MBP 2011, bootcamp, windows xp and 7

I have a new 2011 MBP which does not support Windows XP in Bootcamp. I have a bootcamp partition from my previous MacBook Pro (2008) that I imported to the new machine. I can run XP in Parallels. If I were to upgrade to Windows 7 in Parallels, does anyone know if I then will be able to run in Bootcamp?

If you are going to install 7 then do it in Bootcamp first.

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My specs: i7 4*2.2ghz, 16gb ram,intel HD 3000 + 6750M 1GB
Has anyone sucesfully managed to installed this drivers?

On a preUEFI Mac, using EFI boot will cause Graphics and Audio issues at a minimum. You will need to use a MBR method for it to work properly. On a dual GPU MBP, CSM-BIOS does not expose the Intel integrated GPU to Windows (because Windows has no drivers for switching between the two GPUs), but as you can tell, EFI Boot does not know that, hence your issue.
From BC info.plist...
<key>PreUEFIModels</key>
        <array>
                <string>MacBook7</string>
                <string>MacBookAir5</string>
                <string>MacBookPro10</string>
                <string>MacPro5</string>
                <string>Macmini6</string>
                <string>iMac13</string>
        </array>
Reference - How to identify MacBook Pro models - Apple Support

Macbook Pro, BootCamp, Windows XP and Creative Suite 2, Oh my!

Okay so here goes. I might get a 15", 1 GB mem, 120 GB HD MacBook Pro. On it I will most probably install Windows XP and CS 2. Is this a good idea or should I give up hope now? Will I be able to install any other progams including the above mentioned ones? Also, how exactly does bootcamp work, it shuts down the Mac OS and starts up Windows? So will it go snail speed? Thanks in advance.

If you are intending to use Windows I would suggest upgrading the hard drive to 160GB. That will then allow you to have a 40GB Windows partition while leaving you with 120GB for your Mac OS X partition.
As for RAM, I think you should look at having a 2GB minimum. Adobe CS2 coupled with Rosetta are quite the memory pigs so you'll get far better performance with an upgrade here as well.
Boot Camp allows you to run either Windows or Mac OS X at a restart. It's really simple and runs Windows extremely quickly.

Stuck in Bootcamp Windows install and can't get out

late 2009 iMac with Mavericks with homemade fusion drive with super drive removed.
Was working fine until i tried to use bootcamp to install Windows 7. Now I'm stuck in the Windows partition, windows won't install and can't get out of the loop. Machine boots white screen with no apple logo and chimes. Eventually has black screen with No bootabe device -- insert boot disk and press any key. I have a USB drive. I've tried everything. Doesn't seem to be recognizing bluetooth keyboard. No sort of button combination on startup works. Tried holding X, command-alt PR, shift, command-R, option. Tried everything. Light doesn't come on on keyboard in startup which means it's probably not recognized. Tried disconnecting internal drives and booting from USB. Tried booting from Time Machine USB drive. Nothings works. Think a USB keyboard would solves this?

I have gotten in this loop. When doing this kind of thing, a usb keyboard would be good to have around, and that is probably the problem, because when I would boot, the first time set the windows partition to the default drive. Hold the key combo and boot into OSX, and go into Settings/Startup Disk/ and change it to The osx hd.

HT202213 Problem: My Library doesn't share on Windows (on BootCamp, Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard)

Hello,
I've installed iTunes on Windows Vista, (under BootCamp, on my Macbook).
I want to see my library on my Windows, but it doesn't work.
I already have activated the Home Sharing, and authorized both computers. (I have turned OFF those 2 options and turned ON again, as I read somewhere, but it doesn't work.)
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thank you!

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How long did it take for you guys?

Took about 90 minutes.
The installation was about 30-45 minutes, but depending on your Windows SP2 release date, updates will alter the time.
I had two sets of updates that each required a restart. I am guessing about 60 mb worth of updates over two restarts.
--Edit--
I still have Office left to install. I may just install Office 2007 Trial, now released, and use that until Feb 28.
I have a Corp copy of Office 2003 that I probibly won't install.

