Are the boot camp drivers on the Macbook install disk only...

...for the macbook? Or does it have the drivers for other macs too like the imac.
Thanks

Thanks in bunches, guys. Almost everything is working, I need help in one more things that's driving me nuts.
I've been able to install sound, bluetooth, and I'm able to do a right click. But for some reason, I still can't scroll and the buttons on the keyboard (i.e. the eject button), still won't work.
There are two trackbad drivers. One is called multitouch and one just called track pad. Which one of those should I install?

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I'v got the latest macbook pro 13" and it dose not come with the lion os disk so how do i get the boot camp drivers for windows 7 without an os disk

i'v got the latest macbook pro 13" and it dose not come with the lion os disk so how do i get the boot camp drivers for windows 7 without an os disk

Page 5, step 2, #2, 2nd bullet.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.7.pdf

How to separately backup the Boot Camp drivers partition from Leopard DVD?

I used Disk Utility and my only (and expensive) DVD+R DL disc to make a backup copy of my Leopard DVD, and it worked perfectly to install Leopard on my MacBook Pro.
However, that was before I learned that the Boot Camp drivers was now on a separate, PC-only partition on the DVD. So while my backup copy works great to install Leopard, I have no backup of the Boot Camp driver CD.
I tried several tricks, including booting into Windows Vista and using PowerISO to attempt to make an ISO image of the Boot Camp driver partition (shows up as 400 MB or so). However, the ISO image generated is a whopping 7.6 GB, same size as the full Leopard DVD. I then tried to take that back into the Mac OS side, but it was "unmountable". Toast 8 was able to make an image of the full DVD that (I'd presume, as did previous versions of Toast) would contain both partitions of an ISO-9660 volume, but when I mounted that disk image with Toast 8, I didn't get the two-mounted-volume like I'd normally expect to see.
I'd really like to know how to backup this volume - I demo this system regularly on my MacBook for clients, and I don't want to have to keep using my nice, pristine Leopard DVD when I have to do my weekly re-install. Any thoughts on how to get a simple extraction of the actual volume used for the Boot Camp drivers?
Thanks much for the time,
MBJ

Hi Stefan,
Thanks for taking the time to reply to my question! Although I think your steps will "work", per se (and I will try them out as soon as I can), I'm something of a purist in regards to my backups and so this method seems a little hackish as opposed to a process that actually images the volume in question (I'm also curious from a technical perspective, as the Boot Camp Assistant Beta used to allow for a dedicated MacintoshDrivers disc to be burned from it—I liked that method better, to be honest).
Thanks again! I'll keep checking back here for other comments, and will let you know how the method you suggested works out.
Best wishes,
MBJ

Cannot get Boot Camp drivers (for Windows XP) installed

I've partitioned my Time Machine HD for the 32GB/FAT format of Windows XP/Home Edition w/SP2. The installation of Windows proceeded OK. However, after installing Windows, ejecting the W-Install disc, and inserting my MAC OS X Leopard disc, the "setup.exe" file does not open. If I start up in Windows, I cannot open the Opt. Disc drawer since the BC drivers are not installed; if I insert the OS X disc in the drawer, then restart in Windows, the "setup.exe." file does not open.
Where do I go from here to install the Boot Camp drivers for Windows? These drivers are needed for 'normal' Windows operation, and are required in order to install the Boot Camp update. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi David,
while you are in Windows and have the Leopard DVD inserted, can you access the content of it using the Windows Explorer ?
or maybe this hint on MacOSXHints can help you access the Windows Content of your Leopard DVD while in OSX http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080708145453136
If so, you can try to copy the Windows Content onto a USB Memory Stick and use it to install the drivers.
Good Luck
Stefan

How do I install Boot Camp drivers without the Mac OS disc?

When I installed OS X Lion for my Macbook Pro, I purchased it off the Apple Store (so I don't have the disc.)
Is there any way possible to download the drivers I need without the disc?

there is a guide when you launch boot camp assistant, and the faqs articles how-to and manual are
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp
In fact the above and change the last /..... to product name is usually your best first stop for help. And Help menu in program, like Boot Camp Assistant of course, will as well!!

