Hi guys,
First time I have setup dual boot on any Mac since I am finally doing away with my beige box and using my iMac for Windows as well as OS X.
Here is my intended setup:
Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Caddy + SSD
Internal WD 1TB Drive
Can I install Windows on this last partition?
I tried to run BootCamp Assistant but it said something about the disk not being one single partition... I don't know which disk it is talking about since both were partitioned!
I thought I would just be able to specify the installation partition.
I have already created my USB boot image with my Win7 ISO + additional WindowsSupport files.... Can I just boot from it and point it at the Windows Partition, format it as NTFS and then let it install?
My only concern is that I have read somewhere about multiple partitions and the Mac's ability to identify the Windows one.... or maybe I just didn't quite understand!
Hoping you can help?
Thanks
Jon
First time I have setup dual boot on any Mac since I am finally doing away with my beige box and using my iMac for Windows as well as OS X.
Here is my intended setup:
Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Caddy + SSD
- Partition 1 = Macintosh HD
- Partition 2 = Audio Samples
Internal WD 1TB Drive
- Partition 1 = Projects (HFS) - 300GB
- Partition 2 = Data (HFS) - 500GB (ish)
- Partition 3 = Windows (FAT32) - 80GB
Can I install Windows on this last partition?
I tried to run BootCamp Assistant but it said something about the disk not being one single partition... I don't know which disk it is talking about since both were partitioned!
I thought I would just be able to specify the installation partition.
I have already created my USB boot image with my Win7 ISO + additional WindowsSupport files.... Can I just boot from it and point it at the Windows Partition, format it as NTFS and then let it install?
My only concern is that I have read somewhere about multiple partitions and the Mac's ability to identify the Windows one.... or maybe I just didn't quite understand!
Hoping you can help?
Thanks
Jon