@thecomputerman0001 In bootcamp, download the windows drivers, partition the drive then restart. When it restarts, it then should go to the installation screen after a few seconds from it turning on so make sure your disk drive is connected or you have you memory stick inserted with the windows 7 installation files (memory stick only works with the 2011 model, not 2010 MBA or older. You have the option to make this memory stick in the bootcamp menu).
hi, I just bought a macbook air 2011. I am running windows install off external DVD drive.
I get a problem at partition at around 8 mins into your video. Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's bios menu.
I have a legal key of Win7 but, I can't get a download of a iso to work.( i bought the key $80 at Walmart) i have a lack of funds so i cannot buy the cd. I have been trying to us the usb method but it does not show or give me the ability to check or click it. Anything at this point would would be much appreciated. Thanks.
great video, thanks a bunch! i have one quick question for you. this is my first experience installing windows 7 on a macbook, but i have done this operation countless times with windows-based laptops and desktops. at the drive partitioning stage, i always just highlight the partition, click new, format, and then next and it works fine. is it absolutely necessary to pull up the command prompt as you do and manually set the new partition? i'm just wondering if there is any added benefit? thx
I've been looking at videos of windows on mac and one thing I have noticed is that in these videos, the keyboards on the Air have writing on the buttons. For example the 'tab' button actually has 'tab' written on it. And whereas the command button has 'command' written on it, mine just has 'cmd'. I have got the 2011 model can someone tell me why this is cuz im confused.
@all: During the installation process make sure that you mute your macbook as long as lion is bootable. If you mute the audio the annoying start sound won't be played even after lion is wiped out and it is starting win 7. The first time i did this installation i had it on max volume and the start sound could not been muted under win 7. I wiped everything again, installed lion again and went through the installation process having the MBA muted. That's how i got rid of the annoying start sound.
@robinm44in: Just follow the Video and let the boxes within bootcamp checked to installe win7 on a seperate partition. Be sure to choose an appropiate size. and if you're buying one consider to take one with 256 GB just to be on the safe side.
@osito010493: you will always need a licensed win 7 copy. You can choose to install either via CD oder thumbdrive. I suggest using a thumbdrive because it's faster and not every external dvd drive works.
I don't mind putting Windows 7 on my Mac, I'm using youtube trying to figure out how to do so without having the Mac OS install DVD, but deleting Lion seems suicidal to me.
@Nintendid - Each to their own. It's like asking Steve Jobs why he let Microsoft help save Apple when it was nearly bankrupt. And then again, why Apple ditched Motorola and went to Intel...
what happens if a let marked the option that says create win 7 install disk?? i would NOT need to buy the win 7 disc and all that?? or how is it?? thanx
Guys,if you need to put windows 7/the boot camp drivers in it,you have to get a specific type of thumbdrive...which I forgot what it's called...hmph...pm me..I'll try to find out
I finally found the solution for the prolem described in my last post. Just buy a couple of usb sticks and try them. I first tried with a sony 8 gb, after a second one... finally i went to next electronic supermarket and bought an external dvd drive and the cheapest thumb drive i could find. the dvd drive didn't work but the cheapest thumb drive did... what an irony
After watching your videos about the installation process and the using of win7 on the MBA I decided to buy one. But I have a last question. In the Apple recovery menu at the bottom right (4:30) you can see the disk size in bytes (121'332'826'112) so this would be in Megabytes (through (1024 x 1024))=115'712. During the Windows installation process you're using the cmd window and diskpart to partition to 113'000. Has this a reason or can i set the size to 115'712? thx in advance.
@lmpmathis - yes, you can use "115000" to use the full free space. I was interupted during the first run of videoing this bit, and had to redo it. The second time, it would only allow me to use 113000.
Unfortunately I got a huge problem. Everything worked fine (even the size 115000) while following your tutorial. But after partitioning and so on with diskpart windows won't install on the disk. The setup says: This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk, ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in computer's Bios menu. I have no idea how to make the partition bootable (i thought it will work with marking it as active). Help is appreciated
I don't understand one thing... For example i don't have the official copy of Windows 7, but instead a downloaded torrent. Do i put the torrent on the usb, then create a windows 7 iso image, or does it create itself? please respond. thank you
@iPhone4au Why would you want to fully wipe osx and replace with windows 7 pc operating systems are to dam expensive to buy them and they get viruses but you dont see a cheap operating system such as osx getting any i love windows 7 but i think thats just plan stupid to fully wipe and tell him to buy a legit copy for 159$
Love the video. Easy to follow and it actually works. For those of you who dont want to use the CD drive:
1) Create an ISO of your Windows 7 CD. I used Power Iso (7min total)
2) Get a USB drive thats at least 4GB in size and download a program called "Windows 7 USB download utility"
3) The program is easy to follow just select your ISO and copy to USB using the above software. DONE. Press C when MAC OSX reboots with the USB plugged in. Everything else is the same as the video above.
