Lion and bootcamp

Has anyone who has a bootcamp partition on their mac tried updating to Lion yet? I have had more than my fair share of issues with bootcamp (just finished reinstalling it again last week) so I was worried that if I update to Lion it might mess something up with my partition. Can anyone confirm that updating to Lion will not cause any issues with bootcamp? I really do not want to go through the trouble or installing it for the fourth time.

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Windows 7 on Bootcamp I am locked into a DOS screen and it is not installing. I have been on line with Apple and microsoft and they can't help. I have lated versions of Lion and bootcamp. HELP

I ran bootcamp and tried to install Windows 7. I end up with a DOS screen and an unresponsive keyboard.
I have been on line with Apple and microsoft and they can't help. I have lated versions of Lion and bootcamp. HELP!
My Lion is up to date.
I used the 64-bit windows disc.
Should I try parallels?

Do you have a DOS screen with a command prompt or just a blank screen?
Is your Windows 7 x64 an original MS Full Version Installation DVD?
Did Windows 7 Install Disc start?
If it did you would have had to choose the location of where to install Windows 7.
Did you select the Partition named BOOTCAMP that corresponded to the Partition Size you created in BootCamp?
Were you asked to format the Partition?
Did you format the partition to NTFS and then get an option to click NEXT and actually start the Windows 7 installation?
Do you have a wired USB keyboard and wired USB mouse?
If you actual went through the installation and restarted then here are some things to try:
First try doing a CONTROL-ALT-DELETE and see if a Windows Option Screen appears.
If you get the Screen you will have some options displayed.
You want to highlight and click TASK MANAGER which should be the bottom choice I beleive.
If Task Manager runs you will get a window showing all the processes running.
See if you can find EXPLORER.
If EXPLORER is running highlight it and go to the bottom right and click the END TASK button.
Now go to the Top Left Menu Bar.
Click FILE
In the sub menu that opens select RUN or RUN NEW TASK (Not sure which it is in Windoes 7 as I am running Windows 8)
Once RUN is selected a new window will open to CREATE NEW TASK
Type in EXPLORER and then the OK button.
If Windows 7 installed properly the Desktop should appear after a bit of time.
Your first concern is to get your keyboard running so you may have to remove and reinstall Windows using Boot Camp on the Mac Side.
Let us know how it goes..

Headset (inc mic) that works both in OS X Lion and bootcamp Windows 7

Hi,
Is there a headset (inc mic) that works both in OS X Lion and bootcamp Windows 7?
I have a MBP.
//Fredrik

Actually most should work. They're supposed to be Plug-n-Play hardware.
I have an el-cheapo set of Logitech's I bought for the kid a while ago and it works in both. I think Windows 7 had to update a USB driver for it to work but it did it automatically. We have the mic/audio pins hooked to a USB audio dongle. Have no idea what model or brand it is.
The safest way would be to make sure it has a USB connector. I know the USB adapters are pretty cheap, $2 or $3 US if you search around.

Lion and bootcamp with Win 7

I have an Intel iMac with the latest Leopard software. I mainly use this computer to run Windows 7 via Bootcamp. IF I installed Lion, would it effect my present Bootcamp Windows partition?
I read somewhere that a buyer of Lion can install the one copy one on more than one Apple computer. We have 3 in the house (iMac 21.5, MBP 15 and a Mini Mac.) Is it true I can use one copy on all 3 computers? If so, is there an optional DVD installation disk?

Lion will not affect your Boot Camp partition.
As long as all 3 Mac's use the same AppleID you can purchase one license of Lion and install it on the other machines. If they use individual AppleID's you must purchase a license for each computer. Finally in August Apple will begin distributing Lion on a USB drive for $69, they have not announced a specific date.

Prepartitioned harddrive with lion and bootcamp

I'm having issues obtaining the drivers for windows 7 through lion on a prepartitioned harddrive. Before performing a clean installation of lion, I created 4 partitions on my drive, then installed lion to the last partition (I have reasons for needing to do this). I would now like to install windows 7 to the first partition, however I was unsure how I was supposed to obtain the drivers for it. After looking on here, it was suggested that they be downloaded through the bootcamp assistant before installing windows.
My problem is this: Every time I attempt to download these drivers, the bootcamp assistant throws me an error that "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition." This error prevents me from moving forward with downloading the drivers. Now, before you suggest that I remove my other partitions and create a single unified one, please understand that I need to have lion installed on the 4th partition on my harddrive. By unifying the partitions, lion will be moved to the first partition, which is why my prepartitioning is necessary. Is there some other way that I can legally obtain the drivers for windows with little hassle?