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I have used Bootcamp to create ab equally divided partition between OSX and Vista Home Premium - roughly 70GB each. I wanted to use the whole partition for Vista for a few months and was advised to download Winclone to achieve this. But I have no idea how to use WinClone to archive this. Could someone please take me through the process step by step if this can be done.
I presume to restore to an OSX partition I would just need to use my OSX install Disk. Hope Leopard is friendly in this area as well. Many thanks

WinClone is not Apple software. The Apple Discussions only provide support for Apple products. If you need third-party product support you need to visit the support site for the product.
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Rather Urgent: Mac HD cannot be repaired. Bootcamp windows effected?

This is rather urgent, as I need the computer for the Bar Examination on Tuesday (two days away!)
Today, my MacBook Air gave a "question mark" folder on booting. I tried booting from a disk, and using Disk Utility. The Disk Repair said it cannot repair the Mac HD, advising to backup, reformat, and re-install.
I also have Bootcamp Windows 7 installed. That is currently working fine. And that is what I need for the Bar Exam. If everything stays as is, I am okay.
So my question is: Will the damaged Mac HD ruin the undamaged Bootcamp Windows? And if so, what can I do to fix this?
There's special software called ExamSoft that is required to take the Bar. Unfortunately, you can only download it once, and you have to verify the laptop when you download, so this is not something I can download after reformatting. I can not reformat the harddrive until after the exam. (They advise keeping the software on for 9 months!) But I am okay with that, I can deal with all my other computer needs afterwards, but with just two days away from a three day exam, I am very worried about my Bootcamp Windows going down, taking the exam software with it.
Please advise!!

As you've already taken the bar exam, this reply comes too late to take care of that initial fear of losing everything.
I do have some steps that you can follow now that the stress has subsided:
1) Get yourself a copy of Alsoft Disk Warrior (the latest is 4.1.1) -- It's worth its weight in gold
2) Find your system CDs or 10.6 cd -- whichever is newest
3) Get an external drive that you can format for mac
Depending on whether you mind losing the data on the Mac side of your computer or not will determine the steps you would need to go through and how much work it will take to get back up and running.
*If you don't mind losing the data on the mac side of your system:*
1) Boot to your 10.6 cd or latest system disk
2) When it makes it to the installation screen choose English. Then from the Utilities menu at the top choose Disk Utility.
3) VERY IMPORTANT TO DO PROPERLY -- Choose the Macintosh HD partition (not bootcamp and NOT THE MAIN DRIVE).
4) Select Erase tab and make sure the format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled), name can be anything you want. Click the Erase button.
5) Quit Disk Utility and go through the 10.6 installation process as normal.
6) Once install has finished, you can restore your data if you have it on a time machine volume or on another Mac, otherwise just set the system up fresh and install your various Apps, etc.
7) Follow the steps below to make a backup/image of your Windows Boot Camp partition
*If you mind losing the data on the mac side, follow these steps:*
1) Boot to the Disk Warrior CD -- (If it doesn't boot to the cd due to the system being newer, you'll have to create a Bootable hard drive for the Mac - http://www.ehow.com/how5142897make-bootable-usb-mac.html. Once you have a bootable drive you can drag copy DiskWarrior to the bootable drive from off the CD after you've temporarily booted to the external drive -- hold Option key at startup and select the external hard drive to boot to it)
2) Attempt to repair the Mac HD partition using Disk Warrior, and if it's successful you can continue with these steps -- if it's not.. consider your mac data lost to standard recovery methods.
3) After it repairs, restart and boot to the 10.6 or latest System cd you have.
4) Under the Utilities menu, choose Disk Utility, and check your Mac HD for problems.. since Disk Warrior cleaned up the directory structure it probably won't have errors.
5) Walk through a standard install of 10.6
6) Perform all updates and BACK UP YOUR STUFF!
7) Follow the next steps below to make a backup/image of your Windows Boot Camp partition
*To back up your Windows Boot Camp Partition:*
1) Once your system works on the Mac side again, make sure you're booted into the Mac Side.
2) Download and install Winclone (drag to your applications folder) http://download.cnet.com/Winclone/3000-2242_4-172338.html
3) Run Winclone and select your bootcamp partition.
4) Plug in your external hard drive and make sure it's formatted for Mac, if it's not, use Disk Utility and choose the external drive, and choose to Erase the volume and format as Mac OS Extended. THIS WILL ERASE THE DATA ON THE DRIVE, there's no way to convert the drive to Mac Formatted from a PC format. It's not recommended to use a PC formatted disk for this, it's possible that it might work but it's not worth the risk if it doesn't.
5) Inside Winclone, click the Image.. button, give your Bootcamp image a name such as: Bootcamp 2-25-2011
6) Save the image onto the external drive.
To restore the image you can open Winclone, click Restore, select the disk image you saved, and then restore it to the BOOTCAMP partition. A restoration would be necessary if you were to wipe the whole drive, if you were to install a newer drive into your system, if you wanted to resize your bootcamp partition to be larger, or if you were to migrate your BOOTCAMP partition to another system.
Hope that helps you and others!
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Disk utility resize mac partition resulted in 'no bootable disk' while starting from bootcamp windows partition

