Install Windows 7 on a Mac Using Boot Camp Assistant (Mac OSX 10.8)
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In this video I walkthrough how to install Windows 7 on a Mac using:
1. A Windows 7 install DVD
2. A USB flash drives
3. 2010 Mac Mini with Apple external superdrive
4. Mac OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
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This was some of the healthiest 20 minutes listening spent in a looong while! :)
This is one of the most well done tutorials I've seen on KZread. Well done and thanks dude!
One of the best documented installation tutorials made. It did exactly what you said it would, exactly as described. Step by step perfection, and no issues at all. Thank you.
I have been involved for many years in corporate training. I have never seen a better presentation as this one. Reason 1, it is pithy, there is nothing in the video that is information you don't need to know. Reason 2, Everything you do need to know is there. Reason 3 it is in logical order. Reason 4, there are no ah's, um's and other sounds that have nothing to do with the presentation. Reason 4 gives you the information you need to know before you begin to listen to someone's presentation that they don't know what they are talking about. The presentation by Mr. Carney hit all the numbers and was a pleasure to listen to before my boot camping my MAC. Thank you
This is one of the most thorough and helpful videos that I have found on KZread. I am sure that you spent a lot of time putting this together. Thank you!!!
What an excellent tutorial. I was quite intimidated by the whole process but I followed this turorial step by step and within an hour had both windows and OS X on my MacBook Pro! Thanks!
@deft4184
7 жыл бұрын
hey i did copied support but its not working can you help
@golklok1102
6 жыл бұрын
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Very thorough and helpful. After owning an intel Mac for over 10 years I’m finally undertaking this task. This is a great resource to have alongside me as I go. Thx
Thanks for this video, I was so scared at the middle of installations because I didn’t know which hard drive choose, so this information was incredible helpful! Thanks a lot!
Thank you, this worked for me on Mac OSX Yosemite :D
Extremely helpful man, thanks for posting this.
Extremely helpful! I had no clue what I was doing, and your tutorial made it so easy. Thank you!
Great tutorial. Simple and clear from start to finish. Thank you, man! I'm gonna try this out soon based on your experience!
Dude - thank you so much for doing this. You're a legend.
Thank you so much! This video was perfect, well done! I used this on my girlfriends Mac because she needs windows to be able to play The Sims 4 when it comes out. You da besht maaaane
Very impressed with this tutorial. I was very concerned about this not working on 10.1.3 but it works perfectly. Great job.
This is the best windows 7 installation using boot camp assistant tutorial within the whole youtube!! tried few dodgy ones which instead made my macbook nearly a brick. this tutorial is worth watching !! many thanks!!
Great video!! Very detailed and helpful. When installing windows the system wouldnt recognize my mouse. I searched the internet and tried everything. Then I installed the utilities on a different flash drive, and it worked perfect. Thank you for taking the time to make this video A+!!!
The Bluetooth keyboard and mouse do not work at the Languages window Please help
This is a great walk-through! I've used it twice now and it doesn't miss a step
Check out my updated video for this! Works with Windows 7, 8 and 10. This time I use an ISO, not an installation disc! kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYWsxtGce93TXaw.html
@DailylifeofTTGmajok
6 жыл бұрын
Help i dont have boot cam0
Hey man, great tutorial with excellent explanation on everything. My question is what program did u use to record the screen? Thanks :D
@VarisTheHacker
9 жыл бұрын
U made it by urself? Impressive :D
@MusicTechHelpGuy
9 жыл бұрын
Because I have multiple re-starts in the video, any capture software is going to cut off at the restart. So I had to use a HD PVR box with a separate computer to capture the video.
@cameronkrystkowiak9113
9 жыл бұрын
MusicTechHelpGuy Hey I am having problems restarting my Mac OSX which has been boot camped to windows 7 ultimate back to my Mac. I am not getting the extra icon in bottom right corner Help please?
@keithcak
3 жыл бұрын
@@cameronkrystkowiak9113 me too
This video was SO damn helpful!!! I'm all good.. thanks for posting this!! I'm glad I found it :)
@YoshiIsCool1
6 жыл бұрын
poofie74 hello
Thanks!! By following your instructions I installed 32 Bit Windows 7 on Mac OS 10.9. It was very helpful.
Finally a guide/how-to that actually worked and allowed me to install windows 8.1. Thank you!