hi, i want to buy a MA the new model of 2011 can you pelase tell me the battery really last as long as long as apple sais 5 h for 11 inch and 7 h for 13 inch? Please i want to buy one and i dont want to find out that it will not last that long
This is exactly the video i was looking for, thanks. One question: Is it possible to do Full Disk Encryption with True Crypt if i set up the MBA the way you did?
i use snow leopard on my macbook pro and nothing in lion makes me "WANT" to upgrade. but im planing on buying a macbook air like this one and install wndows 7 to it. but for those that didnt knw, u can install it without a dvd-rom. just use a usb stick and click alt on start up and choose the usb drive. thx man
I just have one question for anyone who has done this ,, How does the Graphics perform? Obviously you got to install Driver accelerator for you PC (mac). how did you manage to do that ?
@josimar777 - the Graphics perform exactly as Intel HD 3000 graphics would on any other i5 mobile chip in any other notebook. Just fine. It's a complete myth that things run slower in Windows on MBA's (unless of course, you're running it on an emulator like Parallels or VMWare etc).
Just make sure you download the BootCamp software USING MAC OSX and then save that to a USB stick BEFORE you wipe your MBA to install Windows.
guys, you don't need to run msdos console, click to erase disk and then create, setup will be create needed 100mb partition. you don't need a dvd-rom, press alt when macbook startup and you see usb-flash to install windows 7.
@s7eepz - If you want to avoid having the installation make a 100mb partition before the useable OS partition, and just have the whole lot installed under the one partition, you need to do the CMD prompt and diskpart.
is there any chance someone reading this has a copy of bootcamp 4.0 I bought my air wiped and I just need the windows drivers. any help would be great. Thanks
Hi mate... I have installed win 7 on Mac and it is working smoothly... But I am having problem with identifying some of the keys.. Is there a way to type letters with accents (à è ì ò ù) and hash tag key??
hey i am considering getting a macbook air and i notcied you have an 11 inch, how is the samll screen i cant decide weather or not to save more and get the 13 inch or the 11
@katuro16 - What file are you referring to? If you mean the Win7 drivers, you must download them under BootCamp in Mac OSX Lion FIRST before wiping the MacBook Air to install Win7.
Hi, I tried to do this. As soon as I want to boot with Windows 7 Installation Disk I get a black screen... Can someone help me? I did everything as shown in the video. I see the blinking cursors and after that the black screen appears (that's where the "press any key to..." should be shown.
@drinuify - Yes it is. Even if everything is completely wiped, it has a Boot menu option built in that will download what it needs to reload Mac OS X Lion.
@TheEazyXD - of course it's legal. I just purchased a licensed DVD of Windows 7 Pro 64-bit and registered via the Product Key. 97% of people wouldn't buy these if they couldn't run Windows on them - because OSX is only compatible (at best) with 3% of software packages available in the world.
If you like something with a really good build quality that can run Windows perfectly with no issues (people are really surprised at just how well Windows runs on it - it flies!), then why not get one ?
@iPhone4au dude.. its a great video but why did you choose to create the partition by command prompt.. you could have easily created the partition directly by clicking on new partition which will format ntfs in default.. then you could have saved 2.5gb which is useless now for you.. anyways use some partition manager like paragon and merge up that 2.5gb to your primary partition...:)
@jaykayvenom - Installing Win7 without doing the partition steps will create a 100MB partition for system files as well as making another partition for Windows 7 (which becomes C:\).
The 2.6GB left over didn't happen the first time I made it (which wasn't shown here - I had to re-shoot that bit due to other reasons). It actually used the whole space originally.
@iPhone4au actually that 100MB is a recovery partition which is used during system failure.. and that partition will not be mounted during normal boot up.. anyways.. good work mate...
wild...Based on that I tried a few things: I tried a samsung SE-S084D/TSBS (the original one I started with - 2cords), an LG model, and an Apple MBA dvd drive. Neither the samsung nor apple would load the Acronis disk, the LG did. The samsung wouldn't even load the Win7 install disk - all loaded the ShadowProtect. Anyway, looks like I either had a bad unit or there's a fimware issue. In any case, it's all GOOD...Slicker than deer guts on a doorknob! Good on ya, as they say!
After many attempts to get the recovery disk to boot, I finally ended up purchasing ShadowProtect. Spendy, but I was able to create a backup image, wiped the C drive, and completely restored from an image created on my thumbdrive. Worked beautifully. One note, Optical drive needs to be plugged into RIGHT USB port, Thumbdrive in left port, else the CD won't boot. Anyway, for what it's worth, it's all working!! THANKS AGAIN!
