Installing Windows 7 with Bootcamp and then XP or Vista over it

Hi
I want to know if it is possible to install windows XP or Vista over Windows 7 that has been installed via Bootcamp.
I am currently using OS X Lion 10.7.3.

You can use Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, or Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate with Boot Camp 4.0. Windows XP and Windows Vista are not supported with Boot Camp 4.0.

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Cant install windows with bootcamp only BSoD

yesterday i install mountain lion on my mbp late 2011 and cant install windows with bootcamp now i only became BSoD.
can anyone help me?

Post in the Boot Camp forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

While installing windows with bootcamp error showing "A require Cd/Drive driver is missing" in the middle of installation. Please help what to do ??

While installing windows with bootcamp error showing "A require Cd/Drive driver is missing" in the middle of installation m not able to install windows on my mac . Please help what to do ??

What DVD drive are you using?

Trying to install Windows with Bootcamp

Hello. First, I do know this has been a recurrent trouble for a lot of Mac user who have tried to install Windows using Bootcamp. Believe me, I've looked it up both here in the Apple Communities and in saint Google. My situation is, however, that I have replaced my optical drive with a SSD, and now my optical drive works externally, via USB. Everytime I try to install Windows in a dedicated partition in the SSD, it just stays forever in a blank screen with blinking cursor.
Apple's troubleshot won't work for me, and I'm beginning to think that the issue has more to do with the optical drive itself. I tried:
To install Windows on the HDD instead of SSD.
To unplug every USB (even mouse), except for the optical drive with Windows 7.
To install it via USB stick (creating a bootable .iso with Disk Utility). In this case the usb stick does not even appear when holding option key.
To try another Windows 7 version (32/64 bits).
I have even read it might be because of a bad installation of the RAM memory... this makes no sense?!
If anyone has encountered this same situation, I'd appreciate some help. Hope I can get this done, because Steam's Age Of Empires won't ever work in OS X :S
Thank you all for reading and helping!
MacBook Pro
13-inch, Early 2011
2,3 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
OS X 10.9.5

If your Mac was originally configured with a built-in Optical drive, and it was later replaced, Bootcamp knows your original configuration and will not work properly in the modified configuration, because it uses your Mac's model string (found in About This Mac -> More Info -> System Report -> Hardware) for example, MacbookPro 11,3. The only supported method to install Windows is to restore the original HW configuration and install it and then move hardware around.
Please see Unable to Install Windows 8 on secondary Hard Disk .

HT3986 after installing windows via bootcamp and windows will not boot

trying to boot up the windows half all i see if a blinking folder with a question mark and after several reboots it may/may not work
the installation seem fine nothing happened i got no errors so i am wondering what is happening.

you don't have enough details for us /. you don't have a good install / did you login and setup the account once? / does it have enough free space / was the DVD burned from an ISO?
There are lots of things but not from your remarks.
What version Windows / what Mac year model and whether Boot Camp Assistant drivers were installed / how large a partition / read the guide
www.apple.com/support/bootcamp has it all

I tried installing windows using bootcamp and it didnt work properly, now neither is load.

So i tried installing windows, it got to the point where you are on the windows setup after a reboot. I didnt have enough space on my mac so i pressed cancel and it shut down my mac. Now when i start it up it says "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" so i put in the memory stick i used and press all the keys and nothing happens, i even try restarting it with it in and taking it out and restarting it but the same message keeps coming up. I have no idea what to do, any advice?

Two possibilities: As CellerDweller suggests, your computer is still set to boot from the Windows partition which it cannot. restart holding Option (also labeled Alt). The second is that you erased the Mac partition. If attempting to reboot with the Option key and selecting the Mac drive fails, restart holding Command R to enter Recovery mode. You can then run Disk Utilities to repartition the Mac the the GUID partition scheme and then format the drive as MacOS Extended (journaled). If you have a backup you can then restore using the backup drive. If not you can redownload the Mac OS.