How can I uncheck the option to 'download latest windows support software' in the boot camp assistant? The option to uncheck is locked

MBP 2013 Retina running OSX 10.9.2
I am trying to install Boot Camp using Boot Camp Assistant 5.1.2 (481)
I have a Windows 7 Pro ISO from MS.
When I open the Boot Camp assistant and try to create a bootable USB, it freezes on the 'downloading windows support software' part. I have tried multiple times.
I was able to download the latest support software from Apple, but no matter what I try I am unable to uncheck the box to download the software in the boot camp assistant
Ideas?

Me too have the same problem where i couldnt uncheck the 'download windows support software' option when im installing Windows 8 Pro (ISO in bootable USB 3.0) using Boot Camp on my MBP retina OS X 10.9.2.
And if i have to follow these steps, it takes too much time and im not sure if it will be finished or not (im stopping the process for i have waiting for at least 3 hours downloading). And im pretty sure my internet connection is doing good when downloading this thing. What's happening here?
Please help.

How to update Boot Camp drivers when you already install Boot Camp?

The last time i install Windows 7 (Boot Camp) and drivers on my Mac was a bit long time ago, and i realise that there is some new drivers available for mine, so how can i update my Boot Camp drivers, please help me, and thanks!!!

I have MacBook Pro Retina w/Lion (of course), installed Win 7 Pro 64-bit, using Boot Camp procedures and files that were issued June 14. My BootCamp Assistant says it's 4.0.4.
My question is: how do I know when the Windows Support files (drivers) are updated by Apple? I would have expected an update by now, but I just went into Boot Camp Assistant on Lion, re-downloaded the drivers, and I *think* they are all dated June 14th still. (looked in WindowsSupport folder which is where it said it downloaded them)
There doesn't seem to be a reasonable way to get notified if there are new drivers or not.
My expectation was that I could run *something* either on the Windows or OS X side, and it would *tell me* that drivers needed updating, or at least say "you are running version X".
It can't be that I have to re-download the drivers and check the dates on all the files every time I'm curious if there's updates available. Can it?
The files seem to be on some mysterious Apple server and the only thing I can do to that server is ask to download the support files. No query, no "is an update available", ... ???
It's not even clear to me that the Windows Support files have a version number.

Where are the Boot Camp Drivers?

Running Boot Camp 3.0.4 and it gets to the part about drivers. Download drivers doesn't work and the drivers don't seem to be anywhere on my original Snow Leopard install discs. Anybody have a clue how to proceed from here?

The drivers are on the original disc, not the download.
Boot Windows, insert the disc and run Seup.exe (if it does not Autostart)

How can I download the boot camp drivers for windows 7 64-bits?

I have a macbook pro Retina (no disk tray) purchased in mids 2012. I have no internet access on my macbook since my wifi is a cablemodem one.
And the whole problem is that I've recently installed a copy of windows 7 64bits using BOOT CAMP and I can't reboot my PC to access my MAC OS X disk!!
Please, help!!!!!!!!

Did you try booting while holding down the Option key?

Can the Boot Camp Drivers be installed independently of each other?

I am having major issues with Boot Camp 3.1. It seems to put the windows 7 side of my mac to sleep immediately upon boot up. I have isolated the problem to Boot Camp and I was wondering if I could remove individual drivers to isolate which driver is causing the problem.
thanks,
C

Hi,
the Driver Setup program cannot do this so you would have to do this yourself "by hand".
For that copy the full content (files and folders) of the BootCamp Driver package from your OSX Install DVD to a folder on your Windows partition.
I prefer something like "c:\download" for this.
After that go through the appropriate Folders for the hardware components in your Mac and install each driver by hand.
Have you already tried the Safe-Boot options of WIndows 7 as described here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Advanced-startup-options-including-s afe-mode especially the Safe Mode and the Enable Boot Logging to determine if it is indeed a Driver problem or maybe some kind of startup item ?
Regards
Stefan

No Boot Camp Drivers found on new imac disk #1 ???

