Install Windows Bootcamp?

i have the current macbook pro, non-retina 500gb, os 10.8.5. i wanted to install windows on it using boot camp. i do not have a windows cd/dvd, an ios of windows, and no prior knowledge of bootcamp. i also do not know how much of my partition to give to windows. is 30gb enough?

http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

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Unable to install windows bootcamp

I have new macbook pro rentina display 15" (MacBookPro11,3), tried to install windows 8 through bootcamp, got stuck at 40% windows copying files, internet searching showed i should wait, i waited for around 3 hours on high speed internet but nothing happened. (tired like 4-5 times same result)
Cancelled it, installed just drivers and checked install windows, bootcamp detected the usb drive as bootable and windows installed but at last gave error, boot file configuration missing use usb or cd to repair, cant do anything forcefully restarted and on boot same.
by ALT on boot got in mac deleted now dont know what to do, whats wrong with bootcamp
Plz help

These r the results of commands you
Vazeers-MacBook-Pro:~ vazeer$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         396.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                103.0 GB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *396.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 24E03077-3356-4196-BB91-B1BD30D1C660
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
Vazeers-MacBook-Pro:~ vazeer$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group F3E8D0A9-F2F7-4D60-9705-CDE53C1E5CAC
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         396417986560 B (396.4 GB)
    Free Space:   10645504 B (10.6 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume FFD4547C-88F1-4FCD-9F95-F56001C4AA80
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     396417986560 B (396.4 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 6DCDD598-3667-4CA7-AABE-E08D9D5FB9DC
        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 24E03077-3356-4196-BB91-B1BD30D1C660
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          396055019520 B (396.1 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
Vazeers-MacBook-Pro:~ vazeer$ 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:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500277790720; sectorsize=512; blocks=977105060
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 977105059
      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 774253880      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
774663520    1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
775933056        896
775933952 201170944      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
977104896        131
977105027         32         Sec GPT table
977105059          1         Sec GPT header
Vazeers-MacBook-Pro:~ vazeer$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 60821/255/63 [977105060 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: AC 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 774253880] <Unknown ID>
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 774663520 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
4: 0B 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 775933952 - 201170944] Win95 FAT-32
Vazeers-MacBook-Pro:~ vazeer$
What should i do next ?

Can't Install Windows Bootcamp, HELP!

Hello, I can't seem to install windows 7/8 via Bootcamp. I have used various Images including the official ISO, and have created bootable USB/DVD's via my PC using Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. Yet I always end up with the same error once in installation: " Windows cannot install required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error Code: 0x8007057 " (I also get the same error on VituralBox UNLESS I am using the official ISO and then it installs flawlessly, but I have used the official ISO with Bootcamp and No Luck.)
P.S, I was told to "Unlock" the "Create Windows 7 install disk" and then use the official ISO (That worked with VituralBox), Would that work?
Thanks In Advanced.
MacBook Pro 13, Mid-2009
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OS X Mavericks

It shows only two options and it recognise my ext dvd-rw then i partition for boot camp partition but after the partition that restarts automatically then blank screen displayed infinitely give me solution

Install windows bootcamp external dvd

Hi, I need to install Windows with Bootcamp on my macbook pro (15'' 2007), but my internal DVD drive doesn't work. How could I do to use an external DVD drive?
Thank you
Daniele

Sorry but did you Read my post? Right at the start I said "All Macs That COME WITH an INTERNAL DVD Drive".
The Mac Air doesn't so Apple has allowed Windows to install from either an external DVD drive or a USB thumb drive.
All Macbook Pro's, Except the Retina Models, have a Built in, Internal, DVD drives and with those models Apple has Restricted the installation of Windows from only that Built in, Internal, DVD drive.
Boy I now hope that is clear enough for you to understand.
Good Luck & Best Wishes.
Nimodeo wrote:
Excuse me, How is it possible to install Windows using Bootcamp on Macbook Air without a DVD drive?

