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i am working on Mac OS X and its really nice but i found recently released windows 7 edition and i am interested to use it. can any body tell me how can i install windows on my mac can i make it dual boot or something else please tell me all option that you know thank you.
if you want to use window with boot option then try this
To install Windows 7 on your Mac using Boot Camp you will need the following:
1. All firmware updates installed on your Mac (use Apple Button -> Software Update… to check)
2. A Windows 7 installation DVD
3. Your OS X Leopard installation DVD
4. At least 10GB of empty hard drive space on your Mac (you can probably get away with less but you’ll have almost no room to install anything other than the OS)
5. An hour if all goes well, up to 5 hours if not
6. Though not absolutely required, it’s a VERY good idea to have a complete and up to date Time Machine backup of OS X - it really came in handy for me. Because part of the process involves partitioning your drive, there’s always the distinct chance something will go wrong and everything will be wiped out.
7. Patience, possibly a great deal of it. Having a book handy will also help kill time during the partitioning, installing etc).
Installing Windows 7 via Boot Camp
1. Here goes. First thing - close absolutely every open program you can. That includes those things running in the Apple Menu that you always forget about. Don’t worry about killing the Dock or Dashboard - having those running is fine.
2. Now open a Finder and navigate to Applications -> Utilities and double-click Boot Camp Assistant.
3. Click Continue on the initial Introduction screen. Ignore the fact that it doesn’t mention Windows 7 as a possible OS to install.
4. Now you have to decide how much space you want to allocate to Windows 7. You might be able to get away with going as low as 6GB, but I would highly advise against it. You’ll have almost no space left over to install software, and your page file in Windows might cause frequent crashes. I opted for 20GB, which left me with just a bit over 16GB to use after installing Windows 7.
To change the amount of space to dedicate to Windows 7, click the small divider between Mac OS X and Windows, and drag it to the left.
5. Once you’ve determined how much space you want to allocate to Windows 7, click the Partition button.
6. The partitioning itself doesn’t take particularly long. If you receive an error, proceed to step 10 of the “How to install Vista with Boot Camp” tutorial. It provides all the troubleshooting info you need to resolve partitioning issues. Once you’ve cleared up any problems, or if everything just goes smoothly, proceed with the next step
7. Once completed you’ll notice a new BOOTCAMP drive on your desktop.
8. Now insert your Windows 7 DVD and click the Start Installation button.
9. Your Mac will restart, and Windows 7 will boot. You’ll be prompted with a window asking you which partition you want to install Windows on. Select the one with BOOTCAMP in the Name column. Selecting anything else may wipe out OS X or cause serious problems. Then select the Drive options (advanced) link.
10. With the BOOTCAMP volume still selected, click the Format link.
11. Click OK.
12. And Windows 7 will begin to install. It’s a fairly boring process, so you may want to grab yourself a cup of coffee or your beverage of choice. But don’t go too far away, because when your system reboots, you’ll need to remove the Windows 7 DVD.
13. With the Windows 7 DVD removed, your Mac will automatically boot back into Windows 7, and the installation will complete. You’ll be prompted to select your language, keyboard layout etc. The rest of the Windows 7 installation process is very straight forward.
14. Once the installation has completed and your Mac has restarted again, you’ll be able to use Windows 7. WiFi will work immediately (no drivers to install) so connect to the Internet. Windows 7 will then begin to download updates, including the proper video card driver. Let it do its thing.
15. Once completed, you’ll be prompted to reboot yet again. Do so.
16. Once Windows 7 boots back up again, you’ll notice the resolution is much better, and you can enable the advanced graphics features.
17. But if you check for sound, you’ll notice there are no sound drivers installed.
18. Insert your OS X Leopard DVD. When prompted, select Run setup.exe.
19. The Boot Camp installer will launch. Click Next to begin.
20. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next again.
21. Make sure that Apple Software Update for Windows is checked, and click Install.
22. The Boot Camp installer will do its thing, and install all the required drivers.
23. Notifications will pop up with each driver that gets installed.
24. Once completed, click Finish.
25. And yet again you’ll be prompted to reboot. Remove your OS X Leopard DVD from the drive, and click Yes to restart.
26. If you still have problems with sound not working, you’ll need to install the Realtek drivers. This tutorial will explain what to do.
27.done! When your Mac boots, hold down the Option key to select which Operating System you want to boot into.
