Boot Camp startup selection

I want to be able to choose a disk at startup everytime without the need for holding the option key, is this possible? Essentially no default startup disk.

Such a simple question but there is no official way to do this. There are ways you can Hack an efi bootloader to do this but you really need to be a patient person with a sense of adventure to try them. I won't post a link for fear of someone messing up their mac.
Since you're on an iMac, use startup disc in system preferences. Easier than timing an alt key press.

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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.
DALE

Boot Camp Startup Disk Partition Problem

Hi,
I am using MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012).
I'm trying to install Windows 8.1 through Boot Camp Assistant ver. 5.1.3.
I get the follow error message when I open Boot Camp Assistant
This is the screenshot of my DU's partition tab
It seems like the problem is because I have two partitions, but I don't know why I have disk0s1.
I've never touched DU before.
Is it safe to delete disk0s1?

Hi, I am indeed using Yosemite.
Please see my output below
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk0
   1:                  Apple_HFS                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         749.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *748.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 B431B5DA-5653-4555-B698-B49FF0EBE308
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *8.1 GB     disk2
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              8.1 GB     disk2s1
diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 44DD3F84-BCDD-4C47-A70C-6AEDA2F1664E
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         749296615424 B (749.3 GB)
    Free Space:   18939904 B (18.9 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 4A4380C6-6005-4F15-A705-F7F3D13575B1
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     749296615424 B (749.3 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family F353CD2D-8D25-4009-B483-8E7AF98117BC
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
        Fully Secure:            Yes
        Passphrase Required:     Yes
        |
        +-> Logical Volume B431B5DA-5653-4555-B698-B49FF0EBE308
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          748925353984 B (748.9 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=750156374016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1465149168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Bad CRC in GPT table at sector 1465149135
       start        size index contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      409640 1463469952      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1463879592     1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1465149128          40
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 91201/255/63 [1465149168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 - 1465149166] <Unknown ID>
2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

Boot Camp Startup issue

I searched the forums for this, couldn't find any reference to anyone else having this, but I have a weird glitch with Boot Camp. When I shut down the Pro from Windows, the next time I turn the power on at the mains, the machine starts itself up within a few seconds. No such problem with OS X, I hasten to add, it prefers the power button, which leads me to think this is a Windows thing rather than a hardware issue. Latest firmware update installed, current beta of Boot Camp (pretty sure about that, did clean install a while back), latest Macintosh drivers on XP (currently on XP Pro, all updates installed there too, but the glitch happened on Home as well. The kit's plugged into a Belkin SurgeMaster, but I don't think that has any relevance.
Any ideas?
Mac Pro 2.66 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Radeon X1900XT, 3GB RAM, 250GB HD

I find the same thing with my parents' 24" iMacs. If AC power is disconnected at all they will start on their own the next time AC power is available to them. It's really weird and I never figured out why they do it. In acy case, it's not such a big deal for them as they both have UPSs on their iMacs.

Screen resolution in Vista Ultimate in Boot camp cant' select HD

I am using a new imac 24" and can only seem to increase the screen resolution to 1600 x1200.
Shouldn't I be able to select HD 1080 x 1900

Best I can think of if your iMac has Nvidia chipset...
Download graphic driver directly from Nvidia.
Uninstall and delete the Apple driver.
Boot into Safe Mode and run "Driver Sweeper" (found on Guru3D along with instructions).

Boot Camp - Startup disk must be formatted as single partition

Hello,
I have recently came across an issue. After reinstalling OS X, I wanted to install Windows 7. I went to the assistant, and it stated that it needed
to be formatted as one partiton. The thing is i have formatted only last night while installing os X, with the partition "Macintosh HD", as a Mac Journaled partiton. Now, when i see in disk utility, i see another partition, "Recovery HD". As a Mac owner for several years, the Recovery Partition never appears on Disk Utitliy, and now it thinks its a second partition! I have not touched the partitions since reinstalling only a couple of hours ago. Any help would be much appreaciated.

Thanks, i just deleted the recovery partition because mac has the internet recovery feature!

Mouse issues at Hard Drive selection screen in Boot Camp

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

Re-installed fresh Snow Leopard, Boot camp boots,but wont show on startup..

