Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide
Contents 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 2 Introduction What You Need Installation Overview Step 1: Check for updates Step 2: Prepare your Mac for Windows Step 3: Install Windows Step 4: Install the Windows support software Step 1: Check for Updates Step 2: Prepare Your Mac for Windows If You Have Problems Creating a Partition Step 3: Install Windows If You Have Problems Installing Windows If you get a message saying “Installer Disc Not Found” when installing Windows
Installing and Setting Up Boot Camp This document shows you how to install and set up Boot Camp so you can use Microsoft Windows on a Mac computer. Introduction Boot Camp lets you install Windows on a Mac computer in its own partition, using a Microsoft Windows installation disc that you provide. After installation, you can use either Windows or Mac OS X on your Mac computer.
Installation Overview Installing Windows on your Mac computer involves the following steps: Step 1: Check for updates Step 2: Prepare your Mac for Windows Boot Camp Assistant (in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder) prepares your Mac for Windows by downloading Windows support software, creating a partition for Windows, and then starting the Windows installer.
To prepare your Mac for Windows: 1 Open Boot Camp Assistant (in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder). 2 Follow the on-screen instructions for downloading the Windows support software and saving it to a CD, DVD, or external disk. In a later step, you’ll install the Windows support software on your Windows partition. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions for creating a partition for Windows.
4 When you’re asked where to install Windows, select “Disk 0 Partition 3 BOOTCAMP.” NOTICE: Do not create or delete a partition, or select any other partition. Doing so may delete the entire contents of your Mac OS X partition. 5 Click “Drive options (advanced).” 6 Click Format, and then click OK. 7 Click Next. The Windows partition is formatted using the NTFS file system. 8 Follow the on-screen instructions to finish installing and configuring Windows.
If You Have Problems Installing Windows If you have problems installing Windows, try the following solutions. If you get a message saying “Installer Disc Not Found” when installing Windows Make sure you’re logged in to Mac OS X as an administrator. If Windows didn’t install properly Verify that you’re using an original, full version of Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate. Restart your computer and hold down the Option key until one or more disk icons appears on your screen.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions. Important: Do not click the Cancel button in any of the installer dialogs. If a message appears that says the software you’re installing has not passed Windows Logo testing, click Continue Anyway. You don’t need to respond to installer dialogs that appear only briefly during the installation. If nothing appears to be happening, there may be a hidden window that you must respond to. Check the taskbar and look behind open windows.
If You Have Problems Using Windows on Your Mac If you’re having trouble using Windows on your Mac, try the solutions below. For more troubleshooting information, go to www.apple.com/support/bootcamp. If you see “No Boot Disk Attached” when starting up your computer You may have formatted your Boot Camp partition incorrectly so it cannot start up your computer. Start up your computer with Mac OS X and open Boot Camp Assistant. Remove the Boot Camp partition and then re-create it.
Starting Up Using Mac OS X or Windows After you’ve installed Windows and the support software, Boot Camp makes it easy to start up your computer using either Mac OS X or Windows. To set the operating system for your computer, choose a disk with that operating system installed as your startup disk and then restart your computer. Setting the Default Operating System To set the default operating system in Mac OS X, use the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences in Mac OS X.
Removing Windows from Your Computer How you remove Windows from your computer depends on whether you installed Windows on a second disk partition or on a single-volume disk. If you installed Windows on a second disk partition: Using Boot Camp Assistant as described below, remove Windows by deleting the Windows partition and restoring the disk to a single-partition Mac OS X volume.
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