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If you want to install Windows 7 on your Mac use Parallels Desktop 4.0. Installed Parallels Desktop for Mac that allows you to run other Operating Systems (like Windows 7) in a virtual environment.while OS X is running at the same time. Though Windows 7 won’t run as fast in Parallels Desktop as it does via Boot Camp, it is a very easy way to get Windows 7 running on your Mac.
1.If you’re using Parallels Desktop for the first time, an Introduction window will appear. Otherwise, click File -> New Virtual Machine. Click Continue.
2. On the Operating System Detection screen, select either the Real CD/DVD-ROM Drive option if you have Windows 7 burned to DVD (and make sure the disk is in your DVD drive). If you’re using an .iso image, select CD/DVD Image, click the Choose… button, navigate to your Windows 7 .iso file, select it and click OK. When you’re ready, click Continue.
3.The automatic detection will probably fail. From the Type: drop-down, select Windows. From the Version: drop-down, select Windows 7 (experimental). Click Continue.
4. From the Virtual Machine Type window, select Custom and then click Continue.
5.Choosing the Number of CPUs: will depend on your Mac. I opted for 1, which is always a safe bet. You’ll want to allocate at least 1GB (1024MB) of RAM for your Virtual Machine, as Windows 7 will run quite slowly if you set it any lower. Click Continue.
6.Select New image file on the Hard Disk Options screen, and once again click Continue
7. Specify a size for your virtual hard drive, and select Expanding disk (recommended). This will allow you to create a file that grows in size as you add files and programs to Windows 7, rather than creating the full “size” of your virtual hard drive immediately. Yet again, click Continue.
8. Select Shared Networking (Recommended) as the Networking Type and click Continue.
9. On the Optimization Options screen, select Virutal Machine (Recommended) if you want Windows 7 to have more resources while it’s running, or Mac if you want OS X to have more resources while Windows 7 is running. Click Continue.
10. Finally, enter a name for your virtual machine (something ‘obvious’ like “Windows 7″ would be ideal). If you want to enable File Sharing and User Profile Sharing, leave those boxes checked. Click the small arrow next to More Options and decide if you want to have a launch icon on your Desktop for Windows 7, and if you want to share your virtual machine with other users on your Mac. When you’re ready, click Create.
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11.Again, the same as in step 2, select Real CD/DVD-ROM Drive if you’ve burned Windows 7 to DVD (and make sure it’s in your DVD drive) or CD/DVD Image if you’re using an .iso or image file of Windows 7. Click Done to begin the installation.
12. Windows 7 will begin loading files and start the installation.
13. Select the appropriate language, time and keyboard layout for you. Click Next to continue installing Windows 7.
14 Click the Install now button.
15. Setup will initiate and take a moment or two to do its thing.
16. When you’re presented with the Software License Terms, place a check in the I accept the license terms box, and click Next.
17. Click the Custom (advanced) ‘button’ when asked which type of installation you want.
18. Click the Custom (advanced) ‘button’ when asked which type of installation you want.
19.Go grab yourself a cup of coffee. It’ll take a while for Windows to install itself. Windows 7 may reboot itself during this process.
20. After the actual installation, you’ll need to setup Windows 7 itself. Enter a username and computer name in the spaces provided. Click Next.
21. Set a password and password hint, and click Next.
22. Enter the Product key that was provided with your copy of Windows 7, and unless you don’t want to activate Windows when you’re online, leave the box checked. Click Next.
23. For now, click Use recommended settings. They can always be changed later.
24. Make sure your time and date settings are correct, then click Next.
25.The final part of the setup will prepare and create your desktop.
26. And now, finally, Windows 7. But your work isn’t over quite yet. There’s a possibility that networking (including your Internet connection) and sound won’t be working yet.
27. Press the Ctrl+Alt keyboard combo to release your mouse and keyboard from Parallels (Windows 7). From the Parallels Desktop menu, select Virtual Machine and from the drop-down list, select Install Parallels Tools
28. You’ll be presented with a description window of Parallels Tools. Review it (if you want) and then click Continue.
29. Back inside Windows 7, an AutoPlay window will appear. From it, click the Install Parallels Tools button.
30. The Parallels Tools installer will launch. It will install each of the parts of Parallels Tools, and can take several minutes. You might refresh your coffee at this point.
31. Once Parallels Tools has installed, restart Windows 7
32. At this point you should have Internet connectivity. If you don’t have sound, make sure to run Windows Update, and it will detect any missing drivers (and find updates to the Operating System itself). Install all of the updates, and reboot again. You should now have a fully working version of Windows 7 installed in Parallels.
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