Formatted Bootcamp in Win Install, Bootcamp settings missing completely.

While installing windows, I tried to install it onto the "Bootcamp" Partition created by the software while on OSX (Mavericks)
The installation told me I could not install it because it was not an "NTFS" format partition.
I then went under it and used the seemingly only option of formatting the disk.
Later, I installed windows 7 successfully.
When I finished and opened windows, I tried setting certain things like right clicking and the like, and looked online for the solution.
I found that people suggested going into the control panel or notification area to find the "Boot Camp" icon or program to change the settings.
There is nothing on my windows partition that is even named that.
I fear that formatting the disk may have deleted the Boot Camp settings and I am unable to get it back.
Is there a way around this? I dont necessarily need bootcamp to be active. I just need to be able to change the settings to be able to have a functional windows 7.
-Mainly the use of the trackpad-

It's really cool you solved it but not that cool for anyone else with the problem to read that...

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Unable to access the internet on windows xp using bootcamp. I installed the bootcamp drivers ( from snow leopard) but it still doesn't work. I have parallels 6 also installed and IT works fine. I am missing a rtl network adapter-thanksr

Hi
I have a new 21 inch imac oct 2011 version. I installed bootcamp and windows xp on my machine and i also installed parallels 6.
Paralleles works great and i can open any program with it. But bootcamp also works EXCEPT it refuses to give me access to the internet. I installed the bootcamp drivers from my snow leopard disk, it did not make a difference. All the drivers installed but still no internet. I then installed the bootcamp drivers from the gray mac osx disk (#1) but it stopped installing with an error number ( 2753) and it said that the package was damaged.
I have tried everything; i opened each disk and trieed installing the files separately. Nothing.
What i see missing in my devices screen in XP is the network adapter.
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Thank you

I'd recommend reposting in the Boot Camp forum, that is where the Boot Camp and Windows gurus hang out.
Good luck.

I installed windows 7 on my iMac 21.5 (late 2009) and when I boot windows 7, the lag drivers are missing and bootcamp is not installed. The windows package would not download through bootcamp, even when left alone for 2 hours.

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2011 MacBook Pro, 64 bit i7 quad core, upgraded to Lion OSx, Bootcamp installed with Windows 7, wanting to install Windows 8 (don't ask), tried downloading/installing bootcamp 5.0.5033, error message something similar to bootcamp doesn't support this Win

2011 MacBook Pro, 64 bit i7 quad core, upgraded to Lion OSx, Bootcamp installed with Windows 7, wanting to install Windows 8 (don't ask), tried downloading/installing bootcamp 5.0.5033 (both on the mac/windows partitions (actually using a parallel to run Windows)), error message something similar to bootcamp doesn't support this Windows
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if you're using parallels and full bootcamp then you're making it 100% more troublesome for youself then it needs to be
bootcamp is running windows directly on the hardware this give full memory and cpu and 3d video game power
running windows in parallels is running a virtual machine where one can't run powerful games and the like but one can have it in a window and change fast between osx and windows
parallels as the only virutal machine (as far as I know) support not have the operating system as a file on the osx harddisk but can access a bootcamp parition as virtual machine but without the benefits bootcamps provides
it's a service parallels provide for those who want both to play games in normal bootcamp and sometimes use windows in a virutal machine
just install it like a normal virtual machine and you need not worry about bootcamp drivers and the likes
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Bootcamp Assistant: "'Create Windows 7 Install Disk Option' Missing" Fix Problem

Firstly, sorry if this is in the incorrect fourm area, it's related with the Mountain Lion OSx software, so I posted here.
I am Running OSX 10.8.3
I'm trying to install bootcamp with a .ISO and a USB Drive. You need to make a Windows 7 install disk, and Bootcamp Assistant can do that for you, but the option isn't showing up.
I am running OSX 10.8.3 M-Lion
The link below shows how to fix the issue......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD4kgJQ-r0c
I did everything as it says, until the 2:20 mark in the video, where he tells you to go to the USBSupportedModels and copy the first string that follows....
I couldn't find it,however,I found a similar one, shown below. I beleive it's the thing that I need to duplicate, but the strings, shown below, are considerably different.
<key>PreUSBBootSupportedModels</key>
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                    <string>MacBookPro8,3</string>
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If you look in the Top comments section, there are people, running the same OSX as mine (10.8.3) saying that it's not working, with 2 people rating it up. There is a reply saying that it does work. However, I know if somthing is messed up, the Assistant would be rendered unusable, a risk i am hesitating to take. I Googled everywhere, but all I'm finding is the same fix for USBSupported over and over again.
Has anyone found a correct or know of a fix for this? OR should I just go ahead and do as the video says?
Thanks!

