How to install bootcamp in Macbook Air ?

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How to install bootcamp in Macbook Air ?

I had a Windows 7 installer disk a for some time and I had backed it up as a iso in the computer with it's key. Now the disk is broken. I tried to burn it in another dvd but what happens is that when it asks for the Product key then I am not able to move my mouse and enter anything from the keyboard as if it does not recognize it at all. What I suspect is that it wants the bootcamp drivers and I have it too. But the question is how do I install them while Installing Windows! I have a Macbook Air mid 2014

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on May 7, 2014 3:15 AM

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May 7, 2014 3:16 AM in response to Learner1010

Help Points would surely be given to all (Atleast Answer now)

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Csound1

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May 7, 2014 3:54 AM in response to Learner1010

You don't install them until after Windows is installed, so it's not them.

And it's hard to understand what you are doing so explain at what point you are asked for a product key (which should also not take place until after Windows is installed)

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May 10, 2014 4:28 AM in response to Csound1

At a point windows asks to enter a product supplied right? at that screen neither my mouse nor my keyboard work so that I can enter the option to skip it or to enter it.

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May 10, 2014 4:30 AM in response to Learner1010

The problem is after the installation when it asks the product key thats it

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Csound1

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May 10, 2014 4:34 AM in response to Learner1010

Is Windows installed

Does it start

Does the keyboard work

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Rudegar

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May 10, 2014 6:53 AM in response to Learner1010

have you tried with an external usb mouse rather then the touch pad?

same with keyboard mind you it need not be mac keyboard or mice all usb keyboards and mice work

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turbostar

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May 10, 2014 7:23 AM in response to Learner1010

Easiest fix would be to download a new Windows 7 iso and use a USB2 flash drive

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May 24, 2015 2:30 AM in response to Learner1010

I want to install windows on my Macbook Air mid 2013 model. I tried to install windows through boot camp with the windows 7 drivers in a usb and the windows installer disk. But whenever the setup starts no matter what method i use the trackpad and keyboard are unresponsive. The problem differs with the installation of windows 8 however. Either way keyboard and trackpad stay inactive. So i just want a solution to enable them. And sorry for the late reply as i was busy for a year or so and didn't have time to see the forums.

I even read this article by apple but it didn't seem to help as much

Keyboard/trackpad inoperative, black screen, or alert messages when installing Windows 7 - Apple Support

Presently I am going to try to install Mavericks with my OS X install disk as apple states the issue does not persist in Mavericks in the above article.

Any help would be gladly appreciated.

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May 24, 2015 3:33 AM in response to Learner1010

And to clear the windows 8 doubt. Yes the trackpad does seem to work at the start of the setup so i can navigate choose my options language and start the installation. But once I have completed the installation it asks me to enter the product key and at that time again the trackpad and keyboard stop responding.

I didn't try connecting an external mouse and keyboard as I have only macs with me and hence no usb keyboards and mice as such. I cant get it from my neighbourhood as well ( they are like me ) and i don't want to buy one as i want the windows partition only for gaming. By the way i wrote it wrong in the initial question it is a macbook air mid 2013

I think manually installing the bootcamp drivers through my mac partition somehow would solve the problem. Any help on that would be valuable too.

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