Windows 7 Bootcamp ?

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Hi Guys

Got a copy of Windows 7 from Microsoft last week and was wondering if anyone has tried it yet via Bootcamp and if you had any problems. Also only got my Macbook PRO a few weeks back so relatively new to things, but if I say wanted to remove the partition with Windows 7 on if would I be able to merge the two without losing OS X I read somewhere Bootcamp has a "merge partition" setting ?
 
Running windows 7 on my Macbook Pro 17" worked like a charm, there is a bootcamp Drivers update which you'll need to DL (260MB)... And the merge partitions works perfectly.. when you are ready to delete, simply run bootcamp in leopard again, and choose "delete boot camp partition"

Couldn't be simpler.
 
VertigoZA said:
Running windows 7 on my Macbook Pro 17" worked like a charm, there is a bootcamp Drivers update which you'll need to DL (260MB)... And the merge partitions works perfectly.. when you are ready to delete, simply run bootcamp in leopard again, and choose "delete boot camp partition"

Couldn't be simpler.
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Thanks for the reply Chop ;) , I did fire up bootcamp a week after I had my MBP and I think I can remember a upgrade a few days later, I'll double check and make sure before I run Bootcamp.

Thanks again...
 
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PAYBACK said:
Thanks for the reply Chop ;) , I did fire up bootcamp a week after I had my MBP and I think I can remember a upgrade a few days later, I'll double check and make sure before I run Bootcamp.

Thanks again...
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it has stuck....I love it.
 
Sorry for the stupid question but I noticed the upgrade is a .exe do I run Bootcamp and install Win7, then run this upgrade in Windows 7 ?
 
PAYBACK said:
Sorry for the stupid question but I noticed the upgrade is a .exe do I run Bootcamp and install Win7, then run this upgrade in Windows 7 ?
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No you run the .exe on the Mac side... oh wait.. a .exe is windows format.. hmm...
 
VertigoZA said:
No you run the .exe on the Mac side... oh wait.. a .exe is windows format.. hmm...
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Any ideas yet ? I found a tutorial over here and it seems pretty straight forward to be honest. Other than you need to install some driver off the OSX install disk, makes no mention of updating Bootcamp.
 
he was being sarcastic....
you run bootcamp (the app in osx), install windows 7. You can try use the leopard osx disk 1 to install drivers for your machine (not sure if it will work though),
you do this by simply puttign the disk in when booted up on the windows side, it usualyl installs everything one go...but ur using windows 7, which is a BETA and UNSUPPORTED by bootcamp, so dont hold thumbs.
if it does work then run the bootcamp update .exe after, if not
then run the bootcamp update.exe and hope it has the drivers u need on it.
 
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tau1z said:
he was being sarcastic....
you run bootcamp (the app in osx), install windows 7. You can try use the leopard osx disk 1 to install drivers for your machine (not sure if it will work though),
you do this by simply puttign the disk in when booted up on the windows side, it usualyl installs everything one go...but ur using windows 7, which is a BETA and UNSUPPORTED by bootcamp, so dont hold thumbs.
if it does work then run the bootcamp update .exe after, if not
then run the bootcamp update.exe and hope it has the drivers u need on it.
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Thanks Tau1z I'll try it.....
 
PAYBACK said:
Any ideas yet ? I found a tutorial over here and it seems pretty straight forward to be honest. Other than you need to install some driver off the OSX install disk, makes no mention of updating Bootcamp.
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lol.. ya dude.. i was being sarcastic.. you have to install it on the windows side of life.. install the bootcamp drivers form the leopard disk first, then upgrade those drivers to bootcamp 2.1

i found it doesn't work as well if you just try use the installer 2.1update only.

*if its a NEW macbook or Pro, then i think the 2.1 is still missing some drivers... haven't found a fix for that yet.
 
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