Boot Camp - HD selection screen

Hello,
I have been searching for awhile and cannot find and information regarding this. I have a Razer Deathadder 3500 series mouse and when I go into the Boot Camp HD selection screen my mouse movements are inverted. Up is down and down is up. I am not sure why this is or how to fix it. Does anyone know?
Thanks,
Brad

Try a new post in the BootCamp USB, Mouse, etc. forum. This is the 10.6 forum and we don't cover BootCamp issues.
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i was trying to download windows 7 on mac book air 10.8.2.seems like i didnt copy my windos disk on the usb properly at the begining,so after the boot camp steps the screen is black and telle me to put the write disk.
eventually i made a coorect usb windows 7 and put it back to continue as it was saying so,but there is no change and the screen still is dark and says no bootable disk ,insert.
how to solve the problem?

Right now I have 6 different systems installed. Windows XP, 7, and 8 plus Linux Mint, Commodore, and OS X Snow Leopard (for old times sake), all running on Mountain Lion.
I recommend reading the user manual as it greatly helps getting through the steps, however an intuitive person should pick it up fairly easily.
Thanks to BobTheFisherman for the link.
There are other ways to get Windows on a Mac but I'm a big fan of open-source software.
Give it a try. You might like it or it may not be your cup of tea.

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There is a discussion group dedicated to boot camp where you might find more people with extensive knowledge.
When you boot your computer, hold down the option key. You will see an icon for OSX and an icon for Windows. You can use your mouse or the arrow keys to select the one you want. You can set the default start in the "Startup Disk" preference pane for OSX and the control panel for Windows.

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Hello boys and girls.
So finally I decided I'd benefit from a bootcamp setup with Windows 7.
My setup is a MBP 15" late 2011 running OS X 10.8.5. 240Gb SSD in main hard drive slot with some alternative version of OptiBay, in other words I exchanged my DVD for another hard drive (the original 500Gb SATA).
The thought is to run OS X from the SSD and bootcamp on a 100Gb partition on the SATA disc. The remaining 400Gb should be shared between the two systems so I guess ntfs is the file system to go? Anyways, so far so good..
I used bootcamp to download the required software onto an external USB drive and chose to restart my computer, boot camp stated something about changing boot order and tbh I didn't pay all that much attention, just hammered "OK".
Mac reboots with a blank white screen, nothing happens. Doesn't matter if I unplug USB-drive or USB-DVD, still same wierd error. Googled it and tried a PRAM(correct me if I'm wrong) -reset. OS X is now booting up properly again but now I'm back to square one...
Perhaps I should also mention that ever since my MBP was brand new it have been freezing randomly a couple of times per month, wheel just starts spinning and I have to restart it using power button long press. Some times when it boots up, it has a folder with a questionmark in it, blinking. That too, seems very random and came from the store..
Maybe that's not the same problem and if so, this is about trying to figure out what makes boot camp screw up boot..
Thanks in advance!
Simon.

I do had the same issue with my build in iSight camera, but it did not seem to be related to the boot camp partition
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The camera stopped working ramdomly, as mentioned above, not detected by any software or system profiler. The solution was always rebooting, sometimes twice.
When it finally completely stopped working a few days ago I've tried:
- safe reboot
- resetting the PRAM
- resetting the SMC
- rebooting several times
none of it worked. I've tried the camera in BootCamp Windows, but it did not detect it either.
It seems to be a common problem, as I found issues in several forums but unfortunately no solution.
Today I've called apple support, they said it might be a contact problem or a defect iSight.
I wish I had better news. Anyone else with a mor helpful suggestion?

Boot camp gets black screen when open games

Hi apple support.
I recently installed windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on my MBP (using boot camp) and i also downloaded all the drivers from the boot camp assistant.
After the installation i run in to these problems. Everytime im trying to play games (even the standard chess games in windows 7 ultimate), the screen goes totally black, but there is still light on the keyboard and the computer is still running. Then i need to shut down the computer and start it again.
MBP specs:
2,8 GHz intel core i7
4GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 288 MB (nvidia geforce gt330m)
Software: OS X 10.8.2
I really tried everything, like downloading drivers for my graphic-card, updated newest updates from Windows Update.
HELP