Thanks for the response! Anyone considering this needs to know this procedure as outlined works like a charm! I now have the best Windows 7 Laptop in the world thanks to you! One point...I've used Acronis for years for image backups, and it did install and run, but when I tried to actually rebuild the system (as a test) I found I was unable to boot from the Acronis recovery CD. Have you actually accomplished this?
@curtisp00 - I had no problems getting my Samsung External USB DVD-ROM (Model: SE-S084) to boot Acronis 2011 True Image Home for re-imaging my Macbook Air...
I have found that some External USB DVD-ROM devices will work while others won't (for example, I also have a LaCie - which wouldn't work at all, but was fine on another ASUS Netbook).
If it has two USB 'Y' connectors at one end, plug the other connector into another port also so it can get the extra power it may need to operate properly.
Great video...EXACTLY what I was looking for. however, in making the transition to a full win7 environment, I have a concern about making image backups in case of a catastrophic failure. So, several questions if you have the time...
1 - are you creating image backups now?
2 - How? what tool?
3 - familiar with Acronis?
4 - if I need to restore from a boot cd, how do I get the mac to boot from an optical drive, or will it even?
@curtisp00 - For image backups I have been using Acronis True Image Home 2011 with the added Universal Restore feature (a little extra, but worth it). If you need to restore from a boot CD (Acronis will let you make a boot ISO), you hold down the 'C' key to boot from an optical device (ie: External USB DVD-ROM).
Not all external USB DVD-ROM devices will work - you need to find one that will, and ideally it should have a 'Y' splitter USB connecter on one end (one for extra power for the unit).
@iPhone4au Great Video, Thanks for creating it. I was wondering whether it would be possible to install Windows 7 from an ISO on a Thumbdrive as opposed to pressing C on startup and running it from an external DVD drive. I'm a student and I'm hoping to buy the MBA and this might be the solution to my program compatibility issues, though I'm hoping I could save some money by not purchasing an external drive.
@nkartikeyan - some other people have reported that they have had success now using the Win7 ISO on USB option from the new Disk Utilities menu on the new Macbook Airs.
@iPhone4au Thanks will do. I was looking for a good thin and light and reasonably priced windows laptop (x220 sounds promising but extremely expensive in my country) looks like MBA are the only affordable thin and light options with fast SSDs
@Thunderax - The first time I did this it actually used the whole amount with no problem, but I had to re-shoot that bit, so I wiped the partition and tried to start again - which then left a couple of GB's free for some reason. It should work fine in using the whole amount the first time you do it, I think. Note that I didn't use Boot Camp while in OS X Lion - I only installed the Boot Camp driver package AFTER installing Windows 7. It installs drivers for ALL apple devices I think...
@nikito122 - Many Mac users need Windows to do things, and many run both on their Macs. This video is for those who want to learn how to install Windows on their new Jully 2011 Macbook Airs...
@nikito122 - Boot Camp assistant, I believe is if you want to partition the drive to Dual-boot. I didn't want OS X Lion - I just wanted Windows 7 only on it.
@nikito122 at work I use nothing but OSX, and at home I use nothing but Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit. I'm not hatin', I'm just telling the truth, Windows is the better OS.
@relent107luke I respecto your opinion, but I'd like you to give me some reasons why Windows is better than OSX. Do you use a Mac at home, or do you own an Acer/DELL/HP/IDK PC?
@nikito122 For one, Windows is compatible with a HECK of a lot more software then Mac is. And everything for Windows is cheaper then mac. Including the computers themselves. Windows is a more user friendly and all around better looking OS, and there's a lot more accessories you can get for it. My computer, I custom built. (which is another thing you can't do with a mac, you have to buy it from the store) mine is: Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz, 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3, HD 6970 2GB, 120GB Intel SSD + 4.3TB of HD
@relent107luke you have to be kidding me! you can criticize Mac, you can criticize Windows, that I don't care, but you can't say, and that's for sure, that windows is more user friendly that mac.. there's so many things wrong with windows! I'm not saying that's a shitty OS, heck, I've got one Bootcamp partition with Windows 7 installed... but there are many things that make Mac OS X not only a better OS, but also a much more user-friendly one!
sorry for my bad english, I'm from spain and I'm 16
@nikito122 Oh you're only 16, that explains a lot :-) See I've been building computers for years, and you don't quite get the full Windows experience from bootcamp, because it's sort of still running on the mac os. You have to do like the guy in this video just showed and wipe it, or just get a nice Windows computer. That's one thing with Windows, is you have to have a nice computer to run it, but once you do, all those problems go away, I've had a flawless 2-3 years with my Windows 7
@relent107luke I'm 16 and I don't have much experience with PC's, but I've had a few PC's (with Windows, obviously) and they gave me many headaches...I'm sure you haven't got any problems with your Windows 7, I didn't have any problems with Windows Vista either, but compared to Mac OS X it was... well, not as good!
