32 or 64 bit Windows 7 on Bootcamp?
I have a 2007 MBP (Santa Rosa) with 4 GB RAM. I installed Windows 7 32-bit on Bootcamp last night and noticed that the system recognizes 4GB but indicates that only 2.98 GB was 'usable'. Will Windows 7 64-bit be able to use more memory and will performance improve?
Thank you!
Wondering if anyone can tell me if bootcamp allows Windows 7 to use ALL the RAM I have, or just a portion of it? I have a mac book pro from 2009, I'm in Windows right now so can't confirm exact model.
I'm currently using XP in Bootcamp, and bootcamp (or Windows?) only recognizes 2G, although I have now enabled the 3G switch, which increases 'virtual memory'.
Basically, I don't understand this stuff at all and am surprised there isn't much about it online, and would like to know whether Windows 7 will have access to more memory in Bootcamp than XP, since a memory intensive application I'm using doesn't like the limited memory I'm getting in XP.
I'd also be very interested to know whether people are finding Parallels 5 / Fusion faster than Bootcamp for XP / Win 7 ?
Any insights much appreciated !
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Hello. I have a mac-mini (mid 2010) and with bootcamp, was successfully running XP.
I then decided to upgraded to Windows 7 had lots of trouble installing it on my existing bootcamp partition.
I finally was able to install Windows 7, by just booting off the CD and letting it install that way.
But reading more on it, I think I was supposed to use Bootcamp to do it for me...
I had thought the Bootcamp Assistant was for only fresh installs of a Windows O.S. where no partitiion existed previously.
I had a partition so thought Bootcamp wasn't required for my needs.
But now, inside Windows 7, I have 0 drivers installed. I have an AirPort Express, so on the Mac side, I downloaded
and installed the Windows version of AirPort Utility and copied it to my USB stick. Then
I exported my settings to a text file on a USB Stick, then on Windows was able to successfully install AirPort Utility and import the settings.
But it still doesn't find my network. I am pretty sure I'm broadcasting my SSID...
So I need to know the following:
1) How to know I'm broadcasting my SSID - where do I find this in settings?
2) How I can install my mac-mini drivers on Windows 7 so I can use my existing wireless network, now that I've gone through the installation without using Bootcamp?
3) Do I need to set up network adapters and all that stuff in Windows 7 first? If so, how and what drivers do I need?
One other thing I tried was downloading Bootccamp 4.x and installing that on Windows 7 to see if it gives me the drivers that were supposed to be written to my USB stick if I had installed Windows 7 using Bootcamp in the first place... However I think the message it said was that it couldn't install as it was the wrong version. So I'm still stuck without drivers and therefore no internet.
And that is my main task - getting the Internet up and running in Windows 7.
Other Info:
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8 with 2 GB of memory.
I installed the 32-bit version of Windows 7 and I don't know what version of Bootcamp I'm running...
I can tell you that BootCamp Assistant is v3.0.4, but don't know if that means Bootcamp is also 3.0.4.
Hope you can help.
Thanks.I tried something that worked for me...
Knowing that after my install of Windows 7 wasn't the correct method (didn't go through bootcamp), and the BootCamp 4.x package wouldn't install under windows 7, I tried reinstalling Bootcamp 4.x in Windows 7 to see what the exact message was it gave me. The message said it couldn't install because of a 32-bit O.S. vs a 64-bit version of the package.
So that got me thinging - my XP version was 32-bit, and so is my Windows 7 installation. So I tried installing the bootcamp that came with my Mac OS X installation CD. This is bootcamp version 3.1.
Not only did it install, but it practically took care of everything driver-wise for me. I was then able to see my wireless network, enter my password and I was connected. The only thing else I had to do to get on the Internet was bring IE8 online (guess it ships offline by default). Firewall and Antivirus are now installed, just a few more things to go.
That's one thing that's just not clear that I'll be sure to note for next time... The Bootcamp packages you download are actually driver packages for Windows. That is where the Windows drivers exists that are necessary to make your Windows 7 PC work on a bootcamp partition!
I didn't need the AirPoirt Utility at all (at least, I never went into it).
