Parallels 7 or boot camp on snow leopard

I own a MacBook Pro 13 [mid 2009]. I've upgraded it to 8gb ram.
My problem is I'm not able to decide if I should install windows 7 using parallels 7 or boot camp.
Also will it slow down the machine.
And I also need help in installing windows7.

If you use boot camp you will then have a Dual Boot system running each OS separately. If you use Parallels you will be running Win 7 on top of OS X being able to use both OSs at the same time.
BC Win 7 will have complete access to all hardware and resources
Parallels Win 7 will only have access to the VM resources, and physical hardware resources, you assign to it through Parallels. It would be slightly slower and make OS X run slightly slower. But you don't have to leave one OS to go to the other. Also with a VM install of Win 7 you don't have to pre define and use up as much physical hard drive space. The VM install will only use the amount of physical hard drive space as the VM needs. Expanding when needed and otr you can expand it or create a second Virtual Disk. Can't do that with BC.
Pluses and Minuses with both types of installs.

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Install Leopard with boot camp on snow leopard.

I upgraded to Snow Leopard and have a piece of line 6 hardware that is not compatible. Updated drivers are taking forever to come out and I need to use this hardware. I'm wondering if it would be possible to use boot camp to install leopard from the installation disk included with my macbook so that I can boot to it to use the line 6 device.
Any help would be appreciated.

The easiest way is to use Disk Utility in the Utilities folder to create a 2 partition set up. Disk Utility will be able to do this without erasing your existing information.
- Select your volume the one with the disk size at the top
- Click on Partition
- Change the Volume Scheme to 2 partitions
- Answer any messages and such
I am sorry since I have mine partitioned with BootCamp for my Windows 7 partition, I am unable to describe all of the steps as BootCamp locks me out of performing the rest of the steps.

Boot Camp on Snow Leopard can't install Windows-Stuck on black BIOS screen

I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on an early 2008 Mac Pro (dual 3.2Ghz Harperton CPU's, 10gb RAM) with Boot Camp version 3.0.4 (all updated). I've successfully had a Boot Camp partition in the past, running WindowsXP32 Bit. I just purchased Windows7 Professional and can't install either the 32bit or 64 bit version. Neither can I install any of my original Windows disc. Boot Camp successfully creates the partion, then asks me to install the Windows install DVD/CD which I do, and then when it reboots, it gets stuck in a black BIOS screen that says "Initializing..."
I've tried all my Windows discs: WindowsXP-32bit, Vista-32Bit, Vista-64Bit, Windows7-32Bit, Windows7-64Bit. Same problem...gets hung on the black BIOS screen. I disconnected all my USB hardware except for my keyboard/mouse. All my other internal drives are disconnected.
The only thing that I can think of is that is different is my MacHD is a 500GB Seagate MomentusXT solid state hybrid drive.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!!!!!!
Thanks

Hi fellow Mac buddie,
I just zapped the PRAM, and also reset the SMC switch on the mother board.....no luck.
In refenece to the hybrid SSD drive, I've already taken that one out, put in a fresh 3.5" drive, formatted and installed a fresh clean version of Lion OS, and then attempted the Boot Camp install using Lion with the newest Boot Camp version (3.1 or 3.2) Please see my original post above.
Same issue, black BIOS screen.
Also tried Boot Camp Windows install on a second drive in drive bay 2 (an option now in Lion's Boot Camp)
same issue, black BIOS screen.
Lastly, I've tried all these interations using my three different Windows install disks (XP, Vista, Windows7).
XP is a "full install" disk, Vista and Windows7 are upgrade disks. But I've had XP installed previously using Boot Camp with no problem. So I'm confused I can't even install XP.
As another option, I went to a friend who has a PC, and I installed Windows 7 on a new hard drive. I'm about to install that in drive bay 2, reboot while holding down "option", and see if I can boot directly into that disk.
That's a workaround, as is VMWare Fusion which I have and Windows7 works fine as a virtual machine.
But when something doesn't work the way it's supposed to (in this case Boot Camp), it bugs me makes me want to know why it doesn't. I'll report back with regard to the 2nd bay Windows7 hard drive install.
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Install windows 7 32-bit using boot-camp on snow-leopard

I have Snow-Leopard running on my MacBook. I want to install Windows 7 32-bit Professional. I have already purchased copy of Windows from Amazon. I never'ed install Windows on my MacBook till date, so I don't know what to do, and how to install it.
Please share your experiences of installing Windows using Boot-Camp. I need screen-shots or video that can help me with installation.