Ok, I had Boot Camp on my iMac with Snow Leopard fine. I decided to reinstall Snow Leopard fresh.
Chose the Mac HDD partition, it re-installed fine. I then thought I'd have to do the Boot Camp again, but I held don "alt" key and Boot Camp boots fine and works.
So I normally have the Boot Camp to boot 1st, as wife and kids use Windows. However I go into Boot Camp on Mac OS, and it doesn't show the boot camp startup disk. Where's it gone?
As I say everything is fine, apart from it now looks like its lost track of the Boot Camp partition.
Is there anyway I can get it back? I ran Boot Camp wizard on Mac, but it either wants to create a new Boot Camp partition, or run windows installer, both which I dont want.
Any help please
chers

Set the default startup disk in Windows.
There is no Boot Camp on Mac OS ("go into Boot Camp"?)
Try:
System Preferences / Startup Disk
On Windows, the Boot Camp Control Panel to used set the default OS
Wizard: by this assume Boot Camp Assistant, which is only a partitioning tool.
Boot Camp doesn't "boot," Windows boots.
Boot Camp - Assistant to create a partition
Boot Camp - Set of drivers and services
Boot Camp - Control panel in Windows to set default boot OS (Mac OS X volumes or Windows, with some other features for laptops I believe)
Personally, too many things use the same name and lead to misunderstandings.

Boot Camp -No Drivers in Win and VM Fusion not Connecting to Win Partition

Hello,
I am a new Mac user, but I have used PCs for about 20 years. I am having trouble figuring out a couple of things. Below is a step by step list of what I have done so far and I'll end with a couple of questions.
I have three drives in my Mac Pro - 1-Mac OS, 2-Win OS, 3-empty, 4-Data (two partitions. I went to install Win XP through boot camp and had some problems. For the record, Boot Camp never provided a dialog box that said would you like to burn a CD/DVD of drivers for Windows. All I saw was a screen that said, for drivers please use the Leopard DVD.
1. Ran Boot Camp and selected Drive Bay #2 where I wanted to install Windows. Boot Camp went through the typical stuff (NOTE: It did not ask me if I wanted to make a Drivers CD, which is very strange).
2. I went through the Win XP install and got to the selection of the partition. This was a nightmare because I could not tell the drives apart. They were all 500gb and Seagates, however the drive in Bay #4 was partitioned in half so I did recognize this one. The only way to tell the drives apart were by their letters, which meant nothing since there was no relationship to the names that showed up in Leopard. I saw drives C: E: F: G:.
3. I did not want to screw up the Mac OS so I canceled the install and shut down the computer. I did finally figure out how to get the disc out of the drive and get back into Leopard. Nothing was affected.
4. I came up with a brilliant idea after reading the message boards that I might be able to disconnect all the drives except the one that I wanted Win XP installed on to it.
5. I removed Drive Bay #1-Mac OS and left the Drive Bay #4-Partitioned Data Drive in the system. Since it was partitioned it could be recognized in the Setup.
6. I put in the Win XP Pro SP2 CD and went to town installing the drives.
7. I selected the C: drive and formatted the drive. Everything formatted just fine and I was able to start the Win XP install.
8. After I got into Windows I installed the software that I needed to run. I realized that I can not activate any of it because I am missing WIFI drivers and I look at the other hardware and I see a lot of question marks. That was too be expected. I put in the Leoplard DVD discs and I could only get one of them to read, which was the one that had Boot Camp. I couldn't find any driver information. I put in the second CD and nothing would show up with that CD. Yikes.
9. I finished installing software and made sure all the discs were out of the drives and rebooted with the OPTION key depressed. I selected Mac OS and booted up successfully.
10. I picked up VMWare Fusion to utilize the Boot Camp partition and I started that installation. After it was done I ran the program. I was informed of an update and downloaded and installed it.
11. I ran VMWare Fusion again and selected the Boot Camp Partition and clicked run. After a couple of minutes I received an error message - "Windows did not shut down properly. Please go to SYSTEM PREFERENCES > START DISK and click - Windows as Startup Operating System. Restart System. Once in Windows use the Start Disk Pane in the Control Panel to select Mac OS as the Start Up System. Then click restart to return to Mac OS.
12. I followed the instructions on the Mac side and then booted to Windows. I looked in the Control Panel for Start Disc Pane and I couldn't find it. I am not sure what this looks like.
13. I restarted with OPTION key depressed to get back into Mac OS and that's where I am now trying to trouble shoot these issues.
Everything works well except - VMWare Fusion and my data drive has lost it's partition info.
Can anyone help. I am out of thoughts to trying and get things working again. Here is what I need help with:
A. How do I create a driver disc for Windows XP? I was never given the option to create one.
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.
Lastly, I love my new Mac, but I am frustrated at how difficult this process has been the past couple of evenings trying to troubleshoot these problems. Maybe it is better just to install VM Fusion without the Boot Camp drive.
Thanks in advance for anyone's help in this matter.
Rob

