Is running boot camp bad for a mac?

I have a mac and I want to get bootcamp to run Microsoft Publisher on it but I don't want to do it if it will be bad or slow down the computer in any way.
Please let me know if you have answers!

No, it is not bad at all.  Read: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461.  Just be advised you will need an anti virus program when Windows is installed.

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  • How to adjust Boot Camp partition for more Mac space?

    Hello,
    TLDR Version:
    When I setup Boot Camp, I intended to stay in Windows. I’ve now migrated to Mac and want more disc space allocated to it. How can I adjust this in Boot Camp without deleting and reinstalling Windows?
    Extended Version:
    I have had a 21.5” iMac for right at a year now, and have been running Windows 95% of the time prior to last week. I decided that I was spending more time on the Mac partition and deciding that it was better in my eyes than Windows, and decided to install all of my productivity software (Microsoft Office/Adobe Creative Suite) on it in an effort to wean myself off of Windows.
    Unfortunately, when I set the computer up, I did a 90/10 partition install of Windows on Boot Camp, with 90% of the disc space being allocated to Windows. Obviously, this will no longer work for me, and working from my files in the Boot Camp partition is both limited, and irritating. I would like to adjust the partition the other way; probably an 85/15 partition with the 85% being Mac OSX and the remainder being Windows. Because Mac OSX is the boot disc, it appears as though it can be made smaller, but not larger in Boot Camp.
    1. Is there a way to adjust the partition size without having to delete the Windows partition and reinstall?
    2. Is the Airport Time Capsule a suitable device to temporarily dump my data on while I adjust the partition? I’ve got 99% of my data on a separate external HDD from a data backup a month ago, but would rather not have to make another backup.
    I appreciate any information.
    Best regards,
    Ryan

    Ryan M Smith wrote:
    1. Is there a way to adjust the partition size without having to delete the Windows partition and reinstall?
    You may want to look at Winclone or Camptune. There is Gparted/Live CD for the adventurous souls.
    2. Is the Airport Time Capsule a suitable device to temporarily dump my data on while I adjust the partition? I’ve got 99% of my data on a separate external HDD from a data backup a month ago, but would rather not have to make another backup.
    Time Machine cannot backup Windows. It will only back up OS  - Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac - Apple Support.

  • Where do I find the boot camp driver for my MacBookPro3,1

    I have an older model intel macbook. The model identifier is MacBookPro3,1. Can anyone provide me with a link to download the correct boot camp assistant and drivers? I don't have the old installation cds that it normally comes with. Any help would be appreciated.
    Also, I'm also doing the same thing on an intel MacPro. It isn't the latest model but the model just before that.

    Apple makes it so you need OS X DVD to get Boot Camp 3.0 first before you can install or download updates.
    Call and request replacement DVD, or just buy SL 10.6.x DVD $29.
    That would be newer and your OEM didn't come with 10.6.
    I assume you have the original discs for 2009 Mac Pro.
    Any 10.6 DVD will provide Boot Camp driver for any Mac.

  • While i was running boot camp to install windows 7 i had to cancel operation. Now my mac comes up black screen with a curser at top

    while i was running boot camp to install windows 7 i had to cancel operation. Now my mac comes up black screen with a curser at top

    First of all, start your Mac with the Alt key pressed until the boot manager apears. If your keyboard is wireless probably you should press the power button at the same time you start the Mac.
    After, go to Bootcamp Assistant and remove the windows partition and do all the process again.
    Remember to remove all the USB/Firewire/Thunderbolt devices that are attached to the Mac during the windows installation.
    Once windows boots for first time, install windows support software with all the drivers.
    IMPORTANT: If the windows partition doesn't boot correctly (Black screen with white blinking cursos at the left top corner) do this steps to boot windows:
    1- Start the Windows Installation DVD at system start.
    2- Click on Repair System, not install.
    3- Select Command Prompt
    4- Run these 3 commands: (Press enter for each command)
         Bootrec.exe /FixMbr
         Bootrec.exe /FixBoot
          Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd
    5- Exit command line (type exit)
    6- Click on Restart button.
    7- Boot the Mac and you will see that It automaticaly loads windows
    Tell us how it goes!!
    PS: Sorry for my bad english!!!

  • New mac book pro - to run boot camp or not?

    hi,
    im a brand new mac user and have had a brief browse of some problems that others have encountered with boot camp and possible crashes during partitioning...
    i'm not sure if anyone can help but i was wondering if it would be safest to run boot camp and partition my hard drive before i even use my new mbp? or to not run it at all - i will only be using windows to play the odd computer game, for everything else i will use my mbp as it was originally intended.
    what is the level of risk involved with boot camp? ...should i just run it before any data is saved onto the drive and hope for the best...?
    or fork out the cash for the mac versions of the each game (3 max)?
    i just don't want to screw it up, as my brother has had similar problems with his... and i've been saving for months!
    thanks for reading this far and thankyou for your help in advance!

