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Unofficial 64-bit support in Boot Camp?

equis.zero said:
So I was setting up my new Mac Pro today, I installed 64-bit Vista because I have it configured with 6gb of ram and would like to be able to use all of it. I was planning to just hunt around for drivers as everyone else seems to from what I've read, but I noticed that on the restore disks under Drivers\Apple\, there was a file called BootCamp64.exe, so I decided to run it, and now everything works perfectly, keyboard, bluetooth, everything. Strangely there were also Windows drivers for the multi-touch trackpad in the MacBook Air. Has anyone else noticed this? Is this on all Leopard disks?
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I just installed 64bit Vista Home Premium.
Installed the bootcamp64.exe

still, my bluetooth mouse works, but my bluetooth keyboard doesn't..
anyone have any ideas? :(
 
help please!

hey guys,

just reading this thread is making me immensely jealous...i just received my early 2008 mac pro with 8800gt, and i was looking forward to doing some casual gaming in vista via bootcamp...in anticipation i ordered vista 64bit home premium edition in order to take advantage of my extra ram...

however unlike everyone else who has been successful on here, i can't seem to get past the install stage of the boot camp process...i have followed the instructions to the T however i keep coming up against a "your drive does not meet the criteria for installation" or something of the like when i select my partition i made,

just for your guide i have the stock 320gb in slot 1 with only my OSX boot on it, i have partitioned a 500gb drive in slot 2 into 320gb time machine 180gb for vista and thats it, everything else is stock except for the memory (additional 4gb) and the 8800gt...

has anyone else come up against this problem and found a solution? i've tried multiple methods detailed on the net to no avail...if no one has a solution could some people who have managed to install 64bit vista maybe type out a step-by-step detailing what they did if they get a chance?

thanks guys
 
I don't know if this will help, but:

I used Leopard to format HD3 and HD4 to FAT32

Installed WinXP on HD3 (must use pure copy w/SP2; if you have Virtual PC, Microsoft will send you a copy for $30)

Formatted disk 4 to NTFS (not quick)

Installed Vista 64 to HD4 using Ultimate upgrade disk

Used Leopard install disk 1 to load Vista 64 drivers
 
XP Pro x64 in Boot Camp?

Straight ahead question - is it possible to install the 64 bit version of XP Pro in Boot Camp? I'm not interested in Vista 64, or any of the hacks to get it to work. We're purely talking XP Pro X64 in Boot Camp here. If the install IS possible, please post your precise steps for the rest of us.

-Thanks
 
I've not done it, but reading others who have, it may require even more hacks that having Vista 64 as fewer drivers, etc. are readily available. It seems the drivers available on the Leopard install disc 1 are Vista-specific but may also work with XP64.

Good luck.

MK
 
jatkins123 said:
hey guys,

just reading this thread is making me immensely jealous...i just received my early 2008 mac pro with 8800gt, and i was looking forward to doing some casual gaming in vista via bootcamp...in anticipation i ordered vista 64bit home premium edition in order to take advantage of my extra ram...

however unlike everyone else who has been successful on here, i can't seem to get past the install stage of the boot camp process...i have followed the instructions to the T however i keep coming up against a "your drive does not meet the criteria for installation" or something of the like when i select my partition i made,

just for your guide i have the stock 320gb in slot 1 with only my OSX boot on it, i have partitioned a 500gb drive in slot 2 into 320gb time machine 180gb for vista and thats it, everything else is stock except for the memory (additional 4gb) and the 8800gt...

has anyone else come up against this problem and found a solution? i've tried multiple methods detailed on the net to no avail...if no one has a solution could some people who have managed to install 64bit vista maybe type out a step-by-step detailing what they did if they get a chance?

thanks guys
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I ran into that when using the boot camp assistant to create the partitions. My work around was to create the partition in Disk Utility instead of the bootcamp assistant. I formatted the partition from the windows installer and then installation proceeded.
 
sketchguy said:
Straight ahead question - is it possible to install the 64 bit version of XP Pro in Boot Camp? I'm not interested in Vista 64, or any of the hacks to get it to work. We're purely talking XP Pro X64 in Boot Camp here. If the install IS possible, please post your precise steps for the rest of us.

-Thanks
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Straight ahead answer: No. Last night, I loaded XP Pro 64-bit via the BootCamp process, and when I threw the OS X CD's in the drive to load the Windows drivers, etc. - an error message appeared stating something to the effect of:

"You must either use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Vista with BootCamp."

I couldn't get around it by running the driver installs manually, either.

There's probably a way to do it - but not without alot of massaging.
 
Hello everyone,

This is my first post and I am a long time browser of the forums but never registered.

I just would like to help out by saying that I have finally managed to work out how to install this. Being only a newbie mac user I don't know the tips and tricks. The option key is a must for installing winxp64.

Basically what I did was like someone else pointed out, you need a fresh NTFS drive to install on or else you cannot get past bootcamp I found and if you can its probably a hassle. But who wants to run xp64 on a fat partion i don't.

1. Basically load up your drive in the second bay.

2. Put your windows cd in and run bootcamp, just to start a windows partion on the second drive and the computer will restart.

3. Press spacebar or option to boot from the cd.

4. format the partion and install xp.

I just want to outline that my first install did not work and got the common "NTLDR is missing" or something like that... and I had to go in again and and reinstall the windows directory. Dont format it again just skip that and replace the directory which is the first option.:)

I just logged in for the first time right now as I am writing this. I hope this helps... I'll return to help out anyones problems.
 
MacBook Pro and Vista Ultimate x64

Holiday 2006 editions of MacBook Pro are fully capable of Vista x64.

