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<blockquote data-quote="EVGABuzzer" data-source="post: 1065335" data-attributes="member: 161374"><p><strong>Thanks</strong></p><p></p><p>Thanks so much for the replies. I know its a driver issue but I am confused about Boot Camp in general.</p><p></p><p>I thought Boot Camp was just a utility that Apple provides to allow you to set up a Windows partition and install Windows on it without wiping your drive. IIRC, the version I have will not format NTFS which Windows 7 requires so I did not even try to use it.</p><p></p><p>Here is what I did - </p><p></p><p>First, I made an image of W7 with Windows backup utility,and made an image of the Mac with Disk Utility. Also had a Time Machine backup.</p><p></p><p>Bought a new [larger] drive, mounted it in a W7 machine, initialized it and made 2 equal partitions, both formatted NTFS.</p><p></p><p>Installed in the Mac, booted to W7 64-bit recovery disk and restored the W7 image to partition 1. Booted to the W7 partition to verify - OK.</p><p></p><p>Booted to Mac OS install disk and formatted partition 2 as Mac OS Extended Journaled. Restored the Mac image with Disk Utility. Had trouble here - the Mac partition showed up as a boot option but the name under the picture of a hard drive was not what I typed in. If selected it, I got a spinning wheel for a long time followed by a W7 boot. [Wah]</p><p></p><p>Booted to Mac OS install disc again, re-formatted partition 2 again and restored from Time Machine using Disk Utility. Booted to Mac partition to verify - Worked.</p><p> </p><p>That's it. My procedure did not involve Boot Camp at all. So I am confused. Now I am reading about Boot Camp 2.2 drivers that resolve issues with the track pad, and turn off the SPDIF LED when not in use.</p><p></p><p>This may be a really dumb question but what does Boot Camp have to do with drivers? I thought it just allowed disk partitioning without wiping the entire disk, so as not to interfere with your Mac setup.</p><p></p><p>Finally, how do I load these Mac drivers into W7? I don't think Windows will read the Mac install disk [though I do have MacDrive 8]. I can boot to it but Mac OS cannot write to an NTFS partition so how do I install drivers to W7? There is a third party utility that allows the Mac OS full access to NTFS partitions [which I may get] but I am sure I am not understanding something basic here.</p><p></p><p>Help !! and Thanks !</p><p></p><p>EVGABuzzer</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EVGABuzzer, post: 1065335, member: 161374"] [b]Thanks[/b] Thanks so much for the replies. I know its a driver issue but I am confused about Boot Camp in general. I thought Boot Camp was just a utility that Apple provides to allow you to set up a Windows partition and install Windows on it without wiping your drive. IIRC, the version I have will not format NTFS which Windows 7 requires so I did not even try to use it. Here is what I did - First, I made an image of W7 with Windows backup utility,and made an image of the Mac with Disk Utility. Also had a Time Machine backup. Bought a new [larger] drive, mounted it in a W7 machine, initialized it and made 2 equal partitions, both formatted NTFS. Installed in the Mac, booted to W7 64-bit recovery disk and restored the W7 image to partition 1. Booted to the W7 partition to verify - OK. Booted to Mac OS install disk and formatted partition 2 as Mac OS Extended Journaled. Restored the Mac image with Disk Utility. Had trouble here - the Mac partition showed up as a boot option but the name under the picture of a hard drive was not what I typed in. If selected it, I got a spinning wheel for a long time followed by a W7 boot. [Wah] Booted to Mac OS install disc again, re-formatted partition 2 again and restored from Time Machine using Disk Utility. Booted to Mac partition to verify - Worked. That's it. My procedure did not involve Boot Camp at all. So I am confused. Now I am reading about Boot Camp 2.2 drivers that resolve issues with the track pad, and turn off the SPDIF LED when not in use. This may be a really dumb question but what does Boot Camp have to do with drivers? I thought it just allowed disk partitioning without wiping the entire disk, so as not to interfere with your Mac setup. Finally, how do I load these Mac drivers into W7? I don't think Windows will read the Mac install disk [though I do have MacDrive 8]. I can boot to it but Mac OS cannot write to an NTFS partition so how do I install drivers to W7? There is a third party utility that allows the Mac OS full access to NTFS partitions [which I may get] but I am sure I am not understanding something basic here. Help !! and Thanks ! EVGABuzzer [/QUOTE]
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