Thanks VikingOSX for your post. I will not need to follow the steps you provided, but they may help someone else as all of these bootcamp issues I've been reading seem to be very unique per installation.
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When Installing Windows 7 using Bootcamp, I get message: "Need 64 bit Windows installation USB drive or DVD." What does this mean?
It means you need the 64 bit Version of Windows on a USB stick or DVD.
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for the 2013 versions of macbook pro should I purchase 32 bit windows or 64 bit version to be able to install it on macbook and use windows with bootcamp?
Then you might check at any of the other university book stores or software stores or any computer store in town for the 64-bit version.
If you want to use the 32-bit version from the school (you probably get it for free or very cheap) then you could purchase Parallels and run it as a virtual machine concurrently with OS X. There are some caveats:
1. You have to purchase Parallels (there may be an academic discount.) List is $79.95.
2. Your computer needs minimally 4 GBs of RAM, but realistically 8 GBs would be better.
3. Parallels creates a pseudo-drive on your hard drive. It could easily require 50 GBs of disk space.
Accommodating these might be more costly than buying 64-bit Windows 7. And, if you look online you may find them with an academic discount (or may be able to order it through the school.) -
New Apple 64 bit Windows 7 BootCamp Drivers!
I, like several hundred thousand others have been patiently waiting for the promised 64 bit Win 7 boot camp drivers. I have still heard no announcement since the one that said they would be available before the end of 2009.
Well, today I purchased a new 2.53Ghz Mac Mini at the Atlanta Apple store, and was surprised to find that the installed OSX was the current 10.6.2, be even more surprised to see that the boot camp drivers on the install disk were dated in November. Another identical Mac Mini purchased in November had boot camp drivers dated in July.
I went ahead and partitioned for boot camp, and ran the 64 bit Windows 7 OEM installation. It ran just fine. I was really surprised to find that the boot camp setup program on the new Mac Mini disk installed 64 bit drivers without hesitation, and it seems to work just fine.
So, I guess they will be in general release quite soon, but I am happy to have mine, and will use it to install my other versions of Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro and IMac.
Finally!!!After running the boot camp assistant, I get the same message that you have received, that Boot Camp allows the running of Windows XP or Vista. Windows 7 is not mentioned.
I am not sure what that really means, though, since that is a message from within OSX 10.6.2, which is unchanged. The problem for me has previously been with the Windows Boot Camp drivers after the installation of 64 bit Windows 7, when I got a message to the effect that the version was not supported, and it would not run the driver installation program on the Windows 7 side of Boot Camp. I never had a problem running the MS 64 bit Windows 7 installation disk program, I just couldn't get the needed drivers to load in the prior version of the 3.0 driver which is dated in July. I do not have the build on the older version that was supplied to me with the prior Mac Mini purchased in November.
At this point, when I run the 3.0 Boot Camp installation drivers after installing 64 bit Windows 7 from the MS install disk, it installs normally, and seems to be running just fine. I cannot, of course, vouch for whether these are the final drivers for Boot Camp, and I rather suspect they are not.
But at least they allow me to install a working version of 64 bit Windows 7, which I have not been able to do since Windows 7 left beta. -
Hello, i hope someone can help,
i have repeated this whole process 3 times already, it has taken 8 strait hours of my time and i still have had no success.
QUICK SUMMERY
To put it simply, After windows is up and running on my mac, the wireless network wont work, so i cannot download the hot fix, and the support driver files from bootcamp will not open because it says they are not "32 Valid" ?. But im using a 64bit disk.
The wireless network adaptor automatically doesn't work on windows right after installation,
so i had to load the Hot Fix onto an SD card along with the bootcamp drivers, then open the hotfix file in windows.
The first time i was able to install the fix, windows restarted and installed the update, logged back on... and nothing changed.
At that point i attempted to open the "Setup" file in the bootcamp support folder, and an error message came up saying it wasn't valid.