You know, I've only "hard-reseted" my Mac once or twice? And I don't have that constant fear to get infected with a virus, I don't have all the registries, the HDD doesn't fragmentate
I don't know why this guy is soo stupid to put win 7 on Mac oh well not my problem it's not my Mac XD
crazyracer12678 6 days ago
How to make dualboot OS X Lion and Windows 7?
thecomputerman0001 1 week ago
@thecomputerman0001 In bootcamp, download the windows drivers, partition the drive then restart. When it restarts, it then should go to the installation screen after a few seconds from it turning on so make sure your disk drive is connected or you have you memory stick inserted with the windows 7 installation files (memory stick only works with the 2011 model, not 2010 MBA or older. You have the option to make this memory stick in the bootcamp menu).
MrMacfanboy 1 week ago
can i remove osx lion and reinstall osx snowleopard 10.6
SuperSummersm 2 weeks ago
Perfect, just what i was looking for thank you very much for posting! (...now to get rid of my clients Apple OS).
MrRozebud 2 weeks ago
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MegaCoreMagnetizer 2 weeks ago
hi, I just bought a macbook air 2011. I am running windows install off external DVD drive.
I get a problem at partition at around 8 mins into your video. Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's bios menu.
blazn111 1 month ago
I have a legal key of Win7 but, I can't get a download of a iso to work.( i bought the key $80 at Walmart) i have a lack of funds so i cannot buy the cd. I have been trying to us the usb method but it does not show or give me the ability to check or click it. Anything at this point would would be much appreciated. Thanks.
lbptimmy 1 month ago
great video, thanks a bunch! i have one quick question for you. this is my first experience installing windows 7 on a macbook, but i have done this operation countless times with windows-based laptops and desktops. at the drive partitioning stage, i always just highlight the partition, click new, format, and then next and it works fine. is it absolutely necessary to pull up the command prompt as you do and manually set the new partition? i'm just wondering if there is any added benefit? thx
berkeleyoski 1 month ago
What external drive do you have, will it work with the macbook pro?
erickthetechie 2 months ago
@erickthetechie - Any external drive that doesn't attempt to load it's own controlling software on your PC should work just fine.
iPhone4au 1 month ago
do it work fine on 11 inch
mczacify 2 months ago
@mczacify - As you can see in the video, it does. This was done on my 11" 2011 MBA. I've had no problems since. Everything is just like day one.
iPhone4au 1 month ago
I've been looking at videos of windows on mac and one thing I have noticed is that in these videos, the keyboards on the Air have writing on the buttons. For example the 'tab' button actually has 'tab' written on it. And whereas the command button has 'command' written on it, mine just has 'cmd'. I have got the 2011 model can someone tell me why this is cuz im confused.
Shackerrrz 2 months ago
wait, is this to partition the disk so it runs windows 7 and mac os x, or fully install windows 7 and get rid of mac os x?
SabooZX 2 months ago
@all: During the installation process make sure that you mute your macbook as long as lion is bootable. If you mute the audio the annoying start sound won't be played even after lion is wiped out and it is starting win 7. The first time i did this installation i had it on max volume and the start sound could not been muted under win 7. I wiped everything again, installed lion again and went through the installation process having the MBA muted. That's how i got rid of the annoying start sound.
lmpmathis 2 months ago
@lmpmathis - Great tip. Thanks!
iPhone4au 1 month ago
@robinm44in: Just follow the Video and let the boxes within bootcamp checked to installe win7 on a seperate partition. Be sure to choose an appropiate size. and if you're buying one consider to take one with 256 GB just to be on the safe side.
@osito010493: you will always need a licensed win 7 copy. You can choose to install either via CD oder thumbdrive. I suggest using a thumbdrive because it's faster and not every external dvd drive works.
lmpmathis 2 months ago
You accent is so much nicer to listen to then the other videos :)
Spencerrocks222 2 months ago
@Spencerrocks222 - Ummm... thanks.
iPhone4au 1 month ago
@iphone4au can u please tell me why you deleted your mac os lion & then installed windows 7 on the system.
i am interested in buying a macbook air & installing windows 7 on a different partition.
can you please tell me what to do for that....
robinm44in 2 months ago
@robinm44in - I don't support Mac OS so I can't help you with that, sorry...
iPhone4au 1 month ago
Why did you wipe out Lion?
