Lion, Bootcamp and Vista

Hi, just installed Lion and then Bootcamp failed - couldn't boot into Vista. So tried reinstalling but now can't find the drivers for Vista - Lion downloaded only those for Windows 7. Do Vista versions exist?

Vista will not work you will need Windows 7.
Run Boot camp Assistant that is included with Mountain Lion to create the Bootcamp partition for installing Windows 7.

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Will bootcamp and vista work with Mountain lion 10.8.2

PC died so got an iMac and setting it up with small "PC" on it for two programs I need that will only run on PC. I am wondering if Bootcamp works with 10.8.2 and Vista will work with both...or are there known issues.
Thanks,

Vista will not work you will need Windows 7.
Run Boot camp Assistant that is included with Mountain Lion to create the Bootcamp partition for installing Windows 7.

IMac 27" (late 2011), Mountain Lion, Bootcamp, and OSX partition disappearing and refusing to mount

Hey all,
I'm putting this as a question in the discussion forms for bootcamp as I'm not sure where else to put it, but I resolved an issue I was having and having spent all of yesterday and the day before reading through this community and some others looking for answers and mostly seeing "hope you have backups, time to format!" (which to me is not always the best answer), I thought I would put it here for search purposes (with all the key words I had to use) in case anyone else has a similar issue.
My scenario was this:
2011 27" iMac with Mountain Lion installed and Windows 7 installed on a boot camp partition.
1) Haven't been in windows in a while, wanted to play some windows only steam games. Load windows 7. All is well. Have fun. Time to reboot into osx.
2) Reboot using bootcamp toolbar icon.
3) Wander away from computer. Come back to find windows 7 has loaded again. "That's weird", I think. Reboot again, this time hold down option key to select boot device.
4) Discover the only options are the Bootcamp partition and the Recovery partition. OSX "Macintosh HD" partition has disappeared. Huh.
5) Load recovery partition and load disk utility.
6) Review disk utility to discover the Macintosh HD partition shows up in the list, but won't mount. Run verify and repair tools. Errors are as follows: Invalid node structure, invalid key length, invalid record count, etc etc. Running a repair fails - disk utility advises me to back up and erase the drive and that the partition is unrepairable. No offense disk utility, but I think I'll try a few more options first.
7) Purchase DiskWarrior on advice of multiple posters in other threads and general online consensus of it being capable of fixing these sorts of errors. Go through process of loading bootable dvd.
8) Diskwarrior cannot see the Macintosh HD partition. This is bad. Review more threads. Advice is that if diskwarrior can't fix it, hope you have backups and wipe the drive. Likely to be hardware failure. I'm skeptical of hardware failure, because windows is chugging along running fine if I boot into it, and I ran a scan of the windows partition and it came back clean. SMART status is also showing the drive is ok. However, running out of options and starting to lose hope.
9) Follow advice in this support topic: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417?viewlocale=de_de Both safe mode and disk utility aren't options (safe mode won't work without it seeing the partition) so sounds like fsck is the final option.
10) Start up in Single User Mode (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492). Run fsck per instructions. It reports back ok.
11) Realize fsck is checking the recovery partition, and not my damaged OSX partition. Realize I don't know anything about unix commands and have no idea how to tell fsck to check a different partition.
12) Learn that I need to find out what the drive id is for the damaged partition. Reboot, load up disk utility, select greyed out "macintosh HD" partition, click info. Write down the id: disk0s2 (likely to be the default for you as well if you have one drive in your imac and a default bootcamp install).
13) Go back into single user mode and type the following (without quotes): "fsck_hfs -fy /dev/disk0s2"
14) (Forgot to copy down exactly what it said at this point, but gist of it was that the drive had errors and isnt repairable). Feel like ****, thinking this is unlikely to resolve itself nicely.
15) With nothing to lose, try to force fsck to rebuild the catalog - "fsck_hfs -rc -d /dev/disk0s2" I found this syntax on some forums and can't find the thread again. I have no idea what the -rc and -d do that -fy don't, but if someone can let me know, that'd be cool. Either way, this resulted in something actually happening. Tells me it is "rebuilding catalogue b-tree". Still, finishes with a bunch of errors about improperly linked files, more node errors, etc etc.
16) Retry "fsck_hfs -fy /dev/disk0s2". It seems to be doing stuff now, even though there are lots of errors. Continue to re-run fsck using this syntax. Probably ran it 10-15 times. Takes over an hour. Finally, minimal errors being reported.
17) Realize that perhaps I should try Diskwarrior again now, since I've managed to do soemthing to the partition with fsck.
18) Run Diskwarrior from bootable DVD. Success! It now sees the damaged partition. Reports that it has a bunch of damaged crtitical files, and needs to be repaired, but hey, at least it can see it.
19) Let Diskwarrior do its thing, and reboot.
20) Boot from repaired OSX partition. Rejoice. Immediately plug back in the timemachine drive you foolishly unplugged to take away over the holidays and neglected to plug back in before you had commenced work on stuff you didnt want to lose through formatting, which is why you are so desperate to recover files rather than wiping and restoring from time machine backups and avoiding this whole mess.
TL;DR - If Disk Utility and DriveWarrior fail you, try running fsck (using different syntax that apple recommends) as many times as it takes to get the partition to a stage where diskwarrior can see it. All advice I saw for similar questions was to erase, reinstall OSX, and restore from time machine backup. For those of you who are foolish like me and had files that werent time machine'd, or those who operate without, maybe try this.
Hope this helps!