Boot Camp 2.0.1 drivers.
Atheros Wireless AR5008X driver. (Not included in Boot Camp 2.0.1)

This is for:
MacBook Pro 15"
2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (T7600)
ATI Radeon X1600 (256 MB GDDR3)

If you have this model I can confirm full functionality.
 
wpattison said:
Straight ahead answer: No. Last night, I loaded XP Pro 64-bit via the BootCamp process, and when I threw the OS X CD's in the drive to load the Windows drivers, etc. - an error message appeared stating something to the effect of:

"You must either use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Vista with BootCamp."

I couldn't get around it by running the driver installs manually, either.

There's probably a way to do it - but not without alot of massaging.
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Well, I just spent most of the morning trying to load XP-64 on my original 320 HD. I carbon copy cloned it to a F1 750 HD last night. I wanted to use the 320 as the Windows drive which is now in bay 3.

Like I said I spent most of the morning trying to load XP-64 via boot camp and received the same error message. I was assured the XP was SP2 ready by my friend who give it to me as he bought a new PC with Vista already on it. He had previously bought the XP-64 to load in a self-built PC so it was an original disk.

I even tried my XP Home Edition and received errors while loading. So I am currently using my 320 as a time machine drive. Now, I need to decide if it is worth it to buy a copy of Vista.:(:(:(
 
equis.zero said:
Here's a link to a zip containing just the Apple 64-bit drivers.

http://rapidshare.com/files/85474135/BootCampDrivers64.zip(~15mb)

I'm still in the process of uploading the entire Drivers folder as it's around 400mb and will edit this post when it's done.
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I have Vista Ultimate 64-bit installed on my MBP but the files I downloaded will not do anything but tell me that they may have been installed wrong - there is no installation wizard or anything!

CAn anyone help me I am stuck until i can figure this out!
 
wpattison said:
Last night, I loaded XP Pro 64-bit via the BootCamp process, and when I threw the OS X CD's in the drive to load the Windows drivers, etc. - an error message appeared stating something to the effect of:

"You must either use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Vista with BootCamp."
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Soop53 said:
Like I said I spent most of the morning trying to load XP-64 via boot camp and received the same error message. I was assured the XP was SP2 ready by my friend who give it to me as he bought a new PC with Vista already on it. He had previously bought the XP-64 to load in a self-built PC so it was an original disk.
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Per Apple's Boot Camp Installation Guide, the only version of Windows XP that is natively supported in Boot Camp is the 32-bit versions of Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 or 3. It will not work with the 64-bit edition of Windows XP, regardless of service pack level.
 
will it work on the black macbook?

i cant afford a MBP so i am forced to go with a black macbook.

if i use the 64 bit drivers from the mbp will they work???
does anyone have any clue about this?? i would love to have 64bit vista on my macbook black. (i do play some games but mainly i want the advantage of a 64 bit Operating system with 4GB ram) - by the way i am a mac noob, and know a little less than a 3 year old about how OSX works, so please dont get mad at me if you think this is a stupid idea. thanks a lot!
 
CWallace said:
Per Apple's Boot Camp Installation Guide, the only version of Windows XP that is natively supported in Boot Camp is the 32-bit versions of Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 or 3. It will not work with the 64-bit edition of Windows XP, regardless of service pack level.
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To be clear, you absolutely can install XP Pro 64-bit. The Leopard disk has drivers for the ethernet controller and the Realtek audio drivers, as well as the bluetooth installers... but you need to access them by using the Explore function in Windows to open the disc, the auto-setup will not allow any installation. The bootcamp control panel will not load, and although some people have gotten it installed it will not see the bootcamp OS X partition to allow booting back into Leopard (you need to hold down option key for getting out of boot camp manually). You will need to download the 64-bit XP video drivers, which nVidia has online, I don't believe the drivers on the Leopard disk will work.

I've been running it since March, and it is the most stable of the 4 windows versions I've tested, especially for games. It grants you access to all your RAM without the bloatware of Vista. The disadvantage is you cant boot back into Mac OS X via the bootcamp control panel, and there is no service pack 3 or any further planned updates. Any peripherals etc. that you expect to install most likely can't install their software since any new programs most likely won't support 64-bit XP. But for a stable games platform, I've installed everything including Crysis and it's the fastest and most stable for games I've tried.
 
dinjin201 said:
i cant afford a MBP so i am forced to go with a black macbook.

if i use the 64 bit drivers from the mbp will they work???
does anyone have any clue about this?? i would love to have 64bit vista on my macbook black. (i do play some games but mainly i want the advantage of a 64 bit Operating system with 4GB ram) - by the way i am a mac noob, and know a little less than a 3 year old about how OSX works, so please dont get mad at me if you think this is a stupid idea. thanks a lot!
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Of course it won't work. Drivers are hardware specific. :rolleyes:
 
tuffluffjimmy said:
Of course it won't work. Drivers are hardware specific. :rolleyes:
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And of course you are sure that the hardware is different between the two notebooks? I'm pretty sure that the newest Macbook's and Pro's use the same airport among other things. For the rest of the hardware that isn't supported by apple there are probably drivers available from the manufacturers website.
 
Hi guys!

If I download the drivers that someone posted on page 2, will I be able to install/work on Windows XP 64-bit on my MacPro?

I've noticed this thread has quite some time, and I don't know if the newer MacPros are compatible with all the conversation here.

My system is:

- MacPro 2x 2.8Ghz QuadCore
- 10GB RAM ; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
- Apple Cinema Display

Thanks!!!

-----

P.S. - I've got Windows Vista installed on my Mac. I really need to use some Windows software for some months, and I really need to get full use of all my cores, because I'm using heavy 3D software (modeling/rendering).

The Vista seems very unstable and pretty slow, and that is the reason why I want to install Windows XP 64-bit version.

If you have any idea how can I setup everything perfectly on XP64 on my MacPro (drivers!!), please let me know. I would thank you forever!!!
 
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