Mac OS X forum: Bootcamp doensn't work on my Windows Vista (on my mac). HELP

thnx

by femker - 7/29/12 9:11 AM

In Reply to: Vista is not supported on Boot Camp. by mrmacfixit

oh oke..
and do you know why he can not find my internet cable?
In mac he can find the cable, so why not in Windows ?

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Short answer? No drivers.

by R. Proffitt - 7/29/12 10:52 AM

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In bootcamp Windows would need drivers and without those, not much works.

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Because you do not have a version of Windows that works

by mrmacfixit - 7/29/12 1:35 PM

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in Boot Camp.

As Bob said, it's all about the drivers

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Answer Best answer as chosen by user femker

qstion

by femker - 7/30/12 3:29 AM

In Reply to: Bootcamp doensn't work on my Windows Vista (on my mac). HELP by femker

Right...

So what can I do now?
I have no internet so there's nothing I can do on Windows.
How can I put a driver on it ? (:

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Re: driver

by Kees_B - 7/30/12 3:31 AM

In Reply to: qstion by femker

You do have Internet, or you couldn't post here. So all you've got to do: download the drivers you need, put them on a USB-stick (or a CD if a driver should be needed for the USB-stick also) and install from there in Windows.

Kees

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The drivers you require are not your normal drivers

by mrmacfixit - 7/30/12 4:54 AM

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from the hardware vendors.
These drivers are specific to your Mac and would normally be supplied by Apple for use with Boot Camp.
During the initialization of the Boot Camp partition there was a point at which the Boot Camp utility mentioned making a CD. This CD contained all the drivers necessary for Windows to user the Mac hardware.
Because you are trying to use a version of Windows that is not supported by Apple, you do not have those special drivers and are not able to create them.

You have already mentioned that Boot Camp keeps telling you that you do not have Windows 7, so it may not be possible to make that CD using Vista.

Purchase Windows 7 and move on

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Are you aware of the OTHER solutions?

by R. Proffitt - 7/30/12 9:31 AM

In Reply to: Bootcamp doensn't work on my Windows Vista (on my mac). HELP by femker

I am left to guess why you need Windows. But let's say you do. Why not go get VirtualBox (it's free!) and install Vista in that?

Remember that all I know about your need is in this discussion. If you need to run a few Windows apps, virtualbox may be the right way if you can't swing for a copy of 7.
Bob

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