I am running VM Fusion firm ware and windows, so I can check my military email form time to time and esign documents from time to time. But it is way way too slow, Can anyone tell me how to delete the firm ware and windows and then use bootcamp to run windows? Please help!
This is a bit of reading, but you can start with Boot Camp 5.1: Frequently asked questions
VMWare Fusion is a virtualization engine. It shares resources with underlying OSX and can be slow. You should backup your VMware Windows installation, before you remove it. You can also leave it, provided you have enough free space for the size of Windows Bootcamp you want.
Thanks but I am not very computer savvy so this is becoming a bit harder than I thought. I run a back up with an external drive (seagate hard drive) so should i consider a back up having been done and just delete the window program and reinstalle it using bootcamp?
1. Are you backing up your entire drive? If yes, it will include you Mac and the VM, both, unless you specifically excluded.
2. In a nutshell, leave your VM intact, if you have about 50-100GB free on the current hard disk.
3. You can install Windows via Bootcamp on the existing disk, provided #2 is true.
4. What type of a Mac do you have, the year/model would help fill in more specific details.
5. The steps to install Windows via Bootcamp are
a. Run Application -> Utilities -> Bootcamp Assistant.
b. It has three check boxes, which will download Windows drivers which support Apple hardware, partition you disk, and install windows
using the install media. Depending on #4, it may require using a USB2 flash drive of 8/16 GB.
c. Once you have Windows installed, you may need to install drivers that support Apple Hardware.
e. You can transfer files from your VM to your Bootcamp Windows installation. At this point you can delete the VMwar
Windows, if you like.
f. Please be aware that to run Windows under Bootcamp would require selecting Windows and rebooting the Mac overtime you want to switch between OSX
and Windows.
This is thequickest set of steps that will have Windows running.
if you are not computer savvy then I would suggest you get somebody to help you in person
installing windows from scratch is not for everybody
and installing windows in bootcamp is even more difficult judging from the number of posts about it in this forum
you can also find many youtube videos which show the proccess
about uninstalling the program wmware fusion
I want to delete VM fusion and windows 7 then install windows 7 with bootcamp, how do I do this? Help Please!!
