Clean install of windows 7 on macbook pro

Go into bootcamp assistant. It will ask you if you want to create or remove a windows partition. Click on that. Since you already have a windows partition it will ask you if you want to restore you disk to a single partition, when you do that, you then set up your new bootcamp partition.
It actually sounds far more complicated than it actually is. It is usually a very easy and painless setup.

 

I take it the vista drivers work on Windows 7?

 

The SL disc has all the drivers needed for Windows 7 (including 64bit versions).

If you want to keep the same partition size, then boot from the Win 7 CD and use the Windows installer to format the bootcamp partition. Just make sure you don't format your Mac partition by mistake (which should in theory be hard, as the assistant lists all the partition sizes).



Select the partition, click on drive options and choose the format option.




Edit: Screenshots credit: Supersite for Windows

 

64 vs. 32 bit

Does it matter if you buy the 32 or 64 bit version of Windows 7? I know bootcamp used to only support 32 bit versions of windows. Is this still the case?

Thanks

 

Being able to run 64-bit dependent on Boot Camp but your hardware. All Boot Camp does is create a partition for you to install Windows.

If you're talking about driver support, there are 64-bit drivers available that aren't the best but still provide good functionality.

 

I have installed a copy of Windows 7, dont like it at all. Snow leopard much better, i feel my Macbook Pro is not running 100% ...

CPU gets really hot, battery life sux, driver not 100% support, ...

 

does anyone know why there is a red light coming out of the sound jack when running windows 7?

 

Google does: http://www.google.com/search?client...dphone+jack+windows+macbook&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8