Need help installing windows with bootcamp on late 2012 iMac

i just recieved my 27" imac a couple weeks ago ands i would like to install windows so i can get some gaming done on this imac. can anyone send me a link to a step by step guide on how to install it using a 8GB memeory stick since i dont have an optical drive.....i have already watched the youtube videos on using bootcamp but they all seem to be for older macs with an optical drive
thanks in advance

Be advised... This will not work on the 3TB drives without a bit of hacking.
See this article: http://twocanoes.com/support/winclone/installing-windows-via-boot-camp-on-a-larg e-(2.2-tb-or-larger-)-drive-in-lion-(10.7)-and-later

Cleaned installed Windows 7 (64bit) and then itunes 10.5 does not like older itunes purchased TV Shows and Movies?

bringing my library across from my external harddrive, i have noticed that all my House episodes (amongst others) and some older movies will not show in my Library, is there a lack of sync with older files in itunes10.5?
Any help would be much appreciated because this might question my belief in the itunes phenomenum in contrast to just owning a DVD?

Got it working today. I waited until there wre enough messages posted from others in other threads to hopefully get a solution.
I had originally not been able to load iTunes 10.5 64 bit on my HP. I did uninstall, I loaded an older version 10.2 and tried to upgrade it. Nothing worked.
There was a post to another thread about removing QuickTime and then re-installing QuickTime. That did not work. I uninstalled QuickTime again. Then I found a post to uninstall the Appl Software Updater. I did that through Control Panel.
Now my system had only iTunes 10.2 on it, no software updater, no QuickTime.
I ran the full version of iTunes 10.5 (that you get at itunes.com
It ran and when done installing all its components, it started iTunes. I checked the version in Help and it was 10.5.
Not a very pleasant experience. Be aware that if you load an old version like I did, you will have to delete your music library that has an itl extension. This phone and computer had no music so it was not a problem. If you have a lot of music, I would not load an earlier version. Just uninstall all the stuff and do your install.
Yippie, Yippie, Joy, Joy

Windowsxp.iso on a 2gb usb stick, and install windows with bootcamp?

Will that work?
I got os x lion and snow leopard 10.6.8 and 10.6.1.

So practically speaking there's no real need for me to have all these files in a LR catalog.
My philosophy is the exact opposite. I believe that you want to use Lightroom to organize and manage and search for all of your photos. Yes, ALL, 100%.
I have one tool (Lightroom) via which I can find all of my photos. I always know which search tool to use to find my photos, regardless of which one of my three cameras was used. I don't have to use two different schemes, and to remember which photo was taken by which camera.
Today, you may indeed remember that this specific photo is was taken with your Canon, and that photo was taken with your Fuji and so today, you can esily find your photos. The problem is: as the years go by, you most likely will NOT remember which camera took which photo. I cannot remember, for most of my photos, which camera took the photos; nor do I even try to remember. These details WILL fade in your memory over time. If you have one tool for searching for a photo, you know which tool to use, and you can find the photo. If you have two different tools, and you open the wrong tool, you have wasted some time.
Furthermore, if you ever want to do a search for photos that were taken by BOTH cameras ... for example, all pictures of your dog, which were taken with both cameras ... you cannot do this search if you have two tools. Two search/catalog methods effectively means you have eliminated your ability to do certain types of searches. One search/catalog method means you can do this search.

Installing windows with bootcamp

I was thinking of buyin an imac has my next computer. My only problem with a mac is the lack of gaming. so i was thinking of using it with windows for gaming so i get the best worlds i was wondering how macs cope with gaming on windows is there any compatiblity issues?

You'll probably get better responses if you post your question in the Bootcamp Forum.

For the 2013 versions of macbook pro should I purchase 32 bit windows or 64 bit version to be able to install it on macbook and use windows with bootcamp?

for the 2013 versions of macbook pro should I purchase 32 bit windows or 64 bit version to be able to install it on macbook and use windows with bootcamp?

Then you might check at any of the other university book stores or software stores or any computer store in town for the 64-bit version.
If you want to use the 32-bit version from the school (you probably get it for free or very cheap) then you could purchase Parallels and run it as a virtual machine concurrently with OS X. There are some caveats:
1. You have to purchase Parallels (there may be an academic discount.) List is $79.95.
2. Your computer needs minimally 4 GBs of RAM, but realistically 8 GBs would be better.
3. Parallels creates a pseudo-drive on your hard drive. It could easily require 50 GBs of disk space.
Accommodating these might be more costly than buying 64-bit Windows 7. And, if you look online you may find them with an academic discount (or may be able to order it through the school.)

