Otherwise, open up Disk Utility and do it.įor Vista, format the disk to NTFS in Drive Options directly from the Installer. If you made it with Boot Camp Assistant, it will be. Make sure the Windows partition is formatted as FAT (MS-DOS). ** Denotes that this process DOES take a lot of time, the computer or rEFIt hasn't crashed, just wait it out, everything can be sluggish.
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Select it, and it will then boot into the Install CD**. Press the corresponding arrow key to go to the disc. After a short delay, a logo will appear "rEFIt". Select the disk with the name "rEFIt" in bold. Insert the Windows Install DVD/CD into the external drive. Make a blank partition for Windows (if you haven't already). An "efi" folder will appear inside Macintosh HD. Please help me, as I have (for the first time) seriously considered going back to my PC in 10 years.Īnd run the installer when the DMG mounts. Is there any solution? Like replacing the Kext file from 10.5.5? (If so, how do I do it?) So, now, Apple has pretty much forced me to come and get the SuperDrive fixed ($65 for a QUOTE, and Over $150 to get the thing fixed) if I want to install Windows onto my Mac. On the creation of a new, bigger partition for Windows 7 Public Beta, I found that I could no longer use my External DVD Drive to install Windows in Boot Camp. So, in temper I deleted the partition in Boot Camp Assistant. But on 10.5.6, Windows decided to give me licensing problems after I tried to use it with VMWare Fusion 2.0.
I was up till 1:45 AM this morning trying to solve it.īack on 10.5.5 and below, I was able to install Windows with Boot Camp and my External DVD Drive - My Internal SuperDrive is in the jelly and won't work. Now, I have searched Google and this forum for an answer to my question, and this is my last resort.
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