If you already have Windows installed via bootcamp, you can then install VM Fussion and just point to the boot camp partition as your virtual machine. You don't have to reinstall Windows. Unfortunately this does not work the other way around. You can not use a virtual machine that has already been set up on a boot camp partition.
Tommy -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 9:32 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2 Harry, I'm pretty sure you'll have to actually "install" windows during the bootcamp process. Having it as a VMWare machine won't work for you there. I went through the whole bootcamp thing yesterday and it worked great. Now, I'm thinking of going the VMWare route. Can you tell me if it is easy to install windows via VMWare without sighted assistance? Is VO up and talking through the process? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhog...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 1:31 AM Subject: Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2 Hi, that's good to know that it doesn't cost money. I don't regret using VMware Fusion, since times call for having both operating systems running at the same time, but it's nice to know that this alternative option is also available. if I have Windows already installed via a virtual machine, would I have to reinstall it, do you know? Thanks. Harry On oct 5, 2012, at 8:05 p.m., Mauricio Almeida <mauriciopmalme...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi harry, > > booth camp does not cost money, except for what you pay for a legal > copy > of windows. > I found it to be definitely worth it. > Though i try to do it all on the mac, obviously, it is still good to have > windows. it can come in handy. > > mauricio > On Oct 4, 2012, at 10:44 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Harry, >> >> I'm installing windows7 via bootcamp tommorrow morning. It looks >> quite >> straightforward, but sighted assistance is required for the windows >> install portion of the process as there is no screen reader support at >> that point. >> >> You can read the installation and setup pdf for bootcamp to get >> familiar >> with the steps involved. And, for the windows7 install, I found a >> detailed, step-by-step guide for installing windows7 on Black Viper's >> website >> >> www.blackviper.com >> >> search his site for windows 7 install. >> >> I'll no doubt be crowing about my new windows7 machine, or asking >> frantically for help and advice, depending whether it goes well or badly >> tomorrow. >> >> P.S. if you want a microsoft word document of the bootcamp setup and >> installation guide I can send it to you via email - contact me offlist >> for that doc. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Hogue" >> <harryhog...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 8:10 PM >> Subject: Boot Camp and 10.8.2 >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> I was wondering how hard it is to install Boot Camp, if it costs >> money, >> and if it is worth it if i already ache VMware Fusion. Waht are the >> advantages/disadvantages? would it make the Windows side of my computer >> faster/more efficient to be running without the Mac portion running at >> the same time, for example? I know others ahve provided instructions, so >> I could search for those threads, if instructions were provided about the >> best way to search the mail archives, as I don't know. >> >> Also, my other question has to do with 10.8.2. I wondered, since I >> know >> some of you ahve had issues with Voiceover in 10.8.2, owudl yo urecommend >> I upgrade from 10.8.1? I am really wanting to improve my Spanish skills, >> but my Voiceover defaults to English each time I restart to English even >> though my system in in Spanish. I would install 10.8.2 in Spanish to >> avoid this, but don't want to make VoiceOver unreliable if 10.8.2 is >> still pretty buggy. >> >> Thanks for any help, and I hope this is all clear, being unrelated as >> both portiosn of the post are. >> >> Regards, >> >> harry >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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