You may have your reason, but you should have installed or planned to install on another hard drive and then restored.
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Lion and bootcamp for Win7

I have been trying to install Win7 on a new bootcamp under Lion. I had WinXP w/Snow Leopard, lost it...I need a Windows partition, Bootcamp formats the drive in FAT but Win7 requires NTSF. I read the FAQs & it said to restart the process & let Windows installer format the disk, well, how do I do that? I have gone over this 3x & I always end up with a Bootcamp formatted in FAT.
Since the format was wrong for Win7, I tried to install XP, but no go...oh yes, how do I find the version of Bootcamp I have?
Thanks for your help.
Linda in Wilmington, NC hoping Irene passes me by

Troubleshoot Compatibility Mode is all you need to do, clicking on "BootCamp64.msi"
The hard part is installing Windows 7 64-bit.and that you did.
Some keys don't work the same like eject. Just have to deal with some minor differences.
All you need is to install in Windows. 3.0 and update to 3.3
An "F" for not just post the drivers for each Mac to download while in Windows manually.
So, you need the drivers on a drve and folder that you can write to while in Windows to change Properties - Compatibility Mode and you should be off and running.
XP 64-bit was much much harder.
And yes, wait on Lion six months maybe. Install Lion on another drive and clone it back can work and not upset the partitions and Windows you had.
Format to NTFS from FAT is spelled out, and really the PDF should be printed out, if to only avoid questions and repeating the same tip 100s of times.

How to partition my second hard drive in my Macbook to use as data with both Mac Mountain Lion and bootcamp Windows 7

Hi guys
So this is my dilemma...
I have a 13" macbook pro, I have just installed a 128GB SSD and am using that as the main boot drive and the bootcamp. I have split that hard drive in half (64gb each), one half is for OS X and the other half for Windows 7, no data is being stored on the SSD.
I have also replaced the Super drive with the original 500GB Sata drive and am wanting to use that as my Data drive. I want to partition that drive as 400GB for OS X data and 100GB Windows 7 Data (windows is only going to be used for work which wont be using too much storage.
Lets call the SSD as the OS drive and the 500GB as the Data drive...
Now i have currently formatted the Data drive in Disk Utility as MSDOS (FAT) so that both OS X and Windows can read data from it. I am not really fussed with the Mac being able to read what is on the Windows partition or vice versa but i do want to be able to store files larger than 4GB.
In the Windows bootcamp i have formatted the data drive partition as NTFS and that seems to work but I now cannot store files in the Mac partiton that are larger than 4GB, how to i get both HFS and NTFS to work on one physical hard drive to remove the 4GB limitation?
I hope i have explained the situation clearly enough.
Thanks
Ash

FAT32, what Mac/OS X/Apple calls MSDOS FAT, can only store files smaller then 4GBs in size. That is the limit of FAT32. So all you need to do is format the partition you want to use for the Mac "Mac Extended (journaled)" (If you can on a MBR partition table drive, Not sure) or exFAT.
But be aware that Apple's implementation of exFAT is flawed and Windows may not be able to read a exFAT partition formatted by OS X.
Everytime I have tried to format a drive exFAT on a mac and nthen move it to a Windows computer, that is Win 7 that natively support exFAT, Windows could not read the drive.
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MBP 2,2 with Lion and Bootcamp drivers download error

I've searched a lot about this issue and I only found problems with windows partitions. When I upgraded to Lion I hadn't windows installed but now I want to do it but this error never disapear from the last 5 days.
I see many people with newer hardware and no problems with drivers download. my error is above, if anyone known how to resolve this issue please tell me
Élio Severiano.
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My macbook pro was first installed with leopard and bootcamp 3.2. Now i updated to lion. The problem is now that it is not possible to update to bootcamp 3.3. or 4.0. The report: The installation source is not correct. What can i do? Thanks for answer.

my macbook pro was first installed with leopard and bootcamp 3.2 under windows 7. After update to lion it is no more possible to update bootcamp to 3.3. or 4.0. The report: The installation source ist not correct. What can i do?
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Auf meinem Macbook pro war Leopard und bootcamp 3.2 unter windows 7 installiert. Nach dem update auf lion kann bootcamp nicht mehr upgedatet werden. Weder auf 3.3. noch auf 4.0. Folgende Fehlermeldung kommt: Boot camp Dienste: Das installierte Produkt stimmt nicht mit der Installationsquelle überein. ... Was kann ich tun?

It means what it says. The "computer person" formatted it wrongly/ unsuitably. it needs to be formatted again.
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Hi...I have a Macbook mid-2009 which has both Mac OS Mountain Lion and Windows 8.1 32-bit?Is there a way to install bootcamp on the windows side?

I have both Mac OS Mountain Lion and Windows 8.1 32-bit installed....The machine is Macbook Mid 2009...Whatever i do i can't install and use bootcamp on the Windows side.........Apple Support says it only supports Windows 64-bit which my machine cannot install.......and when i tried to install Bootcamp 4 it says it only supports Windows 7 .........Is there no way to install and use Bootcamp without buying another computer?

