Upgrading Boot Camp question

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.
The Driver package comes as a .exe file which can only be run while in Windows.
If needed you can download it while in OSX but have to use an USB-Memory-Stick or something similar to transfer it to your BootCamp WIndows.
Regards
Stefan

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