Windows 7 with bootcamp assiastant problems

ok so when ever i have a clean fresh install onto a partiion with windows 7 when ever i boot up on windows 7 i get a blue screen error saying failed to attempt to recover video card
additional details: running nvidia geforce 7300 GT video card

F8 key doesn't work when booting Widows 8. Have to go to windows 8 start screen and put cursor in lower right corner. Click on Settings - Change PC settings - General - Advanced Startup. From there you can do a System Restore, or Startup modes like Win7. but you will lose everything since the last trestore. If you can't get into Win8 start screen, I dunno? Reinstall Win8? Apple's official way to install Win8 is to install from the Bootcamp Assistant.app in the latest upgrade of Mountain Lion, Download Bootcamp Assistant to a USB drive formated with FAT32, from the Boot Camp installer. (which will be the latest version of Bootcamp 5 drivers),.install either Windows 7 64bit or Windows 8 64 bit. DO NOT use 32 bit with Boot Camp 5. Boot Camp 5 is designed to work with 64 bit Windows only! When Win8 is installed, Run setup.exe from the USB drive. This is all in the Bootcamp installation guide which can be downloaded from Apple. If you install Win8 32 bit you have to use Boot Camp Assistant 4, which is part of Lion OS. If you are running Snow Leopard or Mountain Lion, you have to download Bootcamp assistant 4 from Apple Support and copy it to a FAT32 USB drive, and use the setup from that to install Apple Win 8 drivers. This is not recommended or supported, and is not supposed to work, but it does because I am typing this from my late 2011 MacBook Pro with Lion OS, running Win 8 32, bit loaded with Bootcamp Assistant 4 Drivers, so I know it works. I could have run Win 8 64 bit with Bootcamp 5, but I have some old Windows Software that can't run on 64 bit Windows, so I have to run 32 bit.

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Hi Memalyn
Essentially, the bare issue is that you have a 500GB hard drive with only 10GB free. That is not sufficient to run the system properly. The two options you have are to move/remove files to another location, or to install a larger hard drive (eg 2TB). Drive space has nothing to do with SMC firmware, and usually large media files are to blame.
My first recommendation is this: download and run the free OmniDiskSweeper. This will identify the exact size of all your folders - you can drill down into the subfolders and figure out where your largest culprits are. For example, you might find that your Pictures folder contains both an iPhoto Library and copies that you've brought in from a camera but are outside the iPhoto Library structure. Or perhaps you have a lot of purchased video content in iTunes.
If you find files that you KNOW you do not need, you can delete them. Don't delete them just because you have a backup, since if the backup fails, you will lose all your copies.
Don't worry about "cleaners" for now - they don't save much space and can actually cause problems. Deal with the large file situation first and see how you get on.
Let us know what you find out, and if you manage to get your space back.
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Display area is too small on windows with bootcamp

My 1920x1080 display is shrunk (appears small with a black border around it) on windows with bootcamp, but looks fine on the mac side.
I'm going from the macpro display port converted to hdmi and plugged into the hdmi plug on a dell P2413T monitor which has a resolution of 1920x1080.
I'm using bootcamp with windows 7 home premium. Radeon 5870 card
All my ati drivers are updated. I took the time to update them all. The dell drivers are updated also.
The monitor looks great on the mac side. On the pc side it is shrunk so there is a black border of 3/4 inch or so around the edges. It also looks odd.
How do I resolve this. Is it a problem with the hdmi connector, the graphics card, bootcamp, windows?

There are overscan/underscan settings in OSX for 1080p displays.
OS X Yosemite: If the picture doesn’t fill the TV screen
Learn about overscan and underscan - Apple Support
Look in Display Advanced settings in Control Panel.
Can you try a DVI connector?

While installing windows with bootcamp error showing "A require Cd/Drive driver is missing" in the middle of installation. Please help what to do ??

While installing windows with bootcamp error showing "A require Cd/Drive driver is missing" in the middle of installation m not able to install windows on my mac . Please help what to do ??

