Boot camp beta crash

I was in macosx on my 15"macbook pro i attempted to restart with the option key in hopes of swiching to windows (which had worked fine previously) and the screen went to blue/grey. No video no nothing. All modes of restart resulted in the same outcome. Apple tech said to use my reinstall disc. But i am on vacay and don't have it . supringly i was able to use the windows disk to reboot using the power key and holding down the C key. but when i tried to restart from windows using both contol panel (selecting) the OSX drive and holding down the option key i got the same blank blue/grey screen. Ideas?

Sounds like the boot partition is corrupt.
I've never used BootCamp, mailnly because Beta software in general is prone to bugs.
If it was your copy of BootCamp which caused the problem you might want to reconsider and wait until the final release of BootCamp is included with Leopard later this year.

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Boot Camp Beta for Tiger users

Hey there
My dad owns a macbook 13" that is around 2 years now and at that time the included os was Tiger. He wants to run windows on his mac beside Tiger, and he don't want to upgrade it to leopard. The thing is that i cannot download Boot Camp Beta any longer. What can i do, can i still finde it somwhere please help, this is so important for him.
chaudes
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Yes.
You would need to get a hold of the Leopard Installatin Disk. Extract the Boot Camp application from its utilities folder onto to your Tiger running Mac. Run the boot camp application under Tiger and partition the drive. Install Windows. As soon as Windows is installed then you would install the boot camp drivers version 2.0 from the Leopard disk once again on the windows side.
Axel F.

What difference does it make if you have boot camp beta and it has expired

I have an imac w/OS 10.4.11--when i purchased it several years ago i had it partitioned and had windows xp installed. when i purchased this several years ago, they were using boot camp beta to do this.
recently i found out that the boot camp beta expired. the problem is i don't see how it has affected my windows or my mac. i don't see any difference.
the only problem i have is that i can't access the internet from the windows xp--*is this something that upgrading my OS and using the full bootcamp would correct?*
if not, then why should i upgrade the OS to Leopard using the final version of boot camp--what will i be able to do that i can't do now _from the WINDOWS XP perspective?_ ( i assume there are advantages from the Mac perspective, but nothing i can see that i need there--i look at the internet, play games (not action games), and write documents).

hi iatrosm,
Yes, i had internet access from both windows xp and from mac for about a year and a half, and then one day the windows access 'disappeared'
i had a microsoft certified technician (son of a friend who also works in the field) come and look at it.
we could only find that for whatever reason the modem was not receiving the signal any longer from windows. the windows showed that the modem was receiving it.
That's indeed very odd.
naturally apple said it was a windows problem and microsoft said it was an apple problem.
my personal feeling is that it is a hardware problem--but the issue is receiving from windows.
the modem works fine from my mac side.
Is this a dial-up modem or part of DSL ?
And how is it connected (ethernet...) ?
Has it some sort of self-test feature or the possibility for a full reset ?
While hardware can break, it usually breaks completely, not OS-dependent.
Is the modem shown in the Device Manager of Windows (Control Panel - System - Hardware) ?
Any system updates you have installed in Windows prior to the failure of the modem ?
Any Firewall settings changed ?
Stefan

Can professional software and 3D graphics be used in Boot Camp Beta 1.3?

I am using professional equipment that normally operates on a Windows OS with software using .NET Framework 2.0, DirectX 9.0c.
- If I am to use this software do you think it will work in Boot Camp Beta 1.3 using Windows XP Pro (2)?
- The software has a 3D imaging feature hence the DirectX 9.0c so do you think this will also work?
- Does Apple have a service where they can answer these questions other than this forum?
I am new to Apple and not at all computer literate so please keep this in mind when sending your replies. Really apprecaite any help that you can provide.

Running Windows on a Mac via Apple's Boot Camp is absolutely no different than running it on any other PC, as Macs are PCs. So if it works on your current PC, it will work on you Mac.
Further questions regarding Boot Camp should be posted in the Book Camp discussions:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1165

Boot camp beta 1.1 is now available

It might be already posted but for anyone that miss it....
Boot camp beta 1.1 is now available from previous 1.0.2 version and support :
Boot Camp 1.1 beta includes:
* Support for the latest Intel-based Macintosh computers
* Easier partitioning using presets for popular sizes
* Ability to install Windows XP on any internal disk
* iSight camera support
* Support for built-in microphones
* Right-click when pressing the right-hand Apple key on Apple keyboards
* Improved Apple keyboard support including Delete, PrintScreen, NumLock, and ScrollLock keys
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
Good Luck

i must have been one of the last people to download the old version of bootcamp before they updated it the other day.
still if you down load the new one.
you can install it over the old.
then burn a new drivers disk.
boot windows & run driver disk, this will update all to latest drivers, had to do this part twice as windows hung on install at one point. but now got it working.
robin..

