Hi, I just went :www.applevis.com and opened the guides link and then tapped on the Mac OS link. I right flicked until I heard "How to configure Windows in bootcamp without sight." Like I said in a previous post, the screens may not be in the same order as stated in this article. My question to you as I started to read it again, is: Are you using an ofbicial copy of Windows 7? Please forgive me, as this was one of the first items discussed in the article and I'm not suggesting anything by this question. There's something that Apple doesn't like. Although I did call Apple accessibility when attempting this project, they would go as far as troubleshooting the Apple side. Have you tried downloading the ISO version of Windows 7 from Microsoft? I have take a look in my download folder on the Mac to see if I still have it. If I do, I can send it to you off list. Let me know and I'll post either way if I still have the download file.
Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 20, 2015, at 10:59 AM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tried again today and let Bootcamp run thru the steps. > > The Windows files are copied to the thumb drive. After the Bootcamp drivers > are downloaded and saved, I get a dialog prompting me for password then a > helper is is intalled, Then I get a quit button and that is it and I am left > with a phamtom system dialog window. > > If I start up with the boot menu and select the Windows drive, I get the > blank screen. I must be missing something. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > [email protected] > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > >> On 8/19/2015 1:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> You may need to do a force shutdown of the Mac or if it's off, press the >> power button while holding down the option button at the same time. This >> will bring up ' the startup dialog box. There should be some different disk >> drives listed, but get ready for this one because voiceover doesn't speak on >> this screen. Before attemting to jump over this hurdle, I made sure that the >> screen brightness was cranked up 100%. This way I was pretty sure if I >> needed to use Knfb Reader from the phone, I had enough light to capture the >> print. Somewhere in that list should be your thumb drive, but I'm not sure >> how Apple will label it. You should be able to start the Windows >> installation from there. I'll have to dig out my notes later to see if I'm >> missing anything. >> >> Best, >> Eileen >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 19, 2015, at 1:06 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Eileen, >>> Thanks. The screen was definitely blank. After I rebooted this morning, I >>> made sure of what had been successfuly done. The Windows partition was the >>> right size but not formatted to NTFS. I never got to the point of telling >>> the Windows installer to format the partition. I verified that Bootcamp had >>> copied the Windows files from the ISO image to the thumb drive and those >>> files appear to be intact. I have the Bootcamp drivers ready on another >>> thumb drive. >>> >>> I do not see an option in Bootcamp to start the Windows installer on the >>> thumb drive. How am I to proceed from here? Thanks. >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>> [email protected] >>> Many believe that we have been visited >>> in the past. What if it were true? >>> >>>> On 8/19/2015 12:08 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I’m not sure if this will help you, but I had all sorts of issues a few >>>> months ago getting Win 8.1 installed. I have a CD media disk for Windows, >>>> but I also download the ISO version as well. At least on the Win 8.0 side >>>> of the installation, there’s no speech, as you well know. I also had handy >>>> the article posted from Applevis on how to install Windows without sight. >>>> Even though the order of the screens were not in the same order explained >>>> in that article, it gave me the necessary keystrokes to assist in the >>>> installation process of Windows. In this tedious task, I also used KNFB >>>> Reader from my phone to read the screen, and the app BeMyEyes” to access >>>> sighted assistance. The last resort I used was FaceTime with an sighted AT >>>> support friend. When you get to the screen where you need to select the >>>> bootcamp drive (usually in the 4th position or arrow down 3 times), you >>>> will need to reformat the disk. The “Next” button is all the way in the >>>> bottom right hand corner (if memor > y >>> serves), which was not accessible with the command ALT-N. This is where I >>> needed the FaceTime sighted assistance in using the trackpad and detailed >>> directions on when the mouse cursor was exactly on the button to perform a >>> left click. I performed the left click from the trackpad. Once you get >>> through this tedious and frustrating task, you still need to install the >>> bootcamp drivers from your USB thumb drive. I hope this helps in getting >>> your Windows 7 OS installed into bootcamp. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Eileen >>>>> On Aug 19, 2015, at 8:56 AM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Update. Had to reset PRAM. The Mac side is fine. The Bootcamp partition >>>>> is there as well. Its not formatted with NTFS because the Windows install >>>>> did not get that far. >>>>> >>>>> Not certain what went wrong but the Mac had apparently crashed which >>>>> was resolved by resetting the PRAM. How should I proceed from here? >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Many believe that we have been visited >>>>> in the past. What if it were true? >>>>> >>>>>> On 8/18/2015 11:54 AM, E.T. wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> I started this project this morning. I have gotten as far as >>>>>> resizing the partition for Windows. At what point will speech not be >>>>>> available? I am not sure the actual Windows install has started yet. If >>>>>> the Mac restarted, its not apparent, the screen is blank. What next? >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> Many believe that we have been visited >>>>>> in the past. 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