Boot Camp w Mac OS X Lion

I am new to using Macs -- just purchased a new iMac with OS X Lion pre-installed. I would like to use boot camp to dual boot to windows. Can someone point me to where I can get instructions for how to do this with the new Lion OS? Also, I purchased my iMac with the 256SSD + 2TB HDD. I partitioned my 2TB HDD so that half is for Mac and half is for Windows. But I'm not sure if I should partition my SSD drive also. My understanding is that the OS will run a lot faster on the SSD. Should I partition my SSD in half as well to serve as the boot drive for both Mac and Windows?

Frequently asked questions about Lion and Boot Camp 4.0
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Hello!
Is Apple boot camp on Mac OS 10.7 lion ready to support Windows 8 after it is set to release in 2012?
Thanks!

I think you'll have to wait until one or both of those OS's are actually released to be able to know the answer to this question. Apple put out special Boot Camp updates for Windows7 when it came out. Past performance shows that Apple is on the ball, but nothing is locked in stone at this time.
The only people who could really know the answer to what the beta's are planning are the same people who have signed Non Disclosure Agreements and couldn't say anything here anyway. The rest of us volunteers are not allowed to speculate too much about Apple's plans or design decisions that they have not announced.

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i just wanted to ask that is the Windows 7 64 bit already mounted on BOOT CAMP in OS X mounation lion............... if it is do i need to buy a Disk for windows 7 Just in case

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Hello,
I'm new to this forum and found it very useful in the past.
Now I wanted to know;
I am currently running 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and installed Windows XP Home Edition (32bit) using Boot Camp.
If i updated to 10.7 (Lion) I know I will more than likely still have a working XP installation, but what if i mess it up? Will i be able to reinstall XP (On the same partition) with OS X Lion installed? I know it is no longer officially supported. (And then of course use the Snow Leopard CD to install drivers ect..)
Thanks,
BK
PS im quite sure its possible because with XP installing Lion doesn't update Boot Camp to 4.0 right?

You always have backups for Mac OS, just make one with WinClone.
It - the parttion and OS - will still be there, only moved and no longer on #3 partition.
Lion can add Recovery.
Lion can also be installed on another hard drive instead, and then restored.
Lion is stll in the dot "zero" phase of its existence.
There is more risk in upgrading to Lion itself. What does it add to enrich or in performance?
There are half a dozen tutorials on MacFixit, reader discussion on MacIntouch of all things Lion, and Lion Community? 1000s of threads.
Anyone that doesn't come prepared with backups, clone of Mac OS, needs to develop and recoveryu strategy.
There is never a 100% risk free upgrade, never has been. Insurance companies live on cost-risk.

Install boot camp snow leopard and mountain lion

Is it possible to install boot camp on a 2009 Mac Pro to run both Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion? The startup drive is already partitioned. I need to run two different versions of Final Cut Studio (and all the accompanying apps) and this seems the best way to keep them segregated. I know that I can run them both in Snow Leopard, but I have two different sets of Motion templates which need to be accessed.

Alrighty, I do appreciate your time. I had already tried parallels and that was a huge waste of time. You blow away their support, by the way.
Just to confirm assumptions before I do this, sorry, I'm an engineer.
1. The startup drive is partitioned already.
2. Partition (1) contains Snow Leopard and a user account.
3. Partition (2) currently contains a media library, does not have an OS on it, and has 232 GB free.
4. I will install Mountain Lion on partition 2 using the dmg downloaded from the app store.
5. That partition will then become the startup drive when using mountain lion.
6. Partition 2 will have its own user account, applications, etc.
Almost forgot. Do I need to erase and install on that partition or can I simply install? After this I owe you a beer.

Why did apple discontinue Boot Camp support for XP in Lion?

One of the primary reasons I purchased my macbook pro was the presumed ability to boot in either the Mac OS or a microsoft OS. I need XP for business, but I also have several hundred dollars worth of games and software that requires some pre-vista backwards compatibility to run its best. I am very disappointed with apple for the following reasons.
I bought my laptop yesterday and today apple's "support" staff informed me that Boot camp no longer supports vista or XP in Lion.
My understanding is that this was a conscious decision by apple and not a passive development because there is a simple workaround, but it requires a snow leapord disk. This means that all the infrastructure is in place for XP or vista to work but apple just chose to disable compatibility. On my support call I was told that older versions of Windows simply "aren't compatible" with Boot Camp or Lion.
This is disappointing because it would seem to suggest that apple is colluding with Windows to promote new software and disable the functionality of the old. This seems like a blatant anti-trust violation by apple bordering on fraud when you consider the way they market the supposed flexibility of their products.
So Apple, why did you choose to do this? Your customers deserve an honest answer as to how in the world this serves their needs. Or are you just pimping the products of your competition these days?
Anyways, Steve Jobs is rolling over in his grave right now.

My understanding is that this was a conscious decision by apple and not a passive development because there is a simple workaround, but it requires a snow leopard disk.
That is incorrect. Having an SL disk would not help you. What makes Boot Camp work with a particular Mac is having the Windows drivers for the Apple hardware you have. Apple has to write those to work with the version of Windows they are for. The XP drivers for your new Mac will not be on a Snow Leopard disk.
This seems like a blatant anti-trust violation by apple bordering on fraud when you consider the way they market the supposed flexibility of their products.
Uh, in what way? Apple is not Microsoft. They had no need to make it possible for Mac users to boot into Windows at all. It's there to make Macs more accessible for longtime Windows users who have considered purchasing a Mac, but don't want to have to purchase Mac versions of their possibly extensive software collection, or have certain titles there is no Mac version of. Even newer PC hardware cannot run XP. So is Microsoft also doing something illegal by not providing drivers for this newer hardware?

