1. How do I completely get rid of OS X on my Mac? It is taking up valuable disk space. Since Windows 7 supports EFI based motherboards, there shouldn't be any need for any Apple shims unless Apple has implemented their EFI in a non standard way (gee, and wouldn't that be a shock).
2. How do I enable BitLocker and have it prompt me for a PIN on startup? Right now, this is preventing me from joining my corporate domain with my Windows powered Mac.
Tips for support technicians booting Windows on Macs with Boot Camp
Summary
TechRepublic's Erik Eckel shares several tips for support technicians who work with Boot Camp-powered Windows systems.
Topics
As Apple’s Mac enterprise presence increases-one analyst predicts Apple will sell 2.2 million Macs in the third quarter 2009-IT technicians typically accustomed to supporting Windows machines will need to brush up on their Apple knowledge.
The topic of dual booting always raises a debate. Since Apple switched to Intel-powered processors in 2006, several methods for booting Windows on Macs have arisen, but Boot Camp remains among the most cost-effective.
Here are several tips support technicians should remember when working with Boot Camp-powered Windows systems...
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NonZealot8th Oct 2009 -
Rather Simply...
I installed Leopard onto a USB HDD (for Firmware updates) and used the format utility that came on the Win7 RC disc to wipe the HDD completely before install. I had some issues (ie: cant eject the disc until Boot Camp drivers are installed, but the disc is stuck in the drive, and I have a non-apple, wireless keyboard...) but i got it all working... Using 64bit no less
I don't know everyway to install Windows, but this is what I did:
1) Get External HDD, large enough for basic OSX install
2) Boot OSX Install media
3) replicate OSX Partition to external drive (time consuming)
4) VERIFY USB DRIVE BOOTS! use option at boot. when desktop comes up, use Apple System Profiler to verify that youre booted via the USB disk. Its also the top drive on the desktop
5) Load up the Bootcamp Util, dont worry about rationed space
6) when you load up into the Win7 Installer, delete all partitions and format as 1.
7) after the install, use the OSX install media for Bootcamp drivers
Thats it.
If you dont want to break your existing Win7 Install, but want to reclaim your disc space, follow steps 1-4 above, then do the following:
1) Open Start > Right-click Computer > Manage
2) select Disk Management
3) delete the Mac Partitions on your physical drive
4) merge free space with existing partition (Win 7 Has this option now)
Thats it.
I make no guarantee that this will work for you. I did the first steps on a Mac Mini with hours of trial and error, but now (with the addition of consumer iR, and soon some Digital Tuner HDTV Action) I have the perfect Media Center PC.
mjlaverty@...8th Oct 2009 -
Sweet, thanks!
I'll give that a try. However, am I to understand correctly that Bootcamp is still being used to boot Windows in which case Windows is booting from a fake BIOS instead of directly from EFI?NonZealot8th Oct 2009 -
EFI is backward compatible with MBR
Whether windows needs BIOS interaction (linux doesn't) is MS doing.
Richard Flude8th Oct 2009 -
Windows doesn't need BIOS
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744321%28WS.10%29.aspx
Any other FUD you'd care to fling?NonZealot8th Oct 2009
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