I too have had this issue occur on one of my MBPs (early 2009 15" 2.4 A1286).
I would launch steam in windows bootcamp environment and temps would go to mid/upper 60s. Playing simple game such as AOE III (circa 2006 game) and after 10 minutes of gaming the screen goes black. Game sound is still on with the screen black. Requires hard reboot. I installed Lubbos Fan Control to occaisionally monitor temps while in game (using windowed game mode or via alt+tab to see the temps). Temps would be at mid to upper 80s. So I reasoned that it was a thermal efficiency issue.
The laptop is about 4 years old so I bought replacement fans incase they were struggling to spin/cool efficiently. I also did an SMC reset since some of the thermal charateristics of the Mac are controlled by SMC. Ordered new thermal grease too.
Since installing the new fans, SMC reset, applying the thermal grease to the GPUs and to the CPU... temps in OS X at idle are low to mid 40s (30s at startup in OS X). Temps in windows bootcamp environment are at about 62c at startup but settle to mid/high 40s at after a few minutes at idle (startup in windows has alot of services restarting, etc which accounts for the 60s temps at startup). SImple IE browsing is at low 50s (currently at 52c as I type this).
Now when I launch Steam, the temps while in windows climb to 60s. When in AOE III, temps can still climb to mid/uper 70s but never over 80c. I haven't had the black screen appear again, but I'll continue to test and monitor to be certain it doesn't return. One thing is certain, the temps are alot better now.
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Hello,
I have been searching for awhile and cannot find any information regarding this. I have a Razer Deathadder 3500 series mouse and when I go into the Boot Camp HD selection screen my mouse movements are inverted. Up is down and down is up. I am not sure why this is or how to fix it. Does anyone know?
Thanks,
Brad

Hi all,
in another thread a user had problems with a non-Razer mouse and the selection screen.
Problem, of any, is that at the time of the selection screen, no additional mouse driver is loaded yet, but rather a seemingly 'unified' one.
While maybe a SMC reset might be helpful, I suggested to simply use the cursor-keys for selection and then the Enter key.
At least that works for me.
Happy computing
Stefan

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I have a brand new MBP Retina laptop (late 2013) with 256GB SSD. Today I tried to use Bootcamp Assistant to partition the SSD and install Windows 7 64 bit OS.
My first attempt was using a licensed Windows 7 64 bit installation DVD and my OWC external optical drive which is recognized in Finder:
I started Boot Camp Assistant, selected the boxes to download latest Windows Support Software from Apple and to Install Windows 7. I was asked to specify the size for the Windows partition and hit continue. The process was moving along, the computer restarted and then I got a black screen with a blinking white cursor (like a command line prompt) in the upper left corner of the screen and a message to press any key to reboot. Pressing any key did nothing.
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I'm wondering if, after creating the partition and restarting, my computer can't see my external optical drive even though it does show up in Finder when booted to OSX because it was not reading the Win7 Install DVD at all.
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QUESTIONS:
I think in my situation it doesn't appear that ImgBurn created a bootable ISO file from my Win7 install DVD. The Apple Bootcamp Setup guide refers to downloading the ISO image from Microsoft but I couldn't find anything that I would be comfortable downloading.
I'd rather use my installation DVD for Windows but why isn't that process of reading the DVD from the external drive working after the restart?
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I was able to successfully complete the installation of Windows 7 Home Premium using Boot Camp. Turns out the problem was the Windows 7 ISO image I was initially trying to use. I called Microsoft tech support and they sent me a link (see below) from which I downloaded the Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit ISO image. After downloading the ISO image and restarting Boot Camp Assistant the process of Boot Camp preparing and transferring the ISO image and Windows Support software to the USB drive took about 45 minutes and then everything went smoothly from there. The only thing I encountered was when I was asked what drive to install Windows on I got a message that it couldn't install on the Boot Camp drive because it needed to be in NTFS format. I clicked on the format button and then the process continued. After Windows installed the Windows Support Software from Apple started to install automatically. So far it is working well.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/windo ws-7-home-premium-64bit-iso-download/709dcc12-d120-435d-91cd-52e1dd0f4c24

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B. Did I do something wrong by removing the Mac OS Boot Drive to get Windows XP installed.
C. How can I get VMWare Fusion to work with the Boot Camp Partition.
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether your problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
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Hey, I'm installing Windows 7 64-BIT onto my Mac,
Steps I've taken, logged onto an administrator account, ran boot camp assistant, selected Hard Drive 2 (1TB, practically empty it is not my Mac OSX Boot Drive), selected "create second partition for windows", gave it 131GB clicked partition, I saw the BOOTCAMP hard drive show up on my desktop now.
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Message was edited by: Steelbom

There should be a selection screen, and try #2. I think that is called EFI Boot. I can't, because of EFI32 1.1, and 64-bit Windows and Apple are looking for UEFI 2.x / EFI64.
I had Windows Vista, and installed Windows 7 to another hard drive partition with the DVD written to disk (8GB) on another partition. Install off hard drive was fast, and never even boot from DVD.
For people with trouble with the boot selection:
http://sergiomcfly.blogspot.com/2008/04/select-cd-rom-boot-type-when-installing. html
I tried to put together a 'journal/faq' of my own experience with 7100, which isn't perfect but has some tips and links.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1866970&tstart=0
About GPT -
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT-on-x64.mspx
If you really get stuck on the boot selector, this may help:
http://jowie.com/blog/post/2008/02/24/Select-CD-ROM-Boot-Type-prompt-while-tryin g-to-boot-from-Vista-x64-DVD-burnt-from-iso-file.aspx
but you really shouldn't need that, your 2008 Mac Pro should do fine.

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