LONGER EXPLANATION OF MY COMPLETE PROCESS: (to cancel out any questions)
i was able to find my support driver from here:
http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-leopard-snowleopard.merged -1.sucatalog
its some old fashion coded page that has a bunch of apple drivers you can download by pasting one of the codes in your browser,
i searched for bootcamp support drivers, and found the code for my exact model (Mac Pro 8,2)
i was able to manually downloaded the drivers instead of using bootcamp assistant.
As a side note,
i was able to download the bootcamp drivers via boot camp assistant after the 5th try,
so now i have both files that i know are supposed to work 100%. they are loaded and unzipped on an SD card like they are supposed to be for when i open windows.
I have a Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium x64 bit CD from the inlaws so i used that CD after i partitioned my drive in bootcamp.
Bootcamp run like it was supposed to, and i followed step by step instructions in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVfRQ0YIDUI&feature=related
once windows was finished installing,
it automatically would not detect a network card, so i couldn't connect to the internet and download the apples bug fix. (The Hot fix)
instead i downloaded the hot fix on a separate SD card, turned windows back on and loaded the hot fix from the SD card.
Windows installed the hot fix update, restarted, but nothing changed.
Ive even tried skipping right to uploading the drivers, and windows wont activate the support because it says its not "32 Valid"
I completely removed windows 7 vis bootcamp to rinse and repeat hoping i made a simple mistake, but no same thing happened.
Conclusion
-im Wondering if i should "Istall important Windows Updates" during the begining of windows preperation...
maybe that will fix the issues of it not reconizing wierless network, and not being able to upen up the bootcamp file?
(it says you are not supposed to install any windows updates untill the HOT FIX and BOOTCAMP SUPPORT is activated on windows)Keith Doherty3 wrote:
You have been too cleaver for a Boot Camp install.
The partition system does NOT like anything other than a standard arrangement which creates 4 partitions.
EFI -200mb
OSx - Extended Journaled
Buffer-200mb
Windows -NTFS
Return to OSx -Open Boot Camp tool from the utilities folder reset to a single partition.
Start again and when you get to Windows - Let all the drivers load on the CREATED partition. Use the External for storage !
Just for your information, as it doesn't seem you have ever used BC.
When starting the boot camp assistant the first thing it want to do is download the Windows Support drivers and asks you to save them to a DVD, it will also allow you to save them to your OS X hard drive or to any drive connected to the system. Once those drivers are downloaded it then starts the Win install. What you must do is copy those support drives to a media that Windows can See and Read from. Like a DVD or a thumb drive formatted FAT32
No where in the OPs post does he say anything about fooling with any partitions on his internal drive other then creating the BC partition.
His problem is he saved those support files to a Mac OS X formatted external drive. Windows can not read Mac Extended (Journaled) formatted drives. So he can't load the drivers for Windows until he copies those support files ove to something that Windows can read. -
Many Questions on Windows 8 and Bootcamp
Hi. I have a couple questions question on windows 8 and bootcamp. I know this is probably on the internet somewhere, but i can't find it anywhere if it is. So please don't strike me down for repeat questions.
My first question is wether or not widows 8 will run on the current version of bootcamp. I know that it is not fully compatible but can it be installed with few issues since the underlying code for windows 7 and 8 should be relatively similair. I have read a posting on line that says this is possible but i wanted a second opinion. I have a 64 bit version system builder edition shipping to me right now, is this ok.
My second question is when (if ever) the patches come out for winodws 8 to run perfectly on bootcamp, will I just be able to download them, Install the patches and everything will be just fine. Would/ could it be done with out having to reinstall the operating system. This is important because a system builder lisence can only be installed once and then i have to buy another copy of windows 8 for $100.
Any and all input would be great. Thanks!in terms of updates to win8 then as far as windows8 goes it's running on a normal "pc" not on a mac it's not virtualization here so everything works as normal
I bought an imac 2011 version 22" 4GB ....