Don't modify that file because anyway it won't work. The reason is that Apple has determined the Macs that support the Windows installation from a USB drive by their firmware. It means that if you modify that file you will be able to create a Windows 7 USB drive, but if you try to install Windows, your computer will show up a black screen in the next startup telling you that it hasn't found any bootable device.
You can edit that file if you want, but it's not sure that the option will show up in Boot Camp Assistant, and you won't be able to install Windows through a USB drive because the firmware of your computer doesn't support this

Install Bootcamp using Win XP Pro upgrade using a twisty tie

Seriously, I tried everything but when I opened my Mac Pro and realized that the superdrive has an open/close button, I figured out how to open the drive during installation of XP upgrade and insert my older OS disc.
I have the step-by-step instructions here:
http://alejandroramirez.blogspot.com/2006/12/installing-bootcamp-on-mac-pro-usin g.html
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi Alejandro,
That is a great tip, I wish somebody could figure out trick like that for MacBook.
Mucho gracias for the tip.

Install Bootcamp on Mac Mini late 2014 Yosemite Fails?

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At this point I'm dead in the water -- cannot proceed.
Formatting the drive doesnt work and just screws up the whole process.
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Is bootcamp busted on Mac Mini? Has anyone tried bootcamp on new late 2014 Mac Mini?
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Its not a fusion drive. The full spec is
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16GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
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I did actually click format during a number of the attempts I've tried. It generally formatted and left me no better advanced. Generally it would removed the word BOOTCAMP from the drive. I've even tried deleting the partition and reestablishing in -- that doesnt help either.
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Can't install Bootcamp on a 4,1 Mac pro

Greetings !
I'm trying to install bootcamp on my 4,1 Mac pro but i'm experiencing a weird issue....
First of all, here's the summary of the machine :
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2nd weird thing : I succed in launching windows ( win 7 professional 64 bits edition) installation, i can then format the volume in ntfs within the installation program....BUT...After a while it copies and expands installation files, and really starts the installation (devices detection, etc)...And that's when it hurts...I can have either a BSOD with "bugcode_driver_error" , either the computer restarts and says the installation can no longer continue and I need to start all over...I have an iMac and could install windows on it without a glitch....I tried 2 differents dvd : the windows official, and an optimized (with windows updates slipstreamed inside) a friend made...No go.....I'm gonna need a bunch of softwares on windows pretty quickly for my job....
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Upgrade Win XP Bootcamp partition to Win7?

I read the docs that says you cannot upgrade XP directly to Win 7 as it requires a 'clean install' from an external CD.
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1) Is it worth it? Will my windows environment see any signifacant performane increases? I have an 8G Ram 2007 i7 iMac and even under BootCamp, XP only sees 3G Ram.
2) IS it possible to do it as described above? IE boot from the external Win7 ISO CD, then 'upgrade' by detecting XP, re-formatting the partition and installing Win 7 (followed by using Snow Leopard CD to re-install BootCamp drivers.
3) Will this totally bugger up my Parallels installation? (Ie, can I just re-install parallels or when it runs, will it automatically upgrade. It will point to the same partition as the virtual machine - but that partition will have new software running on it.
- I am unsure if this is worth purchasing, or am I looking at screwing a pokey but functional install of Windows XP?

Brian Findlay wrote:
I read the docs that says you cannot upgrade XP directly to Win 7 as it requires a 'clean install' from an external CD.
I have someone on ebay who purports to be selling me an upgrade CD that will do this
"The Win7 upgrade I'm selling will allow you to "upgrade" Windows XP by doing a clean install only. In-place upgrades are disabled unless upgrading from Vista Business. When running the upgrade DVD setup (either directly from Windows XP or by booting from the burned upgrade DVD), the setup will search for a previous installation of Windows. It will find XP and then allow you to perform a "clean" install so you will want to backup all of your personal files from Windows XP "
Does this sound right? My XP partition runs under Bootcamp and Parallels 6 seamlessly (just a bit slow and stilted though), and I wanted to try and get a modern 64bit OS so that it can use more than the 3G RAM that XP 32 allows.
1) Is it worth it? Will my windows environment see any signifacant performane increases? I have an 8G Ram 2007 i7 iMac and even under BootCamp, XP only sees 3G Ram.
2) IS it possible to do it as described above? IE boot from the external Win7 ISO CD, then 'upgrade' by detecting XP, re-formatting the partition and installing Win 7 (followed by using Snow Leopard CD to re-install BootCamp drivers.
3) Will this totally bugger up my Parallels installation? (Ie, can I just re-install parallels or when it runs, will it automatically upgrade. It will point to the same partition as the virtual machine - but that partition will have new software running on it.
- I am unsure if this is worth purchasing, or am I looking at screwing a pokey but functional install of Windows XP?
This is a clean install, no different from any other install of 7 over XP, you will need to backup all data and reinstall all applications.

