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Converting Vmware Fusion Virtual machine to Bootcamp?
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<blockquote data-quote="posimosh" data-source="post: 1492495" data-attributes="member: 292767"><p><strong>It's NOT impossible...</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have the exact same problem with the exact same MacBook with the exact same garbage DVD combo drive. I don't have time to walk you through how to get this to work. However, I will briefly explain some things that you have done that are potentially impeding your windows install via bootcamp. First of all, you have to use "the" bootcamp assistant to create the partition unless you want to do some major filesystem hacking. Have you tried holding option while booting? This is counterintuitive as refi presents a boot option screen similar to apples. After you get the windows install working refi is handy for switching back and forth but you need to first use apples filesystem hack via bootcamp so that the nessasary drivers load so your system can boot to apples firmware instead of windows bios. Also, there is a hack that explains how to make your MacBook create a bootable USB install disk for win blows as if it were a MacBook Air... Google it!</p><p>Also, there is a program inside VMware fusion that is called "vmdkmounter.app" or something to that effect. This allows you to mount a vm's hard drive in OSx at which point you can use win clone to clone it to your bootcamp partition. It helps if you have a NTfs driver installed so that you can read, write, and bless the new win blows partition from OSx which comes in handy if something needs to be changed on the win blows side (if it doesn't boot), otherwise you would need to recline it from scratch which takes forever. Some of these NTfs drivers will even allow you to set your Mac to boot via this drive instead of having to hold option when you boot and hope everything is dialed. Sorry I can't be more sure or precise or detailed, I'm writing this off the top of my head on my iPhone. You should have enough info to sort it out with a few search engine excersizes. In any case, I can amass sure you that it is possible and even preferable as this is my preferred install procedure for win blows on a mac and I have used a version of this procedure on a MacBook 4.1 MacBook Pro 6.1, and a MacPro 4.1 and all have been quicker and more straightforward than the convoluted apple procedure. Cheers!</p><p>Oh and don't bother with the DVD drive.... Unless you do what I did and replace it with a 2nd hdd (or ssd) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> DVDs are a dying and flawed media whose time is gone (and should never have come at all).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="posimosh, post: 1492495, member: 292767"] [b]It's NOT impossible...[/b] I have the exact same problem with the exact same MacBook with the exact same garbage DVD combo drive. I don't have time to walk you through how to get this to work. However, I will briefly explain some things that you have done that are potentially impeding your windows install via bootcamp. First of all, you have to use "the" bootcamp assistant to create the partition unless you want to do some major filesystem hacking. Have you tried holding option while booting? This is counterintuitive as refi presents a boot option screen similar to apples. After you get the windows install working refi is handy for switching back and forth but you need to first use apples filesystem hack via bootcamp so that the nessasary drivers load so your system can boot to apples firmware instead of windows bios. Also, there is a hack that explains how to make your MacBook create a bootable USB install disk for win blows as if it were a MacBook Air... Google it! Also, there is a program inside VMware fusion that is called "vmdkmounter.app" or something to that effect. This allows you to mount a vm's hard drive in OSx at which point you can use win clone to clone it to your bootcamp partition. It helps if you have a NTfs driver installed so that you can read, write, and bless the new win blows partition from OSx which comes in handy if something needs to be changed on the win blows side (if it doesn't boot), otherwise you would need to recline it from scratch which takes forever. Some of these NTfs drivers will even allow you to set your Mac to boot via this drive instead of having to hold option when you boot and hope everything is dialed. Sorry I can't be more sure or precise or detailed, I'm writing this off the top of my head on my iPhone. You should have enough info to sort it out with a few search engine excersizes. In any case, I can amass sure you that it is possible and even preferable as this is my preferred install procedure for win blows on a mac and I have used a version of this procedure on a MacBook 4.1 MacBook Pro 6.1, and a MacPro 4.1 and all have been quicker and more straightforward than the convoluted apple procedure. Cheers! Oh and don't bother with the DVD drive.... Unless you do what I did and replace it with a 2nd hdd (or ssd) :-) DVDs are a dying and flawed media whose time is gone (and should never have come at all). [/QUOTE]
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