Windows 7 on my iMac

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• Install Windows 7 on an iMac without Apple software

  I have 'experimented' with the installation of Windows 7 on iMac (20-inch 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo, IIRC) mother and managed to enter an insensitive State and I'm trying to understand why. In short, the objective here is to determine how to install Windows 7 on an iMac (starting with a blank hard drive).

  A little history: MOM (and me) didn't like the Apple OS, so she was fortunately in Linux (CentOS 6) for a couple of years, but for various reasons, she now needs Windows. In the past, I installed Linux and Windows on anything and everything with a CPU, largely without major problems (so far). To clarify, install Linux was fine on this iMac, only Windows turns out to be difficult.

  One thing that seems to cause me a lot of trouble, is that - as I understand it: it's hard / cannot access all the options start at low altitude on an iMac (for example usual UEFI / BIOS stuff). Is this correct, or am I missing something?

  Another issue I have is that almost all the information that I find online made the assumption that the Apple OS is installed. This is clearly not the case for me - I've invested in Snow Leopard, a long time ago, but quickly decided it wasn't for me, erased the hard drive, installed CentOS and released the Snow Leopard installation media in the desert.

  The question I'm stuck, is the Windows 7 Installer refuses to install on the hard disk. He creates with happiness and format a primary partition, but gives the following error:

  Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Make sure that the drive controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu.
  

  
  

  If I could have access to all the low-level boot options, then maybe I could investigate this matter. Can anyone offer advice?

  Here is the optimal solution to the problem: buy a Windows computer. They are cheap. A Mac with OS X installed can run Windows using Boot Camp Assistant for a system dual-boot. Only then do you get drivers Windows requires to be used with Apple hardware.

• Failed Windows 7 install, 2008 iMac running 10.11.4: not found disk bootable

  I'm having a lot of bad to install Windows 7 on an iMac of 2008 running the latest OS X El Capitan, 10.11.4. The exact procedure followed is based on this Apple Support document, with a few changes:

  https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT205016

  The first change is to the Info.plist of Boot Camp, three changes to account for what is a former Mac:

  (1) adding a string version of the ROM of the Mac: < string > IM81.00C1.B00 < / string >

  (2) change < key > PreUSBBootSupportedModels < / key > < key > USBBootSupportedModels < / key >, i.e. delete "Pre".

  (3) addition of the string that identifies this Mac: < string > iMac8, 1 < / string >

  Running Boot Camp Assistant again, I can then tick the three boxes available in select tasks, according to the screen shot in the article cited above.

  WININSTALL flash player is created, a legitimate Windows 7 ISO 32-bit file.

  The second amendment concerns points 8 to 11 of the article cited above, which mentions that the following files/folders should be added the flash player:

  $WinPEDriver$ (file)

  AutoUnattend.xml

  BootCamp (folder)

  Supposedly the correct support for this iMac 2008 software is as follows, 4.0.4033...

  https://support.Apple.com/kb/DL1630?locale=en_US

  ... but after you download it and unzip, I'm not find the required files/folders.

  If I dig around on this other page, looking for other Boot Camp downloads where these files/folders may be present:

  https://support.Apple.com/downloads/Bootcamp

  Curiously, some of these downloads contain the three files/folders, and some do not. So I download the latest software from Boot Camp, 5.1.5722 support:

  https://support.Apple.com/kb/DL1836?viewlocale=en_US & local = en_US

  I find all three files in this download and drag them to the flash drive. The entire list of files on the drive WININSTALL is now as follows:

  

  I make new Boot Camp Assistant, i.e. the third box in the screen select tasks, the installation process.

  The installation will stop when the Mac re-lance himself. The following message appears on the screen on a black background:

  "No boot device - insert boot disk and press any key".

  I tried this procedure several times and with different flash drives, with the same result.

  Restart the Mac with the button shows 'alt' that the normal Mac hard disk is available for selection, but no Windows disk is present. If the same partition?

  I'm puzzled. Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you.

  Bootcamp Info.plist changes do not work on 2008 models, because there is no support to boot from USB MBR. You will need to burn the W7 ISO on a physical DVD and then use the last checkbox to install Windows. Keep the USB key to install the drivers for BC when finished.

  The reason why you can't find the files in 4.0.4033 is $WinPEDriver because $ is loaded when the front boot from USB on specific models that take into boot USB. 2012 models supports USB or DVD connection facilities.

• How to download Firefox for Windows XP on an iMac?

  I just installed Windows XP on an iMac (which otherwise runs Mac OS 10.6.3). I want to download Firefox to run under XP on it, but of course, I have no software of navigation on this part of the machine, so I tried to download it through Firefox on my Mac OS System.

