Hi Diana & Carlo, Carlo, would 'Windows XP Mode' in Windows 7 work?
<http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Windows+XP+Mode+in+Windows+7+in+Parallels+7%3F&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari> <http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1082927> <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7> Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 04/10/2011, at 5:44 PM, cm <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Diana, > > Yes, it is my understanding that you cannot use Boot Camp to boot from an > external drive, so you will have to partition your internal drive. According > to this Apple video, Boot Camp Assistant will do the partitioning for you. > > http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#windowsmac > > Cheers, > Carlo > > On 2011-10-04, at 17:29, Diana & Graham Stevens wrote: > >> Hi Mike & Carlo >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> This CD runs on XP so I was told it would be OK with Windows 7. >> >> I shall have to investigate Boot Camp. Will this mean I need to partition my >> HD and reinstall everything? >> >> Best wishes from Diana >> >> On 04/10/2011, at 3:12 PM, Mike Murray wrote: >> >>> Does the CD run on a real PC with Windows 7? It was released in 2004 I >>> think. Some of my older Family History CDs won't run on Vista...I keep a >>> laptop running Windows98 just to access the stuff! >>> >> On 04/10/2011, at 4:25 PM, cm wrote: >> >>> Parallels runs what is called a virtual machine, so even though it is real >>> Windows, it does put an emulation layer between Windows and the hardware. >>> If you want real Windows on real hardware you can boot up in Windows using >>> Boot Camp. >>> >>> >>>> I have long known that the Sussex Marriage Index would not run on Macs >>>> using >>>> simulation but in my innocence I thought that with an Intel Mac this was >>>> real >>>> Windows! >>> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
