Hello everyone. Please be careful. Part of the process is formatting your partition. You must choose bootcamp and never change the partitions from Windows. If you make any changes to your partitions you could wipe out Lion. You won't know this unless you read the Bootcamp installation guide which is the first step in the process. Since you will need sighted assistance to install Windows with Bootcamp anyway, I recommend that you print the installation guide and ask him or her to read it before you start the process. The installation is straightforward and is well documented in the installation guide. I did it with my son-in-law for my wife's computer. Since I didn't have sighted assistance available when I needed to install Windows 7 on my mac, I downloaded and save the support files without installing Windows. Since I have Apple Care, I scheduled a Genius Appointment at an apple store and they did it for me. We're fortunate in Austin because we have an Apple store and a Microsoft store. Since the Mini is so small, I can take it to the store and they will do this for me. It's also an opportunity to point out to the Microsoft staff that their OS installations are not accessible. By the way, Microsoft recommends that bootcamp partitions be used. Also, both Microsoft and Apple personnel understand that people run Windows on macs all the time and they will make reasonable efforts to help.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mauricio Almeida Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Bootcamp again hello, you can definitely do that without a mouse because you can still click with the mac one. they will encounter no difficulty. here is how this will go (number is below, you may call during installation) 1: run boothcamp utility from utilities folder. 2: select download apple support software, as well as install windows 7. 3: insert a usb drive and save the folder it downloaded. you will need it, i promise. it should move on to installing windows: 4: insert your disc, and click on continue. 4: it will restart. that is where you need a sighted person. they should select the following screens according to your preference: language timezone keyboard type of installation (go on the normal one and select boothcamp) wait the installation to finish. install the boothcamp software you saved (basic setup) install speech enjoy your new life. mauricio number: 517 899-4969 On 9/27/12, Phil Halton <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: > Okay, I'm gonna do it - I'm gonna install windows7 on my iMac! But, My > sighted assistant is a extremely technically challenged person, so I > would like to know the level of difficulty they will encounter. I can > get them to read the screen and help me select combo boxes and buttons > etc, as long as they don't have to do any thinking or require any technical skills. > > Also, I have a wired keyboard, but no mouse. Can I get through the > install process without a mouse? > > Finally, I assume loading a screen reader, like JAWS, will simply be a > matter of inserting a CD with the installer package and running the setup? > Once I have speech in windows I should be okay from there. > > Any help, info, or suggestions greatly appreciated - and please don't > skimp on the details. > > thanks > > . > > -- > 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. -- 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.
