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truckerbossman
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Q: boot camp 4 or 5 for windows 7

on my late 2009 iMac i have been running XP pro and this week it blacked out....... will not boot........

 

i reading the boot camp material i think that the auto update brought my boot camp to 5.1 something and most likely since it is not compatible with XP it is the cause of my issues.....

 

i will take this opportunity to install windows 7 pro since xp isn't supported anyway.........HOWEVER when i look at the chart it seems like my system should only have bootcamp 4.0 to run the new software and although other models can use either i don't think i can........

 

If this is the case some thoughts on how i can remove 5.1 and retain 4.0 would be helpful.....

 

Thanks much.........

 

Or i guess another lesson on the potential success of reverting to 3.0 something that supports XP would also be welcome....

 

Many thanks

Posted on Jan 10, 2015 6:32 AM

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truckerbossman

Q: boot camp 4 or 5 for windows 7

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    Loner T Loner T Jan 10, 2015 7:23 AM in response to truckerbossman
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    Jan 10, 2015 7:23 AM in response to truckerbossman

    truckerbossman wrote:

     

    on my late 2009 iMac i have been running XP pro and this week it blacked out....... will not boot........

     

    i reading the boot camp material i think that the auto update brought my boot camp to 5.1 something and most likely since it is not compatible with XP it is the cause of my issues.....

    Once Windows is installed, it is self-contained, and the only changes that can be made are manually while Windows is running or via Windows Update. OS X updates can not make any changes to Windows. They can, however, change the MBR via upgrades, which can lead to boot ability issues.

     

     

    i will take this opportunity to install windows 7 pro since xp isn't supported anyway.........HOWEVER when i look at the chart it seems like my system should only have bootcamp 4.0 to run the new software and although other models can use either i don't think i can........

     

    What version of OS X are you currently running?

     

    If this is the case some thoughts on how i can remove 5.1 and retain 4.0 would be helpful.....

     

    Or i guess another lesson on the potential success of reverting to 3.0 something that supports XP would also be welcome....

    The version of BC is controlled by the version of OS X you are running. The version of BC Drivers is a completely different ball of wax.