What -rc & -d do.
From: The fsck_hfs manual page.
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages /man8/fsck_hfs.8.html
-d      Display debugging information. This option may provide useful information when fsck_hfs cannot repair a damaged file system.
-r      Rebuild the catalog btree. This is synonymous with -Rc.
-R flags Rebuilds the requested btree. The following flags are supported:
                         a       Attribute btree
                         c       Catalog btree
                         e       Extents overflow btree
I had the same problem as you but unfortunately "fsck_hfs -rc -d /dev/disk0s2" is failing saying: "The volume   could not be verified completely." I believe it's supposed to be telling me the partition's name (normally "Macintosh HD") between 'volume' and 'could' because there's 3 spaces in between the words.
"fsck_hfs -fy /dev/disk0s2" is failing with the same error.
I tried "fsck_hfs -r -d /dev/disk0s2" since the c appears redundant with a lowercase R. and it again says it cannot be verified completely and adds "volume check failed with error 7". Which unfortunately is not documented on the fsck_hfs man page!
Unfortunately for me, Diskwarrior still can't see my busted Mac OS partition.

Bootcamp and Vista ultimate 32 bit blue screen

Hello all. I just purchased my Macbook Pro (late 2008) model last night and I also did a memory upgrade from 2Gb of DDR3 to 4Gb of DDR3. And its was working great..
So i've had a macbook before but never a macbook pro. So i ran the BOOTCAMP Assistant and went through the stages of partitioning and inserting my Windows Vista Ultimate Disc. It goes through the install process and once its finished installing, it restarts and I get to where Vista says "Now configuring your system, please wait....." or something of the sort.. Anyway then it flashes a blue screen (blue screen of death) and then it reboots my Macbook.
I'm lost. I removed the partition and tried again with different versions of Vista: HomePremium, Business, and Basic, still nothing. I also tried different size partitions, still nothing. Any help will sure be appreciated. Thanks in advance

George Frazee wrote:
On my whitebook I had Vista Business running without error on a 20GB partition.
I am sure that it could be done. However, the chances of problems are very high. Microsoft recommends at least 40 GB.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx

Bootcamp and Vista 64 on Macbook?

Can I install Vista 64 with Bootcamp on my Aluminum Macbook?
I upgraded the memory to 4 GB. If I use Vista 32 instead of Vista 64, now much free RAM do I have?