How do you install windows bootcamp on a second internal hard drive?

I have a SSD as my main hard drive then installed the old hard drive internally in the internal optical bay slot. Whenever I try to install Windows and reboot, I get the No Bootable Disk error. Any ideas?

Disconnect the hard drive (assuming you want to install on SSD) and put the optical drive back.
Even on a multi-drive Mac Pro (tower) or an iMac (with SSD and 2TB hdd) there are extra steps.
You can't install Windows on one and have a drive with OS X or even GPT partition type on second.

I was wondering if I could use Boot Camp and install Windows 7 on my black Macbook. I don't see where I can tell what year it is from in the about this mac option either...? Please help. I am afraid that my mac is considered vintage now :(

I read somewhere earlier that if my macbook is vintage, then I can't install windows/bootcamp. Maybe this is too big a venture for me to undertake anyway, but just in case I wanted to get a little help before I dig too deep... I think it was late 2006 or early 2007 when I purchased my black Macbook.

To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info. When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
model 1,1 (Early 2006)
model 2,1 (Late 2006 & Mid 2007)
model 3,1 (Late 2007)
model 4,1 (Early 2008)
model 5,1 (Late 2008, Aluminum Unibody)
model 5,2 (Early 2009, 2.0GHz Model Only)
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How do I install Windows 8 on Mountain Lion (mac mini) 2010 Server using bootcamp with out Optical Drive?

I have a 2010 Mac Mini server running 10.8.4 (12E55). I just bought a brand new copy of Windows 8 from micrsoft. I have tried using boot camp and it will not recognize a burned DVD in my remote optical drive on my laptop running windows 7 or my macbook running Lion 10.7.5. I have had Microsoft on both of my computers remoted in for about 8 hours and they tried just about everything that I've tried.
Microsofts tech support has made me a bootable DVD and a bootable Flash Drive through remote desktop (awsome good job microsoft tech support). I have even tried formatting my mac mini's second 500GB hard drive to FAT32 using this whole disc as my windows partition. I know that when I go to install windows 8 it is going to reformat the drive to NTFS but all the articles that I've found, say this is what you have to do to get the drive formatted properly to get the ball rolling and get windows will fix it when it goes to install by reformatting to NTFS.
Ok so right now I have my second 500GB hdd on my mac mini formatted to FAT32 and I have tried to reboot holding my option key like I do on my mac book. If I want to boot to a different hdd on my macbook all I do is hold the OPTION key during start up and you get prompted to choose one of the bootable disc that is on your computer. Well if I put my USB drive which is bootable on my macbook into my macbook and do this right now its not showing up.
Now I just put the DVD that they made me in my macbook and it shows up as bootable disc. But the USB doesn't. (1 hour later) I just got microsft to remake the USB drive and am going to try that again so ta ta for now and I'll come back on to post to tell you if it works.

mikkel-kj wrote:
These apps paralells and fusion and virtualbox, are they in Mac App Store? And when I have the app installed what then, now it ain't only bootcamp what shall I do now to install windows 8?
Mikkel
Parallels, Fusion, and VirtualBox are available from their respective sites. Read their installation instructions which explain how to install Windows.

Install Windows 8.1 BootCamp drivers on old MacBook (Late 2008)

