Windows OS to Mac OS system.

Hi: Can I load Mac OS system to any computer overwriting Windows OS, or does it need to be a Mac specific built PC? Will any intel based PC accept Mac OS? Will I gain any from making a move?
Thank you

You can not legally run Mac OS X on a PC, only on a Mac. The correct way to run OS X is to buy a Mac.

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MacBook Air dual system with Windows crashed, and Mac password forgotten

The MacBook Air of my friend encountered a few big problems. Here is the story:
1. There are two operating systems in it: Windows 7 and Mac OS 10.6. She used Windows 7 exclusively (which is the reason for the 5th problem below). This may already seem awkward from the start, but please don't blame her for this..
2. Today somehow the Windows 7 cannot boot (the classical "blue screen" appeared), probably due to an error in the updating process.
3. So now we have to log into the Mac OS to do some operation on the Windows system, either to back up the data, or to edit the Windows disk somehow to repair it.
4. In order to do this, we need to install some third party tools in Mac OS (to have access to the NTFS file system; BTW, the Windows partition cannot be mounted by the "disk utility" tool due to some errors), and here is where another big problem comes about:
5. She has forgotten the password of the Mac OS system (be assured: this MacBook Air is not a stolen one), so practically we cannot install any new software, or run tools that requires a high privilege!
6. Well, by Googling I found that the password might be circumvented by using a recovery usb stick, by she cannot find out this usb stick...
7. Some articles mentioned pressing "command + R" or "command + S" during booting to enter a command line environment (I am not sure about this), which had no effect at all in our case.
By now I have no solid idea how could such a situation be solved... The possibilities I can think of are:
a. Take the laptop to an Apple repair center.
b. Try to make a recovery disk by myself, and use it to get rid of the password.
c. Try to boot the computer with an external disk (somehow made), and then edit or backup the Windows partition.
I am not sure any of them will work.
Any ideas will be appreciated!

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
If your friend has got a Late 2010 MacBook Air, the Mac came with a USB drive that contains Mac OS X Snow Leopard, to reset passwords, reinstall Mac OS X...
If he/she has got an older MacBook Air, he/she has got DVDs instead, and you need an external optical drive or a PC to be able to reset the password. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2129?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US After starting with the DVD, open Utilities menu > Password Reset, and follow the steps
If he/she lost the USB drive or DVDs, call Apple to get replacement DVDs or another USB drive > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57

