You may not find this advice that useful but I spent a lot of time and frustration trying to set up a working boot camp partition on my I-Mac. There were too many problems to list here. The point is that after spending all this time to set Boot camp up, I never use it, particularly as the default environment is very restricted , especially with regards to disk space. It also takes an absolute age to switch from one environment to another. Windows 7 Boot camp on my Imac takes ages to load. Putting Boot camp on has slowed my Mac start-up as well. I am seriously thinking of getting rid of it. It is staying just for the unforeseen sod's law that if I get rid of it there will be a reason emerge which means that I should not have done it.
If I ever need Windows on my Mac I use Fusion which is simple to set up without the restrictions of partition size etc. Increasingly though I use the Mac for Mac stuff and a Windows Laptop, which I am on now for work and Windows stuff. When I got my Mac I saw it as a holy grail to get a single all in one singing and dancing multi-operating system. In practice , given how cheap windows machines are I think it is not a route I would now recommend. The only possible exception would be a fusion set up which can be convenient for occasional windows usage. I would stick to using your Mac for Mac OS, at which it is very good, rather than Mac for Windows which it is, in my view, very flaky. David Griffith. . -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Lomas Sent: 06 February 2013 12:02 To: [email protected] iOS Accessibility Subject: configuring bootcamp for windows seven hi all i am trying to get my internal flash dis of the air to configure for the bootcamp program. i have used a USB drive to put windows on and the support software and now when i run the utility it bought i could partition my existing internal HD it states though can do this as some files can't be moved, use disc utility to make it a single partition but it is? any thought please? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
