Question about BootCamp

[jinxednuance]

Hi,

I've installed Parallels on my Air and I am running Windows 7, everything seems to be working fine.

If I wanted to run Windows 7 on Bootcamp, would I have to reinstall Windows 7 or can I just follow instructions on Bootcamp and it'll automatically detect that I have Windows?

Thanks

 

[lannim]

Hi,

I've installed Parallels on my Air and I am running Windows 7, everything seems to be working fine.

If I wanted to run Windows 7 on Bootcamp, would I have to reinstall Windows 7 or can I just follow instructions on Bootcamp and it'll automatically detect that I have Windows?

Thanks

You'll have to install it through bootcamp, bootcamp partitions it separately from os x

 

[jinxednuance]

So I can't integrate Parallels then, right?

It's either Bootcamp OR Parallels, can't have both...?

 

[S.B.G]

So I can't integrate Parallels then, right?

It's either Bootcamp OR Parallels, can't have both...?

Actually yes, it can be done. I just learned this myself yesterday.

However, you cannot do it with Parallels (as far as I know), but with VMWare Fusion.

Check out this knowledge base article:

Launching your Boot Camp partition in VMware Fusion

 

[jinxednuance]

Ok, thank you.

 

[wpotere]

You can run Bootcamp partition in VMWare Fusion. However, you have to install Windows via bootcamp first, not the other way around. Also, you have to activate a lot of apps twice (once for each side). It can be a bit of a pain to manage but it does work.

 

[balamw]

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Parallels and Virtualbox can both also do this, but VMWare has better documentation.

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