HT1349 SYSTEM MIGRATION WINDOWS XP TO MAC PRO ERROR

hi i cannot transfer my documents from my pc vista edition to my new macbook pro using windows migration.
I have the error message below if anyone can understand it??? PLEASE HELP!!
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:38 PM: The working directory is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Windows Migration Assistant
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:38 PM: The current OS version is Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:38 PM: The current MA version is 1.0.0.32
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:38 PM: Windows Firewall is Off
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:40 PM: Adding users...
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:40 PM: Adding administrator Ben (C:\Users\Ben)
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:40 PM: Attempting fallback on ManagementObject exception: Not found
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:40 PM: WMI path: \\BEN-PC\root\cimv2:Win32_SystemAccount.Domain="BEN-PC",Name="INTERACTIVE"
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:43 PM: Failed to find SID for INTERACTIVE
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:43 PM: Attempting fallback on ManagementObject exception: Not found
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:43 PM: WMI path: \\BEN-PC\root\cimv2:Win32_SystemAccount.Domain="BEN-PC",Name="Authenticated Users"
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:44 PM: Failed to find SID for Authenticated Users
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:44 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\FrostWire )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:44 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\iPod )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:44 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\iTunes )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:46 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\Office Genuine Advantage )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:46 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\riotsGamesLogs )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:46 PM: Populating Ben's Music ( C:\Users\Ben\Music )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:49 PM: Mapped 2052 iTunes-sparse, added 1945 component-sparse files for component C:\Users\Ben\Music
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Populating Ben's Desktop ( C:\Users\Ben\Desktop )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Populating Ben's Downloads ( C:\Users\Ben\Downloads )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Populating Ben's Documents ( C:\Users\Ben\Documents )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Profiler thread has crashed!
Unhandled exception.
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Source:
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: mscorlib
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Message:
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: There are no more files.
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: Stack Trace:
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM:    at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
   at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
   at SMProfiles.MailAccount.LoadWindowsMailAccountsForUser(String shortname, String sid)
   at SMProfiles.MailAccount.MailAccountsForUser(String shortname, String sid)
   at SMProfiles.SystemProfiler.GetCurrentProfile(Boolean& cancel)
   at SMProfiles.SystemProfiler.Initialize()
   at FormsAssistant.MainWindowController.InitializeAppThread()
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:52 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:18:54 PM: Shutting down
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:00 PM: The working directory is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Windows Migration Assistant
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:00 PM: The current OS version is Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:00 PM: The current MA version is 1.0.0.32
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:00 PM: Windows Firewall is Off
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:01 PM: Adding users...
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:01 PM: Adding administrator Ben (C:\Users\Ben)
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:01 PM: Attempting fallback on ManagementObject exception: Not found
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:01 PM: WMI path: \\BEN-PC\root\cimv2:Win32_SystemAccount.Domain="BEN-PC",Name="INTERACTIVE"
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:03 PM: Bonjour version is 3331000
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:03 PM: SlingShot: Pipe name is: honPC_ccbagtgavd
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:03 PM: SMBonjour: Published honPC_ccbagtgavd on 10505
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:04 PM: reg_reply: honPC_ccbagtgavd: _smsling._tcp. on local. [0] 0002
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:04 PM: Failed to find SID for INTERACTIVE
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:04 PM: Attempting fallback on ManagementObject exception: Not found
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:04 PM: WMI path: \\BEN-PC\root\cimv2:Win32_SystemAccount.Domain="BEN-PC",Name="Authenticated Users"
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:05 PM: Failed to find SID for Authenticated Users
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:05 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\FrostWire )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:05 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\iPod )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:05 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\iTunes )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:08 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\Office Genuine Advantage )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:08 PM: Populating Ben's FolderGrouping ( C:\Users\Ben\riotsGamesLogs )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:08 PM: Populating Ben's Music ( C:\Users\Ben\Music )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:09 PM: SMBonjour: stopped published services
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:09 PM: SMBonjour: event thread exiting
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:12 PM: Mapped 2052 iTunes-sparse, added 1945 component-sparse files for component C:\Users\Ben\Music
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:14 PM: Populating Ben's Desktop ( C:\Users\Ben\Desktop )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Populating Ben's Downloads ( C:\Users\Ben\Downloads )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Populating Ben's Documents ( C:\Users\Ben\Documents )
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Profiler thread has crashed!
Unhandled exception.
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Source:
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: mscorlib
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Message:
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: There are no more files.
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: Stack Trace:
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM:    at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
   at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
   at SMProfiles.MailAccount.LoadWindowsMailAccountsForUser(String shortname, String sid)
   at SMProfiles.MailAccount.MailAccountsForUser(String shortname, String sid)
   at SMProfiles.SystemProfiler.GetCurrentProfile(Boolean& cancel)
   at SMProfiles.SystemProfiler.Initialize()
   at FormsAssistant.MainWindowController.InitializeAppThread()
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:15 PM: --------------------------------
Monday, 9 July 2012 10:19:19 PM: Shutting down

Edward M. Baum wrote:
Does the Migration Assistant work to bring software and files from the PC to Windows on the Mac?
Thanks.
No. Just use MS Easy Transfer

Windows 8.1 and MAC Operating Systems

Why doesn't the "Submit" button work for users using Windows 8.1 or Mac operating systems? Is there a work around?

Hi,
Assuming that you are referring to forms distributed as PDF, the most common cause of this issue is that users are completing the form using software other than Adobe Reader. Please refer to the following FAQ:
http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-2653
Regards,
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I've just moved from PC to Mac, with my PC i and using Vmware Player I used to work on 2 Virtual M/C both on 2 external drives, one Windows Server 2000 as operating system and the sec. WindowsXP, is their a way to open these m/c on my mac

I've just moved from PC to Mac, with my PC i and using Vmware Player I used to work on 2 Virtual M/C both on 2 external drives, one Windows Server 2000 as operating system and the sec. WindowsXP, is their a way to open these m/c on my mac