Hi
I'm running XP SP3 having recently rebuilt the Windows side after a typically irritating unsolvable browser error. Rebuilt it to have this no sound problem, the 'Instance already running problem', etc.
Install this Windows patch - *http://couponmeister.com/blog/HD_Audio/KB835221.exe* (not on MS for immediate download). Uninstall any drivers associated with High Definition Audio if you're showing any in device manager. Re-install the Realtek Audio drivers off the Leopard disk. Reboot. Hey presto.
Worked for me after a lot of struggling with alternative drivers and research.

Boot Camp, Expose, Trackpad & Dock issues after waking from sleep 10.6.1

Hello,
Here's my setup:
13" MBP (Late 2009)
2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
500 GB HD (Seagate Momentus Non G-Force version)
OSX 10.6.1: 367 GB
Boot Camp MS Windows 7 RTM: 123 GB
All of this started yesterday. After pressing the power button to boot, the MBP would give me the Mac boot sound, and would not recognize that the "Option" key was depressed. This would cause the system to boot into Windows 7 due to the Boot Camp default setting. After trying to get the system to boot into OSX 5 times, I ended up changing the default boot OS to OSX. The MBP now boots into OSX, but still does not recognize the option key on bootup so it will boot into the Boot Camp default selection only.
The following Problems are plaguing my MBP after waking up from a sleep state when running OSX 10.6.1:
The trackpad is performing right clicks no matter how many fingers are used to click the trackpad.
The dock changes from the Un-Magnified setup to a Magnified setup.
Expose takes on average 1 to 2 seconds to switch from the tiled view back to a selected application. The animation is slow, and the windows are not properly displayed after selecting an application.
Except for the Option key not being recognized during boot, these problems go away if I restart, but come right back when the system enters the sleep mode. Help!!!
Andy

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.
*Note: If FileVault is enabled under OS X 10.7 or later, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode. Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin. Test while in safe mode. Same problem? After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

Windows partition will not open using Boot Camp on iMac 10.9.5

OS: 27" desktop iMac, Maverick 10.9.5, 8 GB RAM
HD Partions: iMac OS X, Windows 7, Boot Camp
For some unknown reason I am having problems getting Windows 7 to open after starting up in Boot Camp, and it's getting progressively worse. After starting Boot Camp I select the Windows 7 partition and either click on that icon or press "Return/Enter". This is where everything freezes and I have to shut down and reboot again into Boot Camp to try again. Sometimes it works, other times not. I've already tried 8 times tonight but can't get into the Windows 7 partition. The OS X partition and everything else is working fine and I have all of my updates.
Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dennis

I am trying to boot into an existing W7. When I turned on the computer this morning I booted straight into Boot Camp and then successfully went into W7 with no problems, never going into the OS X partition. I later rebooted straight into OS X (the default startup) and read your comments.
I entered the four lines of commands you suggested in Terminal and this is what I got...
dennisetonsimac:~ denedg$
dennisetonsimac:~ denedg$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            837.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                162.3 GB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk1
   1:               Windows_NTFS FreeAgent GoFlex Drive 500.1 GB   disk1s1
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Time Machine Backups    499.8 GB   disk2s2
dennisetonsimac:~ denedg$
dennisetonsimac:~ denedg$ diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
dennisetonsimac:~ denedg$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167
       start        size index contents
           0           1         MBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640 1634773168      2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1635182808     1269544      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1636452352   317071360      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1953523712        1423
1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
1953525167           1         Sec GPT header
dennisetonsimac:~ denedg$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 1634773168] HFS+
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1635182808 -    1269544] Darwin Boot
*4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1636452352 - 317071360] HPFS/QNX/AUX
dennisetonsimac:~ denedg$

Boot camp emergency

I installed a second drive to use for boot camp. i selected that drive after creating the driver disc and inserted the WinXp OS cd. system goes to blank screen after a short flash of "setup is inspecting your system, black, not blue screen- pre installation") and hangs. no activity. i cannot get the cd out nor can i boot to OS X. any ideas?