I don't mind putting Windows 7 on my Mac, I'm using youtube trying to figure out how to do so without having the Mac OS install DVD, but deleting Lion seems suicidal to me.
Nintendid 2 months ago
@Nintendid - Each to their own. It's like asking Steve Jobs why he let Microsoft help save Apple when it was nearly bankrupt. And then again, why Apple ditched Motorola and went to Intel...
iPhone4au 1 month ago
@iPhone4au I agree with you there. I'm trying to find out if I need an actual disc/USB for OS Lion to maintain it while boot camping, do I need one?
Also, do you just put the Windows7 Iso on the USB/Harddrive and connect it to the Mac while installing Windows and the PC reads it like a CD?
Nintendid 6 hours ago
what happens if a let marked the option that says create win 7 install disk?? i would NOT need to buy the win 7 disc and all that?? or how is it?? thanx
osito010493 2 months ago
would this also work for my macbook pro?
SwagasaurHD 3 months ago
Guys,if you need to put windows 7/the boot camp drivers in it,you have to get a specific type of thumbdrive...which I forgot what it's called...hmph...pm me..I'll try to find out
alfyan99 3 months ago
Great video that totally matches my concern about installing Seven on my MBA.
My question is: what about updating the bootcamp drivers once installed in Seven.
ie: if new drivers for the trackpad are published, will it possible to install them ?
Normally, you have to do this through Lion. But Lion is wiped out.
How to solve this issue ?
JustaDetail 4 months ago
@JustaDetail - Not sure... Apple should write Win7 supported updates for this as well.
iPhone4au 3 months ago
I finally found the solution for the prolem described in my last post. Just buy a couple of usb sticks and try them. I first tried with a sony 8 gb, after a second one... finally i went to next electronic supermarket and bought an external dvd drive and the cheapest thumb drive i could find. the dvd drive didn't work but the cheapest thumb drive did... what an irony
lmpmathis 4 months ago
After watching your videos about the installation process and the using of win7 on the MBA I decided to buy one. But I have a last question. In the Apple recovery menu at the bottom right (4:30) you can see the disk size in bytes (121'332'826'112) so this would be in Megabytes (through (1024 x 1024))=115'712. During the Windows installation process you're using the cmd window and diskpart to partition to 113'000. Has this a reason or can i set the size to 115'712? thx in advance.
lmpmathis 4 months ago
@lmpmathis - yes, you can use "115000" to use the full free space. I was interupted during the first run of videoing this bit, and had to redo it. The second time, it would only allow me to use 113000.
Hope this helps, and thanks for watching! :-)
iPhone4au 4 months ago
@iPhone4au Thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately I got a huge problem. Everything worked fine (even the size 115000) while following your tutorial. But after partitioning and so on with diskpart windows won't install on the disk. The setup says: This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk, ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in computer's Bios menu. I have no idea how to make the partition bootable (i thought it will work with marking it as active). Help is appreciated
lmpmathis 4 months ago
how do you make an ISO of the windows CD? on a macbook air??
s3xydaviid 4 months ago
@s3xydaviid google to download the iso files of all available ms win7 versions directly and free from microsoft. e.g: offical win7 iso download
lmpmathis 4 months ago
I don't understand one thing... For example i don't have the official copy of Windows 7, but instead a downloaded torrent. Do i put the torrent on the usb, then create a windows 7 iso image, or does it create itself? please respond. thank you
s3xydaviid 4 months ago
@s3xydaviid - I can't help you with bootleg copies of Windows, sorry. Do the right thing and buy a licenced copy for $159.
iPhone4au 4 months ago
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s3xydaviid 4 months ago
@iPhone4au Why would you want to fully wipe osx and replace with windows 7 pc operating systems are to dam expensive to buy them and they get viruses but you dont see a cheap operating system such as osx getting any i love windows 7 but i think thats just plan stupid to fully wipe and tell him to buy a legit copy for 159$
michaelr520 2 months ago
Love the video. Easy to follow and it actually works. For those of you who dont want to use the CD drive:
1) Create an ISO of your Windows 7 CD. I used Power Iso (7min total)
2) Get a USB drive thats at least 4GB in size and download a program called "Windows 7 USB download utility"
3) The program is easy to follow just select your ISO and copy to USB using the above software. DONE. Press C when MAC OSX reboots with the USB plugged in. Everything else is the same as the video above.
1234lxs 4 months ago
hi, i want to buy a MA the new model of 2011 can you pelase tell me the battery really last as long as long as apple sais 5 h for 11 inch and 7 h for 13 inch? Please i want to buy one and i dont want to find out that it will not last that long
man0204 4 months ago
Very helpful video. Do you happen to know how to disable the start up mac chime though?
