im kind of new to this and i was trying to get bootcamp to run and also the windows partition that runs on bootcamp through vmware fusion. ive installed and uninstalled like 12 times now in 2 days and its driving me nuts. no matter what i do i cant get it to work. maybe someone on here can give me some tips because im lost.
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Bootcamp vmware fusion issue.
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Can you get into more detail?
Do you get some kind of error when trying to use the Boot Camp partition in Fusion?
What were the steps taken, you had to do 12 times?
It seems to be not as easy, when you google "vmware fusion boot camp partition" and read some results.
It worked for me without any hiccups, but that was year ago, and now I don't remember the exact steps anymore.
You can also use mroogle for further investigation.
Do you get some kind of error when trying to use the Boot Camp partition in Fusion?
What were the steps taken, you had to do 12 times?
It seems to be not as easy, when you google "vmware fusion boot camp partition" and read some results.
It worked for me without any hiccups, but that was year ago, and now I don't remember the exact steps anymore.
You can also use mroogle for further investigation.
That's not really enough to go on if anyone here is to help you.
What's your setup? Is your OS X up to date? Does Windows through Boot Camp work on its own? What error messages are you getting?
What's your setup? Is your OS X up to date? Does Windows through Boot Camp work on its own? What error messages are you getting?
well ive tried installing from a boot disk for bootcamp and then that worked, but my vmware couldnt find it to virtualize it. and then i attempted to make a bootcamp partition directly through vmware and now when i turn my mac off and try to boot camp nothing shows up besides my mac partition.
this is my first mac, 13" mbp with the current osx as far as i know, the windows im trying to run is windows xp pro sp2
i got it to work one time but for some reason the partition only ended up being 11 gigs and it wasnt enough to fit even one game i was trying to install, i attempted to enlarge the space but wouldnt let me...
right now im guessing at best
this is my first mac, 13" mbp with the current osx as far as i know, the windows im trying to run is windows xp pro sp2
i got it to work one time but for some reason the partition only ended up being 11 gigs and it wasnt enough to fit even one game i was trying to install, i attempted to enlarge the space but wouldnt let me...
right now im guessing at best
well when i installed it through just bootcamp at first i couldnt find it in vmware, so then i tried bring up the drive from my desktop but that didnt do anything so i uninstalled and tried installing through vmware and it even lists it as a bootcamp partition but for whatever reason it didnt show up when i went to launch it in bootcamp alone.
Have you tried this:
To create a virtual machine from the Boot Camp partition
1 From the Virtual Machine Library window, select Boot Camp partition (Windows must be already installed there of course),
which is automatically detected, and click the run arrow.
2 Enter your Mac password to access the Boot Camp partition.
You must have administrator privileges to use the Boot Camp as a virtual
machine. VMware Fusion creates a virtual machine from your Boot Camp
partition and starts Windows.
3 After Windows boots from your Boot Camp virtual machine,
VMwareFusion starts the installation of VMware Tools to enable full
virtual machine functionality and optimize performance for your Boot
Camp partition when used as a virtual machine. Follow the onscreen
instructions and restart your virtual machine when prompted.
4 When the VMware Tools installation is complete, reboot your computer.
The first time you power on your Boot Camp virtual machine after installing
VMware Tools, you will need to reactivate Windows.
from page 12 and 13 of the manual.
To create a virtual machine from the Boot Camp partition
1 From the Virtual Machine Library window, select Boot Camp partition (Windows must be already installed there of course),
which is automatically detected, and click the run arrow.
2 Enter your Mac password to access the Boot Camp partition.
You must have administrator privileges to use the Boot Camp as a virtual
machine. VMware Fusion creates a virtual machine from your Boot Camp
partition and starts Windows.
3 After Windows boots from your Boot Camp virtual machine,
VMwareFusion starts the installation of VMware Tools to enable full
virtual machine functionality and optimize performance for your Boot
Camp partition when used as a virtual machine. Follow the onscreen
instructions and restart your virtual machine when prompted.
4 When the VMware Tools installation is complete, reboot your computer.
The first time you power on your Boot Camp virtual machine after installing
VMware Tools, you will need to reactivate Windows.
from page 12 and 13 of the manual.