Here is how I installed BootCamp drivers for 8.1 on my old MakBook (Late 2008):
Download Boot Camp 4.0.4033 (Drivers for old MacBook is in this version)
Install Windows 7, then WIndows 8.1 (There are other threads on how to do that).
After Windows 8.1 installed, try to install Boot Camp 4.0.4033 again !!! (Reason: Only this version has the drivers for old Mac like mine)
Download and install InstEd on Windows 8: http://www.instedit.com/download.html. You need this to modify the BootCamp 4 MSI installer to allow you to run it
Run InstEd, click File > Open, browse to your <BootCamp_4.0.4033>\BootCamp\Drivers\Apple folder and choose BootCamp64.msi.
Click LaunchCondition on the left-hand list.
Select all the rows then right click Delete Rows. (Take a look, you will find thses are the messages you saw when you could not run the installer)
Save the file with a new name (I used bootcamp4.msi) and quit InstEd.
Now, you can install the BootCamp 4 drivers on your Mac, by click the Setup.exe (Yes, this will also instll TrackPad driver for old Mac)
The BootCamp 4 service application itself is not compatible with Windows 8.1, (not the drivers). So just download BootCamp 5.1.5621, and install it (Tip: InstEd).
After restart, click the BootCamp icon in the system tray. Set up TrackPad, Keyboad, etc. (How is this possible? Because the drivers were installed by BootCamp 4.0.4033.)
Unstall InstEd, if you want.
Enjoy!

And I used this method:
1. Install Windows 8.1
2. Download BootCamp 5 and unzip to folder BootCamp5 of a USB drive
3. Start CMD as Administrator
4. Install BootCamp 5 by entering the following commands
D: (Assuming the USB drive is assigned to letter D
CD BootCamp5\BootCamp\Drivers\Apple
BootCamp.msi
No need for InstEd might be considered by some as even more elegant as bezodziu's method

Is it possible to install Windows 8 through BootCamp on MAC OS Lion(v10.7.5) ? If yes then how cai do that ? Please suggest me something...

I am trying to install Windows 8 on my MacBook Pro(Late 2011) via BootCamp. I am using MAC OS Lion(v10.7.5).
So is it possible to do that ? If yes then how can i do that ?

Read the first item here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899

How to Install Windows 8.1 Pro with Bootcamp

I have an early 2011 MBP 15" that's running Mavericks, and I just got Windows 8.1 Pro with an install disc. I'd like to install W8 with Bootcamp, but I can't seem to find any guides on doing this, as most people have retina MBPs which have no optical drive (bad design choice, IMO), so they utilize a flash drive. How would I go about doing this properly?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
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Boot Camp Assistant (in /Applications/Utilities) will guide you through the first steps. Then, follow Apple's steps to install Windows 8.1 > http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1636/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_ 10.8.pdf

How can I install Windows 8.1 Enterprise on my Macbook Pro With BootCamp?

How Can I Install Windows 8.1 Enterprise on my MacBook Pro?

Hi Armin.S,
I apologize, I'm a bit unclear on the exact nature of your question. If you are asking about the system requirements for running various versions of Windows under Bootcamp, or just more generally how to set up Bootcamp on your Mac, you may find the following articles/pages helpful:
Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634
Mac Basics: Using Windows on your Mac with Boot Camp
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461
Apple - Boot Camp Support
https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Regards,
- Brenden

Install Windows 8.1 64bit on a Macbook Pro Late 2008 (using bootcamp 4.0.4033)

