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jgbhardy

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Oct 15, 2008
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I've installed Windows 7 64x on my Macbook, now when I insert the Mac OS X disc that came with my Macbook I can install the Bootcamp64 file but when I insert the Snow Leopard disk to install Bootcamp 3.0 I can't install the Bootcamp64 or the 32 bit Bootcamp file. I really want the 3.0 version so that I can have the read capability for the Mac partition in Windows.
When I try to install the Bootcamp64 it comes up saying "This installation requires elevated privilages. Launch the installer through setup.exe"
When I run it through setup.exe however it comes up with the message saying that it Bootcamp64 is unsupported on this model. The same message would come up when I use the Leopard disks but I was able to bypass this by instaling it through the Bootcamp64 file found in the Apple drivers folder.

Can someone help me out here I need to get Bootcamp 3.0 installed, I think there are some 3rd party apps that can give you HTFS read capability but I don't want use those, I've looked at some they are horrible so don't suggest it!!

Also I'm not a 64x fanatic, I'm using Windows64x because you need it to use 4GB ram.:rolleyes:
 
I have Windows 7 32 bit on my 15" UMBP with 4 GB of RAM running fine. Why do you need 64 bit?
 
I have Windows 7 32 bit on my 15" UMBP with 4 GB of RAM running fine. Why do you need 64 bit?

It will still run fine but it wont use the full 4GB
When your next on Windows 7 go into the System section in Control panel, I'm guessing it doesn't say 4GB but something like 3GB?
 
It does work really well, install then upgrade. I'm runnin win7x64 and I can see the osx partition in windows etc.
 
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