To get the CD out try booting the system with the left button held down on a wired mouse.
Otherwise, to get back into Mac OS X hold down the option key while booting. Again use a wired keyboard. Hopefully you'll get into the startup manager to allow you to select a boot drive.

How do you boot from a Windows CD (Ghost in this case) in Boot Camp ?

I installed Bootcamp about a year ago. I used Norton's Ghost to make a disk image of my C: drive in Bootcamp for a backup. My machine is now misbehaving and I want to reinstall my orginal image from Ghost. However, I cannot figure out how to boot from the Ghost CD to begin the process. If I tap f8 or f2 or delete key nothing happens to bring me to that BIOS screen where I can choose which device I want to boot from at start up. Any ideas? Thanks

Hello deacm,
Supposedly you can insert your CD in the drive and, upon restart, (immediately after the chime) hold down the "C" key until the screen shows "Press any key to boot from CD". For some reason, this does not work for me.
If the above step didn't work for you, you can try the following steps that works for me:
1) If you can boot into Windows, insert the CD (close any windows that pop up), go to the Control Panel>Boot Camp and select the CD as the startup drive, then restart. The screen will briefly display "Press any key to boot from CD" (for only a moment) so press any key immediately.
2) If you can't boot into Windows, in Apple's System Preference, select "Startup Disk" and then click on the Windows partition. Close System Preference, insert the CD and (after a couple of minutes when the CD is recognized) restart. Immediately after the chime, hold down the "Option/Alt" key. Select the CD and press "Return". Moments later, the screen should display "Press any key to boot from CD", then press any key.
Good luck,
Gary
Message was edited by: Gary Kawamura

Problems installing Windows 7 using Boot Camp

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.
As far as I could tell, the Support Software files that were on the USB drive did get installed prior to the first reboot of the system that happens after you allocate the size for the partition. After the first reboot I never got the Windows installer though, just the hanging black screen/cursor mentioned above.
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.
While on the phone with Apple Senior Tech Support we rebooted several times holding down the Alt/Option key. The boot options were the OSX, Recovery, Windows, and EFI Boot. Choosing Windows resulted in the trackpad locking up and it just hung there. I ended up reverting the SSD back to a single partition for now.
After some discussion on the Apple forum I tried creating an ISO file from the Win7 64 bit DVD using ImgBurn software that I have installed on my Windows PC and ImgBurn indicated it had created a bootable ISO file. I copied the ISO file to the downloads folder on the MBP, plugged the empty USB drive into the MBP and tried Boot Camp Assistant again:
Choosing the appropriate option for use with an ISO file on a USB drive Boot Camp Assistant proceed to again create the partition, asked me to size it, and then it proceeded (over approximately an hour and a half) to work on copying the ISO file to the USB drive and downloaded the Support Software to the USB drive.
After the restart I got another black screen, cursor, and the messages, "No bootable device/drive found", "Press any key to reboot". Again pressing any key did not do anything. I reverted back to a single partition again, rebooted to OSX and gave up for the night.
Bottom line in either scenario is that I never get to the Windows installer screens to even attempt to install Windows on the new partition.
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?
Can the ISO file and Windows Support Software live on the same USB drive during installation and does the support software get installed automatically by boot camp assistant?
What am I doing wrong here? This shouldn't be this hard especially when I own a valid copy of Windows.
This is VERY frustrating. Any help or referrals to proper instruction is very much appreciated.

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

HT3986 I have installed windows 7 into my macbook pro 15 inch with lions. This computer is the current 2.2 GH i7 chip with 500 GB HD. Now, how do I install the drivers. When I started boot camp, the system prompted me to create a CD. What do I do with

I have installed Windows 7 into my Macbook Pro 15 inch with Lions as operating system. (current model with 2.2 GHz i7 processor, 500 GB HD ad 5400 rpm). When I started with boot camp, the system promped me to create a disc, which I presume is for the drivers for windows 7. Now windows is intalled. What do I do with the CD that the system created for me? Also, why does the system automatically start in Win7 instead of Lion. I need to pression the option key to have it start in OS X. I thought it was supposed to be the opposite.

Insert it while you are in Windows, if it does not autostart run setup.exe.
Choose your startup disk using Apple>System Preferences>Startup Disk (in OSX) or Control Panel>Boot Camp>Startup Disk (in Windows)

Boot Camp startup selection

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