I'm trying to install from an ISO but get the error *"Can't download the software because of a network problem."* .. I loaded the drivers to a USB but creating an install disk from an ISO erases the content so I'm stuck.. My mac doesn't have a cd-drive..
@medimiguel9036
6 жыл бұрын
Bootcamp will not allow you install windows from an ISO. Should be a CD/DVD, otherwise it could be ilegot copy of windows. You need an original Windows CD. If you don't have original, just install the ISO on a CD and make it booteable. This is an other story but it's not that hard. The best way to install Windows if you don't have a CD/DVD bootable. if you only want to use the ISO you have, I highly recommend you to follow this awesome video. The problem it's in Spanish, but you will be able to follow the easy steps. Good luck kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5elt8uaitesg5M.html
Hey I started follow your tutorial, but i am facing a problem. I created the parition fat format on the usb. i have my window 7 cd in my macbook pro. when i go to bootcampe assistant it keep saying "THE STARTUP DISK CANNOT BE PARTITIONED OR RESTORED TO A SINGLE PARTITION. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows." I can check the option where it says Download the latest window support from apple. but I cannot check or uncheck where it says install or remove window 7 or later versoin. if you can plz help me out thank you
@mohammadismailzamarai9980
9 жыл бұрын
I also have this problem ? if any solution please share with me too.
Brilliant instructional video. Clear and logical. I followed every step and it totally worked. Having tried to follow the written instructions on the Apple support site and failed this was a dream. Thanks a lot.
Your walkthrough video is so clear I could follow ever step to finish the installation with no problem. Thank you.
your password is "lespaul" its the only guitar name that fits your entry
@RandomPotatoOfficialYoutube
8 жыл бұрын
Yup, I figured that out pretty quick too. XD
@noahbasara8529
7 жыл бұрын
same
@niceonewen
7 жыл бұрын
subv
@johnmcguire1792
6 жыл бұрын
Yamaha?
@johnmcguire1792
6 жыл бұрын
Ahh too short silly billy
i watch it like 1M times and still don't understand, it tell me all time when it restart to Windows (No bootable device - insert boot disk and tap any key) solution?!
@swampfish5912
Жыл бұрын
maybe your windows dvd or iso is not bootable
@komasio71
Жыл бұрын
@@swampfish5912 i did with multiple iso's and usb's and still the same status till this day
@swampfish5912
Жыл бұрын
@@komasio71 well idk what happens to you but just search on google for that problem
@jorb5994
Жыл бұрын
@@komasio71 your mac is probably running on 32bit EFI and you're trying to install 64 bit windows. Even though the intel processor can handle 64 bit windows the EFI limits it to 32. Ran into this problem too and tried many workarounds to get 64 bit windows 7 to work but no luck
@lcwen4928
Жыл бұрын
Same problem here :(
Dude, appreciate the video. I have been searching for months.
This video was excellent! Thanks for going through each step in detail, was having difficulty before I came across your video.
Ok I did everything as I should. All worked well, but when I get to the Windows login page neither my mouse nor keyboard work preventing me from logging in. If I hard restart my computer in iOS mode the keyboard and mouse will work. I have searched high and low on how to fix this but it seems to be a issue with the driver install. Is there a fix for this. I am to the point where I am going to uninstall everything and start all over again.
@MusicTechHelpGuy
8 жыл бұрын
+Joe Blow Are they a bluetooth keyboard and mouse? If so, that's the problem. You should be able to plug in any standard USB mouse and get it to work long enough to download the bluebooth drivers.
@hussain71000
8 жыл бұрын
+MusicTechHelpGuy what type of partition i should use master boot or GUID Partition?
@a64738
8 жыл бұрын
hussain Alyafei To get Win7 installed because the lack of USB3 drivers I had to install using bootcamp in OSX and that one use master boot automaticly after what I understand. Win8 and 10 I did install without using bootcamp doing GUID Partion on USB drive.
@sushantmali193
8 жыл бұрын
+MusicTechHelpGuy Actually I have a wired keyboard and mouse of Logitech, at the time of entering user name for windows login keyboard and mouse wont work so I cant go further please help.
@uhjwpsmnwzyiu5238
8 жыл бұрын
+Joe Blow Try click this ####### facebook.com/Windows-7-Professional-Key-1556696531257603/ to got windows 7 product key. thus having the correct resolution from the beginning.I am very appreciated. Great work! Strongly recommended.