my macbook air had two partitions for Mac OS and Windows XP. Because XP partition is too small, I used disk utitility in Mac OS to shrink the Mac partition, and make a new FAT32 partition, which I expected to use it in windows. Till now, I can find three partitions in disk utitily, MacOS/FAT32(which is totally free)/Bootcamp(windows). And in system preference->boot disk, I can see both Mac OS X and Bootcamp Windows.
But when I reboot the computer and press "option" key while rebooting, I only see two boot device options, "mac os" and "recovery", no Bootcamp Windows.
Anybody can give me a hand to recover my previous windows and use the freed partition in windows? Thanks.

Hi Stefan!
I have a rather similar problem having a BootCamp Windows 8 Partition. I actually have 2 NTFS partitions for windows and 1 for Mac OS. The situation is:
0 - for Mac OS
1 - BootCamp windows (NTFS - boot) - 60GB
2 - Windows (NTFS) - 100GB
After updating to Maverick I have no idea why, but now I have:
in Mac OS:
0 - Mac OS
1 - BootCamp - 160G
In Windows:
0 - Mac OS
1 - BootCamp - 60GB
I have tried recovering the partition with a windows program, but all it could do is find it, but without any files on it.
How can I restore my partition table to the way it was?!
WHY did Mac OS mess up my windows partition table?
WHY didn't I get a warning that the Boot Table will get altered?!
Thank you for any help

Running CS2 on Bootcamp (Windows) on my Mac

I'm trying to install my CS2 on bootcamp (Windows XP) and getting the following error message: "CS2 needs your monitor to support resolution of at least 1024 x 768 with 16-bit color to run properly." We have a brand new Mac with a great monitor, and I run CS3 just fine on the Mac. I need CS2 on my Windows applications so I can use it with AutoCAD (which only runs on Windows.) Any advice?
Thanks!

That fixed it! The monitor setting was on the lowest. Thank you so much. I didn't understand why my Bootcamp screen was looking so terrible. Now it looks great!