Hi everyone, I just tried to install windows 8.1 64bit (x64) on my MacBook Pro 15'' Late 2008 (Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz - 4GB RAM - Nvidia 9600M GT 512Mo), running Mavericks (10.9.5), and successed it with bootcamp 4.0.4033.
I installed it from scratch (new partition, no update from windows 7), in less than 1h following these very simple steps :
Step "0" :
- You'll need an two-button usb mouse plugged
- Make sure your 64bit kernel is activated by typing this line of command in the terminal :
sudo systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture x86_64
If you need to cancel it, simply type this :
sudo systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture i386
I don't really know if this activation is necessary, but I did it 6 months ago for After Effects and maybe this activation has an effect on what happens next.
Step 1 : download the contents of bootcamp 4.0.4033 on a USB key, downloadable here : Boot Camp Support Software 4.0.4033
After the download, you'll need to unzip this file in your usb key.
NB : This bootcamp only works from XP to windows 7, but it will be enough for your old-timer laptop.
Step 2 : Create a new NTFS partition on your HDD (using the disk utility)
Windows 8.1 64 bit needs at least 20GB, so I recommend a 100GB partition as a minimum for a correct running OS (the "15%" rule).
NB : Windows 8.1 will run over a NTFS partition and nothing else.
Step 3 : Insert your bootable windows 64bit 8.1 (CD or USB key).
Step 4 : Reboot your laptop, and keep pressed the Alt key just after the boot bell sound.
The OS selection screen loads. Once appeared, you can release the Alt key.
Step 5 : If your bootable device is working, the OS selection screen will display a "Windows 8.1" HDD or CD icon. Click on it and presse "enter".
Maybe you'll see a "UFI Windows" or "UFI Boot" or "UFI something...", this doesn't work.
After pressing "enter", the windows 8.1 installation process will start.
Step 6 : During the installation process, you'll have to chose the destination partition for your OS.
Select the partition you've created earlier (step 2)
Following the windows 8.1 steps are very simple.
NB : Don't forget to press the Alt key when windows 8.1 tries to restart!
Step 7 : Eject your windows 8.1 CD/usb key, then reboot holding Alt key, and select your freshly installed windows OS in the selection screen
Step 8 : After windows 8.1 is loaded, insert your usb key with Bootcamp 4.0.4033, open the "bootcamp" folder, right-click on the bootcamp setup, and click on "properties".
Select the "compatibility" tab
Check the box "run this program in compatibility mode for"
In the list below this box, select "Windows 7"
Click "Apply" then "Ok"
Now launch this boot camp setup (press "enter" or double-click)
Step 9 : Complete the BootCamp installation process, then restart (like step 7)
Don't forget to hold the Alt key after the bell sound
Step 10 : Enjoy your freshly installed windows 8.1!
You can acces your bootcamp parameters from the task bar (click on the tiny booycamp icon to open the quick menu and then click on the parameters/configurater). Here you can set your keyboard preference, your trackpad preference (multi-touch works), etc.
Following this procedure, I can use the built-in Apple-maped keyboard of my MBP. Every function keys works (Volume, luminosity, etc.)
Coming from Windows XPSP3, I was very surprised by the speed of the windows 8.1 installation (using an external USB super drive), and more surprised by this OS running flawlessly on my undying MBP!
The only issue I have is that my ethernet port isn't recognized, but it's a minor problem and i'm gonna found it quickly. I think it's due to my installation which wasn't perfectly clean (I try to run manually bootcamp 5.0.1 first, so there is some crap drivers somewhere).
So in order to confirm this procedure, i'm gonna re-install windows 8.1 from scratch very soon, because it take less time to do it (from step 1 to step 10) than write this article!
Message was edited by: Lud@l

And I used this method:
1. Install Windows 8.1
2. Download BootCamp 5 and unzip to folder BootCamp5 of a USB drive
3. Start CMD as Administrator
4. Install BootCamp 5 by entering the following commands
D: (Assuming the USB drive is assigned to letter D
CD BootCamp5\BootCamp\Drivers\Apple
BootCamp.msi
No need for InstEd might be considered by some as even more elegant as bezodziu's method

How to install windows 8 using bootcamp with no optical drive

Hi,
I have a mac book pro 17" late 2011 with Mountain Lion installed.
I have previously installed a windows 7 using bootcamp without an optical drive by creating an install disk as part of boot camp option.
I still don't have an optical drive.
The other day I removed my Windows 7 since I want to try Windows 8 but when I try using boot camp to install windows 8 it is asking for an optical drive and the option to create an install disk is not available anymore.
Any idea on this issue?
Thanks much

Windows 8: enable Hyper-V, it really helps.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/03/windows-8-on-a-macbook-air-beautiful-and-kinda -broken/
http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/hyper-v-3-0-confirmed-for-windows-8-clie nt.aspx
http://www.windows8update.com/2011/12/06/enabling-hyper-v-in-windows-8/
http://huguesval.com/blog/2012/02/installing-windows-7-on-a-mac-without-superdri ve-with-virtualbox/
Disable Windows 8’s Adaptive Brightness to Fix Dark Screen Problems
http://www.howtogeek.com/107173/disable-windows-8s-adaptive-brightness-to-fix-da rk-screen-problems/
It should be straight forward and no different, except you are burning an ISO and that always needs to be done at slowest burn speed for any version of Windows.Otherwise it won't work (even if it manages to install it will fail on restart or some other point).
Windows 8 Release Preview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/default
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/?Redirected=true

Is it possible to use an external Hard disk to install Windows OS (7 or 8) for bootcamp?

