Upgrade Boot Camp 4 to Boot Camp 5?

I want to install Windows 8.1 on a mid-2010 iMac (OS X 10.7.5) with Boot Camp 4.0.4. Do I need to upgrade OS X to Mavericks to get Boot Camp 5.1 since Boot Camp 4 doesn't support Windows 8.1?

bootcamp are 3 things
1
boocamp app which let one setup the partitions and the likes from osx
2
a bootloader it just let you direct the boot to the osx partition or windows depending on your choice
3
a zip file with windows drivers for the mac hardware
if one have a windows setup 1 is no longer and option
2 is rarely changed and not likely to have changed between 4 and 5
3 is a zip file that anybody can install and change as they see fit
I had Lion which was bootcamp 4.x.y and installed win7 and upgraded to win8 without making a new install
then I upgraded to mtn lion and then to win8.1 and then from mtn lion to maverics
all using the org bootcamp installation

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I cannot upgrade Boot Camp 3.3 to 5.1.5621

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Why can't there be a simple way to upgrade ? Beats me.
Why I want to do this ? : It seems to me that upgrading Boot Camp is the only way I could obtain the latest drivers I need, because I am constantly advised that Intel(R) Turbo boost Technology driver has a problem, also Intel(R)5 Series chipset family 3B36 needs reinstalling and, finally, also 3B3B.
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how old is your imac? refer to this;
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Duck3 wrote:
No direct upgrade path from XP to Win 7.
That means back up your important files, and boot with upgrade disk.
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I guess the question is whether the Win 7 Update installer will see the XP partition as legitimate and allow the install given the existing corruption. I don't think there's any way to answer that without knowing what the installer looks for.
As Duck3 said, it will end up being a clean install regardless, if it installs at all.
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Or, like the Duck says, buy the OEM version full version.
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RFE: smpatch for Live Upgrade boot environments

We use smpatch extensively, along with a local patch server, to keep our Solaris servers
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I'd like to use smpatch to apply patches to a Live Upgrade boot environment, but it
doesn't offer that option. All I really need to do is to point it at an alternate root to do
the analysis and patch download. Live Upgrade already has the ability to apply patches
from a local directory. I've had to turn to the competition, pca, to do the analysis and
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How can I get a Boot Camp update 2.1 without having to buy Leopard OS?
I run Tiger on my MBP and apparently the Apple SU for BC2.1.exe does not run unless you have BC2.0, which is only available through Leopard OS.
I understand the marketing tactics, but please....

You are updating the BootCamp / Apple drivers and services.
Like any OS update/patch, plan for the worst, and hope for the best. And no, you aren't looking at a full reinstall. However, it is my opinion, that Leopard is more significant than some thought; that the partition tables have changed which now allows for resizing and creating partitions, does have some risks.
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I'm big fan of "backup and reformat your drives with the new OS version of Apple utility" and don't do OS X update in place or even Archive Install. If you have Leopard working fine, you're over that hurdle.
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BootCamp. Assistant to partition. A control panel in Windows. A set of features. A set of services and drivers to support motherboard chipset and such.
Windows doesn't run inside or under BootCamp, though installing using BootCamp Assistant does add MBR support to allow XP to be installed - and that is likely the only place that matters.
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What it is suppose to do and what can happen, and what preparations to take, and how well you keep and maintain your system and backups, is up to you. But I also think there was less planning and QA.
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Do I download the boot camp upgrade from the Windows partition or the Mac partition?

Hi,
hunt2013 wrote:
Do I download the boot camp upgrade from the Windows partition or the Mac partition?
assuming that you talk about the 3.1 BootCamp Driver update it is best to download it while in Windows.
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Okay, so I posted here once before and didn't get an answer. I'm going to rephrase my question.
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Thanks for all your help, but I think I need a little more.
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** Apologies for cross-posting. Just realized I was in the wrong topic thread.**
Hi,
Have been running XP SP2 on Boot Camp Beta since March - all good.
Upgraded this morning to Leopard using DVD, installation went smoothly.
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I have the same problem and spent hours on the phone with apple. Still no resolution.
It's not their OS, but it is their software, and the DO have to support it.
Don't take no for an answer. They support bootcamp and the windows drivers. (says so on the apple support page) It is their drivers that are causing the crash.
They absolutely have to support you, me and everyone else that has this problem.
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HDX 16 1370 us notebook/ Windows 7 upgrade/ Boot Manager Missing hit ctrl + alt _ delete to restart

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