Installed 10.5 on new imac 2.4 GHZ with no problems. Updated to 10.5.1. Started Boot Camp install. When directed Installed Vista Ultimate with no problem. When directed Inserted imac disk #1 to install Drivers - showed zero(0) on disk. Inserted another CD and it loaded as normal. Re-inserted imac disk 1, still 0 on disk. Disk shows up on drive. Click on disk to open - 0 on disk. Set auto run - 0 on disk. No warning notices from Vista. Vista boots normal. 10.5 boots normal. Reinserted disk in Vista - no drivers - 0 on disk. Inserted disk #1 with 10.5 running - disk has normal install applications for imac(10.4). While in Mac OS did a search on disk # 1 for "setup.exe" - nothing found. Has anyone come across anything like this??

Kajacobs:
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It may have a solution for you. Let me know it the mentioned solution works for you.
Axel F.

Windows 8 crashes and with the error "kernel_security_check_failure" after installing Boot Camp drivers.

Hi!
I've got a new 27" iMac (late 2013), and I was going to install Windows 8.1 (64-bit) to be able to play a few games.
Everything went smoothly (installed normally via Boot Camp Assistant), and after the Windows setup, the Boot Camp drivers needed to be installed. After this, the computer rebooted, but crashed at a blue screen with the error called "kernel_security_check_failure".
It rebooted a few times on its own, but after a few times, I got some options, and I chose to "refresh" the Windows 8 install, meaning it would reset the install while keeping my files (even though I didn't have any, as I never got to use it). This took some time, but it worked, and it booted into W8.
The Boot Camp drivers had been removed though, so I had to reinstall them. After they had reinstalled, the computer rebooted and the same blue screen with the same error hit me.
Something tells me that some of the BC drivers are messing things up. I can't find any information on this elsewhere.
Would it be possible to install only selected drivers, to eventually find out which driver is causing the problem?
All help is greatly appreciated!

