windows 7, keyboard and support issues.

hey everyone, just a quick question.

I recently allocated 50GB of my 500GB hard drive to windows 7. windows is running fine and all that, except for the windows support options. i tried connecting a USB drive to the laptop when windows was running in the hope of extracting and then applying the drivers, but the USB key wasn't recognized. I can view the contents of the partition from my normal (lion) desktop but can't simply drag and drop files over to it. is there any way I can do this? I'd like to get to work on the partition but it's awkward using the keyboard and trackpad when right click and various keyboard functions don't work. basically: i need a way to quickly transfer the support files. thanks a million

Did you download the Windows 7 support drivers from Apple during the Boot Camp installation process? (You didn't tell us which Mac you have - year and model)

chscag said:

Did you download the Windows 7 support drivers from Apple during the Boot Camp installation process? (You didn't tell us which Mac you have - year and model)

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I did, indeed. I both have the support drivers on an external drive (which wont connect when i'm using windows 7, i'm also using it as my time machine) and on my mac desktop. I have a 13" macbook pro intel i5 2.4GHz. the 2011 model. 4Gb ram. thanks for the help.

I had to read your reply several times before I figured out what was wrong. The drive you have loaded the support software on is formatted to the Mac OS Extended Journaled standard (you're using it for Time Machine also). Windows can not read that drive or even "see" it as a viable source.

The remedy: Load the support software on a thumb drive or small flash drive formatted to FAT-32. Then Windows will "see" it and load the drivers for you automatically.

Let us know.