Is there any way how i can download and run Window based games, with out installing Windows-thus Bootcamp? and if so, is it free?

is there any way how i can download and run Window based games, with out installing Windows-thus Bootcamp? and if so, is it free?

No, you must install Windows to run Windows software. You do not need to use Boot Camp (yes, it's free because it comes with OS X.)
Windows on Intel Macs
There are presently several alternatives for running Windows on Intel Macs.
Install the Apple Boot Camp software. Purchase Windows XP w/Service Pak2, Vista, or Windows 7. Follow instructions in the Boot Camp documentation on installation of Boot Camp, creating Driver CD, and installing Windows. Boot Camp enables you to boot the computer into OS X or Windows.
Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. Parallels is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
VM Fusionand Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
CrossOver which enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.
VirtualBox is a new Open Source freeware virtual machine such as VM Fusion and Parallels that was developed by Solaris. It is not as fully developed for the Mac as Parallels and VM Fusion.
Note that Parallels and VM Fusion can also run other operating systems such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, etc. There are performance differences between dual-boot systems and virtualization. The latter tend to be a little slower (not much) and do not provide the video performance of the dual-boot system. See MacTech.com's Virtualization Benchmarking for comparisons of Boot Camp, Parallels, and VM Fusion. Boot Camp is only available with Leopard or Snow Leopard. Except for Crossover and a couple of similar alternatives like DarWine you must have a valid installer disc for Windows.
You must also have an internal optical drive for installing Windows. Windows cannot be installed from an external optical drive.

HT1461 I created a partition and installed Windows through bootcamp. But I need to increase my partition size due to me needing more space on the windows side. Can I do this with bootcamp, and how do I do it?

I created a partition and installed Windows through bootcamp. But I need to increase my partition size due to me needing more space on the windows side. Can I do this with bootcamp, and how do I do it?

Welcome to Apple Communities
You can delete the partition in Boot Camp Assistant or use Camptune to modify it

I wanted to install windows for Mac and I had vista so I put I the disk and installed it then it loses my computer wen I turned it on it went straight to windows and it asked me to install it and put in the windows box code I found out I didn't have Ma.

I wanted to install windows for Mac and I had vista so I put I the disk and installed followed the steps it then it closed my computer wen I turned it on it went straight to windows and it asked me to install it and put in the windows box code I found out I didn't have it so I wanted to go back to Mac I shut it off and it just goes back to windows and asks me to put the box code how do I get rid of it and go back to Mac because no buttons work at the start and i can't take out the disk !! Help

The two other posts are correct... so I'll just clarify. What's happening right now is your system is trying to boot into Windows in order to finish the installation. What you want to do is make it boot into OS X. As mende1 indicated, with your system off, hold down the Option key and continue to hold it while you turn the system on. You will eventually be presented with an option to select which partition you would like to boot from. Choose OS X. After you get into OS X, again, as mende1 indicated, change the Startup Disk to OS X. What this will do is cause your system to automatically boot into OS X when you restart it instead of you having to use the Option key when booting each time.
Relaunching BootCamp Assistant will allow you to remove your Windows installation and partition.

I'm new to the Mac world. I installed my Epson printer on my IMAC and it worked fine. Then I installed Windows7 through Bootcamp and I think it reconfigured a port and now I get a communication error and it won't print. Any help on how do to fix this?

Sorry, I'm new to the Mac world. I recently got a new IMAC and installed my Epson CX5800F printer and it worked fine. Then a few weeks later I installed Windows7 through Bootcamp and I think it reconfigured a port or something and now I get a communication error and it won't print. Can anyone help me with this problem, and/or help me get the port back the way it was? Thanks, Barry

While looking through profile first aid, I came across this that might help explain my problem.
Searching for profiles...
Checking 20 profiles...
/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/ICCProfiles/Standard.profiles/Contents/Re sources/Epson IJ Printer.icc
   Tag 'desc': Tag size is not correct.
   Tag 'dmdd': Tag size is not correct.
   Tag 'desc': Description tag has a bad Macintosh string.
   Tag 'dmdd': Description tag has a bad Macintosh string.
   The file is locked. Could not be fixed.
Repair done - 0 out of 1 profiles fixed.

Installing Windows 7 with Bootcamp and then XP or Vista over it

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