I finally gave up, reloaded everything, this time, using WIn 8.1 Pro, not Enterprise. After I did the updates, patches, Norton 360, shut computer down and connected the external drives, and booted up...and got the BSOD. This time, I went to Microsoft and downloaded the Windows Debugger, and think I may have found the problem...NORTON!
Probably caused by : SYMDS64.SYS ( SYMDS64+71be6 )
Am conrtacting them, but, here's the Debugger output:
Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.3.9600.17029 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\Dump\MEMORY.DMP]
Kernel Bitmap Dump File: Only kernel address space is available
************* Symbol Path validation summary **************
Response                         Time (ms)     Location
Deferred                                       SRV*C:\Symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Symbol search path is: SRV*C:\Symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows 8 Kernel Version 9600 MP (8 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 9600.17085.amd64fre.winblue_gdr.140330-1035
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff802`0f87e000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff802`0fb482d0
Debug session time: Tue Jun 17 00:48:52.131 2014 (UTC - 6:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:03:09.864
Loading Kernel Symbols
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.
BugCheck 139, {3, ffffd0002852d3e0, ffffd0002852d338, 0}
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for SYMDS64.SYS
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for SYMEFA64.SYS
Probably caused by : SYMDS64.SYS ( SYMDS64+71be6 )
Followup: MachineOwner
6: kd> !analyze -v
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE (139)
A kernel component has corrupted a critical data structure. The corruption
could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this machine.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000003, A LIST_ENTRY has been corrupted (i.e. double remove).
Arg2: ffffd0002852d3e0, Address of the trap frame for the exception that caused the bugcheck
Arg3: ffffd0002852d338, Address of the exception record for the exception that caused the bugcheck
Arg4: 0000000000000000, Reserved
Debugging Details:
TRAP_FRAME: ffffd0002852d3e0 -- (.trap 0xffffd0002852d3e0)
NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers.
Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect.
rax=ffffe00059c129f0 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=0000000000000003
rdx=ffffe0005718d2a0 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
rip=fffff8020f9e8cdb rsp=ffffd0002852d570 rbp=0000000000000000
r8=0000000000005aa0 r9=00000000000007ff r10=ffffd00066cc8000
r11=ffffe00059963040 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000
iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na pe cy
nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x682b:
fffff802`0f9e8cdb cd29            int     29h
Resetting default scope
EXCEPTION_RECORD: ffffd0002852d338 -- (.exr 0xffffd0002852d338)
ExceptionAddress: fffff8020f9e8cdb (nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x000000000000682b)
   ExceptionCode: c0000409 (Security check failure or stack buffer overrun)
ExceptionFlags: 00000001
NumberParameters: 1
   Parameter[0]: 0000000000000003
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: LIST_ENTRY_CORRUPT
BUGCHECK_STR: 0x139
PROCESS_NAME: System
CURRENT_IRQL: 2
ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000409 - The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this application.
EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000409 - The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this application.
EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1: 0000000000000003
ANALYSIS_VERSION: 6.3.9600.17029 (debuggers(dbg).140219-1702) amd64fre
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from fffff8020f9ddae9 to fffff8020f9d1fa0
STACK_TEXT:
ffffd000`2852d0b8 fffff802`0f9ddae9 : 00000000`00000139 00000000`00000003 ffffd000`2852d3e0 ffffd000`2852d338 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
