When you set up Boot Camp, you'll be stepping through a wizard known as the Boot Camp Assistant. After set up is complete, you can use the Boot Camp Assistant again to remove or reinstall Windows. To open the Boot Camp Assistant, click on your Finder, select Applications from the left, scroll down and select Utilities, and then double-click Boot Camp Assistant.
Before you continue, make sure you have the following. We'll take a closer look at each of these before going on, including what to do if you don't have one:
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- The install disc or ISO for a supported version of Windows
- A copy of the Boot Camp Install and Setup Guide
- A blank CD, DVD, or MS-DOS-formatted storage device such as a USB drive or SD card
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- Mar 19, 2019 Launch System Preferences and click on ‘ Startup Disk ‘ icon. When on Startup Disk screen click on the padlock icon and enter your password. Now click on Macintosh HD if you want to make macOS the default OS. Or click on Bootcamp Windows for Windows.
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If you don't have a Windows install disc, you can download an ISO of Windows and burn that to a disc. You'll need to use this disc in the Mac's CD/DVD drive during your Boot Camp setup. Be sure to use this information when you're selecting which version of Windows to use:
- Boot Camp for Mac OS X Lion (10.7) supports Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate editions, 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Boot Camp for Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) supports Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2, Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business or Ultimate, and Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate. Support for 64-bit versions is limited: no 64-bit versions of Windows XP, and 64-bit versions of Vista and 7 only on MacBook Pro models from 2008 or later and iMac and MacBook models from late 2009 and later.
The Boot Camp Installation and Setup Guide is available from the 'Introduction' page of the Boot Camp Assistant. There, click 'Print Installation & Setup Guide.' If you don't want to print it, you can save it as a file by clicking 'OK' on the first print dialog, then 'Save as PDF' from the PDF menu of the second print dialog.
When you click 'Continue' on the 'Introduction' screen, you'll have three options available. Assuming you've already obtained the Windows install disc, you can keep the first option unchecked and the last option checked. The middle option is to download the latest Windows support software. This includes all the drivers necessary for Windows to work on your Mac hardware. Keep this option checked, and follow the instructions in the screens that follow to download those and save them to an external storage device (like a USB drive) or blank disc. At the time of this writing, the total download size for the WindowsSupport download saved to an external drive was just under 675 MB.
Now let's take a closer look at the next step in Boot Camp Assistant: partitioning.
Ready to install Boot Camp on your MacBook? The process is surprisingly easy and takes far less time than it takes to install Windows afterward. Follow these steps:
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- Launch the Boot Camp Assistant.The Assistant resides in your Utilities folder inside your Applications folder. Use Launchpad to reach it quickly: Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, click the Utilities folder icon, and then click the Boot Camp Assistant icon.It’s a good idea to click the Print Installation & Setup Guide button on the Introduction screen. Keep this additional documentation handy just in case you have questions about running Windows.
- Click Continue at the Introduction screen.The Boot Camp Assistant Support Software screen appears.
- Click the Download the Windows Support Software for This Mac radio button and click Continue.Boot Camp Assistant can copy these drivers to a blank CD, blank DVD, or to an external drive. The CD is the easiest choice. You load this disc after your Windows installation is complete, and it provides all the drivers that Windows needs for your Mac’s hardware.
- Choose the size of your Windows partition and click Create.Again, you can devote more hard drive space to your Windows partition than the amount recommended by the Assistant, but don’t forget this important fact: What you reserve for use in Windows cannot be used by Mac OS X Lion! (In other words, don’t devote 300GB of your 500GB drive to your Windows partition because you’ll cramp your style within Mac OS X.)
- Reboot if required.You may be prompted to launch the Assistant again.
- Click Start the Windows Installer and click Continue.From this point on, you’re running the Windows installation program, just as you would be if you were using a PC. (Well, actually, you are using a PC now.) Follow the on-screen prompts, which differ for each version of Windows.
When prompted by the Windows Installer to choose the partition to format, choose the partition named BOOTCAMP. Formatting any other partition will likely result in the loss of all your Mac OS X files and data. (This is why you should always back up your existing system before putting Boot Camp to work.)
After Windows has been installed, load the CD you burned with the drivers and support software. Windows should automatically run the Boot Camp driver installation program for you. After the drivers are in place, you’re ready to do the Microsoft Dance.
Are you moving your stuff from Windows (running on your old PC) to, well, Windows (running on your MacBook)? Brings an entirely new meaning to the term Switcher, doesn’t it?
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If so, the files and folders on your existing PC can be copied directly to Windows running on your MacBook by using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (in Windows XP) or the Windows Easy Transfer utility (in Windows Vista and 7).