I am so glad to hear about your success. As you are new to the Mac environment, I will be glad to help you more.
You said: "I can't change the setup yet but i have access". I don't understand what you mean about changing the setup! Please let me know more about that.
I also recommend to use Boot Camp, which allows you to install windows on a partition of your internal hard drive. This has many benefits. First, you can restart your computer and start up in windows. This makes your Mac device a complete windows machine and you gain the most from your hardware when working in Windows. Second, if a problem occures to your Mac OS X, you can restart your machine in Windows and prevent your data from getting lost. Third, you can import the Windows installed on the boot camp partition in to the Mac OS X using VMWare Fusion and work with it as a virtual machine. In this situation, VMWare enables you to work directly with your Windows in the boot camp partition. So it does not create a file package for the virtual machine in OS X.
Regarding the data safety and reliablity, I strongly recommend using Time Machine. You can also set it up to back up your virtual machines or not. This is possible to set up in the Virtual Machine Preferences Page in VMWare Fusion, or in the Time Machine preferences page in the System Preferences app of OS X.
Please don't hesitate to ask any other question. I will be glad to help you.

How Do I transfer my .daa file to Windows bootcamp from mac bootcamp

Hi, there is no way to open .daa files in mac. The only way is to do it trough windows, it wont let me transfer anything to the widows portion of my system, also on my enclosure's portion of windows. Is there any way to let me have privileages to drop off files in windows for the mac partition of my computer?

Hi,
I am supposing, that both of your Windows partitions use the NTFS file system, which OSX can only read but not write.
The easiest way is to use an USB Memory Stick of appropriate size for file transfers.
Regards
Stefan

Installing windows 7 on mac book pro late 2013

Installing Windows 7 on Mac Book Pro Late 2013
Background
Mac Book Pro Late 2013 uses a USB 3.0 hub for the external ports, the keyboard and mouse devices.
Windows 7 does not have the drivers to support USB 3.0 ports so these must be integrated into the boot.wim and install.win files so that Win7 can be installed and used on a Mac. If these drivers are not integrated when win7 is booted up then the mouse and keyboard will not function.
Requirements:
Two USB Flash drives
Access to a Mac computer
Bootcamp Assistant application
Access to a Windows computer with windows 7 installed
Windows 7 install disk or ISO file
WinUSB application
Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 (WAIK)
Method
On a Mac
First prepare a USB Flash drive by formatting it using disk util app, found in Application Utility folder, to FAT format this will store the Apple drivers that can be downloaded from Apple using BootCamp.
This will be called USB1
Using Boot Camp Assistant select 'Download the latest windows support software from Apple' to get the files from apple for win7 for your particular machine these will be downloaded and copied to the USB Flash drive called USB1.
On a PC
Using a PC download a copy of WinUSB from www.joshcellsoftwares.com this software can create a bootable USB with the win 7 files copied on to it.
Obtain a copy of Windows 7 either in DVD or ISO format.
Using WinUSB and the Win7 DVD create a second bootable USB Flash drive. This will be called USB 2.
About DISM
DISM is a windows application that allows the editing of windows image files with the extension of WIM.
If DISM is not installed on the PC it can be downloaded from windows website.
To test to see if DISM is installed, open up a command prompt. Then type 'dism' without the quotes this will display the help description of DISM.
Drivers
The apple drivers need to be added to the boot.wim file so that mouse and keyboard can function during the setup phase.
The apple drivers need to be added to the install.wim so that mouse and keyboard can function after the setup phase.
The video drivers are also added as it appears to cause problems if they are not included.
Create a directory structure like this:
c:\appleboot\
drvrs
mount
win7x64install
win7x64boot
Create the following files in c:\appleboot\ with the following code:
adddrivers.cmd
color 0a
dism /image:c:\appleboot\mount /add-driver /driver:c:\appleboot\drvrs /recurse
================================================================================ ==========
mountboot.wim.cmd
color 0a
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\appleboot\boot.wim /index:2 /mountdir:c:\appleboot\mount
================================================================================ ==========
mountinstall.wim.cmd
color 0a
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\appleboot\install.wim /index:4 /mountdir:c:\appleboot\mount
================================================================================ ==========
unmountcommitfiles.cmd
color 0a
dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:c:\appleboot\mount /commit
================================================================================ ==========
Copy the following files into their respective directories:
Copy from USB 1 into drvrs the $WinPEDriver$ directory
Copy from USB 2 \sources\boot.wim to win7x64boot directory, this will store the original file
Copy from USB 2 \sources\install.wim to win7x64install directory, this will store the original file
Then copy boot.wim from win7x64boot directory to the c:\appleboot\ directory
Then copy install.wim from win7x64install directory to the c:\appleboot\ directory
Once all the copying is completed then run the following cmd files in this order:
For boot.wim
mountboot.wim.cmd - this will mount the file for adding of drivers
adddrivers.cmd - this will add the apple drivers to the mounted boot.wim
unmountcommitfiles.cmd – this will commit the changes and unmount the boot.wim
For install.wim
mountinstall.wim.cmd- this will mount the file for adding of drivers
adddrivers.cmd - this will add the apple drivers to the mounted install.wim
unmountcommitfiles.cmd – this will commit the changes and unmount the install.wim
Copy the files back to USB 2
Copy the boot.wim and install.wim files from c:\appleboot\ directory to USB 2 sources directory and overwrite the files.
BOOTABLE USB
You will now have a bootable USB Flash Drive that has the additional drivers needed to install Win7 on Mac Book Pro Late 2013.
Mac Preparation
On your Mac using Disk Util reduce the size of the partition of Macintosh HD so that there is approx. 80GB free for the use of Win7.
Add a second partition, label it win7 and format it to FAT. This is so that win 7 setup can identify the correct partition.
Installing Windows 7
Insert USB 2 into your Mac and reboot, whilst holding the option key down.
After reboot there will be three icons displayed one is the Mac operating system, the second is the recovery partition and the third is an orange icon indicating a bootable USB drive.
Select this and win7 setup application will proceed to boot up with the keyboard and mouse functioning.
Follow the prompts and when the drive selection appears select the win7 partition and format it to NTFS so that win7 can be installed. When windows setup reboots press and hold down the option key and select the windows partition so that setup can continue to install.
After completion of installation of win7 insert USB 1 with the additional apple drivers. Goto the bootcamp directory and click on setup.exe file this will install additional drivers needed to use Win7 on a Mac.
Once completed reboot your Mac and select windows to allow the drivers to update in windows.