ffffd000`2852d0c0 fffff802`0f9dde10 : ffffe000`59c8cc40 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`54b71040 fffff800`1d6d40b6 : nt!KiBugCheckDispatch+0x69
ffffd000`2852d200 fffff802`0f9dd034 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 ffff6d2d`50094127 fffff802`0f81458f : nt!KiFastFailDispatch+0xd0
ffffd000`2852d3e0 fffff802`0f9e8cdb : ffffc000`061df4e0 ffffc000`061df4e0 ffffc000`061dfbf8 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiRaiseSecurityCheckFailure+0xf4
ffffd000`2852d570 fffff800`1d7a0be6 : ffffe000`59e10120 fffff800`1d794388 ffffe000`54dfe9c8 fffff800`1d735f7c : nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x682b
ffffd000`2852d5a0 fffff800`1d7a54e2 : ffffc000`061df4e0 ffffc000`061dfbf8 ffffc000`061df550 fffff800`1d7367ea : SYMDS64+0x71be6
ffffd000`2852d5d0 fffff800`1d737f20 : ffffc000`061df378 ffffc000`061dfbf8 00000000`00000000 ffffc000`05a9bf18 : SYMDS64+0x764e2
ffffd000`2852d620 fffff800`1d73e171 : ffffc000`051e6a88 ffffc000`05a9bf18 ffffc000`05a9bf18 ffffe000`5988cb00 : SYMDS64+0x8f20
ffffd000`2852d650 fffff800`1d782027 : ffffc000`061ea018 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`58409008 fffff800`1d794388 : SYMDS64+0xf171
ffffd000`2852d680 fffff800`1d79af21 : ffffc000`061ea018 ffffd000`2852d8c9 ffffe000`58409008 00000000`10000004 : SYMDS64+0x53027
ffffd000`2852d6c0 fffff800`1d9a3bb3 : ffffe000`58409078 fffff800`1d98b3e8 ffffe000`58409008 ffffd000`2852d8c9 : SYMDS64+0x6bf21
ffffd000`2852d6f0 fffff800`1d9a91fa : ffffe000`5840a1a8 ffffe000`58409008 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`00000000 : SYMEFA64+0xe9bb3
ffffd000`2852d720 fffff800`1d9ae015 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 ffffd000`2852d8c9 ffffe000`58a10e60 : SYMEFA64+0xef1fa
ffffd000`2852d760 fffff800`1d9adf4c : 00000000`01820201 ffffe000`58a10e60 ffffe000`58a10e60 ffffe000`58a10be0 : SYMEFA64+0xf4015
ffffd000`2852d790 fffff800`1d9b294c : ffffe000`59e0a150 ffffe000`58a10e60 ffffe000`5988ca80 ffffe000`58a10e60 : SYMEFA64+0xf3f4c
ffffd000`2852d7c0 fffff800`1d9a2435 : ffffd000`2852d8a0 ffffe000`599a4010 ffffd000`00000000 ffffe000`59e0a010 : SYMEFA64+0xf894c
ffffd000`2852d7f0 fffff800`1d6d528a : 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`59e0a070 ffffe000`5604e300 ffffe000`58a10e60 : SYMEFA64+0xe8435
ffffd000`2852d820 fffff800`1d71bf76 : ffffd000`2852d960 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`5604f900 ffffe000`571dab10 : fltmgr!FltpPerformPreCallbacks+0x31a
ffffd000`2852d930 fffff800`1d6d413a : ffffe000`57170dd0 ffffe000`571dabd0 ffffe000`59cf18c0 fffff802`0fd411a7 : fltmgr!FltpProcessShutdownRequest+0x122
ffffd000`2852d9b0 fffff802`0fbf7518 : ffffe000`57170dd0 00000000`00000001 ffffe000`571dabd0 fffff802`0fb54a90 : fltmgr!FltpDispatch+0x13a
ffffd000`2852da10 fffff802`0fbf7273 : 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000000 : nt!IopShutdownBaseFileSystems+0xb8
ffffd000`2852da90 fffff802`0fbfb722 : fffff802`0fbfb4b0 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`59963040 ffffe000`59963040 : nt!IoShutdownSystem+0x127
ffffd000`2852db10 fffff802`0f8d1adb : fffff802`0fbfb4b0 ffffd000`2852dbd0 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`59963040 : nt!PopGracefulShutdown+0x272
ffffd000`2852db50 fffff802`0f94d794 : ffffe000`59965800 ffffe000`59963040 ffffe000`59963040 ffffe000`54b71040 : nt!ExpWorkerThread+0x293
ffffd000`2852dc00 fffff802`0f9d85c6 : ffffd000`66c40180 ffffe000`59963040 ffffe000`59965800 00000000`00000000 : nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x58
ffffd000`2852dc60 00000000`00000000 : ffffd000`2852e000 ffffd000`28528000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiStartSystemThread+0x16
STACK_COMMAND: kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
SYMDS64+71be6
fffff800`1d7a0be6 33d2            xor     edx,edx
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 5
SYMBOL_NAME: SYMDS64+71be6
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: SYMDS64
IMAGE_NAME: SYMDS64.SYS
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 51f84c44
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x139_3_SYMDS64+71be6
BUCKET_ID: 0x139_3_SYMDS64+71be6
ANALYSIS_SOURCE: KM
FAILURE_ID_HASH_STRING: km:0x139_3_symds64+71be6
FAILURE_ID_HASH: {bf9be68b-5f04-08d4-3152-3d420dc362f6}
Followup: MachineOwner