Bouchacha 4 months ago
sir...i dont have DVD ROOM..but i have windows 7 in my usb flash drive,,i want to install using it...any tips....?..plz reply....thanks advanced,....
katuro16 4 months ago
This is exactly the video i was looking for, thanks. One question: Is it possible to do Full Disk Encryption with True Crypt if i set up the MBA the way you did?
mattp38452 4 months ago
@mattp38452 - I'm sorry, I can't answer that.
iPhone4au 4 months ago
i use snow leopard on my macbook pro and nothing in lion makes me "WANT" to upgrade. but im planing on buying a macbook air like this one and install wndows 7 to it. but for those that didnt knw, u can install it without a dvd-rom. just use a usb stick and click alt on start up and choose the usb drive. thx man
Th33M33 5 months ago
nice video!
PixelHex 5 months ago
I just have one question for anyone who has done this ,, How does the Graphics perform? Obviously you got to install Driver accelerator for you PC (mac). how did you manage to do that ?
josimar777 5 months ago
@josimar777 - the Graphics perform exactly as Intel HD 3000 graphics would on any other i5 mobile chip in any other notebook. Just fine. It's a complete myth that things run slower in Windows on MBA's (unless of course, you're running it on an emulator like Parallels or VMWare etc).
Just make sure you download the BootCamp software USING MAC OSX and then save that to a USB stick BEFORE you wipe your MBA to install Windows.
iPhone4au 5 months ago
@javier29m90
well then you might as well buy a small computer for 400 bucks and get the same stuff. >.>
BullyScholarshipWii 5 months ago
I mean no offence or anything. But why exactly would you completely dump OS X Lion and just run Windows on a Macbook Air? :p I'm quite curious.
BullyScholarshipWii 5 months ago
Do you have problems when you update the windows partition of the macbook air?
Ive got teh intel core2 duo version 13 inch...faster then expected still is pretty sweet...
Just need windows 7 on it because i want to game...certain games of course..
Im going with win7 Pro 32 bit...only have 4 gigs anyways why put 64 bit and eat space and such? it supports both architectures so going with 32 bit..
Like stated updates a problem under teh windows side on the mac?
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s7eepz 5 months ago
guys, you don't need to run msdos console, click to erase disk and then create, setup will be create needed 100mb partition. you don't need a dvd-rom, press alt when macbook startup and you see usb-flash to install windows 7.
s7eepz 5 months ago
@s7eepz - If you want to avoid having the installation make a 100mb partition before the useable OS partition, and just have the whole lot installed under the one partition, you need to do the CMD prompt and diskpart.
Thanks for watching ! :-)
iPhone4au 5 months ago
is there any chance someone reading this has a copy of bootcamp 4.0 I bought my air wiped and I just need the windows drivers. any help would be great. Thanks
fixanypc 5 months ago
Another great video. I had no idea you could change the OS on a mac. I use VMware on my IMac to run Win7 but plan to leave Lion on my air book.
imtxsmoke 5 months ago
why would i buy a macbook air then put windows on it! madness
bajbaje 5 months ago
@bajbaje best hardware + best firmware. why ppl dont get it ?
josimar777 5 months ago
What a sin
govecomm 5 months ago
Hi mate... I have installed win 7 on Mac and it is working smoothly... But I am having problem with identifying some of the keys.. Is there a way to type letters with accents (à è ì ò ù) and hash tag key??
sreeragtg 5 months ago
can a usb stick be used instead of the cdrom?
MegaCoreMagnetizer 5 months ago
@MegaCoreMagnetizer yes. there is no optical drive in mac air.
sreeragtg 5 months ago
hey i am considering getting a macbook air and i notcied you have an 11 inch, how is the samll screen i cant decide weather or not to save more and get the 13 inch or the 11
lockpick123456789 5 months ago
where i can download the file inside your usb?...plz reply..tnx
katuro16 5 months ago
@katuro16 - What file are you referring to? If you mean the Win7 drivers, you must download them under BootCamp in Mac OSX Lion FIRST before wiping the MacBook Air to install Win7.
iPhone4au 5 months ago
I had to re-install win7 today :(
0oDarkLordRevano0 5 months ago
Hi, I tried to do this. As soon as I want to boot with Windows 7 Installation Disk I get a black screen... Can someone help me? I did everything as shown in the video. I see the blinking cursors and after that the black screen appears (that's where the "press any key to..." should be shown.
teealarm 6 months ago
whats the system rating??