Boot Camp Assistant Not Working - Mountain Lion, Windows 8

Ok, so I'm trying to dual boot my computer with Mountain Lion and Windows 8. I already have Mountain Lion downloaded, and I have the ISO file for Windows 8 (because I'm a collge student, and our college has a partnership with Microsoft). The problem I'm having is when I lanch Boot Camp Assistant, it takes me through a page or 2. Then it has 2 boxes as options to check ( 1. Download the latest Windows support software from Apple; 2. Install or remove Windows 7), but I can't select the 2nd option... When I select the first, I download the support software, and then it tells me to quit boot camp. So I do, and when I open it back up, it attempts to repeat the same actions.
What is going on?!?!?!?!

The ISO is on your hard drives.
download a free iso burning program for Mac (we used SimplyBurns Mac). That program runs you through the necessary steps to properly burn the iso file you need. After doing so, Bootcamp recognized the installation file and everything worked as it should.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3410900?start=45&tstart=0
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Features:
Emphasis on ease of use
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Erasing rewritable media
Persistence
http://simplyburns.en.softonic.com/mac
See this article on downloading the ISO:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/windows-7-iso-x86-and-x64-official-direct-download -links-ultimate-professional-and-home-premium/
(Make sure you choose the ISO that matches the version you bought).
Here's instructions on burning an ISO with Disk Utility:
http://lifehacker.com/251758/mac-tip--how-to-burn-an-iso-or-dmg-file-to-disc
And this thread on burning a Windows DVD in OSX:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2039118?start=0&tstart=0
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TS4536 Window 7 sp1 not gettin installed after using boot camp 5.0 on mountain lion on macbook pro 2009 mid

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NO.... he has a workstation, and not MBP, nor are "drivers already loaded."
How I would proceed -
Install Windows on its own drive.
Pull all the other drives.
Boot from Windows 7 Pro DVD
Forget Boot Camp Assistant, it doesn't do anything - unless you really want to install Windows on the SAME drive as Mac OS - not ideal and not what most of Mac Pro owners do.
Just insert your OS X DVD once Windows is up to date - helps to buy the SP1 OEM version $129.
Run Apple SETUP.exe (Boot Camp 3.0.x drivers) and update with ASU or manually to 3.2.
No you don't need to go back and use that ATI. And you dont' want to be in the situation of changing from ATI to Nvidia and all the hassle that adds. you are fine.
The Mac Pro is as close as anything to a standard Wintel workstation.
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Hello Mickaelpopo,
Thank you for the question. It sounds like you are trying to install Windows 8.1 using Boot Camp 5 on your MacBook Pro. Currently, Windows 8.1 is not a supported version of Windows for Boot Camp:
Which versions of Windows work with Boot Camp 5?
You can use:
Microsoft Windows 8.0 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 8.0 Pro (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Enterprise versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8 are not supported.
Windows 8.1 is not supported with Boot Camp 5.
You can find more information here:
Boot Camp 5: Frequently asked questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5639
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
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After I got home, I'm trying to install windows on this Air. But when I try to download the Windows Support from boot camp Assistant, Its' showing the following message:
"Can't install Windows Support Software because it is not currently available from the Software Update Server."
I contacted phone support, the technican told me that apple update server is down, he don't know what to do.
I tried to use the boot camp in SnowLeopard disk, which gives me"the bootcamp doesn't support current model".
Now I'm lost, I don't know what to do with it. If I couldn't install the Windows on this Air, I wouldn't buy it.
I have other Macbook Air which I believe is 2010 model, works fine with dual boot, Lion and Windows 7.
Anybody has the direct download link for bootcamp that compatiable with my Macbook Air??
Please help me sovle this, I need this new computer for my next trip before Sunday.
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really annoying issue. i have the same problem and looks like a million others who have posted in the past 2 days is about the same thing lol
yes they've not released the new package yet. BUT if you have the old package say from the 2011 MBA, then you can install drivers from the package manually (just explore a bit and you'll find them) and most things will work. i.e. i did the most basic things like wifi and display (! HD3000 drivers works for 4000) and it's all been fine for now.
obviously this is just a workaround but im sure once the proper package is out, you can just install it on top of your windows installation (with manual drivers) and everything will be as it should be.
quite irresponsible of Apple imo. everyone is stuck on this.
in the keynote, someone mentioned they "closed down apple just so they can run/staff WWDC". makes me imagine that those words literally, meaning we'll have to wait till the event ends before we can hope for anything lol.
i sure as **** hope they're not waiting till Mountain Lion before the new update is out....

Boot Camp compatible Macs

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First off, if you have 10.4.11 or earlier on your Mac, the beta that was available September 2007 and earlier is no longer available.
Boot Camp will run on the following Macs:
Intel iMacs (link differentiates Intel iMacs from the rest)
Mac Minis with 4 USB ports in back (not 2 USB ports found on older PowerPC Mac Minis).
Mac Pros a tower with 2 optical drive bays and cheesegrater front (not to be confused with the PowerMac G5 tower with only a single optical drive bay in front).
MacBook and MacBook Pros which are clearly labelled their names beneath the screen.
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I can install WIndows 7 but have the following problems.. they have appeared and got worse with use which is hard to grasp.
(1) Mouse/trackpad on MacBook Pro is almost unusable, inconsistent, erratic, non-responsive, etc
(2) Attaching Firewire 800 external drives to iMac causes system crash (blue panel)
Does anyone have similar experience and/or have any suggestions as to how to resolve these issues?
Is there any way to run the trackpad as a basic mouse with drivers working properly until Apple comes out with working drivers for their "proprietary" trackpad?
Does anyone know where to find updated versions for Firewire 800 drivers that are compatible with Windows 7? The latest drivers from Microsoft will not install where it says the existing drivers are the current ones.
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