  The site, being very clever, think I want Firfox to run under Mac OS, and that's what he chooses. How do I convince that it let me download the installer for Windows XP?

  You can download it from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html

• How to recover photos from Windows XP on an IMAC with boot camp?

  Original title: How do I recover photos

  I installed Windows XP on an IMAC with boot camp and ran "air display" for windows to have and the law on the IPAD as a second monitor.  According to me, the air display works with a wireless network and our wireless network was recently in and out.  I tried to get the monitor works and made a few changes when the screen went black.  I can move the mouse, but the screen is blank.  I turned off the computer and rebooted several times.  I can't get into the side the computer's Mac and it works OK, but nothing on the side of windows... I have some pictures saved on side windows that I would recover if possible.  Otherwise, I'll have to completely uninstall windows XP and lose the photos, then reinstall everything.

  Any suggestions?

  Hi snellen345,

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• Windows 7 on my IMac internal speakers do not work

  Good day my Windows 7 on my IMac internal speakers do not work? I don't know what to do.

  Most often when a device does not work, it is because the driver is damaged. Re-install a new copy should help

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly? SignedIn = 1

  http://captaindbg.com/how-to-update-drivers-on-Windows-7/   (also works on Windows 8)

• I have to install windows XP/vista before installing windows 7 on my iMac?

  I have an iMac OS x Lion, Im trying to install Windows XP/vista or Windows 7 on my iMac using bootcamp or / or Parallels Desktop. Help please!

  For iMac owners, it is recommended that you use a full version of Windows 7. Because the recent models of Mac does not support older versions of Windows like XP or Vista, you might be in a bit of a problem. Try the following and see if it works:

  Boot from the Windows 7 DVD

  Click Install now

  Accept the license agreement

  When the option is displayed to select a type of installation, click (Custom advanced)

  Click on drive Options

  Select the disc/s click on Delete

  Click new

  Click on apply

  Click OK

  Click Format, and then click next to proceed with the installation

  Skip entering your product key Windows 7 and complete the installation.

  When you reach the desktop, click Start, right-click on computer

  Click on properties

  Scroll down to the Windows Activation

  Click the link x days before activation.

  Click on the link that says: "show me other ways to activate.

  Enter the product key

  Click next

  Select the Activation of the phone

  Click Next when you enter your key page

  Select your country

  Click Next, call the number listed

  Be sure to explain your situation to the Appeals Officer.

  Provide the installation generated when ID requested by the call agent

  They give a confirmation ID in return, enter it

  Click next to complete the activation.

  However, the requirements for the media upgrade is that you have an operating system already eligible such as Windows XP or Vista installed to use it. Since the Windows 7 end user license agreement.

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  So, if you are always denied, you will just have to reinstall Windows XP or Vista and let it do the verification of eligibility.

  or

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  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
   
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
   
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
   
  (5) stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.
   
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

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  See also the thread to disable PS 11: How can I disable my Adobe software?

  See if you can not access the Mac Machine to turn off your PS 11: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2028937?start=0&tstart=0

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• Impossible to install 10 Windows via BootCamp on iMac 5K with Fusion Drive

  Hello

  I tried to install Windows 10 Professional via Boot Camp on my iMac 5K end of 2015 (version OS X 10.11) with a disc of the Fusion 2 to for about a week now. Right now I'm on my 4th or 5th try on Windows 10 installation on the iMac because each installation fails gives me an error that the drive is not formatted correctly or he couldn't find the score even though I have the selected in the list of available drives. I even went up to both to run the commands of the PART of the DISK from the command prompt in the area of troubleshooting Installer Windows 10 to format drive to NTFS instead of FAT32.

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  2. we could not create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup logs files.

  I used the Boot Camp configuration application (version 6.0.1) to create a USB key after you download the image ISO from Microsoft. The USB flash drive that creates the installer will start the iMac, but I can't get past the screen "where do you want to install Windows? I tried the merge disk partitioning ways without success, beforehand, because I thought that it could cause a problem. He was left as a full drive 2 TB, or divide the flash part away and seen the almost 2 to rotation and the merger of 128 GB (flash) portion and lucky either.

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  and select the Windows volume to boot from.  Once all the nonsense restarts

  were carried out and finally Windows was running, I plugged it in training camp

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• lines while moving the window on 5 k IMac

  Hi all

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  Graphics card Specifications:

  

  iMac specs:

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  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB
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• When I start a new program, I receive program is not responsible for the messages and it just stops. I am running windows 7 on an IMAC

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