Problems after installing Bootcamp 3.1

Hello everyone.
I had installed Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate in a Bootcamp partition. I used the SL disk to install Bootcamp 3.0 which, with some audio related problems which were solved by changing the drivers, worked well. All sounds played, the graphics card behaved normally, etc.
Recently I got the alert of a Bootcamp update, 3.1, as we all know. After installing it without a hitch, small problems began to pop up.
First, no Windows startup sound played anymore, and there has been no way for me to make it work again. I've gone to countless forums and gone through an endless barrage of suggestions, including a complete formatting, but it always leads back to the same, isolated problem: Startup sound plays in BT 3.0, doesn't play anymore in BT 3.1.
But more importantly, after pretty much giving up with the startup sound issue (it's only that particular sound, in the login screen, so I decided to ignore it's absence), more problems appeared. Initially, all system tray icons appeared swiftly. Now the main ones, Sound, Wireless Connection and Battery appear fast, but the rest take at least 5 minutes to appear. This is again something that wasn't present in Bootcamp 3.0.
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So this is serious. Gaming has also turned into a nightmare, since the problem with the video card negatively affects the smoothness of the gameplay. Apple, things weren't working 100% with BT 3.0, but BT 3.1 far from making things better just got everything worse.
I ask everyone here if there is a known solution. Should I install the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M drivers for Windows 7 32 bit? Why doesn't the driver installed by BT 3.1 function as it should when it's supposed to be covering Windows 7 compatibility? Why are the barrage of audio errors present in BT 3.1 and not in BT 3.0? What happened with my startup sound?
Apple, you're offering the possibility for your users to user Windows for compatibility and gaming. You market your Macs are fully compatible and flawless even running Windows. Don't come about saying this is not your problem, it is. It's your drivers, you develop them, you give them to us. If they don't work, you must do something about it. If not, then stop offering the Bootcamp service completely. If you're gonna do something, do it well.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebookwinvista_win7_x64_195.62whql.html

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Is the only way to install the win 7 bootcamp drivers on a mid-2009 macbook pro through the snow leapord discs?
Or is there a download somewhere? i couldn't find any.
Thanks

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
The Snow Leopard disc that came with the computer has got Boot Camp 3 drivers, and the latest drivers for your Mid 2009 MacBook Pro are Boot Camp 4. As you are using OS X Lion, you can download them from Boot Camp Assistant or from the Support page > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1630

10.9.2 install Bootcamp win7 64bit iMac mid 2010 no bootable device - external superdrive, USB Stick

