I thought there was a problem installing 64 bit windows. Can you clarify on that matter? I'm considering doing something similar either on my Mac or my 64 bit laptop. So you actually installed 64 bit windows?
On Oct 10, 2013, at 4:57 AM, Paul Erkens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Georges, > > Your answers have been most helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to > fill in the gaps. I've been busy installing bootcamp windows, and it's all > set now. The win PE package is just awesome. I now have windows 64-bit > installed, home premium, while I never thought this was possible at all > without sighted help, but it is. Your latest answer contained exactly the > missing bits of info I still needed, and now as I type, windows is doing all > its updates in the background. I have the bootcamp partition, imported it > into fusion, and now I can do lengthy tasks like updating, from OS 10, while > also having the benefit of natively running windows for audio production if I > need to, off of boot camp. Best of both worlds. :-) If I need to drag out my > wave files from the bootcamp partition, I can now do so from os 10, and then > amadeus them further as needed. Sometimes, a digital life can have nice > surprises. > > Best, > Paul. > On Oct 9, 2013, at 5:24 AM, Georges Zaynoun <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Paul: >> I did this on a macbook white from the year 2009. Basically when this dvd >> reaches the desktop you have two possibilities either it talks which is what >> you want or it doesn't talk. In both cases you MUST use usb headset. I >> connected a loud speaker to the USB adapter I have and turned the volume >> high to the maximum. I noticed a little hum when usb audio was initializing >> whether NVDA spoke or not and it became silent when the desktop reached. I >> exited NVDA with capslock and q I heard nothing but when I pressed enter I >> heard the chimes from NVDA. Now since I don't know where is the focus I >> pressed command+m to be sure I am on the desktop then pressed n by itself to >> focus the NVDA icon then RETURN and voila NVDA started. When I did the >> install I did not use the install windows icon he provided on the desktop >> since there is a bug there, I browsed from his dvd to the setup.exe for >> Windows in the installers folder and the folder inside it I don't remember >> its exact name but you will find it setup.exe or use your own real windows >> dvd if you have one, just remember once you want to eject a dvd while win7pe >> is loaded on the mac you cannot use the eject key on your keyboard, you MUST >> open the computer folder from the first icon on the desktop then highlight >> the dvd and eject it from the menus, you activate the menus with the option >> key. >> As for why I used the recovery partition is because I wanted to make sure >> which startup disk I wanted to use next time. So for example after the >> first phase of installing Windows with speech when Windows wanted to restart >> as soon as I powered the mac and heard the music I ejected his dvd, powered >> off the mac, powered it on again and kept option depressed and counted to >> say five or ten in my heart then pressed left arrow then RETURN and waited >> until recovery came then started VO and selected that I wanted to start from >> Windows. Maybe this was not necessary and it was enough to eject his dvd >> but I have a tendency every now and then to use this recovery partition as a >> talking startup disk since I am totally blind and have no sighted people >> around. >> Finally I started windows it finished setting itself up of course without >> speech then restarted by itself, it is up to you, no need to halt it to >> select it from the recovery partition it will start in Windows then you >> press command+u to get narrator talking from usb and you tab/shift tab to ok >> to make windows setup. Once setup is done you install your bootcamp drivers >> and after that you never need usb speakers and you can use the eject key to >> eject dvds. In one word you do the first phase of setup with dvd in the >> machine and you get speech when windows wants to restart eject your dvd and >> let it restart and wait until it restarts again then use narrator to set it >> up. >> Original message: >>> Hi Georges, >> >>> This looks like a very to the point answer. Thank you so much for pointing >>> this out. There are 2 little things that I don't understand yet. Would you >>> please clarify the following: >>> 1. How can I exit NVDA? I don't yet know where windows maps its insert key >>> in bootcamp. On a US keyboard, where is insert? I would then do a insert >>> plus f4. That should bring up the NVDA exit dialog. Is this correct so far? >>> And which key is insert, or is there another way? >> >>> 2. You said: I used the mac recovery startup disk each time I wanted to >>> boot from this Megadvd. What does this mean? To boot into windows, do you >>> start your mac, then hold down command plus r, so that it boots into the >>> mac recovery partition? But then how do you continue? >> >>> I hope I'll hear back from you, because this seems exactly the bit of >>> missing information that I'm still looking for. Thanks for your answer thus >>> far. Please do reply. >>> Paul. >>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 6:24 PM, Georges Zaynoun <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >> >>>> Folks, I used the Win7PE successfully twice to install on bootcamp and I >>>> did it alone just today and I am totally blind. What you need to do is >>>> you MUST use usb speakers or headphones and if NVDA doesn't speak to you >>>> just exit it without speech and answer yes to the question you don't hear, >>>> the confirmation you will get is the NVDA exit sound. Once that is done >>>> you can simply hit the letter n making sure you are on the desktop then >>>> enter and NVDA will start speaking from your usb device and you will be >>>> able to install Windows. >> >>>> I used the mac recovery startup disk each time I wanted to boot from this >>>> Megadvd. >> >>>> -- >>>> Georges Zeinoun >>>> Timmerv. 6A, SE54163 SKÖVDE >>>> Tel: +46500482929 >>>> Mobile: +46739861743 >>>> E-mail: [email protected] >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> Georges Zeinoun >> Timmerv. 6A, SE54163 SKÖVDE >> Tel: +46500482929 >> Mobile: +46739861743 >> E-mail: [email protected] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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