Boot Camp on mini with SL: can't install Vista or Win7
Have run Boot Camp Assistant on Mac mini with Snow Leopard (10.6.1) and successfully created a partition, but process hangs after "start installation" with an apparent re-boot, followed by a gray screen. The install disc appears to be recognized - have tried with Vista (upgrade) and Win 7 (full version) install media, using both the Mac mini internal DVD drive as well as an external USB DVD drive.
Questions: 1) any chance of success using an ISO image on a bootable USB stick?; 2) I have a successful Boot Camp image install on another, more recent mini. Would a clone of it copied to my problematic mini solve the problem?
My hardware: Mac mini 1.66 Intel Core Duo, 2 GB RAM, 100 GB HD, Intel GMA950 graphics chip.
Ok....It appears that my cpu heatsink was not bolted down correctly. After fixing that the temp idels around 45 in BIOS... *sigh*
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(excuse me, I can't speak english very well, sorry if I write with faults)
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