What DVD drive are you using?

For the 2013 versions of macbook pro should I purchase 32 bit windows or 64 bit version to be able to install it on macbook and use windows with bootcamp?

for the 2013 versions of macbook pro should I purchase 32 bit windows or 64 bit version to be able to install it on macbook and use windows with bootcamp?

Then you might check at any of the other university book stores or software stores or any computer store in town for the 64-bit version.
If you want to use the 32-bit version from the school (you probably get it for free or very cheap) then you could purchase Parallels and run it as a virtual machine concurrently with OS X. There are some caveats:
1. You have to purchase Parallels (there may be an academic discount.) List is $79.95.
2. Your computer needs minimally 4 GBs of RAM, but realistically 8 GBs would be better.
3. Parallels creates a pseudo-drive on your hard drive. It could easily require 50 GBs of disk space.
Accommodating these might be more costly than buying 64-bit Windows 7. And, if you look online you may find them with an academic discount (or may be able to order it through the school.)

If i download windows with bootcamp does that mean i can still use Macintosh and if so how

if i download windows with bootcamp does that mean i can still use Macintosh and if so how

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
If you installed Windows properly, you can still start in OS X and use it whenever you want. However, Boot Camp changes the startup partition to Windows, so you may note that you can't use Mac OS X.
There are two ways of starting in OS X:
1. Hold the Option (Alt) key while your computer is starting until you see all the bootable partitions in the screen, and choose your OS X partition.
2. Hold the X key while your computer is starting.
If you have a iMac or a Bluetooth keyboard, make sure you hold the key after hearing the startup chime.
If you want to start in OS X by default, after starting in OS X, open System Preferences > Startup Disk, and choose the OS X partition

HT5639 Will running windows with bootcamp effect my macbook pro's overall speed

Will running windows with bootcamp effect my macbook pro's overall speed ?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
In some cases, there may be slowness in OS X because of the lack of free space. However, you shouldn't note this and in most of cases, performance is the same in Windows and OS X after installing Windows, more in the case of a MacBook Pro with Retina display.
The only thing you have to worry is to give Windows the necessary space. The MacBook Pro with Retina display hasn't got a lot of storage

Cant install windows with bootcamp only BSoD

yesterday i install mountain lion on my mbp late 2011 and cant install windows with bootcamp now i only became BSoD.
can anyone help me?

Post in the Boot Camp forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

Problem with the wireless speed on windows with bootcamp

I've got a problem with the following:
the wireless card of my mac pro is very slow when i run windows on my mac pro with bootcamp
When i just run OSX everything works fine, but in windows, when I connect to the wireless my wireless speed
drops to 11-18mbs.
First I thought that it was a drivers issue, but after the update of bootcamp drivers 1.4 the problem still exist.
First I had a Topcom wireless router now I've bought a Apple Airport Extreme, but the problem isn't solved yet...
The router isn't 2 meters away from my mac.
And the wireless speed is fine when i connect with my dads windows laptop...
Does anyone has a solution? using a cable isnt a solution for me because in September I will move with my mac pro one floor down.

You might want to ask this in the Boot Camp forums. As your wireless work fine under Mac OS X it sounds to be a software issue as opposed to a hardware one which means as Windows users they'll better be able to help.

I have a MacBook Pro 2006 and installed Windows 7 on it with BootCamp no problem, but the thing is on Windows, there is no sound.

Hello there everybody! I have installed Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro 2006 15' without any problems, and without any modification. I did hear that some users couldn't install it, but I have got it working fine with BootCamp 4.0.1 on Lion. So anyways, when I boot into Windows, there is no soudn, and there is also a Red Light coming from the Earphone/Headphone jack.
What should I do? This problem is really ticking me off because I only insalled Windows to lay some games my friend recommended to me. With no sound, it would be really strange playing them, especially Mass Effect.