Boot Camp drivers won't install correctly.

Greetings. Recently I formatted the XP partition on my Mac, in order to do a clean installation of windows. I did everything as explained in the guide, using the Boot Camp assistant and so forth. After the installation completed, I inserted my Leopard DVD and installed the appropriate drivers. Although the message declared that everything went smoothly, the only thing I could find that was installed correctly were only the audio drivers - no video drivers, no ethernet, wireless, nothing else. I repeated the whole process (including reinstalling XP) with the same results. Any suggestions?

You will need to reinstall Windows and use the boot camp drivers that came with your machine. Do not use previous boot camp drivers or the boot camp drivers on the Leopard disk. I made the same mistake with my MacBook Pro, I installed boot camp drivers first from a CD copy, them from Leopard and had the same issues as yourself. Then I installed boot camp from the MacBook Pro DVD that came with the MBP and most of it installed. However, not all was working properly. I wiped the boot camp p[artition and reinstalled XP and used the boot camp drivers that came with the MBP and everything worked smoothly. I think the boot camp drivers are specific to a machine, at least in the case of this MBP.

Boot camp drivers won't install from Disk

I have an old MacBook running Snow Leopard (the original OS was Leopard), and I recently installed windows 7 successfully through Boot Camp. When I went to install the boot camp drivers, neither the Leopard or the Snow Leopard disks worked. I got an error message that read something about how "64 bit is not supported by this platform." Is there any way to get the drivers outside of the disks, or am I doing something wrong?

you got it installed, just naviagate to the folder with the BOOTCAMP64.msi and run that, use Admin Privilege, and use "Troubleshoot Compatibility Mode" to run it.
It isn't you, it is Apple's idea of supported vs unsupported for "older" Intel Macs.

2010 Mac Pro Boot Camp - Refuses to boot Windows after installing Boot Camp drivers

Hey all,
I have a quad 3.2Ghz 2010 Mac Pro with a Radeon 5870 and 8 GB RAM.
I have 2 10000RPM WD Raptor drives, the first drive is my Lion boot drive. The 4th bay contains the second Raptor which has Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit installed. Bay 2 has Time Machine, bay 3 has a Windows backup drive.
I had first installed Windows and the Boot Camp drivers a few months ago and everything was humming along smoothly. Monday I tried to boot into Windows and it crashed immediately after the black Booting Windows screen started to change to the login window. This happened repeatedly. Nothing changed on the system that I am aware of. Whenever I tried to boot windows again, it booted into the repair mode. That did not seem to work because after running the repair it would still not boot.
So I did what is usually required of Windows, and that was to reinstall. I reformatted the hard drive, ran Boot Camp assistant, and started the install.
Everything was peachy so far, so I tried to reinstall the Boot Camp drivers (4.0). Did a reboot. Same problem. Doh!
So I did ANOTHER reinstall, and everything was fine. But this time I tried to install the Boot Camp drivers off the os install disc that came with my Mac (3.1). Still no go!
So finally I did my third reinstall and after that I did not install Boot Camp drivers. However, I did load up the CD and individually installed drivers for the Apple Mouse, Apple Keyboard, Cinema Display, etc. No problems whatsoever. Everything is actually still humming along fine.
So it looks like running the full Boot Camp install for some reason no longer works. Which means I am missing the Apple Boot Camp control panel, but that's not really a big deal. Althought it's quite annoying to not have the functionality of the special Mac keyboard keys like volume control, etc.
Has anyone run into this? I thought it might be a hardware problem but my Mac OS X OS exhibits no problems whatsoever.
Thanks!

Thank you to The hatter.
I have a Mac Pro mid 2010 with a SSD and several internal hard disks. For some time I was trying to install Windows 7 on a fresh boot camp volume on a new WD 7200rpm 1TB hard disk. It was taking hours to install, and then I had a series of failures to reboot that proved permanent. The Window Repair utility would come up and took forever to repair the volume - but failed to actually do so, requiring completion reinstallation of the bootcamp volume. This occurred three times, between 1 day and 2 months after installation. I had already moved the Windows drive in to drive slot 1 of the Mac Pro.
Eventually I gave up and installed boot camp on a secondary partition of the SSD. This worked fine, however is limited in capacity. So yesterday I thought I would try to install Windows on the hard disk again. The Windows installer took many hours to do its thing, and eventually a message came up that the installation had failed.
I took your tip about possible hard disk failure, and ran Techtool Pro surface scan. It turns out that there are lots of bad blocks being reported. According to Micromat's documentation, the bad blocks being reported are those that may be in critical areas of the disk that cannot be mapped out. They recommend low level reinitialisation (with zeros) to map out the bad blocks, if possible. I am now running Apple's Disk Utility to do this, and fingers crossed that this reinitialisation succeeds, or I will have to replace the drive.

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