Yes this is correct that the /index:4 refers to the ultimate version of windows in mountinstall.wim.cmd
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\appleboot\install.wim /index:4 /mountdir:c:\appleboot\mount
Users should do what applekryzzle suggested if you have a different version of windows. Thanks for the tip applekryzzle.
With regards to the Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller drivers they are the ones that are provided by apple via boot camp assistant.
These appear to work correctly and downloading as per instructions simplifies the procedure.
For those that are interesred the updated drivers can be found here https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=22824&ProdId=346 7&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%207%20%20*&DownloadType=Drivers
I have also seen in other discussions that some users get black screens i believe that it is the lack of video drivers which is included in the download from apple using boot camp assistant.
I'm certain that this works on Mac Book Pro Late 2013 models and i feel confident that this will work with other models.
I will appreciate any feedback if this works on other models.

Windows 7 on Mac Freeze before login.

Hello!
I recently purchased a macbook pro retina, mainly for music production but also for some other stuff.
Now the thing is that the music production software that i'm using, does only work with pc. So i decided to
bootcamp my mac so that i can use it as a pc.
So far everything has gone as planned. I can now operate windows 7 on my mac and the Music Software (FL Studio 10)
works as a charm.
It was just recently when i tried to install my external Sound drive (Audiobox USB) that i was experiencing some problems
with the audio. So i googled about the issue and somewhere i read that it could possibly have to do with the USB drivers being out of date.
So i checked the device manager to see the who the developer of the usb drive is (to find updates) ect.
Now when i've found the updates, i try to uninstall the previous USB devices that i have so that i can install the new ones. But somewhere in between
uninstalling and installing the new drivers, the computer suddenly freezes. I try to reboot normally and in safe mode, but when i come to the
windows log in screen, i can't type or move my mouse.
I'm not very bright when it comes to computers (especially macs), but after giving it some thought i think that i might have caused an error
since i kinda forgot i was operating on a macbook and not Pc. I mean, when using bootcamp you get the "apple drivers for windows" download
and that's probably where i should have gone in the first place, to look for updates. Now instead i have tried to manually take away the usb drivers and install the
updates from Intels website.
Is there a way to solve this without having to start over and uninstall/install bootcamp from scratch?
Best regards
Fidelix
Specs
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13 tum, middle 2014)
Processor: 2,6 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 8gb 1600MHz DDR3
Macintosh
Grafik : Intel Iris 1536