Doing this for GTA V on my mac mini!
@complexkr
9 жыл бұрын
***** IKR XD
@haywoodjblome4768
9 жыл бұрын
dont take serious what they are saying, they are just windows fanboys, it runs well at medium specs
@haywoodjblome4768
9 жыл бұрын
***** it isnt terrible for gaming, you just cant play it on ultra grafics
@haywoodjblome4768
9 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Curnow I have both mac and windows, and I can say that mac is good for gaming, not great but good. Unless you got a imac you can't say that it suck. Who do you think he will believe, me that actually as a imac, or you that are a windows fanboy
@haywoodjblome4768
9 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Curnow yes windows is better for gaming, but that doesn't mean that mac cant run games. I dont know if macbook mini can play gta on medium specs, but i know that macbook pro and imac can.
I have been looking for this answer for the past 14 hrs non stop, honestly man, a lot of people are having this problem. even when googling it... no right answer..... Thanks a lot man...
I was really confused on how to do it, then I saw this video, and it made me so happy, thank you!
So if you get this, can you play games off steam that are for Windows?!
@MusicTechHelpGuy
9 жыл бұрын
Yes. That's originally why I did this. I'm a mac guy and I only have Macs in my house. My fiancee wanted to play Skyrim on the computer and not the PS3, so I boot camped her iMac so she could play Skyrim and other games on Steam.
@ShadowtheChaoMINELOLZ
9 жыл бұрын
MusicTechHelpGuy i did this for sonic advenutre 2 battle
@ShadowtheChaoMINELOLZ
9 жыл бұрын
MusicTechHelpGuy and failed yeah i need a 64 bit windows 7 disc
@bffvsbvvx3975
9 жыл бұрын
super dadaman darn it thats sucks. Did you get the 64bit yet?
@ShadowtheChaoMINELOLZ
9 жыл бұрын
Official720_ObsessionBMX not yet but soon
if you have Bootcamp version 6.1 you can,t install windows 7 you should have Bootcamp 4 or 5.1 download Bootcamp 5.1 and try again
@jabeyy5281
4 жыл бұрын
Ok ty
I have seen more than 20 tutorials and by far this one was the best thanks M8
Boot camp rookie here... excellent training video ...thanks!
how do you get a windows 7 disc?
@MusicTechHelpGuy
8 жыл бұрын
+VideosforLads Haha. Times have changed a lot since I made this video! I got the disc at a Best Buy, but I don't even know if you can get them anymore. I plan on doing an updated video on how to bootcamp Windows 10 eventually. You can do this same thing similarly by creating an ISO for your Windows install. I think there are a few tuts out on there on youtube for how to do that. Good luck!
@storyls
8 жыл бұрын
+MusicTechHelpGuy Unless you get it from retail or something along those lines, Microsoft has a tool to burn a disk with the ISO or use it on a flash drive. No on really installs from a DVD anymore though, everyone does it from a flash drive, far simpler and less DVD hassle. www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool
@DuncanTembo
8 жыл бұрын
Hi there, would this tutorial work in order to install windows 8 on Mac El Capitan?
@raqeebanjum6366
8 жыл бұрын
You buy it.
@traidahhsien7378
7 жыл бұрын
That's all we needed to hear, ffs. Thank you.
no bootable drive when i try install and it restarts to a black screen no bootablbe drive
@AngelStormee
8 жыл бұрын
me too
@indigotoindia
8 жыл бұрын
+AngelStormee how did you fix this?
@AngelStormee
8 жыл бұрын
I ended up running the OS on VM Ware. I used Fusion since the 2007 Macbook was already running Lion.
This tutorial is perfect! Everything is clear and to the point!
Thank you so much. Aunt just bought me Windows 7 64 bit install DVD and when it comes I will BootCamp ASAP. Keep up the good work.
Thanks man, you have covered up the fully I want to know about installing Windows on my Mac.
Great video. Thanks for going the full distance and showing us how to boot between the two, and how to reverse the process.
This is the best installation video alive. Thank you. All the others speak proper fast, they sound proper cocky, and make you feel like an idiot for not understanding their technical speak. THANK YOU whoever you are, now I finally have a windows partition on my mac.
I watch this video every single night to help me sleep at night. 😂
Exactly what I was looking for. Great presentation. Thank you.
Wow this is awesome, thank you for taking the time to do this!