I installed windows7 ultimate 64bit on it
since I bought the digital update to windows 8 pro
updated over the internet (you download an exe and take it from there)
it updated fine it use the windows7 drivers so everything in terms of mac stuff works as before
I let it update the amd video card driver and got a lot of crashes at bootup
rolled back to the bootcamp win7 drivers and it's a lot better
sure every now and then startup result in a crash but a reboot always get me into win8
play games and program in win8 never had a cash when I get in and because it's native games run great
likely when the official apple win8 support comes along I will stop getting the odd crash at boot into win8 -
Windows 7 with bootcamp assiastant problems
ok so when ever i have a clean fresh install onto a partiion with windows 7 when ever i boot up on windows 7 i get a blue screen error saying failed to attempt to recover video card
additional details: running nvidia geforce 7300 GT video cardF8 key doesn't work when booting Widows 8. Have to go to windows 8 start screen and put cursor in lower right corner. Click on Settings - Change PC settings - General - Advanced Startup. From there you can do a System Restore, or Startup modes like Win7. but you will lose everything since the last trestore. If you can't get into Win8 start screen, I dunno? Reinstall Win8? Apple's official way to install Win8 is to install from the Bootcamp Assistant.app in the latest upgrade of Mountain Lion, Download Bootcamp Assistant to a USB drive formated with FAT32, from the Boot Camp installer. (which will be the latest version of Bootcamp 5 drivers),.install either Windows 7 64bit or Windows 8 64 bit. DO NOT use 32 bit with Boot Camp 5. Boot Camp 5 is designed to work with 64 bit Windows only! When Win8 is installed, Run setup.exe from the USB drive. This is all in the Bootcamp installation guide which can be downloaded from Apple. If you install Win8 32 bit you have to use Boot Camp Assistant 4, which is part of Lion OS. If you are running Snow Leopard or Mountain Lion, you have to download Bootcamp assistant 4 from Apple Support and copy it to a FAT32 USB drive, and use the setup from that to install Apple Win 8 drivers. This is not recommended or supported, and is not supposed to work, but it does because I am typing this from my late 2011 MacBook Pro with Lion OS, running Win 8 32, bit loaded with Bootcamp Assistant 4 Drivers, so I know it works. I could have run Win 8 64 bit with Bootcamp 5, but I have some old Windows Software that can't run on 64 bit Windows, so I have to run 32 bit.
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Can't Install Boot Camp 3.0 on 64-bit Windows 7 system
I have 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate running on HD#2 on a Mac Pro 2,1 system (2006). I've installed the Boot Camp 2.0 drivers after I installed Windows, I forget why I needed them, maybe for an old Apple keyboard.
Anyway, I can't install Boot Camp 3.0 from the Snow Leopard DVD - the installation runs to completion, but generates various error messages, one of which says that Boot Camp 3.0 64-bit can't be installed on this system.
I really need 3.1 now because my Magic Mouse won't work, and I can't sync Mobile Me.
Is there a fix or a workaround to upgrade Boot Camp on this system? Should I use Windows Uninstall to get rid of Boot Camp 2.0 first?
If it matters, Windows 7 is the upgrade version from Vista Ultimate.http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Click on "Downloads", (underneath the big hard drive icon), scroll down a bit and there is a link for "Boot Camp:Upgrading to Windows 7" and another link for Version 3.1 which you need for 64 bit to work right after 10.6.4(?). I would just try downloading the Boot Camp 64bit 3.1 file and try that first if you already have Window's 64 bit installed.
Don't forget you need a WIRED keyboard AND mouse if you need to reinstall Window's.
Here's another link that is all over the place on which machines and which Windows works and what doesn't...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846
Hope that helped..... -
I have a MBP mid 2012 retina display 2.6Ghz intel core i7, 500gb flash storage, 16gb 1600MHz DDR3 ram with OSX 10.8.2
I want to run windows on bootcamp to play some mmorpg's but i am wondering which version of windows 7 would be best?
From the little searching i did i know that 64 bit is the way to go but then there are multiple versions of windows7 with 64 bit....
The only intention of the bootcamp is for gaming so i dont need any fancy extra tasks a more expensive version would do.
SO.... which version of windows do i get? Home premium, proffesional, ultimate?On your Mac, I recommend you to use a 64-bit WIndows 7 version. Then, you have three Windows 7 editions: Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate. As you are going to use it only for gaming, Home Premium is enough.
