how to install windows on mac

Running Windows On Mac

Boot Camp is Apple's application device for running Windows on Mac. It is a segment of OS 10.5 Leopard, and you'll need your Leopard installation disk to use it.

Start by running the Boot Camp Assistant application, found in Utilities, a segment of the Applications option. A button on the opening screen lets you select the installation guidelines.

Print them! No matter how experienced you are at the installation of Windows, you will probably need to seek advice from the guidelines during the beginning of Windows set up. Follow the application's choices and the printed-out guidelines.

When you pick a data size for your partition dedicated to Windows, specify more than the standard 5GB. 32GB is a good least amount, but specify more if you plan to use Windows for a significant part of your work.

Have your Windows set up CD or DVD ready you'll be encouraged to insert it and set up Windows when the system reboots. Once that set up is complete, take out your Windows set up disk and replace it with your OS X Leopard disk.

Windows should instantly set up Apple's settings for your Mac's video, track pad, sound, digicam, and other features. If this doesn't happen, right-click on the disk symbol in My Computer, choose Explore from the pop-up list, and double-click on Installation.exe to run the installation program by hand.

Once all this is done, restart Windows and run Windows Update and the Apple Software Update program that was instantly set up from the Leopard disk. Also, in Windows Explorer, simplify the process by modifying the name on your Windows partition from "Local disk" to something like "Windows 7." While running Windows, notice the diamond-shaped grey symbol in the Windows system tray This is the Boot Camp user interface.

Right-click on it and select Reboot in Mac OS X... to restart to Leopard.

A reduced path to the same boot-up option is to go to the Windows Control Panel, select Boot Camp, and select your OS X partition as your start-up drive. If you need to restart to OS X and you have overlooked how to modify the standard start-up drive from within Windows, do not panic.

While starting, you can press and hold the Options button on your keyboard and select whether you want to begin from your OS X partition or your Windows partition.