Boot camp beta 1.2 to Snow Leopard

I've finally got around to updating Tiger to Snow Leopard (prep for Lion), which went fine, but I can't seem to update Boot Camp beta 1.2. When I try to run the boot camp assistant setup from the Snow Leopard disc in XP I get a prompt telling me errors were encountered, and that I need to try again later. XP is working ok with the old drivers. I know I could remove XP (SP2) 32 bit entirely and start over, but I'd rather not. Any ideas? Thanks.
Mac Pro 1,1 late 2006 with dual Xeons

In the same relative boat as you TNBriggs however I've a MacPro 1,1 2.66 with Snow Leopard OSX 10.68 with old Tiger-made Boot Camp Beta running Windows Vista Ultimate with about 160Gb partition (not big enough for me now) on an 1.5Tb triple partitioned drive. Also have upgraded original Radeon X1900 to a Radeon 3870 and that's where the probs started. Because I can't use any of the retail Boot Camps, I can't access graphics drivers for Windows Vista nor XP for the 3870 from AMD's site. They're all looking for newer Boot Camp resources to run all the graphic card parts of Apple's code. So snookered.
I also had XP 32-bit in another Tiger partition before that but since uninstalled as it would never take XP SP3. Only way I could ever get either Windows to work was to install drivers manually off original Tiger OSX retail DVD. I also have a Leopard OSX retail DVD but never tried its Boot Camp.
I also only want Windows on it for the rival R/C software - PHOENIX R/C 2.5 (now 3.0) and Microsoft FSX sim.
Was wanting to upgrade to the proper new Boot Camp drivers on SL OSX retail DVD but of course it didn't work.
THE PLAN
As HD prices have sky-rocketed since the Thailand floods wiped out all the Hard Drive factories last year, drives are becoming scarer by the day, and it'll be at least a year before any of the factories are up and running again, so 2012 will be HD ****.
Am going to back-up my other two partitions on the Windows drive and then wipe the whole lot and start again (but with a bigger 2Tb HD). Will then let SL's Boot Camp Assistant do its thing and just buy a 32-Bit Vista Home Premium OEM disk this time second-hand. As far as I'm aware the SL drivers will then work when it comes the time to put in the disk once it's all in (cos SL's OEM disk doesn't allow you to put in one driver at a time like Tiger etc. OEM disk did).
There is a way to get Windows 7 32-bit on a MacPro 1.1 on other forums, but I think leaving it at Vista will be better than nothing as it all worked greated in Vista Ultimate 64-Bit before I upgraded to Snow Leopard and swopped out the Radeon card to the later Radeon 3870. Phoenix R/C and FSX both ran sweetly. But again, the underpinnings of the whole thing had Boot Camp Beta (from Tiger's days) running it all thus I couldn't access the later updates from Apple, thus the reason to have to go through all this nonsense again.

Boot Camp Beta has Expired...

And now I'm finding that I no longer need/want Windows on this MacBook Pro which is still running Tiger (10.4.11) and want the disk space back for the Mac OS (i.e., I'm making it a dedicated "Mac" machine). Can't run Boot Camp Beta because it says its "expired". Is there any other way to do this... repartition the drive such that it's all Mac again, or am I gonna have to get up to Snow Leopard?
Thanks.

The Beta (version 1.3 and 1.4) expired on October 26, 2007 when OSX Leopard became publicly avaiable.
Version 1.2 or earlier of the Beta expired on September 30, 2007
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1799
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Boot Camp Beta - Vista

Will Boot Camp Beta work with Windows Vista?
Also, when I try to partition my start-up drive (for the second time) It wont allow me, saying that I have to use my Mac OSX install disks to repair my disk or something? Is there a way around that?
Or a way I can download my start-up disks since they aren't currently with me?
Thanks.

Also, when I try to partition my start-up drive (for the second time) It wont allow me, saying that I have to use my Mac OSX install disks to repair my disk or something? Is there a way around that?
No. You have to boot from the Installer DVD that came with the computer or an external drive that contains a bootable system (meaning one that will boot the MBP.)
Or a way I can download my start-up disks since they aren't currently with me?
No. You cannot download the discs that came with the computer.
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System Crash after updating Boot Camp beta 1.3 to 1.4

After dowloading the latest BootCamp version 1.4, I double clicked on the icon and the Installation started. I have an option to upgrade the BootCamp currently installed in my system which is version 1.3. And so I clicked on the "Upgrade" button, I waited for about five minutes but then nothing happened. So clicked on the "Go Back" button and just cancelled the installation. I restarted the system and then the screen just went black and the BSD something prompt appeared. I restarted several times but the same Black screen with the BSD prompt happened. I called up support and was able to recover my system after reinstalling the entire OS. The support guy told me they already got several calls with the same system crash problem after updating the BootCamp. Just wondering what just happened?

I just bought the new Mac OS Leopard, it already comes with built-in Boot Camp.

How do I upgrade my "expired" boot camp beta?

I haven't used bootcamp... ever... since getting my mac 2-3 years ago. Recently, I've had cause to want make a windows xp partition, but when I install and start Boot Camp Assistant, it says Boot Camp 1.3 beta is expired, so I try to upgrade to 2.0 or 3.0, but the update is a windows file, making it quite difficult to upgrade.
How do I get Bootcamp on my computer again?