    Boot Camp works beautifully if you follow directions. BC is merely an installer (and a good one). Windows works perfectly well on a Mac (better than some PCs). Windows is Windows - it has it's needs. If you are familiar with Windows no problem. Or - if you are willing to learn - no problem. There IS wisdom in installing BC right away. I found that if I install BC right after OS X, it is a good idea. As soon as I loaded the OSX updates there was potential trouble in that the updates were placed right in the spot where I needed my partition to go - requiring the Apple equivalent of a defrag. This happens rarely, but it does happen. Install OS X > Open BootCamp & Install > Partition for Windows > Update OS X - you'll be fine.

  • Boot Camp error: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Jounraled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

    Hi!
    I am getting the error:
    "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.  The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Jounraled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows."
    I read up some on google, but all of them says that they have crated a partition and that is the problem, I only have the standard "Macintosh HD".
    I tried to create a partition manually in disk utility but then the error message: "Partition failed with error message: Could not unmount disk."
    Can anyone help me? It's driving me crazy.
    Thanks.

    This message, and threads like yours got asked daily for over two years, now it is only a couple times a week!!
    Is it so hard to follow through? you were to have backup already, clones are best, then erase/format and restore.
    Then partition.
    Some have been able to use Disk Utility booted from OS X DVD or another drive, and repair the drive.
    You have to use Boot Camp Assistant (99.9% anyway) to create and achieve a proper Windows Master Boot Record partition.

  • The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

    The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

    nikasv wrote:
    The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.
    That's essentially what Solving Boot Camp partition creation problems says. What is your question?

  • Can you run Boot Camp and Fusion at the same time?

    Hi,
    I had boot camp installed on my mac pro and loved it. I decided to get greedy and install Fusion using the boot camp partition. The Fusion install went ok but then Microsoft started to get fussy. Every time I would do something on Fusion it would ask me to "Re-activate Windows" when I logged into boot camp. Maybe if I saw Fusion fully working I wouldn't want to run boot camp any more but I think I want to have the option to run either. Right now I only have 1 gig real memory on my mac pro and Fusion seems a little slow compared to native boot camp. Can I run both boot camp and fusion without having to buy two native copies of Windows XP pro? I don't want a "sensible" answer, I want an answer that takes into account how Microsoft treats this re-activation situation.
    I guess Leopard might make this all obsolete, but until then .....
    ... Flash Gordon

    You need to make sure to install VMware Tools into your virtual machine (while booted into Windows via Fusion). Once you do this you shouldn't have to continually activate Windows when going back and forth from Boot Camp to Fusion. I've seen this discussed over on the VMware Fusion discussion boards, so you may want to look there for more details.
    Also, if Windows starts telling you it's been activated too many times, you can call Microsoft and they'll give you an alternate activation key. The phone number is listed on the Windows error screen. I had to do it and they were very accommodating. I just told them I was running Windows in a virtual machine, and there were almost no questions asked.
    You don't need to buy 2 copies of Windows to run both Boot Camp and VMFusion.

  • Boot Camp drivers for windows (download)

    I am trying to instal windows 7 on my MacBook Pro thru Boot Camp. Does anyone know where I can download the Boot Camp drivers for windows. I can't find them on the apple website and I don't have my Mac OS X instal DVD with me.
    Thank you

    Nick Px360 wrote:
    Are they essential or can I run windows 7 on my Macbook Pro without the bootcamp drives
    Only if you don't mind a Windows system lacking most features and thus beaing nearly unuseable.
    Applying the appropriate drivers for hardware support is a must for all operating systems.
    Stefan

  • Unable to install Boot Camp Drivers for Windows

    Mac Pro (2) 3.2 Xeon quads
    Mac OS 10.5.2
    Boot Camp side - Windows XP pro x64 w/SP2
    Step 3 listed in the instructions for setting up Boot Camp is to Install the Boot Camp drivers for Windows. At this point Windows recognizes my Mac Install disk 1. I get the following message: "the installer encountered errors before Boot Camp could be configured. To retry these operations at a later time, please run the installer again." I am not sure if I needed to do something to install the Service Pack 2? My firmware is at MP31.006C.B02 and 1.25f4. When I checked for the latest firmware, it returned a message that it was not necessary.
    Maybe the XP pro x64 is not compatible?
    Barry in St. Louis

    I did install windows xp sp2 32 bit on my macbook pro 2.2 GB and I'm getting the same ...
    When trying to install boot camp drivers, a message came up saying:
    Boot Camp requires that your computer is running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista.
    The only option it gave me was to click the "OK" button. When I clicked OK , another message came up saying:
    Boot Camp Installer completed. The install encountered errors before Boot Camp could be configured. To retry these operations at a later time, please run the installer again. Click "finish" to exit installer. I am running a brand new full retail version of windows xp service pack 2. Applecare will not help blaming Microsoft and of course Microsoft is blaming Apple. What a bunch of useless crap!! Can anyone help??

