Installing Windows 7 using BootCamp

[dmhgt2]

I just downloaded the RC of Windows 7 (64-bit) and am trying to install it on my 2 month old macbook pro. This is my first mac, so i'm still getting used to it. I have created a dvd with the w7 iso image on it, created a 20gb partition using bootcamp, and now at the step of installing w7 on that new partition. The problem i'm running into is when trying to install, it says the partition needs to be formatted as NTFS. After backtracking and not seeing an option to make this new partition in NTFS format, i'm at a dead end. What can I do now? Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[NeoMayhem]

I just downloaded the RC of Windows 7 (64-bit) and am trying to install it on my 2 month old macbook pro. This is my first mac, so i'm still getting used to it. I have created a dvd with the w7 iso image on it, created a 20gb partition using bootcamp, and now at the step of installing w7 on that new partition. The problem i'm running into is when trying to install, it says the partition needs to be formatted as NTFS. After backtracking and not seeing an option to make this new partition in NTFS format, i'm at a dead end. What can I do now? Thanks in advance for the help!

Sounds like you are doing everything right, just let the installer format it for you. Bootcamp formats it as Fat32, which can only be used with XP.

 

[NathanCH]

You'll probably find that your Macbook Pro will be the fastest Windows machine you've ever had.

 

[bkap16]

I just downloaded the RC of Windows 7 (64-bit) and am trying to install it on my 2 month old macbook pro. This is my first mac, so i'm still getting used to it. I have created a dvd with the w7 iso image on it, created a 20gb partition using bootcamp, and now at the step of installing w7 on that new partition. The problem i'm running into is when trying to install, it says the partition needs to be formatted as NTFS. After backtracking and not seeing an option to make this new partition in NTFS format, i'm at a dead end. What can I do now? Thanks in advance for the help!

I think installing ntfs-3g will allow Disk Utility to create NTFS volumes. If that doesn't work, you may need a third party program like GParted. Even if ntfs-3g doesn't let you partition the drive, it will still let you read and write to the Windows partition from OS X.

 

[dmhgt2]

Thanks for the replies. I'll try ntfs-3g and see if that works.

 

[jsdc2005]

If it's not too late, you can just create the partition using bootcamp and when you get to the point where you select the partition for install, it will tell you you can't install on it. It will give you the option to format the partition. Do that, then install. No extra software needed.

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

If it's not too late, you can just create the partition using bootcamp and when you get to the point where you select the partition for install, it will tell you you can't install on it. It will give you the option to format the partition. Do that, then install. No extra software needed.

This is what I did. I had BootCamp make the FAT32 partition and then used the Windows7 setup to reformat that partition to NTFS, worked like a charm, took 2 minutes.