Windows 7 requires Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard and the Boot Camp 3.1 Update. For complete system requirements information, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899
The 3.1 update is here http://support.apple.com/kb/DL996
The 3.2 update is here http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1333
Here's a couple of sites that helped me when I used Boot Camp to install Windows XP.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup.pdf
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_install_windows_xp_on_my_mac_using_boot_ca mp_1.html

Can't Install Boot Camp from Snow Leopard DVD in Windows 7

I have an iMac "Core 2 Duo" 3.06 24-inc (08) running 10.6.2 and Windows 7.
I was able to successfully use the Boot Camp Assistant to partition and install Windows 7 on my iMac. After the installation, I was able to download updates from Windows Updates which included video drivers.
However, when I inserted my Snow Leopard DVD to install Boot Camp 3.0, the Setup.exe only gave me two options: To Install Mac OS X remotely and to install CD/DVD Sharing. I was not presented any options to install Boot Camp.
I did manually navigate the Snow Leopard DVD and found a Boot Camp directory with its own setup.exe and when I clicked on it, it gave me an Installation Error stating "Boot Camp x64 is unsupported on this computer model". I did some research and I found no mention of my iMac listed as an unsupported model.
Any help would be appreciated.

When I inserted Snow Leopard DVD, the autorun didn't show me an option to install Boot Camp Drivers. Just like the author of this topic, it only showed me 2 options: to Install Mac OS X remotely and to install CD/DVD Sharing.
Then, I've run Windows Explorer, navigated to Snow Leopard DVD, opened Boot Camp folder and runned "setup.exe". The installer opened and Boot Camp 3.0 was installed successfully.
I don't know if it could help you guys with that error message, but after the installation of Windows 7 64bits, I've rebooted my Macbook Pro. Only after the reboot I did the Boot Camp Drivers installation.
You can also try to run the "setup.exe" as Administrator (right-click, Run as administrator).
Also, my Snow Leopard DVD is that grey one with the white "Mac OS X Install DVD" labelled on it.

Boot Camp on Snow Leopard

I'm running OS X 10.4 Tiger, going to upgrade to 10.6 soon, just planning ahead --
Thinking about using Boot Camp/stop using Parallels, as I have an old version/must upgrade it for Snow..
Can I install more than 1 version of Windows using Boot Camp, like in Parallels you can have numerous virtual machines (operating systems) ?
Anyone using boot camp in 10.6 ---- how is it so far ?
Thanks,
Bob

No. Only one Boot Camp partition is allowed on the drive, so you can only install one version of Windows at a time. Same as any other Windows computer.
Since OS X is not in use when booted into Windows via Boot Camp it really doesn't matter which version of OS X is installed at the time. Using Windows via Boot Camp is not like using virtualization software. Boot Camp simply creates a bootable partition on which you can install and boot Windows. It provides a way to dual-boot the computer's hardware for native use under OS X or Windows, but not both concurrently.
I suggest you run the Boot Camp Assistant in the Utilities folder and click on the button to print out the documentation. Then read it carefully.

Com port failed with boot camp and snow leopard - Please help!

Hi. I have been a very happy leopard and macbook user for the last couple of years. This week I upgraded to a macbook pro with OS X 10.6 snow leopard. I set up boot camp with Windows XP SP3as I have a couple of windows only applications that I need to use and they both need serial port. I had a Keyspan USA 19-QW serial adaptor that worked fine with Leopard and my old macbook. I installed the driver that came with the Keyspan adaptor. Now when I plug the adaptor into the USB slot it finds new hardware and says it is ready to use and the adaptor is listed in my ports as being on COM3 in device manager in windows but when I try to run the programs I get the message 'the selected port could not be opened. Either the port is in use by another application, or the port doesn't exist'. I'd be very grateful for any advice you can give me to solve this problem. Do I need to buy a new adaptor? Is this a settings or driver issue? I'm a user and not a techie person so please can you leave me easy step by step help. Many thanks. Karen

And was wodering if snow Leopard is pré installed
Yes.
And also which disc that came with thé machine has boot camp on it
None. Windows is a separate purchase.
i havé read that to install windows7 you need to pût thé snow leopard disc in to complete thé installation
That refers to the Boot Camp drivers for Windows, not Windows itself.
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Boot camp for snow leopard

I reinstalled snow leopard and i am trying to use boot camp 3.0 to install vista. I keep getting the start up disk needs to be a single partition. I believe it is. what do i need to do now

If You Have Problems Creating a PartitionIf you have problems creating a Windows partition, check the following:
Â The disk must be a single partition, formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).If the disk already has more than one partition, you must repartition it.
Â The disk must be an internal disk. You cannot use Boot Camp Assistant to installWindows on an external disk.
Â If a dialog appears saying “The disk cannot be partitioned because verificationfailed,” try repairing the disk using Disk Utility and opening Boot Camp Assistantagain. If that doesn’t work, back up all the information on your computer, start upfrom your Mac OS X installation disc, and erase the disk using Disk Utility. Restorethe information to your computer from the backup and try opening Boot CampAssistant again.
You can go to the terminal and type "diskutil list" without the quotes and see if there is a mystery partition.

For boot camp on snow leopard do i want 32 bit or 64 bit for windows seven?

can some help me out? and i dont have the restore disk for the drivers? will it still work? and 32 bit or 64 bit?

