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VMware Fusion Help
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I don't see why you couldn't do that. However you will want to install Vista on you bootcamp partition first. The partition should already be formatted in ntfs is so you should be able to upgrade from there. All the drivers you need should be on your Leopard disk. Then go reboot in to OSX and redo VMware fusion setup for bootcamp partitions.
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I think that a better solution is fresh install of Vista, not the upgrade. In this way you can avoid many problems later.
I think that a better solution is fresh install of Vista, not the upgrade. In this way you can avoid many problems later.
for one i dont have any of the leopared disks. i run vmware fusion then run boot camp parition then it loads xp then i put the dvd in for vista and it runs it to install. i dont know if i need drivers or not if i do the upgrade. i think this is a problem because i have never done this before.
Ok you are going to need the leopard disk as it holds all drivers you will need to run windows effectively on your mac. And I would stick with 32 bit at the moment.
okay i dont have the leopared disks. so what are my options now? are the drivers located online some were that i can download and run in windows? im downloading leopared via torrent but wont be done for awhile. so can i download the drivers?
I don't condone illegal downloading, but nonetheless the Bootcamp drivers are on the website: http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp
It should be on the right hand column; be sure to download the right ones. Also Vista x64 supports 4GB RAM, is faster, and morer stable.
Finally if you're running this in VMware, install Vista in Bootcamp, then run VMware on the Bootcamp partition. Then install the VMware drivers.
i use vmware fusion to run bootcamp which is were xp is loacted. how to i install vista that way and replace xp? i tried it through xp and it wont work becaue the hard drive it wants to use isnt ntfs so on so on. so how do i do this through vmware fusion or what? anyone have detail insturctions.
Okay, you have to back up your XP partition first.
Then go to BootCamp and delete your old partition, recreate a new one and start a Vista installation.
Go through the usual installation and everything; I don't think upgrading XP works too well, so do a clean install. When everything is complete, install the BootCamp drivers.
Now you have a working BootCamp system, open up VMware and the BootCamp should come up as a virtual machine. Start it as a virtual machine and then when it's done booting go to the top menu bar and select Tools-->Install VMware Tools. This will install VMware drivers.
Now you have BootCamp partition that works on VMware and BootCamp.
okay so i went to bootcamp and the two options i have are
create or remove a windows partition.
start the windows installer.
now i have windows xp on a 30 gb partition. how do i find that because the only thing showing is the macintosh hd. do i need to remove the windows xp parition and then redo it all completely? it says i need my mac os x install disc that i dont have. so will the downloadable drivers from apple work? i just want to make sure this all goes good and i have no problems.
create or remove a windows partition.
start the windows installer.
now i have windows xp on a 30 gb partition. how do i find that because the only thing showing is the macintosh hd. do i need to remove the windows xp parition and then redo it all completely? it says i need my mac os x install disc that i dont have. so will the downloadable drivers from apple work? i just want to make sure this all goes good and i have no problems.
so i went to that link for boot camp and i have not a clue what to download for this to work when i install vista. im gonna need some help.
this is what mac is saying about installing windows.
After upgrading to Windows Vista, youll need to reinstall the Boot Camp drivers using the Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard installation disc or the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 that came with your computer to enable Vista on your Mac.
says i need to have the disc. do i need it or no?
After upgrading to Windows Vista, youll need to reinstall the Boot Camp drivers using the Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard installation disc or the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 that came with your computer to enable Vista on your Mac.
says i need to have the disc. do i need it or no?