Lost bootcamp windows disk partition after mountain lion installation

Greetings all!
So I've had Bootcamp (windows 7 and snow leopard, 125gb of hard drive storage on each) on this MacBook Pro (late 2010) for over 2 years and I decided to upgrade to mountain lion.
As we all know that we can partition the disk under windows into smaller volumes, often labeled as C:, D:, E:, etc. my friend divided the hard drive storage for Windows into C: and G: when I first had windows 7 on my MacBook Pro 2 years ago.
The problem emerged after I installed mountain lion couple days ago. I'm still able to choose the system I want it to run after i press and hold "option" key and it will log on windows without any problem. My windows desktop looks the same as what it was before installing. HOWEVER, my partition G: totally disappeared! Partition C: remains the same. I'm pretty sure that G: is still somewhere in the hard drive because the system tells me that out of 125GB of storage for windows, 50GB is used, which is the size of C:, and available is only 10GB! So the difference of about 60GB must have been taken by the lost partition G:. I tried searching specific files that I have in G: under windows but it returned me no results. So I'm thinking it might be virtual somewhere. The files in G: are very important to me, so I'm looking for help/suggestions here to restore that partition by all means.
Thank you very much for taking the time reading my post and I'm really looking forward to your reply!

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How can you find serial number on mac mini running bootcamp Windows 7?

I am using a Mac mini and it is running bootcamp Windows 7, and I want to be able to look for the serial number using the Windows 7 side without booting up to the Mac OSX partition. can anyone help me out with this?

I don't think there is a way to get the Mac serial number in Windows. You could carefully lift up the Mac and look at the printed serial number on the outside of the Mac without having to turn off the computer, otherwise it would be necessary to boot in to Mac OS X.
If you still have the physical packaging the Mac came in the serial number would also be printed on that.

Local drive(OSX) in bootcamp windows can't be accessed

I installed bootcamp windows succesfully and have been using it without a problem for like a month.
I know that files in the OSX drive can bee seen in the Local drive E (in windows) but can't be accessed since they have different format
I installed HFS+ on my windows and it work without problem.
But today in windows i wanted to find some of my files in Local drive (osx) but when i clicked the drive it said that I can't open it and it want to be formatted
I don't know what to do.. is it because of the HFS+ but I didn't find any problem after installing it
I can view my windows file via bootcamp in OSX however
Pleas help

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MBP 2011 or MBP 2012?

First time here, please bare with me. So I've alway been a PC but now that my hard drive has failed I really want to get a Mac. The new MBP retina 2012 just came out and I have been waiting for it since the release of MBP 2011 (because I waited for my PC to stop working then get a new one). However, I have been hearing that if you had a MBP 2011 then it's not worth the upgrade. So if it's not worth the upgrade then why buy it and not just get the MBP 2011? The MBP 2012 is as expensive as the MBP 2011 2.6 GHz and it doesn't have the ethernet port or optical drive which I would like to have. I know that there is the ethernet- USB cord but that just takes up a USB port and I would have to buy it. Apple being apple I know it will be expensive. Also, wouldn't it just be a retina display upgrade and not much more? I don't know too much about the hardware but what I've read is that the hardware of the MBP 2012 is difficult to fix or upgrade and you would end up having to buy a new on if things didn't work out. They're so expensive I would only like to buy one.
I'm really not sure what to do. I'm thinking that I should get the MBP 2012 because it's a upgrade and since I will be keeping it forever. I need to make a decision before I start school again. Please help. Is the MBP 2012 worth it with it being so new and there are still bugs/kinks for it to be worked out? Or should I just get the MBP 2011 at the same price?

The newly released line has both the macbook pro and the macbook pro with retina display. You can buy the macbook pro (non retina version to lower the bottom line) and still enjoy the benefits of the new 2.6 quad core processor (if you are comparing the 15") and configuring your hardrive as needed/ affordable. The non retina version can be upgraded in the future but your buying as much computer as your budget allows. You also get the thunderbolt connection (1), usb 3, firewire, superdrive, ethernet (if any of those things you are currently using) ......puts you in a good position as things continue to change. Which they will. If upgradability is an important factor than the non retina may be a consideration.
I personally am trying to determine whether I can live without the firewire and drive, while determining the value of the newely added HDMI the retina has to offer.
Good luck.

MBP 2011, bootcamp, windows xp and 7

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