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
with OSX 10.5 Leopard BootCamp became a part of OSX.
So if you have OSX 10.5.8 installed on your Mac (as your signature states) then the BootCamp Assistant (in the Applications/Utilities folder in OSX) should be updated as well to the non-Beta version.
If you are still running OSX Tiger on your Mac, then you have to install/upgrade to OSX Leopard to use BootCamp.
Furthermore the OSX 10.5 Leopard Install DVD you have contains the 2.x version of the BootCamp Windows Driver package.
Once you have Windows installed with the BootCamp Assistant you should insert the DVD while in WIndows and the Driver Setup usually starts then automatically.
Regards
Stefan

Boot Camp Beta has Expired, do I have to upgrade?

I have a Mac Pro which I have been running for about 3 years. Recently, I have encountered a problem with my Windows XP partition and need to re-install it. However, I discovered to my surprise that Boot Camp has "expired" and will no longer run. I have not upgraded or changed my operating system since I originally installed Boot Camp, so I do not think there have been any changes that would have rendered it inoperable. After a brief look at the threads on this site, it seems a different version of Boot Camp shipped with later versions of MacOS. Is upgrading my OS the only option available for me at this point? I realize that Apple doesn't want to continue supporting my old version forever, but I haven't made any changes, so it seems to me the old program should still function...

There is a forum for Boot Camp.
You don't mention but BC beta ended 12/31/2007 right after Leopard 10.5 came out.
So you are still on 10.4.x but you might really want to add that and other details.
The only source are drivers on OS X DVD, there are none you can download, and your option is pretty much the $29 SL 10.6.3 DVD to get them.
Installation Guide
Instructions for all features and settings.
Boot Camp FAQ Get answers to commonly asked Boot Camp questions.
Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Uninstalling Boot Camp Beta: is it dangerous?

Hi,
I installed Boot Camp on my MacBook some time ago, so that I could use both Win and Mac... Now I don't need to use Win anymore, so I would like to uninstall Boot Camp to free up some space.
I don't care about the Win files, so I can lose them all, but I'm worried about my Mac files: am I going to lose them if I uninstall Boot Camp? Is there any danger or such?
Please let me know asap!

Re-partitioning a hard drive is always a potentially problematic operation. If you used the Boot Camp Assistant to create the Window's partition, then you can use the Assistant to remove the partition and recover the space. Theoretically this should not cause any loss of data. However, it would be wise to backup your OS X partition just in case. Always better to be safe than sorry.
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Help, Boot camp beta, wont partition!

Hey guys, ive done tons of research, called apple, they directed me here. Ive already searched all over the internet.
So i have a mac book pro 10.4.10, with bootcamp beta installed.
I dont care whats on my computer, i just want one partition of mac osx leapord (i have tiger right now, but the leapord cd).
Ive put my date back before sept. 2007 to run boot camp manager, but whenever it says that the windows xp partition has been restored, and i restart the computer, it isnt gone!
I dont no what to do, should i mess with disk utility? Everything is grayed out on there.
Help me out!
THANks

I am having a problem with bootcamp and my partition and stuff I will say what it is now because i need help. I had the partition for a long itme and i want to resize it so i did what everyone does and set the date back to 2007-2008. even before i wanted to test something out and converted the stuff to from fat32 in windows to NTST.
Now when i go too boot camp to use the utilities such as superduper or CCC and disk utility so i copy the partiton i am confused how to do so. it keeps saying i have to reformat it to something else and disk utility is the only way how it is driving me nuts in all three. help please.

Boot camp partitan crashed and re booted with strange partiation left..

I was trying to partition my HD with boot camp, but about 4 minutes later I had a crash. I re-started and my Mac HD and desktop was all there, but my hd was missing like the 10 gb I wanted for XP. Where is it? Prior to partitioning it was like 28 gb available and now 17gb, but no Windows? What to do? Any ideas??
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my hd is from 80gb to 93?? gb
Thinking about cloning using Super Duper and buying a bigger hd as well.
Model: FUJITSU MHY2080BH
Revision: 0081000D
Serial Number: K438T7A27HWU
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 74.21 GB
Available: 17.35 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /

10.4.11 update messes with Boot Camp beta

I am posting this again as my post is way down another discussion.
I did the update yeterday without knowing about the bug. Now Windows XP won't start up in boot camp. This is really annoying. Mac OS X boots fine.
So. Can I downgrade from 10.4.11 to 10.4.6 without having to reinstall all the other applications? What about Boot Camp? Is this an option I select from the utilities available on the install disk?
What about archive and install? Will that archive all my applications and data so I don't have to do reinstalls?
Otherwise, what if I upgrade to 10.5? Will this fix the problem without me having to redo the whole Windows installation? There is a lot of data, most of it is backed up but still a pain to restore.
I have looked at other responses to this problem but not found the definitive answer.

What if I do upgrade to 10.5 - will that update the system without having to reinstall Win XP etc?
FYI - Other articles concerning this issue are: http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/11/27.7.shtml
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/0040206
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2007/11/bewareboot_camp_plus_mac_os1.php
http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/26/tiger.update.data.loss/
As you can see - I've been looking around a lot!
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