GenBumbleBee 6 months ago
hi mate, is it possible to reinstall Mac OSX Lion using the Recovery Mode after this installion process?
drinuify 6 months ago
@drinuify - Yes it is. Even if everything is completely wiped, it has a Boot menu option built in that will download what it needs to reload Mac OS X Lion.
iPhone4au 6 months ago
Is it legal ?
TheEazyXD 6 months ago
@TheEazyXD - of course it's legal. I just purchased a licensed DVD of Windows 7 Pro 64-bit and registered via the Product Key. 97% of people wouldn't buy these if they couldn't run Windows on them - because OSX is only compatible (at best) with 3% of software packages available in the world.
If you like something with a really good build quality that can run Windows perfectly with no issues (people are really surprised at just how well Windows runs on it - it flies!), then why not get one ?
iPhone4au 6 months ago
@iPhone4au dude.. its a great video but why did you choose to create the partition by command prompt.. you could have easily created the partition directly by clicking on new partition which will format ntfs in default.. then you could have saved 2.5gb which is useless now for you.. anyways use some partition manager like paragon and merge up that 2.5gb to your primary partition...:)
cheers...
jaykayvenom 7 months ago
@jaykayvenom - Installing Win7 without doing the partition steps will create a 100MB partition for system files as well as making another partition for Windows 7 (which becomes C:\).
The 2.6GB left over didn't happen the first time I made it (which wasn't shown here - I had to re-shoot that bit due to other reasons). It actually used the whole space originally.
iPhone4au 7 months ago
@iPhone4au actually that 100MB is a recovery partition which is used during system failure.. and that partition will not be mounted during normal boot up.. anyways.. good work mate...
jaykayvenom 7 months ago
@jaykayvenom - Sorry, yes you are right. Thanks for your comments - glad you liked it!
iPhone4au 7 months ago
wild...Based on that I tried a few things: I tried a samsung SE-S084D/TSBS (the original one I started with - 2cords), an LG model, and an Apple MBA dvd drive. Neither the samsung nor apple would load the Acronis disk, the LG did. The samsung wouldn't even load the Win7 install disk - all loaded the ShadowProtect. Anyway, looks like I either had a bad unit or there's a fimware issue. In any case, it's all GOOD...Slicker than deer guts on a doorknob! Good on ya, as they say!
curtisp00 7 months ago
After many attempts to get the recovery disk to boot, I finally ended up purchasing ShadowProtect. Spendy, but I was able to create a backup image, wiped the C drive, and completely restored from an image created on my thumbdrive. Worked beautifully. One note, Optical drive needs to be plugged into RIGHT USB port, Thumbdrive in left port, else the CD won't boot. Anyway, for what it's worth, it's all working!! THANKS AGAIN!
curtisp00 7 months ago
Thanks for the response! Anyone considering this needs to know this procedure as outlined works like a charm! I now have the best Windows 7 Laptop in the world thanks to you! One point...I've used Acronis for years for image backups, and it did install and run, but when I tried to actually rebuild the system (as a test) I found I was unable to boot from the Acronis recovery CD. Have you actually accomplished this?
curtisp00 7 months ago
@curtisp00 - I had no problems getting my Samsung External USB DVD-ROM (Model: SE-S084) to boot Acronis 2011 True Image Home for re-imaging my Macbook Air...
I have found that some External USB DVD-ROM devices will work while others won't (for example, I also have a LaCie - which wouldn't work at all, but was fine on another ASUS Netbook).
If it has two USB 'Y' connectors at one end, plug the other connector into another port also so it can get the extra power it may need to operate properly.
iPhone4au 7 months ago
Great video...EXACTLY what I was looking for. however, in making the transition to a full win7 environment, I have a concern about making image backups in case of a catastrophic failure. So, several questions if you have the time...
1 - are you creating image backups now?
2 - How? what tool?
3 - familiar with Acronis?
4 - if I need to restore from a boot cd, how do I get the mac to boot from an optical drive, or will it even?
5 - OR, what is a good restore method?
THANKS
curtisp00 7 months ago
@curtisp00 - For image backups I have been using Acronis True Image Home 2011 with the added Universal Restore feature (a little extra, but worth it). If you need to restore from a boot CD (Acronis will let you make a boot ISO), you hold down the 'C' key to boot from an optical device (ie: External USB DVD-ROM).
Not all external USB DVD-ROM devices will work - you need to find one that will, and ideally it should have a 'Y' splitter USB connecter on one end (one for extra power for the unit).
iPhone4au 7 months ago
11:33, what a beautiful thing
relent107luke 7 months ago
Hi thanks for this, I've got a new macbook air 2011 and got rid of lion. I love the hardware but prefer Windows 7 :)
Duddingston 7 months ago
@iPhone4au Great Video, Thanks for creating it. I was wondering whether it would be possible to install Windows 7 from an ISO on a Thumbdrive as opposed to pressing C on startup and running it from an external DVD drive. I'm a student and I'm hoping to buy the MBA and this might be the solution to my program compatibility issues, though I'm hoping I could save some money by not purchasing an external drive.
nkartikeyan 7 months ago
@nkartikeyan - some other people have reported that they have had success now using the Win7 ISO on USB option from the new Disk Utilities menu on the new Macbook Airs.