Fidelix wrote:
Now when i've found the updates, i try to uninstall the previous USB devices that i have so that i can install the new ones. But somewhere in between
uninstalling and installing the new drivers, the computer suddenly freezes. I try to reboot normally and in safe mode, but when i come to the
windows log in screen, i can't type or move my mouse.
You seem to have accidentally uninstalled the BC USB drivers.
The simplest method is to use a wired keyboard/mouse and download BC drivers from System requirements to install Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp - Apple Support and Boot Camp: Install or repair Boot Camp drivers which will restore all your USB drivers except the AudioBox driver.
Find the correct ones for AudioBox and install them in addition to what you already have.

Trying to install Windows 7 on Mac Mini Mid2011

Am trying to install Windows 7 on Mac Mini (Mid 2011) OS X Mountian Lion (10.8.2) - 2.3GHz/i5/4GB/500GB with external optical drive attached. Using Windows 7 Ultimate (on USB Flash Drive) and Windows Support Software (on separate USB Flash Drive), as the external optical drive is not recognized when Boot Camp restarts to begin installation process. Here are some issues I am having:
Going through BCA, when selecting the new partition to install on (Disk 0 Partition 4 BOOTCAMP), the warning of "cannot be installed...", so I select Drive Options (advanced)/Format. Drive is reformatted to the NTSF, but loses the BOOTCAMP name. (Reformats to UNTITLED);
Installation of Windows 7 proceeds, until after its third restart and the color bar with the light burst at its center appears at the bottom of the screen with messages stating "Preparing....". The computer then reboots and starts this endless boot loop.
As it never gets to the part where the Windows Support Software is engaged, can I have both the Windows 7 Ultimate installation and the WSS on the same USB?
I have been researching this issue, but with no difinitive solutions (other than snarky "You obviously didn't read the prior post for this issue..." & "Don't people READ previous posts?" responses.), other than one rude reply saying this was a known issues and there is a fix/driver for it, but no reference as to where this fix resides.
Please if anyone has a solution, I would be very grateful for serious and considerate answers. If you feel the need to be rude/snarky/downright unhelpful, don't reply. This is a community help page, not your venting page.
Thank you in advance for all serious replies.
JAMinard

Right now I have 6 different systems installed. Windows XP, 7, and 8 plus Linux Mint, Commodore, and OS X Snow Leopard (for old times sake), all running on Mountain Lion.
I recommend reading the user manual as it greatly helps getting through the steps, however an intuitive person should pick it up fairly easily.
Thanks to BobTheFisherman for the link.
There are other ways to get Windows on a Mac but I'm a big fan of open-source software.
Give it a try. You might like it or it may not be your cup of tea.

How do I restore my Mac operating system after a botched uninstall of Bootcamp.

I completely botched up uninstall of Bootcamp.I wanted to uninstall and delete Windows 7 and re-do the operation. Bootcamp did not manage an uninstall and I got put back into a Widows install operation.Which won't re-install because it can't fiind a suitable hard disk. I have 4 sata harddrives installed, one contains the Mac OSX system files, one a Timemachine backup and one the Windows system.Other is data.
I have a boot USB. None of the startup keys (Press C during startup,Shift key, Cmd R ete) will respond.The machine just behaves like it has a windows BIOS and won't allow any way to see any of the Mac files.Nor will it accept any HD to try a reload of windows. I've tried replacing the data drive with a spare formatted for NTFS, but the Windows setup file won't proceed far enough to enable this to be tried. Any help. I just want to get back to running OSX again.

Have you tried press and holding the option/alt key while starting up so as to get the startup manager screen. I think you have too many drives attached for Boot Camp to install. Are these on the MacBook Pro you have listed?
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17567891#17567891
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18461537#18461537

How to install windows xp on mac mini without cd rom support

How to install windows xp on mac mini without cd rom support. I have installed Bootcamp on my mac mini. And i was using windows xp on my mac mini before xp crashed due to a system file missing or corrupt.

