Step 6: Windows should now be installing on your computer. A prompt screen should pop up saying “This partition might contain…”. Click the link that says Drive options (Advanced). Make sure that you select the BOOT CAMP PARTITION that you just created, by clicking on it once to select it. The next screen that you come to will be a prompt screen, allowing you to choose which partition to install Windows 7 on. Step 5: Your Mac should automatically restart and boot into the Windows 7 installer, rather than OS X. Click the Start Installation button from the Boot Camp Assistant screen.

Step 4: Insert your Windows 7 install disc into your Mac’s DVD drive and wait for it to load and recognize. Once it finishes, you should have a BOOT CAMP drive icon on your desktop. Wait for Boot Camp Assistant to partition your hard drive. However, if you plan on installing any programs within Windows, or having any significant amount of files on Windows, be sure to partition your hard drive accordingly.Ĭlick the Partition button. Most likely, you do not need this much space to actually install Windows 7. For Windows 7, Apple recommends using at least 16GB to hold Windows 7. Step 3: Step 3 is the partitioning of your Mac’s hard drive.

Step 2: Click Continue on the Boot Camp Introduction screen to proceed to the next step. Double click the Boot Camp Assistant icon to launch it. Step 1: Navigate the path Finder > Applications > Utilities.

But just to be sure, you can get it here).* Doing a software update (click the Apple logo, select software update from the drop down menu) should automatically get you this update. *Apple just recently released an official Boot Camp update for Windows 7.

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