This is the best and most detailed video I've seen on Mac OS Boot Camp, thanks so much for your help!
Thank you so much! This video helped me more than over an hour of me digging for info!
Excellent Video. I did a 2008 Imac and installed windows 7 Pro and everything worked perfectly. Thanks for your work here..
Everybody who used this video to help them needed to hit that like for the information it provided. Thanks a lot my guy.
No other words but, Excellent, thorough and complete. Wow, thanks Carney...wish other technical pro's would explain and demonstrate with your gift of clarity. I'm a fan, so this is worth subscribing to. -much respect.
Thank you! It worked like a gem... was very well explained and extremely useful! Cheers. A+
This was great. We were doing this for a client and your video made the steps very clear. Great presentation.
Clear, concise and accurate tutorial. Thumbs up!
this is the most helpful tutorial video i've ever seen.. easy to understand,step by step.. other tutorial videos are crap and i cant understand a thing..
Fantastically articulated young sir!!
Brilliant! Could not have done it without you.
best explanatory video so far :)
I recently added win 7 in imac successfully. Thanks music tech fella you the Man.
First rate tutorial, informative and brilliantly presented . Thanks for posting .
Thank you!!! I was stuck and I read and read and once I watched a couple mins of your video I figured out my issue!!! You rock!! Thank you!
Although English is not my native language its easily understood. And it made me install windows on my 11years old MacBook. Thanks for that...
Really helpful, easy, and to the point
Thank you so much for the clear instructions. I actually had to install windows on a Mac on my first day if work and I was unsure on how to do it. I was confident I did it well though after watching this video. :)
now i am commenting in a windows 7 OS after doing this thanks a lot god bless you like cannot stop crying with happiness
Thank you so much for the clear instructional video. You literally answered every question I had!
Thank you so much you are EXTREMELY helpful.
loved it i have a apple laptop and after installing windows 7 my friends were so confused XD
Extreamly helpful! Thanks a lot bro
Thank you so much for the tutorial. The apple tutorial was practically useless. This made my day!
Thanks so much for your Windows 7® installation walk through. Very informative and I’m glad i took the time to follow along. And I thought I was just going to learn about Logic on this channel. Nicely done! Cheers, D
@connorofarrell7215
10 жыл бұрын
You only commented to show off the fact you can do the R logo thing
This is the first time i write a comment. This one of the best you tube. Amazing. Clear go in detail all the way down you explain. I am really proud of you. Outstanding
Truly excellent tutorial - Thank You!
This is a great tutorial! Great job!
Ty for a great video. Installed my window 7 to bootcamp with no prob :)
Very good tutorial with full details, thank you!
one of the best tutorials infact the only best i dunno who unliked this,liked and subscirbed keep up the good work bro!
Your description is awesome. I got confuse by searching it myself, but its clear now.. I like to try it..
thank you so much for making this video, it was very informal and now I can easily put windows 7 on my MacBook Pro. I loved how you explained why you did each step and what it does, that helped a ton, thanks :)
Great video, very informative, detailed instructions, cool !
Worked like a charm. Thank you!!!
thanks for the tutorial bro you've been amazing.
Very informative video, thanks for that. Good insight on letting me know that I wouldn't be able to use my wireless keyboard initially and to have USB on stand by, that would of tripped me up for sure! :)
Amazing tutorial! :)
Thank you! I have been working on this for 3 days continually getting the same error on my Mac Mini! Thanks to your video and idea I had of making an ISO it finally worked!
OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTIONS MY FRIEND!!! Your detailed instructions were very accurate, through and well documented. You deserve great acknowledgment for your step-by-step video. Great job!!!
so explanatory! Thanks mate :)
A superb tutorial! Many thanks!
Great video. Clear details and well explained. Thank you.
Nice tutorial man, rly thanks!!
Great job on explaining Mac using Boot Camp...!!!
Perfect Video. without any asking you have mentioned all answered. thanks
Awesome vid mate, thanx for the assist!
Thank you thank you thank you, just finished installing my windows 8.1 on my new mac and it went fine, not exactly the same steps because it was 8.1 windows on maverick, but the procedure was the same. Your video is by far the best out there for doing this kind if install. THANKS AGAIN.
Great video, thanks for the instructions!
Thank you soo much, i faced so many issues while installing windows on Mac now am feeling happy to clear this issue, thank you so much