MacBook Air Portable Genius, 4th Edition

Installing Windows

When the new partition is ready to go, OS X restarts to begin the Windows installation. Here’s what happens:

1. Follow the Windows installation screens as they appear. Here are some things to bear in mind:

• When you get to the Which Type of Installation Do You Want? screen, click Custom.

• When you get to the Where Do You Want to Install Windows? screen, click the BOOTCAMP partition.

• Boot Camp formats the BOOTCAMP partition using the FAT32 file system, which won’t work for Windows 7. Windows 7 requires a file system called NTFS. When you get to the Where Do You Want to Install Windows? screen, click the BOOTCAMP partition, click Drive Options, and then click Format.

• The Install Windows program automatically reboots your Mac a few times during the installation, and each time you see a screen that says the following:

Press any key to boot from CD/DVD.

When you see this message, do not press any key or you just start the installation process all over again.

• When prompted by the installer, specify your colors, PC name, wireless network, user account, and other settings.

2. When the Windows installation is complete, insert your OS X installation disc or flash drive, or the disc or drive that contains the Boot Camp Windows support software. Windows prompts you to run setup.exe.

3. Run the setup.exe program. If you’re running Windows 8 or 7, you need to provide User Account Control credentials to continue. The Boot Camp installer appears.

4. Click Next. ...