Use bootcamp with vista

How can I find out what version of Bootcamp i have? I want to partition drive and load Windows Vista, which BootCamp says only Windows 7 is supported. But my old PC runs with Vista and Lynx Mint and runs great. The question has anyone install Vista in Bootcamp enviroment?

1. Select the Boot Camp Assistant in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and choose Get Info from the File menu.
2. Mac OS X 10.7 and newer don't allow Windows XP or Vista to be used when creating a Boot Camp partition, but support existing ones.
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I have previously installed a windows 7 using bootcamp without an optical drive by creating an install disk as part of boot camp option.
I still don't have an optical drive.
The other day I removed my Windows 7 since I want to try Windows 8 but when I try using boot camp to install windows 8 it is asking for an optical drive and the option to create an install disk is not available anymore.
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Thanks much

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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/03/windows-8-on-a-macbook-air-beautiful-and-kinda -broken/
http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/hyper-v-3-0-confirmed-for-windows-8-clie nt.aspx
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Windows 8 Release Preview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/default
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/?Redirected=true

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I am using bootcamp with windows 7, and always is showing me that there is no networks, it says I don't have a driver for the adapter; therefore i keep installing it, and suddendly windows 7 doesnt recognized it.

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These apps paralells and fusion and virtualbox, are they in Mac App Store? And when I have the app installed what then, now it ain't only bootcamp what shall I do now to install windows 8?
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If your friend just wants to charge the iPod but not Sync it he will be fine and will not loose any music unless he agrees to sync it with another machine and erase and sync. If this occurs he can only sync with this machine till he gets back home. At which time he will need to erase and Sync again to communicate with this machine.
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