Well I / we always kind of assume that someone did all the normal basics first and is still having trouble. And read the instructions in Boot Camp Assistant.
For reference purpose to anyone
Helpful Apple Support Resources (Forum Overview)
Boot Camp Support
Boot Camp Manuals
Boot Camp 4.0, OS X Lion: Frequently asked question http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818 http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdf
create a Windows support software (drivers) CD or USB storage media
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
The Boot Camp Assistant can burn Boot Camp software (drivers) to a DVD or copy it to a USB storage device, such as a flash drive or hard drive. These are the only media you can use to install Boot Camp software.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4569
Installation Guide
Instructions for all features and settings.
Boot Camp 4.0 FAQ Get answers to commonly asked Boot Camp questions.
Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Trying to install Windows with Bootcamp

Hello. First, I do know this has been a recurrent trouble for a lot of Mac user who have tried to install Windows using Bootcamp. Believe me, I've looked it up both here in the Apple Communities and in saint Google. My situation is, however, that I have replaced my optical drive with a SSD, and now my optical drive works externally, via USB. Everytime I try to install Windows in a dedicated partition in the SSD, it just stays forever in a blank screen with blinking cursor.
Apple's troubleshot won't work for me, and I'm beginning to think that the issue has more to do with the optical drive itself. I tried:
To install Windows on the HDD instead of SSD.
To unplug every USB (even mouse), except for the optical drive with Windows 7.
To install it via USB stick (creating a bootable .iso with Disk Utility). In this case the usb stick does not even appear when holding option key.
To try another Windows 7 version (32/64 bits).
I have even read it might be because of a bad installation of the RAM memory... this makes no sense?!
If anyone has encountered this same situation, I'd appreciate some help. Hope I can get this done, because Steam's Age Of Empires won't ever work in OS X :S
Thank you all for reading and helping!
MacBook Pro
13-inch, Early 2011
2,3 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
OS X 10.9.5

If your Mac was originally configured with a built-in Optical drive, and it was later replaced, Bootcamp knows your original configuration and will not work properly in the modified configuration, because it uses your Mac's model string (found in About This Mac -> More Info -> System Report -> Hardware) for example, MacbookPro 11,3. The only supported method to install Windows is to restore the original HW configuration and install it and then move hardware around.
Please see Unable to Install Windows 8 on secondary Hard Disk .

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This might seem like a dumb question but I have never used BootCamp before and am getting curious. I have a scanner (radio freq such as local Air Traffic Control) and I am looking to run a specific software to assist in uploading frequencies to the scanner.
So here is the question... do I need to purchase a copy of windows to load onto my mac with BootCamp?

A full version of Windows is needed to install through Bootcamp, yes.

I can't play any games on windows with bootcamp

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Joseph Raygun wrote:
Yes. When I first installed windows 7 I did and I also just downloaded the file called bootcamp 5.0.5033 and tried to run the setup in the NVidia folder but it failed.
This why your Windows installation is not working. You must download and install the correct support file version which contains the drivers. Start Boot Camp Assistant and select only the Support software option. Download this software to a usb device according to the instructions. Then from within Windows install the support software according to the instructions.

Downloading windows with bootcamp, without OSX Disc

I am wanting to download windows to my macbook pro that runs Mountain Lion. Problem is, I downloaded Mountain Lion from the app store. Meaning I would be missing some drivers at the end of the installation via bootcamp, because I don't have the OSX disk. I still have my snow leopard disk from when I bought my mac, but I'm wondering if that disc would clash with my current OS.
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Don't use your 10.6.6 disc for an installation of 10.8.2!
Read the Boot Camp Instructions, downloading the Windows drivers is fully explained in (as applenerd504 pointed out) section 2.
If you have not backed up your drive do it now, do it before anything else.

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I was thinking of buyin an imac has my next computer. My only problem with a mac is the lack of gaming. so i was thinking of using it with windows for gaming so i get the best worlds i was wondering how macs cope with gaming on windows is there any compatiblity issues?

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