bootcamp 5.1
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204048
8 GB USB storage device, or external drive formatted as MS-DOS (FAT) to install the downloaded drivers.
this is for backup or for run via usb stick...?
This is for BC drivers (and Windows ISO, if necessary). If your Mac supports using USB to boot from, it will contain both, otherwise the Windows Installer will be on DVD Media using your built-in (or external) Optical drive.
what means "BC"...? drivers...
If install from ISO File this file may deleted after install?
If buy a Macbook pro and want install in bootcamp windows 10 (when come), well if in iso (or in dvd and convert to iso)
basically required usb sticks or dvd drive?
BC = Bootcamp Drivers are used by Windows to support Apple Hardware visible to Windows.
The ISO is not deleted during or after installation. It is copied to the USB, as needed.
The USB stick is needed, if your Mac does not have an Optical drive (for DVD) and it will hold the BC drivers and Windows ISO.
The USB is also needed, if your Mac has an Optical drive, to hold just the BC drivers.
cannot Not usb stick, Not dvd
but
SSD itself of Mac... hold these?
especially if use win install with boot-camp,... with Visualization software - Not a separate install?
If you use Virtualization software, then you can use the Windows .ISO file directly in VM engine as a virtual Optical drive. You do not need USB or DVD media.
In case of scenario
Boot-camp only, usb stick with drives and iso needed to be on laptop from before boot till end and shutdown of win 10...?
In the scenario using VMWare Fusion that can run win 10 either as pure VM or from boot-camp - I think not require separate install in the latter case... what happens required also usb stick?
You can use VMware Fusion to boot Windows from an existing Bootcamp/Windows partition. You do not need two copies of Windows.
You can start at How to install Windows using Boot Camp - Apple Support as a guide to Windows installation.
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There are two scenarios
one boot-camp only
another boot-camp and Fusion - both options
so 3 total cases 1 + 2 = 3
which needed of 3 USB stick to be in Mac from boot to shutdown????
The VMware Fusion installation and VM creation is an independent process.
1. Install Bootcamp/Windows and BC drivers. (You need a USB stick and ISO or DVD media for this installation only).
2. Install VMware Fusion.
3. Import Bootcamp/Windows as a VM in Fusion.
FROM WHERE GET boot-camp drivers if buy a MacBookPro mid 2015 and win 10 in August 2015...?
also if win 10 is download - come in an ISO...?
AFTER INSTALL usb stick must kept in a cabinet , and boot-camp or vm ware(import BC/win10 to Fusion) run without it... correct?
win 10 iso & drivers are less than 8GB?
The BC drivers will be downloaded from Apple Servers by Bootcamp Assistant which is built in to the Apple OS X.
W10 may come in either ISO or physical media. You can use either. Please also see http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203909.
You can always re-build the USB using Bootcamp Assistant, so you may need to save the USB.
You can estimate the total size by looking at W10 TP download size and the BC drivers size (roughly 1GB today). It may be better to use a 16GB USB to be safe.
BC drivers copied to SSD & USB STICK during bootcamp install?
BC drivers are copied to the USB stick. They are installed automatically and silently after Windows is fully installed.
BC drivers must downloaded saved to usb along ISO - saved with native name - and installation should find them (or prompt for them?)...?
1. BC Assistant downloads BC drivers to a local directory.
2. BCA copies the drivers to the USB, putting some in $WinPEDriver$, which will be used during Windows boot process to provide HW support.
3. BCA copies ISO contents to USB.
4. BCA marks USB bootable for Apple Boot Manager.
5. BCA instructs Bootmanager to reboot from USB.
6. USB is read and control passed to Windows Installer, which uses contents of the ISO to install Windows.
7. The AutoUnattend.xml on the USB tells the installer to run setup.exe.
8. The screen shot indicates what the USB contains.
8 GB USB storage device, or external drive formatted as MS-DOS (FAT) to install the downloaded drivers.
