Hello all
Here is a guide on how to install and configure Bootcamp on your mac.
Notes
1. I will assume you have set up your Bootcamp partition with Bootcamp
Assistant and nothing else. At this point your mac should have restarted
with the Windows Installation Dvd booting or booted up. I will also
assume you have downloaded and stored the latest Bootcamp Support software.
2. I will assume you are using a retail Dvd of Windows. I am unsure
whether this guide will work with Oem versions.
3. If you have met the above requirements, and Windows still does not
install, one possibility is an incompatibility with the mac's keyboard,
whether built in or connected somehow, such as via Usb. I should imagine
bluetooth keyboards are out of the question. As a workaround, try
connecting a standard pc keyboard.
Now that is out of the way, please read the below guide carefully to
install Windows. I shall assume you will be installing Windows 7 onto
your Bootcamp partition, since the current version only supports Windows 7.
1. The first screen is the language, keyboard input and currency
display. Press enter at this point to select English. You can change
this later in Windows Control Panel, Region and Language.
2. Press enter again to select the install button. The Dvd should spin
up at this point.
3. Wait until the Dvd spins right down, and accept the license terms by
pressing the space bar. Press enter to select the next button.
4. Press c to select the custom (advanced) button.
5. Press down arrow four times. This should select your Bootcamp
partition. Confirm where your Bootcamp partition is located in Disk
Utility. The number besides the partition indicates how many presses of
the down arrow key are required, which is usually 4.
6. Press alt-a or option-a depending on your keyboard to select the
drive options (advanced) button.
7. Press alt-f or option-f to select the format option.
8. Press up arrow once, and press enter. You should hear a little disk
activity from the hard drive. This is setup doing a quick format of the
Bootcamp Partition to the Ntfs file system.
9. Press alt-b or option-b to select the back button.
10. Press c to select the custom (advanced) button. This ensures that
the newly formatted Bootcamp Partition, now labelled Untitled, is
displayed in the drives list.
11. Press down arrow as many times as required (usually four) to select
the above partition, and press enter.
12. At this point, the Dvd will spin up, slowly. You will also hear disk
activity coming from the hard drive.
That's it! Windows is now installing.
Note
This may take up to 30 minutes initially while the files are extracted
and copied from the Dvd.
13. Allow the mac to reboot once so that setup can continue.
14. When the mac reboots for a second time, press and hold the option
key, and press right arrow once or twice to select the Mac partition.
Press enter. This may involve some trial and error.
Note
The following steps assume you have Vmware Fusion installed.
15. Open Vmware Fusion.
16. From the file menu in the menu bar, select Import.
17. In the select a virtual machine window, press the escape key.
18. Press down arrow once to focus to an unlabelled button. If you
Vo-right arrow, you will see that this will create a virtual machine
using your Bootcamp partition. If so, go ahead and activate with Vo-space.
19. Wait a while, and your Bootcamp Partition will start up.
20. Use Narrator to complete Windows setup.
21. Wait some more time while Vmware Tools gets installed. Allow the
virtual machine to reboot if prompted.
22. Once back on your desktop, install and configure your favourite
screen reader.
23. Connect a usb flash drive or other removable storage device to which
the Bootcamp Support software is located.
24. Run setup.exe and follow the instructions, allowing the virtual
machine to reboot when prompted.
25. Once back on your desktop, shut down the virtual machine.
That's it! The next time you boot from your Bootcamp Partition, you will
not only have Windows, but also all the tools and drivers needed for
Bootcamp will also be there, enabling features such as sound support,
the option to use f1, f2 etc as software function keys, etc etc.
I hope you find this guide useful. Please contact me on or off list for
any comments, suggestions or queries.
Thank you for reading!
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Christopher Hallsworth
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