seems I cannot find the correct support software, that 5.whatever did not work, it said it couldn't open on this version of windows, so I tried the latest 4.something and that did not work either, so I'm not sure what one I need.
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Aug 16, 2013 7:25 PMby BobTheFisherman,Preston1993 wrote:
So now I have windows 7 installed, however it seems I cannot find the correct support software, that 5.whatever did not work, it said it couldn't open on this version of windows, so I tried the latest 4.something and that did not work either, so I'm not sure what one I need.
You need the one suggested to you in your other post. You are running Snow Leopard. The Windows Support software for Snow Leopard is on the Snow Leopard installation disk.