Hope it works for you if you try that option !
iPhone4au 7 months ago
@iPhone4au Thanks will do. I was looking for a good thin and light and reasonably priced windows laptop (x220 sounds promising but extremely expensive in my country) looks like MBA are the only affordable thin and light options with fast SSDs
nkartikeyan 7 months ago
Thanks for this, very helpful!
But just a quick question - why did you leave some unpartitioned space on the SSD? Does Boot Camp need a small FAT partition or something?
Thunderax 7 months ago
@Thunderax - The first time I did this it actually used the whole amount with no problem, but I had to re-shoot that bit, so I wiped the partition and tried to start again - which then left a couple of GB's free for some reason. It should work fine in using the whole amount the first time you do it, I think. Note that I didn't use Boot Camp while in OS X Lion - I only installed the Boot Camp driver package AFTER installing Windows 7. It installs drivers for ALL apple devices I think...
iPhone4au 7 months ago
That's insane... Who would buy a Mac to wipe out Mac OS X and install Windows?!
nikito122 7 months ago
@nikito122 - Many Mac users need Windows to do things, and many run both on their Macs. This video is for those who want to learn how to install Windows on their new Jully 2011 Macbook Airs...
iPhone4au 7 months ago
@iPhone4au Wouldn't it be easier to use the BootCamp assistant?
nikito122 7 months ago
@nikito122 - Boot Camp assistant, I believe is if you want to partition the drive to Dual-boot. I didn't want OS X Lion - I just wanted Windows 7 only on it.
iPhone4au 7 months ago
@nikito122 - Someone who appreciates the great build quality, doesn't use OS X Lion, and just wants to install Windows 7.
iPhone4au 7 months ago 4
@nikito122 Because the Mac OS sucks, it really is horrible, it's for dummies, Windows is the more advanced better OS.
relent107luke 7 months ago
@relent107luke hater gonna hate
nikito122 7 months ago
@nikito122 at work I use nothing but OSX, and at home I use nothing but Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit. I'm not hatin', I'm just telling the truth, Windows is the better OS.
relent107luke 7 months ago
@relent107luke I respecto your opinion, but I'd like you to give me some reasons why Windows is better than OSX. Do you use a Mac at home, or do you own an Acer/DELL/HP/IDK PC?
nikito122 7 months ago
@nikito122 For one, Windows is compatible with a HECK of a lot more software then Mac is. And everything for Windows is cheaper then mac. Including the computers themselves. Windows is a more user friendly and all around better looking OS, and there's a lot more accessories you can get for it. My computer, I custom built. (which is another thing you can't do with a mac, you have to buy it from the store) mine is: Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz, 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3, HD 6970 2GB, 120GB Intel SSD + 4.3TB of HD
relent107luke 7 months ago
@relent107luke you have to be kidding me! you can criticize Mac, you can criticize Windows, that I don't care, but you can't say, and that's for sure, that windows is more user friendly that mac.. there's so many things wrong with windows! I'm not saying that's a shitty OS, heck, I've got one Bootcamp partition with Windows 7 installed... but there are many things that make Mac OS X not only a better OS, but also a much more user-friendly one!
sorry for my bad english, I'm from spain and I'm 16
nikito122 7 months ago
@nikito122 Oh you're only 16, that explains a lot :-) See I've been building computers for years, and you don't quite get the full Windows experience from bootcamp, because it's sort of still running on the mac os. You have to do like the guy in this video just showed and wipe it, or just get a nice Windows computer. That's one thing with Windows, is you have to have a nice computer to run it, but once you do, all those problems go away, I've had a flawless 2-3 years with my Windows 7
relent107luke 7 months ago
@relent107luke I'm 16 and I don't have much experience with PC's, but I've had a few PC's (with Windows, obviously) and they gave me many headaches...I'm sure you haven't got any problems with your Windows 7, I didn't have any problems with Windows Vista either, but compared to Mac OS X it was... well, not as good!
You know, I've only "hard-reseted" my Mac once or twice? And I don't have that constant fear to get infected with a virus, I don't have all the registries, the HDD doesn't fragmentate
nikito122 7 months ago
@nikito122 Yup, you're a typical mac user. :-) You just haven't used a good Windows yet
relent107luke 7 months ago