Macbook White/Air/Pro - Windows 7 / Vista slow start-up (boot) and blinking cursor FIX

Problem: When you install Windows 7 on Bootcamp, you have to format the Bootcamp partition in setup which messes up with the MBR and other bootup files. This causes the blinking Cursor

Well.. Here is a solution..

Goto Google and search for "EasyBCD" or goto

http://neosmart.net/downloads/software/EasyBCD/EasyBCD%202.1.exe

Download it.. Install it.. and follow few instructions in the Video.. and it should be all sorted

That's all.. Now just restart your Macbook and see the difference..

Once you are done.. you can uninstall EasyBCD.

WARNING: Please do not click on random buttons or remove your operating system from the boot list, doing this will make your computer unbootable and you might have to reinstall Windows.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Macbook Air
• Macbook Pro
• Macbook White
• blinking
• cursor
• slow boot Macbook
• Apple
• bootcamp
• Windows 7
• problem

[jhall006utube]

Hey, this is a great tip for a problem that is ALL over the internet.

One question. If you edit the MBR using EasyBCD, can you reinstall OSX and have it work successfully?

Thanks

[s4vvys]

@jhall006utube The good thing about Macbooks is that by using the bootcamp, the installations of Windows 7 and Mac become totally independent. So after using the EasyBCD for this problem.. you can independently do anything to your Mac partition, without it affecting the Windows partition.. I have had my Windows installed like 5 months ago and since then i have reinstalled OS X 3 times and even upgraded to Lion and ueverything runs smooth in Windows.

[jhall006utube]

@s4vvys thanks for that, good to know! How do you think it would work if you had a clean install of Windows 7 as the only OS on the Air? So remove the OSX partition completely and THEN mess around with the MBR? I think disk utility on the OSX install USB can fix it but you never know with things like EasyBCD :)

[s4vvys]

@jhall006utube Yes that should work just fine.. Although i have never done it, but this is a solution for people who have MBA 64GB. So if u have Win 7 already installed, just boot with the OS X recovery stick and then go to disk utility and erase the Mac OS partition and exit. Then once you are back in windows then you go to management and merge the deleted partiton into the C drive..

[rondroogy]

When I went to the download page it says it is $24.95... Where can I get a free download?

[s4vvys]

@rondroogy Just click on the non-commercial and free version

[TravisMeeks6]

omgosh, thank you SO much, bro!!!!!!!!! I really didn't want to have to reinstall and this absolutely worked for me.. I was getten pissed: $2300 for a computer and it wont even act right lol. thanks again

[IDStudio7]

Thanks man! Worked PERFECT! Thank God the blinking cursor issue is gone!!!!!

[treyweez11]

WOW THIS SO WORKED FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!