As soon as you hear the start up chime, hold down option for about 10 or 15 seconds and then press right arrow then press enter. On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:35 AM, Vince Mistretta wrote:
> Sorry for the long post but here goes... > > Well I finally did the deed - got W7HP on my iMac late 2009. The > biggest problem was the fact the version of BC was 3.0 and very few of > the drivers worked with W7. I tried to download the 3.1 update from > apple several times prior to starting this task but I always got the > 3.2 update not the 3.1 update (version I have with this iMac is 3.0). > Having the ATI drivers loaded to a thumb drive worked well since the > screen didn't go black for long periods of time. > > Once W7 came up and I got my network working, I ran Apple Update and > it pulled down the 3.1 version of boot camp. Doing this with no > Narrator was a pain since my help had to come in and check on things > until after it all installed. Narrator, once started did not speak > the warning screens asking if you want this program to update this > computer so got stuck there. Once I got everything running - loaded > Jaws 12 and all came up fine and working well... > > Now, it was late so my wife went to sleep so I have a question since > I'm not home now. I tried researching this in the archives but can't > find any reference to exactly when to hold the Option key (Alt on a > Windows USB Keyboard) to get the boot options at startup. Is it > before the iMac plays the startup noise or after and how long? Then, > is the selection side by side or above and below each other on the > screen. I've got OSX as my startup selection, but tried hitting > Option at several points and moved the selection (what I thought would > be the time to do it) but it still kept on bootting into OSX. If I > change it in Startup Disk in SL, and restart it comes up in windows > and vice versa. > > The other issue I'm having is the BT. It's on and working. I show > all the drivers in the Device Manager under W7, but can't seem to get > the keyboard and TrackPad found. I did get the mouse connected it > seems. Any ideas?? > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