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Why epson projectors work perfectly in MacOS X Lion and not in Windows 7 with bootcamp?

Hi,
Irecently bought the new Macbook Air 2011, which came with the Intel Graphics HD3000 video card, as many of you, I was forced to install windows using bootcamp software, everything worked fine, till I tried to connect it to theprojector in office, which is a Epson PowerLite S5+.
Duringthe configuration, which normally is just plug the VGA adapter to the minidisplay port and everything works, this time was different, the projector orthe Macbook air doesn't recognize each other, for same reason. Doing some researchon the internet I've discovered that there are some issues between new Macbook’svideo cards which are Intel Graphics HD and some projector.
Nowthe question is, why the video card driver recognize most of the projectors inMacos x Lion and in windows 7 64 doesn't work?, is there any driver parameterto modify in order to make them work?, when Intel will release a fully operatingdriver for windows 6 64 that work with all projectors?.
Ithank you every one, who help me to solve this incompatibility of software.
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I recognize your problems and posted the same question. Very weird. Apple HELP!!

Need OS X Lion and Snow Leopard for iCloud functionality but I have a windows bootcamp on my mac. Problem?

I have a windows bootcamp on my macbook. I need to download OX Lion and Snow Leopard so I can . If I do download both programs, will I loose my bootcamp functionality?
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In addition to what Kappy suggested, please check your Mac against the hardware requirements of Lion before starting this project.
Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory
OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
7GB of available space
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Hi i downloaded windows on my macbook pro without bootcamp and it deleted the mac portion of my laptop and i downloaded os x but my laptop started off with os x lion and i want os x lion back on my laptop what do i do

hi i downloaded windows on my macbook pro without bootcamp and it deleted the mac portion of my laptop and i downloaded os x but my laptop started off with os x lion and i want os x lion back on my laptop what do i do now?

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and i downloaded os x but my laptop started off with os x lion and i want os x lion back on my laptop what do i do now?
I'm confused. Are you saying that your mac came with an older version of OS X, but you want to be able to use OS X Lion, which you downloaded from the App store? If this is not the case, what do you mean by "I downloaded os x but my laptop started off with os x lion and i want os x lion back"? Specifically, what do you mean by "I downloaded OS X" if your mac came with Lion?

How Come the iMac Can't Boot Snow Leopard DVDs Anymore Under Lion and ML?

Hi. I'm using ML as my main OS but I noticed when after installing Mountain Lion it doesn't recognize and just ejects the Snow Leopard DVD installers that came with my Mac (you could boot to it when the iMac had Snow Leopard). It doesn't see it as bootable anymore (it doesn't appear as bootable when you boot then press option nor does Startup in System Preferences see it as bootable. The DVD's are in good condition coz' it's not used that often):
Windows 7 Ultimate & Windows 8 Release Preview installer on a DVD-RW which is sees as blank (but it works find on a PC).
Only Snow Leopard that's in a USB (not sure how they made that but it was made for me by Apple repair center). I did back the SL DVDs years ago as .cdr (Master). I'm not sure if the .cdr images of the original SL DVDs can be burned into dual layer DVDs and work like the original (how do you go about that? Do you just burn .cdr like you would with .iso or .dmg?)
I think the hidden recovery partition starting with Lion is actually preventing DVDs from SL to lower versions from being recognized as bootable. Same with bootable Windows DVD-RW as Apple and the rest of the industry (I noticed netbooks now have recovery partitions too) switch to hidden partition and USB installers instead of medias like DVDs and CDs. I would guess if you could install Snow Leopard using an SL USB installer and complete erase the main hardisk along with the hidden recovery partition, install Snow Leopard it'll recognize Windows burned in DVD-RW again.
I can't install Bootcamp coz' it sees Windows 7 & 8 installers as blank drives, even Windows USB installers are not bootable (both USB and DVD-RW installers work fine on the PC). I'm thinking of disabling the iMac's Superdrive by moving in a folder or renaming its driver/extension IOSDVDStorageFamily.kext maybe tomorrow so hopefully when BootCamp sees that the iMac doesn't have an optical drive it'll show the Create USB Installer option (now it only show 2 options) so that it'll create the installers into the Flash drive.
I'm anxious of booting the USB Snow Leopard Installer and erasing the drive completely along with ML's recovery partition then installing SL in the hardisk because my Time Machine backup could get messed up. It might not restore the ones backedup by Lion and ML, although I could manually copy paste the documents but that'll defeat the main purpose of having a Time Machine backup.
Has anyone experienced this too with their Snow Leopard DVDs and Windows USB installers? Any solutions?
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Zap the PRAM and Reset the SMC, then try again.

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
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
just install it like a normal virtual machine and you need not worry about bootcamp drivers and the likes
plus it would mean that the windows part would be a part of the timemachine bacup of osx
which it is not when it's in bootcamp

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