I recently partitioned my MBP 15", early 2011 model, so I could run windows. I installed Windows XP and now I have no Wifi. I've installed the bootcamp drivers off CD of Snow Leopard and the disks that came with my machine. No luck, there are no wireless drivers.
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What I am planning to do is install Windows 8. How can I get wireless drivers on my XP partition? Or if I download windows 8 on my OSX and make a bootable flash drive and upgrade the os, will I have Wifi that way?
Ah. Thats sad. You may be looking for the impossible. Your last hope is probably to try this page on older Mac models -encounter.net/p682/download-bootcamp-drivers For models older than that, you're in the era before BootCamp downloads, and you probably need an OS X Leopard or earlier install CD.
Hi Andrew,If you have an older Mac, follow the instructions at -encounter.net/p682/download-bootcamp-drivers. If your Mac is on the list at the top of this page, then click the apple link at the top of the page.Cheers,Chris
Q.: Is there a proven working method of installing Windows 11 on an Intel-based Macbook, Macbook Pro, or Air? A.: Here is the method that worked for us (valid as of October 2021 for any Windows 10 compatible Macbook).1. Download 64-bit Windows 10 ISO image from Microsoft (Link: -gb/software-download/windows10)2. In macOS Use "Boot Camp Assistant" app and feed it with downloaded ISO image in order to initialize and install the Boot Camp environment normally.3. When Windows 10 is up and running, go to AveYo MCT GitHub and from there download / unzip the zip archive (you might need to click the "Code" button on that page in order to see the zip download option).4. From the folder where you unpacked that zip, run "MCT/Skip_TPM_Check_on_Dynamic_Update_v2.cmd".5. From the same folder, run "MediaCreationTool.bat" (a window titled "MCT Version" should appear).There choose "11". Another window will appear, there choose "Auto Setup", this will download Windows 11 21H2 and install it for you.
Failed:When Creating bootcamp.vmdk, I was getting I/O read error showing as its already in use.Solution:Make sure the External Drive on whom you want to install windows is ejected and run the command in terminal again.
Solution:I was not able to find its solution so far. Maybe its because bootcamp expects the installation of windows to be on MAC drive rather then on external drive.Any help in solving this problem will greatly help.
2) The Fat32 format was only for the USB that holds the Bootcamp support files, and not for your external OS drive. Mac can read MS-DOS and MS-DOS FAT32, but their Disk Utility has no option to format FAT32. It was important though because formatted as MBR/MS-DOS, windows did not recognize it at all and only offered to reformat it whenever I plugged it in. So, I took them up on the offer, erased the Bootcamp files and reformatted it as FAT-32 as Windows defaulted it to, then went back into Mac OS and ran the Bootcamp download again pointing to the USB drive now FAT32. Windows then recognized it when I returned and all Bootcamp drivers were successfully installed.
Regarding trackpad not working(soft click), its some sort of problem with windows 10 user accounts.Go to user accounts, create another account (administrator), log off from your default administrator account, log in to your newly created administrator account, go to user accounts and change the default account from administrator to standard. Now log in to your default (now standard account) and bootcamp control panel in the task bar should work fine. After the trackpad, you can again change account to administrator, if needed. 2ff7e9595c
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