Hey all,
big problem here.
Trying to install Bootcamp on my iMac 27" mid 2010.
The thing is, during the installation, i get the "no bootable device" black screen, and i think i know why... but i need help.
System, a mid 2010 imac, 2TB HD ( Original) and an SSD Samsung 1TB at the Optical Drive SATA connection.
2TB HD is empty atm. OSX Installed on the SSD.
Bootcamp Assistant. Problem nr. 1.
He first did not want to let me create an USB drive. after hacking the assistat, deleting the "Pre" thing in the info.plist, that worked so far.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5479879?start=105&tstart=0 and several other postings got me so far.
Then when using the assistant, after choosing partition and so, when the iMac restarts, i get the "no bootable device" notice.
Read a lot, and it seems, that older iMacs, that originaly came with an internal superdrive only can install win 7 from that internal superdrive.
I have the problem, that i had it removed to put the SSD there.
So, when doing an EFI Boot, choosing the win USB Stick or the Win in my External Superdrive, - "no bootable...."
So i searched more. rEFIt should help. Installed, and all, doesnt work, same thing. As soon as i want to boot Win from the CD or Thumpdrive, doesnt work. :-(
In one of the many posts, someone wrote something about starting Shell in rEFIt first, etc... didnt work as well.
then i found this post:
http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/2011/2156
sounded promissing. Somehow getting win installation files onto the Created Bootcamp partion with Virtual Mashine. But it didnt work for me.
The VW Fusion ware is different, and non of the steps he discribes works.
So how can i get it working.. it seems like it is somehow blocked to access something from the USB Ports.
Logicaly i would have to get the installation files onto a Internal drive. i Tried to create a partition and copy the Win 7 USB Thump using Disk Util Progeam onto a seperate, internal partition.. but he just does not what to do that... errormessages when trying to copy it, recreate the drive, etc.
So, i do have a 2TB internal HD, which i can use, an external superdrive, USB.Sticks. any gameplan?
And for Error-excluding: i have an original Win 7 64 bit CD, a burnd one and controled the Hash of the loaded ISO, which i downloaded for the USB-Stick.
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Any thoughts on this?
Thanks very much in advance,
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"But moreso: Does repeatedly partitioning your hard drive and erasing and repartitioning do any serious long-term damage to the drive? I know with Windows that would create fragments, but I have heard that fragmentation is a non-issue with Macs."
Actually... erasing and repartitioning your hard drive (with Windows or otherwise) gets rid of any fragmentation you may have. Fragmentation is a result of the way the filesystem on the computer works. I won't go in to much detail... but for various reasons, bits and pieces of files can end up being spread all over your hard drive. When this happens, in order to read those files, your hard drive head has to skip all around to pick up the little bits instead of having them in one nice place. All that extra jumping around can add up to lots of time on a very fragmented drive. The more deleting and writing of files you do, you more fragmentation you get. So, in effect, when you partition a drive you are wiping all of the data and starting fresh. Partitioning your drive and erasing and repartitioning is basically just writing data to your drive. In fact, if you do a quick format in Windows, it doesn't even do all that much writing... it just tells the system that the data in that space can be overwritten. So... to cut an already long story short, you won't hurt your drive. You're only having it do what it will literally do billions of times in it's lifetime... just read and write.

If I install Bootcamp will I lose apps I already have installed on my computer?

I've been using my mbkpro for over a year now, so if the process of trying to setup Bootcamp at this point means my drive gets wiped, it would take me forever to reinstall all my apps and files from scratch.
So my query is:
1. Can I install Bootcamp WITHOUT needing to reinstall 3rd party software and everything in my Home folder, and my OSX and iLife software?
2. If that is not possible, can the reinstalling be "softened" by "just" copying everything over from a bootable external hard drive back up?
3. If a bootable backup would work, will it also work for my 3rd party apps (eg: Adobe apps, camera software) not only photos and saved text files, or OSX?
4. And what is the best way for me to go about making a Bootable back up onto an external HD? I currently use Time Machine - would this work, or would I need something like Carbon Copy Cloner?
Leading from that 1 further thing:
If i were to install Windows, I need a min of Windows XP SP3 or higher for one of the things that i want to use it for (a game.) When I searched thro the discussions I found some threads that mentioned that you would need to install a copy of SP1 before even upgrading to SP2... is this true? I never use PC's and know very little about them or their OS...
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!

Ro Hui wrote:
Thanks for replying, this sounds really useful.. I always thought when I partitioned a drive it erased anything I had on it already ( it's been a few years since I last did this so can't remember really ...)
Partitioning doesn't delete anything from the hard disk. It just uses free space of one partition to create a new partition.
Ro Hui wrote:
- when i partition my HD (internal) the process of partitoning will NOT wipe anything that's already there?
You don't lose anything. However, you must be careful during Windows installation, because you have to format "BOOTCAMP" volume (if you are going to install Vista or 7), and you have to install Windows on that partition. If you don't do it, you will lose your files.
Ro Hui wrote:
- and I should partition my external HD ( is the one i use for Time Tunnel back ups ok?) and make a bootable of my clone onto this before anything else?
You are right

Partition not big enough to install bootcamp drivers (installed windows 7)

I installed bootcamp, partitioned a drive to 6GB (thought it was 16GB)
installed windows 7 pro and went to install the bootcamp drivers so I can switch back to Snow Leopard and it won't let me install the drivers because the partition is so low on space. I don't have any other application on the windows 7 partition as i just installed it. I even tried to create room by deleting the sample photos, music and videos, which got me to a point where i could start the installation then it stopped cause it got too full again.
How do i get my mac back to snow leopard? OR how do i make my partition larger so I can install the bootcamp drivers?
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Use Boot Camp Assistant to remove the partition. Use Disk Utility to erase free space.
For Win 7 and others you need to be considering a much larger partition size. I would recommend a minimum of 30-40GB. It depends on what you need Windows for. But my needs are such that several hundred GB are usual for my Boot Camp partitions.
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