usb optical drive

Bootcamp - Windows 8.1 - Mac Pro (Late 2013) -- ATI Driver Crash

Hi All,
I have a open case with Apple as well on this but i can not seem to locate any information on this issue on the web at all.
Case: 601052633
Basically, we received a new Late 2013 Mac Pro, and out of the box proceeded to install bootcamp and windows 8.1.
After the install and the bootcamp drivers are installed the screen starts to display lines and the ATi drivers eventually crash.
If we uninstall the ATI drivers the screen is returned to normal and windows uses the generic drivers, however the graphics performance is degraded.
If we install the latest ATI drivers (downloaded directly from the ATI webpage) the display issues reoccur.
If left to run its path the screen becomes unreadble and eventually the system bluescreens.
To recap all the things I have done:
Straight out of the box we started the boot camp install. We use the latest Windows 8.1 Media.
Once the process is completed the PC reboots as normal and we install windows on the “BOOTCAMP” partition.
Windows installs without issue and when the bootcamp drivers window pop’s up it starts its install. At the “Chipset” drivers install the window starts to flicker, this appears to be normal but afterwards the screen shows “lines” on it. (these lines can be seen on image below)
Once windows is booted the lines remain and progressively gets worse. Image below shows the ATI Criver crash and the blue screen. This takes 2-5 seconds. And depends on how much you move on the screen.
Screen capture (shown Below) shows the issues, even with screen capture the issue is recorded.
If we uninstall the ATI display drivers the issue disappears.
Process of tests:
Install Bootcamp windows 8.1 on Mac pro 2013 out of the box – Issue recorded
Remove Bootcamp and update firmware on Mac.
Install Bootcamp windows 8.1 on Mac Pro 2013 – Same issue.
Updated ATI Drivers using ATI drivers off ATI website – Same issue
Uninstalled ATI Drivers – 2 Generic Microsoft video cards detected – issue removed but video performance degraded.
Updated Bootcamp Drivers – ATI drivers reinstalled – Issue returned
Removed bootcamp, restored system to factory settings via web install.
Installed Bootcamp windows 8 on Mac Pro 2013 – Same issues
Removed bootcamp restored System to default
Tried installing windows 7 – not supported
Installed Windows 8.1 and ran screen captures and diagnostics.
We have also tried using different display ports, Different display adaptors, Different monitors.
Mac OS is not affected.
Note Mac is “out of the box”, Windows is a next next next install. No changes or software is installed.
Any support would be appreciated.
Cheers
Steffen.
It Manager.

I had this exact same issue and had been hunting it down since i first received my Mac Pro back in May 2014. I researched the problem all over the place but I have no idea why i did not find this post, or in fact why Apple techs did not find this post either.
Bottom line: In my case I have pretty much proved this was a problem with the AMD FirePro D300 video card/s. They basically can't cope with Windows graphics needs.
I have a new Mac with D500 cards, and now the problem is almost completely gone. I can recreate if i run certain situations and a screen saver. Upon refresh, there is a chance the card will crash, but showing a slightly different outcome.
Having read the prior posts, the D700 may also have the same issue??
Longer story and background: I am not exactly an expert, but i did try many different things and probably spent in excess of 200 hours onto tech support and installing, reinstalling, trying different monitors, trying different software. Eventually i was so frustrated and in tears with this issue.
The major problem over all this time was the constant response from Apple that this was not an Apple issue since the Mac OS was not showing any issues.
I was at the time a new Mac convert, my brother had purchased the 'awesome' machine for me as a birthday gift, with the goal that we could play a specific game together. My disappointment in Apples inability to recognize or even attempt to recognize that this was related to the hardware in the Mac itself was constant and ongoing.
My final visit to the Apple store to again visit the 'Genius' bar came up yet again with the most senior tech in the store telling me that there were no problems identified with the hardware and that this was not their issue. Totally frustrating. I was rather hoping, in the good tradition of true geeks, that this would have been a challenge to hunt down. I was pretty sure they trusted me that this was not a standard Windows issue, and thus was hoping they would switch out individual pieces of components (video cards being my first choice) to see if that the problem repeated. Nope, didn't want to do it.
My response was to threaten with legal action - not something i enjoyed doing, plus that i would NEVER buy an Apple product again. Since I was a new business client, this may have had an impact.
This wonderful Manager at the store agreed that he wanted to take the hardware out of the equation and see if I still had the issue. So he, amazingly, agreed to refund in full for the machine and I could order a new one.
As i was convinced this was hardware related, since I had the Quad core, D300's, 12 gig machine and my brother had the top of the range six processor, D500s, 16gig memory machine which did NOT have this issue, running identical software, when i reordered the Mac Pro, I bumped it up to the D500s (still Quad core) and 16gig of memory (also had the 1TB drive partitioned 40/60 in bootcamps favor).
I tentatively installed windows after a couple of days of normal Apple usage (software updates included).
I then hammered the system with the same software and installs.
Its been up and running for perhaps 2-3 weeks now, and I have not seen the issue at all, other then when i had screen saver running and 4 instances of the game running (Everquest for those of you who are interested - but the software is almost irrelevant, since i have had this issue using internet explorer or Chrome).
So.. I urge Apple to review this issue with the D300s and either remove them from the configuration options or resolve the issue. One of the powerful selling things for this wonderful machine is its ability to run Windows in native mode. I like it because I also want to get into App Development, so the dual option boot option is just what i wanted.
Responding to us poor Windows installers with 'not my problem' simply isn't good enough and should never have been something i had heard.
All good now, I am happy with the end result, but I would like Apple to recognize this IS AN ISSUE THEY NEED TO ADDRESS.
I apologize if my technical knowledge is not a strong as it might need to be in relaying this information to you guys, but hopefully it all makes sense.
Paul