  • Intel iMac running boot camp success

    I am looking at replacing my HS PC Lab and I am debating if I want to replace the labe with 17" iMac Intel machines and running boot camp on the iMac to get to my windows applications. Is there anybody out there that has purchased the Intel iMacs and run boot camp for windows applcations for the entire school day? If so, what is your success rate? Are you running Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro, or Windows Vista? I have heard of schools doing this for 1 hour a day and are happy with it.

    Hi there.... my 5 cent is:
    I use OSX for as much as possible.
    I use bootcamp with Windows XP for gaming, and get "native" PC speed. With the present version of Bootcamp I have had no issues at all. The iMac just works as a PC (but looks so MUCH better)..
    I use Parallels desktop with Windows XP for all other "non gaming" windows applications with only a small impact on speed. All other for me however means only a piece of GPS software for my PocketPC - not available in OSX version....
    If you want style and versatility - go for the Mac
    iMac 20" Core Duo, 2 GB Ram, 256 Mb Video   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

  • How much disk space is needed to run Boot Camp using Windows XP?

    How much disk space is needed to run Boot Camp using Windows XP?

    The hatter wrote:
    But you can't install XP if you have a new Mac.
    Try running XP in a VM or aquire Windows 7 which is the only one supported now.
    And you will need more like 60GB for Windows 7, so I would skip on 20GB just to be safe.
    20G is a fine minimum for XP, I was not responding to any inquiry about Win 7.

  • Running Boot Camp Assistant after NetRestore

    In our environment we are running OS X Server 10.6.8, and our labs have Snow Leopard Macs that are running Boot Camp with Windows 7 on a second hard drive. I want to be able to deploy a NetRestore image and have it automatically partition the second hard drive for Boot Camp and install Windows 7 afterwards. Is there a way I can automate the Boot Camp process, or at least have the Boot Camp Assistant open post-install?

    Cheers ^^
    You have no idea how many hours I've been trying to get round this 'broken' problem.
    Just ignored that part, formated, then re-formatted in windows and installed no problem.
    I guess it's plainly obvious to you guys, but not so to those of us struggling with 2 OS's
    thanks again.

  • Boot Camp bug with new Mac Mini?

    OK, so I have used Boot Camp now for years, on a variety of Mac platforms, and I have always been able to set it up and run Windows, including Windows 7 64 bit.  That is, until I purchased my new Mac Mini i7 (non server version) with the WD 750GB internal, with 8GB ram.  As the new models no longer offer a built in SuperDrive, I purchased a Pioneer external Blu-ray drive and have it connected via FireWire 800.
    I have a brand new retail Windows 7 64 bit installation disc and have downloaded and burned the Windows 7 drivers to a CD.
    I followed the instructions implicitly, but always hang on the reboot that should go into Boot Camp and begin the Window 7 install. Instead, I get the dreaded "Boot disc not found. Please insert a bootable disc and press any key" error, from which there appears to be no return.
    Anyone have any ideas or is this just a known bug?

    This same message was displayed in my MacBook Pro yesterday when I partitioned the HDD, however in my case I hit the "Quit & Install Later" Option as I planned to install win 7 later. When I rebooted my Mac to my surprise it had defaulted to my DVD drive and could not find the disc (obviously, since I wasn't planning to install it). I remember that in SL this issue was not present. Ultimately, I had to hit the option key to boot back into OSX Lion and reset my Macintosh HD as my start up disk via system prefs.
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    My suggestion is to fill a bug report to Apple via their feedback section:
    http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
    As far as I know Bootcamp 4.0 is extremely buggy, yet I do think that OSX Lion overall is a very stable and snappy OS, I noticed that my system performance has not been that much impacted by it very much. My boot times went up by 3-4 seconds longer than SL and shutdown times went up by 1 sec only, as for app launch time they have remained the same. Hopefully further updates to OSX lion will address these and other issues.
    Good Luck!

  • Best Boot Camp version for my MacBook Pro?

    Hi guys!
    So, I've got a 17" MacBook Pro from 2007. It's listed as "macbookpro2,1" in System Profiler, if that helps. I've got the Windows 7 Release Candidate installed on a Boot Camp partition running BC version 2.0. I guess I'm a bit confused - what is the "correct" version of the Boot Camp drivers for this machine?
    I bought Star Trek Online today, and I just want to make sure I'm getting the best performance this trusty old Mac is capable of!
    Thanks,
    Huxley

    Hi Huxley,
    Windows 7 BootCamp Driver support requires both the Snow Leopard install DVD, which contains the 3.0 version of the Drivers, and the 3.1 driver update which can be download from Apples download site.
    The version number of the BootCamp Assistant in OSX is either 3.0 when you use OSX Snow Leopard or 2.0 if you use OSX Leopard.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986
    To my knowledge the Windows 7 Release Candidate is only valid for use till the end of March, so it might be time to buy the full version.
    Regards
    Stefan

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