Remember that you have to buy the full version to be able to install Windows on your computer. If you need help installing Windows, print the PDF > http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf -
So apparently the 21.5 screen iMac and 27 inch iMac supports the 64 bit version of windows, but my computer doesn't. I called apple and they put me on the line with one of their "senior" reps.
Windows 7 64 bit downloaded flawlessly and worked great, but no sound or anything like that worked because the drivers had not been downloaded. So I kept getting the error message, Bootcamp x64 is not supported on this computer model.
I was thinking it was because of the 64 bit thing. So I searched the net and found this:
http://michael.anastasiou.me/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22%3Aq boot-camp-x64-is-unsupported-on-this-computer-modelq-solution&catid=7%3Ahow-to&l ang=en
I followed those steps, and it brought up boot camp for me and downloaded it.
Now 64 bit windows is running great.
Now, I just called CompUSA and they're willing to let me return it to get the 32. Is that necessary? My worry is that I'm going to eventually encounter a problem because I did the work around thing. Either way, after the work around, it brought up the Apple boot camp installer and installed the drivers properly.
What do you guys think? Should I just turn it back in to get the 32?What do you guys think? Should I just turn it back in to get the 32?
If it's not broken, don't fix it!
I have the 32bit Win7 Ult running on mine with no issues. If it is working don't play with it.
As for the sound and driver issues you had: A bit of research beforehand would have saved you a lot trouble. Or even printing the boot camp instructions (as recommended) would have solved it for you. -
Boot Camp wont install 64 bit Windows 7 on iMac 2012
Hello guys,
I just bought the iMac 27" Late 2012 and im looking into installing Windows 7 via bootcamp.
At first I downloaded 32 bit Windows from DigitalRiver and tried to install Windows it then let me know that 64bit Windows was required. So I went ahead and downloaded the 64 bit Windows 7 and tried again but it is still giving me the same issue as before "BootCamp only supports 64-bit Windows installation on this platform..."
What can I do about this?Hi billbennettnz,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this. Click on the link to see more details and screenshots.
Boot Camp Help: Install Windows on your Mac
https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/mac/5.0/help/#apdecf0e4b6-b472-438d-881e-57c230b 1c250
Boot Camp 5.1: Frequently asked questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5639
Can I use a downloaded (ISO) version of Windows with Boot Camp?
MacBook Air (Mid 2011 and later), MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 and later, including Retina models), Mac mini (Mid 2011 and later), and iMac (Late 2012) can install downloaded (ISO) versions of Windows 7 and 8.
To determine if your Mac supports this feature:
Click the Go menu and choose Utilities.
Open Boot Camp Assistant.
Click Continue. If you see a "Create a Windows 7 or later install disk" checkbox, your Mac supports the use of downloaded (ISO) install images. See the Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide for more information.
I hope this information helps ....
- Judy -
Can i install 64 bit Windows 7 on my iMac? It was purchased in July 2011
I need to purchase a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate to install on my iMac using bootcamp. Can someone confirm if 64 bit version of Microsoft's OS will install on my iMac. The machine was purchased in July 2011.
Following are the specification:
Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4Gb 1333 MHz DDR3
Software: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3
Thank you
KT64-bit Windows will run on all Intel Core 2 Duo or later Macs. But here's what you want:
Boot Camp- Macs that work with 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 -
Can't install 64 Bit Windows 7 on 13" MBP???
Hello everyone! I'm trying to install 64 Bit Win 7 on my 13" MBP The version of the Bootcamp Assistant I am running (3.02) only allows for the 32 bit version to be installed. I am fully updated on my OSX updates, yet I see that I should be running Bootcamp 3.2 (not sure if "bootcamp" and "bootcamp assistant" are synonymous here).
I tried to find a 3.2 update (for bootcamp assistant) on the Bootcamp downloads page, and the only thing I could find were the bootcamp Windows Executuables (nothing for the OSX side).
Obviously I am doing something wrong. Anyone care to explain what I am missing?Do you really need 64 bit version of Windows? 32 bit should be fine. I am running 32 bit Windows 7 Ultimate. It works great so far.
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