I have recently got a Macbook Pro with Retina Display 13" late 2013, with 120 GB of memory. I want to install a Windows OS on my macbook but i dont want to take up the sace on it, so instead i got an external Hard Drive with 500 GB with the Mac OS Extended (journaled) format and i was wondering if i can use that for installing Windows and access it using BootCamp.
I dont want to use my macbook storage for windows... so any ideas?

Macologist250,
to use Boot Camp, Windows must be on your MacBook Pro’s internal disk. You could try a virtualizer such as VirtualBox or Parallels Desktop if you’d rather have Windows on an external disk.

Windows 7 failing to install through bootcamp on iMac 27" late 2012

Hello.
I have recently received my brand new iMac 27" late 2012, and am trying to get it to install windows 7.
My machine is running 10.8.4 with a 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB DDR3 RAM and 500GB SSD drive.
I launched bootcamp and went through the usual bootcamp standard steps, and after it partitions and restarts, the windows installation stops at the point of choosing a partition.
To elaborate, after the windows setup starts, and I click install windows, it asks me to choose a partition. It happens to be Partition 4 BOOTCAMP (the one that bootcamp supposedly prepared for windows as an NTFS partition.
It does not recognize it as NTFS. I click on advanced options and click format, but it takes a split second and never really formats. The only thing that changes at this point is the name of the Partition (the word BOOTCAMP disappears from the partition name). Another thing I tried after reading full threads for 4 days straight is that I click delete to delete the partition, then on the now unallocated space partition, I click *New to reallocate/format the partition. It also takes no time to turn this into a partition supposedly ready for windows, but it never allows me to choose it and go next to start installation.
I have done this about 8 times now and I am starting to worry about damaging my SSD because of all the partitioning and unpartitioning.
Here are a list of things I have done:
1. made an ISO image of the windows 7 (64 bit of course) and ran that on a USB
2. downloaded the ISO image from the microsoft website and ran that on a USB
3. used an exernal optical drive to run the windows setup using the windows installation DVD instead of the USB ISO image.
I have made sure everything is fully updated, had a friend install windows on his macbookpro retina with an SSD running the same OSX and it worked just fine.
*a small note that may or may not be of importance is that when in the list of partitions in the windows installation I click on Load Driver, it does not detect any drivers although the USB with the drivers that BOOTCAMP created earlier on the Mac side is inserted in the machine and detectable.
What is it that I'm missing?

SOLVED IT!
after 5 full days of research and trial and error (only error and no progress) and after I had hit almost every wall there is, I thought of reviewing all the elements that make up the set up.
1. iMac
2. windows 7 installation (i had both optical drive for the dvd as well as an image on a USB)
3. usb stick with the drivers on it.
the iMac i trust.
windows i doubted. so i went ahead and checked the format of the usb on which i had the drivers. weirdly enough, both were exFat, which is created by windows - supposedly.
I decided to change the format of the USB with the drivers on it to FAT. re-downloaded the drivers on it and restarted... and it worked !
Although it does not make sense at all, but windows was reading from the image on one USB which was exFat, but was not reading the drivers on the other USB.
My guess is that the reason is the Mac OSX was reading the windows through the exFat and that was working, but the windows was not being able to read its own format on the other USB. Typical windows weirdness.
In any case, I hope if someone has the same kind of trouble they would be able to benefit from this post.
Also, maybe its worth noting in the instructions of BOOTCAMP.
Thanks for those who took the time to read it.
b.

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