Dual booting Win7 and Snow Leopard: Problem

conor-w · Dec 2, 2009, 04:56 PM

ok, i'm really new to osx and macs in general. i just got the new macbook and i have win7 professional 32bit on a dvd(legal). I have created a partition in bootcamp but every time it tries to boot from the dvd a black screen comes up with a flashing white cursor and thats it. Can anyone help me please as i really need win7 soon for college asssignments. Thanks

conor-w · Dec 3, 2009, 01:11 PM

can anyone help me with this problem? really need windows quick.

CylonGlitch · Dec 3, 2009, 01:20 PM

Sounds like the DVD is not bootable; did you make it, copy it, or get it somewhere that required you to burn it to disk? If so, maybe it was made incorrectly. That's what it sounds like to me.

Dec 2, 2009, 04:56 PM	#1
conor-w macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2009	Dual booting Win7 and Snow Leopard: Problem ok, i'm really new to osx and macs in general. i just got the new macbook and i have win7 professional 32bit on a dvd(legal). I have created a partition in bootcamp but every time it tries to boot from the dvd a black screen comes up with a flashing white cursor and thats it. Can anyone help me please as i really need win7 soon for college asssignments. Thanks
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Dec 3, 2009, 01:20 PM	#3
CylonGlitch macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: SoCal	Sounds like the DVD is not bootable; did you make it, copy it, or get it somewhere that required you to burn it to disk? If so, maybe it was made incorrectly. That's what it sounds like to me. __________________ Last edited by CylonGlitch : Tomorrow at 37:05 AM. MRoogle
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conor-w Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2009	can anyone help me with this problem? really need windows quick.
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