Then you have 32bit system. If there is 64bit, its explicitly written in name of OS. Or try msinfo32 from command line, it open information window about OS and there are all important info.
Lenovo T440s, 20AQ0067MC, Windows 8.1 Pro x64 UEFI, Samsung 840 EVO SSD 250 GB, 8 GB RAM
Lenovo T430s, 2356LQG, Windows 8.1 Pro x64 UEFI, Intel 520 SSD 180 GB, 8 GB RAM
Lenovo T420s, 4171-6SG, Windows 8 Pro x64 UEFI, Intel 320 SSD 120 GB, 8 GB RAM
Lenovo T400s, 2808-CYG, Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Want to Dual Boot Tiger and Snow Leopard

I have 4 internal SATA drives on my 2007 Mac Pro, and my boot drive is Tiger 10.4.11. I just purchased Snow Leopard (Box Set), with the intention of creating a second internal boot drive that boots Snow Leopard.
I mentioned this in passing to a senior Apple Tech who indicated he thought I could do it. However I seem to remember reading the second boot drive should be an External Fire Wire.
The first question is, can I create a second boot drive (using Snow Leopard) on my Mac Pro on an internal HD?
Second question is, can the second Snow Leopard boot be on a partition? I just bought a 2 TB WD that I'd like to split up.
Thanks!

can I create a second boot drive (using Snow Leopard) on my Mac Pro on an internal HD?
Yes.
Second question is, can the second Snow Leopard boot be on a partition?
Yes.
Note that Spotlight will reindex the drives each time you change OSes unless they're excluded in System Preferences.
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Mac Pro Boot Camp Upgrade to Leopard

Hi All.
Can anyone please point me to a good source or give advice on upgrading my MacPro with Boot Camp (WinXP) to Leopard?
I've got 2-500 GB Drives with one dedicated solely to the Mac and one dedicated solely to XP. I also have three externals that are variously formatted (one is a "swamp drive" that can be read and written to from both OS'es).
Are there any issues that might come up?
Am I burning another install of WinXP by upgrading?
Should I dedicate a half day to this? A full day?
Thanks for any assistance,
Jonathan

Do you know what I do to get 10.5?
Purchase it if the computer doesn't include it.
Also, I don't understand why the drivers are going to be on older software that doesn't have Boot Camp bundled with it.
The drivers are not on a Mac OS X 10.4 CD or DVD. They are on the Mac OS X 10.5 DVD.
Leopard has Boot Camp bundled with it doesn't it? Isn't part of the deal upgrading and improving the drivers?
Yes.
You say in the above "or use up a Windows installation"
This only applies if the Windows disk or license agreement allows you to create a limited number of installations.
Are you saying here that I could also reformat the drive with XP on it?
You could, but there is little reason to do so.
Do I have to reconfigure my workspaces if I do the second option above?
If you erase the Windows partition, yes.
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Parallels destop or Boot Camp?

I'm in the market for a new MacBook and would really like access to all those Windows games out there. But I am unsure if Parallels Desktop or Boot Camp would be best the best program to get the best quality out of the games. I don't need it blazing fast and I don' t want to waste my money getting something that basically doesn't work. Thanks to anyone who can help.

Boot Camp if you'll be playing Windows games on your MacBook.

Parallels install after Boot Camp

I have a new Macbook Pro on the way and am trying to figure out the best way to install Boot Camp and Parallels and only activate my copy of Windows XP one time. Do I install Boot Camp first? Parallels first? Any help from someone who has done this would be very helpful.

I suggest you download the Boot Camp software from Apple and read the documentation carefully. Visit the Parallels' site where you can also download a copy of the documentation and read it carefully. Both docs explain how to install the software. The Parallels' doc will explain how to use a Boot Camp installation for a VM. However, if you use Boot Camp there's no need for Parallels (and vice-versa.) Having both is a duplication of effort that's really not necessary.
If you need information or support for Parallels then visit their forum: http://forum.parallels.com/. The Apple Discussions does not provide support for Parallels.
For Boot Camp support visit the Boot Camp forum which is a separate forum in the Apple Discussions.
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I have to run Windows for work, which is best Parallels, Fusion, or Boot Camp? I won't need to share anything with the Mac Side.

I have to run Windows for work, yuk! Which is best Parallels, Fusion, or Boot Camp? I will not need to share anything with my Mac side as I will just be running one program to chat on the web and send Emails.

Parallels, Fusion and VirtualBox are all virtualization applications, they 'virtualize' (create) a Windows environment on your Macs OSX operating system.
Boot Camp makes a compatible partition on your hard drive so you may install windows on it directly.

Boot Camp not booting separately on Snow Leopard

Installed bootcamp and windows xp in parallels as I can't bootup direct from windows.
I'm using an external DVD/CD player as my built-in drive is shot. I've tried in 10.6.8 and now back in 10.6.0 as it runs faster.
Any ideas on how I can boot directly to windows?

H.Ireland wrote:
Installed bootcamp and windows xp in parallels as I can't bootup direct from windows.
I'm using an external DVD/CD player as my built-in drive is shot. I've tried in 10.6.8 and now back in 10.6.0 as it runs faster.
Any ideas on how I can boot directly to windows?
If you installed Windows in Parallels then you can't direct boot into Windows. You can only direct boot into Windows if you installed Windows using Boot Camp Assistant. And only after Windows was installed using Boot Camp Assistant and working using direct boot would you install and configure Parallels to use your already installed Windows as the Parallels target operating system.

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