John, this is absolutely fine by me! The more who know about it the better I say.
Christopher Hallsworth On 05/12/2012 23:54, John Panarese wrote:
Hi Chris, Thank you for posting this. It will be very helpful to others. Do you mind if I post this on the site in the Technical Corner section? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Dec 5, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Chris H <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: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! -- Christopher Hallsworth ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. 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