So, after doing some research online, I was able to find a solution and get Apple's 64-bit Vista drivers installed on my new MacBook. However, in order to get it to work, you need to have an external 2-button mouse.
In Vista, insert the OS X Install DVD that came with your MacBook. When the Auto-Play window pops up, close the window, and do not run "setup.exe". Instead, click on the Start menu (or press the Command key), and type "cmd" in the search box. When the Start menu reduces to show the Command Prompt, right-click on it. In the resulting menu, choose "Run as Administrator".
Then, in the Command Prompt window, type these commands (pressing Return after each line):
D:
cd "Boot Camp\Drivers\Apple"
msiexec /i BootCamp64.msi
This will run the installer for the 64-bit drivers. After it installs, you'll have to restart your machine. Once it restarts, right-click on the Desktop, and select Personalize. Change your display settings to 1280x800 at 32-bit color depth. Then click on the Start menu. On the right side of the start menu is an entry for "Computer". Again, with the external mouse, right-click on this entry, and click on Properties from the menu. Click on the "Refresh" button for the "Experience Index", so Vista will know it can now use better graphics.
There is one caveat that I have noticed, though. Even though the Boot Camp control panel has a two-finger click on the touchpad set for right-click, it won't respond for me. In order to get a right-click, I need to use an external mouse. (If you have better luck, I'd like to know, though.)
I hope this is helpful to you.

Your best guess--lion, bootcamp, and xp

I have a dual core iMac with snow leopard, bootcamp with xp installed and one program that I use in windows to run my embroidery machine. I never go to the Internet from xp, never print from xp, don't allow any windows updates, and have no security software installed under xp. All my embroidery designs are stored in snow leopard and transferred to flash drive and imported into windows xp when needed. I have time machine.
I read that apple will no longer "support" xp in future bootcamps. Would you "guess" that if I buy and install lion in July that lion won't touch my windows xp partition such that my xp/embroidery program will continue to work--even though apple won't be "supporting" xp?

It wouldn't hurt to install Microsoft's own Security Essentials. It works and does a fine job.
No one knows but every time even 10.6.8, someone will say "it killed my XYZ" and you should have backups.
Production machine: wait until .1 or .2 and don't rush in or take the plunge.
XP isn't supported on NEW hardware, Macs that have come out with new features and logicboards, and which aren't supported. SSDs: not supported by XP anyway. Not because of change to OS.
Start by preparing for a new OS. Create a bootable clone backup of OS X. Make a backup image of XP too, whether Winclone or Paragon or someone else's.

Lion Bootcamp and XP

As far as I know does the Bootcamp version of Lion not support XP anymore (i.e. missing drivers). In case I still have to use XP is it possible to use the drivers which are included on my still existing Snow Leopard DVD?

Since, I'm not allowed to comment on anything related to Lion Development outside of the development forums.
All I can say is, it is Logical that if you are running Windows XP in Bootcamp along with Snow Leopard and subsequently upgrade Snow Leopard to Lion, this will not affect the Windows XP Partition. Windows XP will still run. Updading an OS on one partition, should not affect the OS on the other partition.
It is reported that Lion will not ship with driver support for Windows XP. However, I see no reason why the driver package included with Snow Leopard will not work with one exception, post-Lion Apple Hardware. The drivers contained in Snow Leopard package will not support new hardware. Pre-Leopard hardware with Snow Leopard installation disks should still work. I can't say for 100% certainty it will work but I would bet my MacBook Pro that it will.

Lion Bootcamp and Win7

I have installed Clean Lion.
In Finder are Macintosh HD and Windows HD (with Win7)
Then i opening Bootcamp, he cannot see my Windows partition, only Macintosh.
Now, i wanna reinstall win7, but i can't, because they are, but Bootcamp cant see.
Picture:
Help. And Thanks for attention.

It looks like you already have a drive formated for Windows. If you put your windows 7 install disc in the drive and then restart the computer and hold down the option key, the windows 7 install disc should be an option in the boot menu. This should help your problem.

Bootcamp and vista

I am getting ready to install vista ultimate and i would like to know if there are any known bugs or issues. also, is there any support for the trackpad recognizing taps?

I have run Vista for about a month now and things seem great. I've even compared my macbook pro to others running vista and mine seems to run faster, just like the commercials say.
I have not found a tap driver for the pad, which is a bummer. But there doesn't seem to be many other hardware items that aren't supported. I've heard the firewire 800 isn't available in Vista - but I haven't tried it yet.
It is a little hard going back and forth using shortcut keys that are different for the 2 different computers (ctrl-c vs. applekey-c), etc.
Good luck! I think you'll like it.