Accessing files on boot camp windows partition and Mac OSx partition

Before I install Windows 7 64 bit on my iMac using Apple's instruction manual, I have a question. The manual states:
*+FAT—Provides better compatibility, allowing you to read and write files on the Windows volume from Mac OS X. This partition must be 32 GB or smaller.+*
*+If you’re installing Windows Vista or Windows 7, the Windows partition must use the NTFS format.+*
I can read, but I want to be sure I understand these two statements as they relate to each other. Because the Windows 7 partition must be NTFS format, does this mean that there is no way to read, write or copy files from one partition to the other, no matter what the partition size is?
If that is the case, I assume the best way to move files from one partition to the other would be to use a flash drive or is that also not possible due to the file format on the flash drive? I also have an external hard drive used for time machine. Any way to use that?
How will I move files from one partition to the other? And yes, I really want to do this.

Hi,
ifarber wrote:
Hi Stefan --
Could you explain how using an external HD helps? If I wanted to use an external HD for read/write access from both Snow Leopard and Windows (XP and/or 7), would it need to be in a particular format? (No partitions - this would be a new, empty drive.) If, for example, I formatted it as NTFS, could OSX write to it if it were external?
Since I don't have/use files that are bigger than 4GB in size I am able to use FAT32 as file system on the mentioned external harddisk and flash drives.
Whether I use the harddisk or a flash drive for file transport depends for me on the amount of files I have to move.
Up to 8GB of files I move with a flash drive, everything above that I use the harddisk.
Stefan

I installed Windows 7 in my Macbook pro, I can access Windows data in Mac, but I can't copy and delete it. and the same case while i am working in Windows. Could you please guide me if there is any solution, where I could copy/paste/delete my data.

I installed Windows 7 in my Macbook pro, I can access Windows data in Mac, but I can't copy and delete it. and the same case while i am working in Windows. Could you please guide me if there is any solution, where I could copy/paste/delete my data.

OS X can natively read NTFS of Windows, but not write to it.
Windows can't read or write to HFS+ of OSX, and that's a good thing from a security standpoint.
Ideally if you share files between operating systems you should have a FAT/MSDOS formated USB key or hard drive. (exFAT external drive if any of your files are over 4GB in size) both these formats are universal for OS X or Windows.
If you install software into Windows and OS X to read each others formats, then you have to pay to update/upgrade it deal with headaches.
If you swtich between Windows and OS X a lot, don't need full hardware performance for Windows, you may consider installing virtual machine software like VMFusion or Parallels which can take a copy of your Windows in Bootcamp and place it into OS X as a file then run that copy of Windows in a window in OS X like so.
Advantage here is you run most of your light weight Windows programs like this at the same time as OS X.
Benefit is you can run just about any Windows or Linux version and OSX server editions (not client versions)
Bootcamp only allows Windows 7, that's it now.
You'll also be interested in two fre pieces of software, Carbon Copy Cloner and Winclone on macupdate.com.
CCC clones OS X partition and Winclone clones the Bootcamp partition. Valuable for you.
Good Luck

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