Well, unfortunately I can't help you at all, sorry. On the bright side, your message did indeed come through just fine. On Dec 24, 2012, at 12:44 AM, Gavin Grundlingh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I'm forwarding a message I tried to send to this list last week. Please let > me know if it gets through. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Gavin Grundlingh <[email protected]> >> Subject: Unable To Install Windows On My Mac At All >> Date: 17 December 2012 11:38:37 PM SAST >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm not sure if I've written about this here before, but I'm having one hell >> of a time trying to install Windows on my Mac, the biggest problem being >> that my internal superdrive no longer works. I'll explain what I've tried so >> far in more detail below: >> >> First, because my superdrive is broken, I tried using 2 external USB DVD >> drives. One was an LG that worked with AC power, the other was powered >> purely by USB, but I don't know its make or model. In both cases, I could >> select the Windows DVD as a startup disk in System preferences. However, the >> LG AC powered drive hung on the "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD" >> message, while the USB only drive Skipped booting from the disk entirely. >> This happened both when trying to install Windows to a Bootcamp partition, >> and when changing the partition map scheme of my internal hard drive to MBR >> and trying to install the way you would on a traditional PC, which, just so >> everyone is aware, actually does work. I did it in January of this year when >> my Superdrive was still functional, and had no problems. >> >> Next, I created and booted from a CCC backup, downloaded and installed >> VirtualBox, and used its command line interface to create a vmdk file that >> would give me raw disk access to my internal hard drive. I used VMWare >> Fusion to create a new, custom virtual machine, then edited its >> configuration file to include the vmdk file with raw disk access. I was able >> to boot the virtual machine from both DVD drives, so I went through the >> Windows install process until I got to the desktop. I Rebooted the Mac from >> the internal drive, and got all the way to "Starting Windows" before the >> computer restarted itself and went to the Startup Repair screen. I told >> Windows to fix whatever it thought the problem was, but no luck. It did the >> same thing. So I started up from my external hard disk, booted the virtual >> machine and reran the installer from within Windows itself, thinking that my >> previous attempt may have failed due to hardware changes that occur when >> running Windows virtually ass opposed to natively. I hoped that, by running >> the first part of the install that copies the files from the DVD to the hard >> drive, then rebooting the machine completely and finishing the install on >> the native Mac hardware, all the correct components would be detected. Well, >> that was, and still is, merely a nice thought. I got as far as "Setup is >> loading files" and "Starting Windows" when I rebooted, then got a "Windows >> was unable to start the installation" error and an "OK" button. I pressed >> it, the computer restarted, and came up with the same error. >> >> Lastly, I tried using a flash drive created with the Windows 7 USB DVD >> download tool to install from, but the Mac wouldn't boot from that either. I >> installed the rEFIt boot manager and used that to boot from the flash drive, >> but still had no success. >> >> I'm at my wit's end here. Is the Mac seriously that full of crap about the >> devices it boots from? I've reset the parameter RAM, reset the SMC, checked >> for possible software updates, used different flash drives and Windows >> DVD's, but none if that seems to make any difference. I don't have, or know >> anybody who has, access to an Apple USB superdrive, so I can't confirm >> whether or not that will work. Does anyone know how I could possibly resolve >> this? I need the resources on this Mac for large sample libraries i want to >> run, and my PC just doesn't have enough power. Thanks for all the help you >> guys provide. It's very much appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> >> Gavin Grundlingh >> Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 >> Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 >> Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 >> Email: [email protected] >> Secondary Email: [email protected] >> Skype: Batworx >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/batworx >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/batworx >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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