I want to install windows 7 on my iMac..
Ok so ive been thinking about installing windows XP, Vista, or maybe even windows 7 on my iMac. The only problem is, i just got a mac and i dont know too much about it (slowly learning though) and i dont want to overwhelm myself. Ive seen tutorials on how to install windows using bootcamp, but what i want to know is how can i uninstall/delete the partition and have everything back to normal if i end up wanting to take windows off my iMac? And how hard would it be?
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AppleSergiu wrote:
ive been thinking about installing windows XP, Vista, or maybe even windows 7 on my iMac. The only problem is, i just got a mac and i dont know too much about it (slowly learning though) and i dont want to overwhelm myself. Ive seen tutorials on how to install windows using bootcamp, but what i want to know is how can i uninstall/delete the partition and have everything back to normal if i end up wanting to take windows off my iMac? And how hard would it be?
It's easy to remove a BootCamp partition.
Some other comments:
1) Besides the BootCamp option, there are at least two programs that let you run Windows under Mac OS X without having to reboot between them: VMware Fusion (http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/) and Parallels Desktop (http://www.parallels.com/en/download/desktop/).
2) BootCamp hasn't yet been updated to support Windows 7. Most things should work, but it's not guaranteed.
3) You might find this electronic book useful: http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/windows-on-mac for USD10, currently discounted 50% to USD5. (I have no financial relation with the Take Control people.)
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I myself have a 27" i5 mid 2010 model but a friend of mine recently got a 27'' i7 he wanted to instal windows 7 because he also uses other software aswell
Specs of his iMac 27'' :
Thunderbolt
HD Facetime Camera
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2gig videocard
1T HDD
OsX 10.7 Lion completly updated
Oke here is my and his story/problem:
I start bootcamp download the software i need too install bootcamp on windows 7 Ultimate.
After that i create a partition 200 gig for windows 7 Ultimate. i click on the button to start the install.
After the restart i press enter and the windows setup starts after some clicks i format the bootcamp partition as explained by apple in there support.
I click on install windows start to install after the first boot it wil compleet the install normally this wil install the drivers and you get normal resolution ect,
this doesn't happend. It keeps the big chunky resolution. so that tells me that the drivers aren't installed.
After windows compleets the installation it restarts does a video test, and brings us to the screen where you need to fill in your name and password then windows asked a few things and the world time ect, and when you click on done or compleet. Normally you will get something like this (Please wait a moment windows is preparing your desktop) instead of that the mac restarts, (but the windows dvd is still in the superdrive because you cant get it out) it asked me if i want to press a button to instal windows no i wont, so i wait it counts down so it wil start up windows. now here is the problem it doesnt startup to windows it hangs and does nothing.
I my self have a mid 2010 27'' i5 model and had a blank screen everytime i tryed to instal windows 7 ultimate, i learned that there was a download available where you can create a MBRFAT USB stick where you copy a .xml file and a driver map so windows got the right drivers for my model so it would install succefully,here a link http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173 where i found it.
Is there something like this available for the
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with a 2gig videocard
Thunderbolt
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Any help or links would be niceYou should probably re-post in the Boot Camp forum.
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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 (both on the mac/windows partitions (actually using a parallel to run Windows)), error message something similar to bootcamp doesn't support this Windows
So the question is am I doing something wrong? Should I just try and install windows 8 through my windows 7 partition and see if I can use the bootcamp 5.05033. Or do I solely have to use the bootcamp to install Windows 8? I'm not too familiar with bootcamp and how it runs.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
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i want to instal windows 7 using bootcamp on my mac book pro and how large do i have to make the partition if i want to use it for gaming?
"At least 16 GB of free space on the disk onto which you’re installing for 32-bit, or 20 GB for 64-bit (for Microsoft Windows and Windows-based applications)."
That's what Apple proposes in here Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows
Personally I would double these amounts and add to that the diskspace needed for your Windows games.
Stefan -
I want to install windows 8 without bootcamp ...
So here is what I did step by step:
1. make partition via disk utility and format using MS-DOS / FAT
2. Insert windows cd and restart
3. Hold C when it's booting up
4. It goes right away to windows installation, and when I see my partition, I choose the partition i made from disk utility
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Some said that I need to make the partition via disk utlity using NTFS, but I still can't install
It stucks on the "where do you want to install Windows" menu
Is it because the windows 8?
Or is it because Mountain Lion won't let you do this anymore?
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I use VMware, and it takes your memory like crazy
*sigh*I use VMware now, but it surely eats A LOT of memory
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