Re-formating HD after Bootcamp and Vista Install

Boot off your install disk 1
On the top menu bar select "Tools" then "Disk Utility"
In Disk Utility select your internal drive (not the partition) in the left pane
In the right pane select "Partition"
In the drop down selector select "1 Partition"
Towards the bottom select "Options" be certain that "GUID" is selected
Now to the right of the "Options" button select "Partition"
Now boot off your external & clone back.
Good luck!
Steve
These were the instructions I was given. Everything worked but I could not find the options button to select "GUID" at that particular part??? I don't know what that does or how to get to it and select it???

Whose instructions are those?
Check http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303572
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303609 and
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303597
BTW, I don't have an Intel-based Mac, so I can't check out your problem.

Anyone using bootcamp and Vista on there new Imac

Just curious how it runs. Nice to have both worlds.
TOm

You can't install an OS version that is earlier than the OS that comes pre-installed on the Mac. However, you should be able to run your old PPC apps by installing Rosetta (part of the OS X install, if you want it). I happily ran all my PPC AdobeCS apps this way, although the Mac came with OS X Snow Leopard installed.

Bootcamp and Vista32 Crashing...

Hello,
I've installed bootcamp and vista 32 but it's very unstable. It can crash on login (the welcome screen on vista where the little circle spins seems to freeze and i have to hard reboot). Sometimes when I'm finally in windows i will get a blue screen with the video driver error for no reason. However, I've run COD4 with no crashes! I don't get it. It can crash for no reason but not crash when you think it would. I'm using the bootcamp drivers from the cd that came with my new mbp. Any tips? thanks.

Did you install the Windows drivers from your Leopard DVD? It sounds as though you may have a defective Windows installation or have not installed the Windows drivers from your Leopard DVD.
BTW, all that Boot Camp Assistant does is to create the Windows partition and assist in the initial installation of Windows. It's not actually involved in running Windows after installing it. Did you print out the Boot Camp documentation from the Boot Camp Assistant?

HT4410 I have just installed Windows 7 64-bit full version Home Premium using Bootcamp and cannot get access to the internet. I installed on a Macbook Air Mid 2012 with Mountain Lion. Are there some drivers that are missing from the Windows 7

Dear Apple. I have just installed Windows 7 64-bit full version Home Premium using Bootcamp and cannot get access to the internet. I installed on a Macbook Air Mid 2012 with Mountain Lion. Are there some drivers that are missing from the Windows 7 bootcamp install download from Apple

It is a Total Misconception that the Support files are installed when you are installing Windows, even if the USB drive that holds them is inserted in the system when doing the Windows install.
You must always Run the Setup.exe files from the support files or run the drivers individually once Windows has finished installing and booted to the desktop.
Also you really need to run the Boot Camp Control Panel Applet and check for updates as not all the newest drivers for full function of all the hardware is included with the original support download. That download is basically a generic version to get the system working and without doing the updates not everything will work properly.

External Monitor with Bootcamp (and Windows Vista Business)

It looks like this has been discussed quite a bit already, but as a computer neophyte I've had a hard time deciphering an answer that applies to my unique circumstance. So apologies if some of you've already been over this.
Anyway, here's my question/problem:
My second monitor (Gateway HD2250) doesn't work when I'm using Bootcamp (Windows Vista Business). I'm running a VGA cord from the Gateway monitor to a VGA adapter that's plugged in to the back of my Mac. My computer's a late '06 iMac w/ Mac OS X 10.5.5. BTW, my virtual Windows does seem to register the second monitor; it's just that nothing shows up on the Gateway screen.
Ideas for help? Thanks everyone!!

I managed to get an upgrade version of XP to run by using the internal DVD drive for the main all disc and an external DVD drive for my qualifying disc. Has to be that way round because the Apple keyboard ceases to function for a while and the required USB windows keyboard dosen't have an eject button. The whole business was very painful however, trying to get the installer restarts to select the correct drive each time.

I am going to buy a mac mini i7 with 3 thunderbolt displays for forex trading. the question is if i use bootcamp and run windows on the mac mini will the displays still run the same way as if i was running it on Lion?

I am going to buy a mac mini i7 with 3 thunderbolt displays for forex trading. the question is if i use bootcamp and run windows on the mac mini will the displays still run the same way as if i was running it on Lion?

No idea if Windows will do it, but you can run Windows without Bootcamp & have OSX available at the same time, which should give you all the Monitors that OSX uses.
Parallels...
http://www.parallels.com/
VmWare Fusion...
http://www.vmware.com/mac

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