Georges, Just a question, was this iMac a late 2009 (11.1)? What version of boot camp was used on this iMac.
I'm reading for my iMac which is a 11.1 iMac, there is a set of drivers for the ATI graphics card and the blue tooth which is installed during setup so the display and keyboard can be used during Windows Setup. Luckily I have a retail version of Win7 HP so won't have the format problems during installation. I hope to have this complete this weekend after I install the memory I just bought from OWC to give me 12GB. Any tips from anyone is greatly appreciated. I've already shrank my partition for OXS down to 500GB to accomodate my W7. On 7/14/11, Vince Mistretta <vmistrettat...@gmail.com> wrote: > From what I read, only the more recent iMacs (mid 2010 and newer) have > the capability of modding with the extra drive (SDD but I think a 2.5 > HDD will fit too). Only place I found so far doing this mod is OAC. > Earlier iMacs don't have enough SATA ports unless you want to remove > the DVD writer and use an external one. > > As far as the Mini, can't answer. > > On 7/14/11, Georges Zaynoun <humorlessg...@samobile.net> wrote: >> Hello! >> >> Now I used bootcamp and installed windows7 on both the imac and the mac >> mini. Contrary to when I installed xp on the imac, 7 was more >> difficult. The first thing I had to ensure was that I had the bootcamp >> partition formatted with windows, the oem dvd for windows7 could never >> format it, I had to use the xp oem cd to get this done. Once this was >> done I was able to pop the dvd for windows7 and boot directly from it >> without ever using bootcamp so I held c down and when the dialog boxes >> came I went through the installation as usual. >> >> Now I have some observations and probably questions. On the mac mini >> we had no problems whatsoever, just installed the bootcamp drivers and >> all was fine. On the contrary the imac is a dark story. Once windows >> files were expanded and when it restarted for the last time so we make >> the setup with narrator the screen became totally dark, sighted help >> was never useful at this time, moreover the apple wireless keyboard and >> mouse never worked either contrary to what the case was with xp where I >> never needed a chorded keyboard. More than that, I could never get >> focus to tab around with narrator to make the initial setup, so I shut >> down the system irregularly and restart, we could see the error message >> that windows was shut down improperly and I think we had to press ok, >> now when we reached the initial setup again no screen, no wireless >> keyboard and no wireless mouse either, but luck was on my side I could >> tab around and go through initial setup with a usb headset, wonder what >> a sighted person could do since they never use narrator and no screen >> works. >> >> As soon as I reached the desktop and even before installing bootcamp >> drivers the apple wireless keyboard and mouse returned working and I >> think the screen as well but am not sure as I was alone. >> >> Having said that I want to know can one have a second internal drive in >> the imac? I assume not and same for mac mini. >> >> I read somewhere bootcamp supports a second internal hard drive, in >> such case in which mac computers can one have two hard drives? >> >> It would make life much easier to install windows using the unattended >> mode on its own drive using all the drive for it and leaving the >> macintosh hd intact for mac os, for example if not a standard hd an ssd >> in the imac would be nice. >> >> -- >> Georges Zeinoun >> Timmerv. 6A, SE54163 SKÖVDE >> Tel: +46500201623, +46500482929 >> Mobile: +46707567315 >> E-mail: humorlessg...@samobile.net >> >> Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit >> www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Vince Mistretta > My Tech / Programming mailbox > -- Vince Mistretta My Tech / Programming mailbox -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
