[mac4theblind] Re: Guide to installing and configuring Bootcamp without sighted assistance
- From: Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:35:21 -0600
Well, I know this is kind of a strange time to be posting this, but today I was
kind of at loose ends so I decided to give myself the Christmas present of
Windows in bootcamp! I did it without any sighted help, thanks to Chris H.'s
guide; i had a few perplexed moments but it got done successfully. I've already
decided it was worth it because (1) my Windows is more responsive in its own
partition though I didn't think it was too bad in vmware; and (2) I don't have
strange usb problems i.e.: I can connect my Victor Reader Stream and I'm not
getting any inconsistent behavior when plugging in or removing other usb
devices.
Here are some notes about my experience; I hope this won't be too long as I'm
leaving Chris's guide at the end for those who might not have seen it.
Notes:
Step 2. Make sure you wait for your dvd to spin before you move past this step.
I didn't which resulted in no install and I had to do it over again. But don't
panic if you have to do it over; as long as you haven't wiped out your Mac
partition, there's no harm done. The instructions specify to wait for the dvd
to spin up and go down but I must have gotten a little trigger happy!
step 5: I never did find a number beside my partition in disk utility but
fortunately arrowing down four times was right.
14. For some reason I had trouble getting back to my Mac partition but after
several tries, including unceremoniously holding the power button in to shut
down, I did get back to the Mac partition. Not sure why I had so much trouble;
I did eject the Windows dvd because it's revving up was distracting me while I
was trying to boot back into Mac.
18. Arrowing down once actually got me to the word "bootcamp" and I had to
figure out which unlabeled button to do vo-space on.
20-21. Things got really hazy here. I didn't see more windows setup to do per
se but the attempts I made to bring up Narrator weren't working and I hadn't
heard the Windows startup sound. After a couple of tries at installing vmware
tools which I thought weren't working, they did install as I could see by the
menu item changing to "reinstall vmware tools" and I got the startup sound.
Then I was able to start Narrator.
23. I had the bootcamp support software on a dvd and so I used the dvd drive
built into my Macbook Pro. But you may want to make sure in your virtual
Machine menu that the drive is connected; the instructions did mention
connecting whatever drive you use so I checked this before putting in the dvd.
Also, don't be quick to shutdown your vm. I shut down but noticed that the
shutdown menu item mentioned installing updates and sure enough they were 94 of
them with a warning not to power down. The startup button came up again when
all was done and then I shut the vm down and booted into my bootcamp partition.
Also don't automatically think you've failed if you reboot. I booted into
Windows and I heard disk activity and then the computer rebooted and I thought
this wasn't going to work. But it booted up fine after that and that's when I
got a few setup questions; I recall the network type being one of them i.e.: a
password for hour home group and the choice of whether this is a public, work
or home network.
'All in all it went well but there are a few places where I was about to give
up and still can't fully explain how I got past those steps successfully. But
it definitely is possible for a person to do this install without sighted help.
Thanks again to Chris! If I had needed to wait for sighted help I might never
have actually decided to do it after all.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
On Dec 5, 2012, at 5:25 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
> ************
>
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