Apple Boot Camp MacBook Air (Late 2010) - Manual (Page 5)

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To prepare your Mac for Windows:
1 Open Boot Camp Assistant (in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder).
2 Follow the on-screen instructions for downloading the Windows support software and
saving it to a CD, DVD, or external disk.
In a later step, you’ll install the Windows support software on your Windows partition.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions for creating a partition for Windows.
If you need help determining the best size for your Windows partition, refer to your
Windows installer documentation.
In a later step, you’ll format the partition you just created.
If You Have Problems Creating a Partition
If you have problems creating a Windows partition, check the following:
 Your Mac’s must be a single partition, formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
If the disk already has more than one partition, you must repartition it.
 Your Mac’s disk must be an internal disk. You cannot use Boot Camp Assistant to
install Windows on an external disk.
 If your Mac has more than one internal disk and you want to install
Boot Camp on a disk that isn’t in the first hard drive bay, remove the drives in the
lower numbered bays. You can reinstall the drives after you install Boot Camp.
 If a dialog appears saying “The disk cannot be partitioned because verification
failed,” try repairing the disk using Disk Utility and opening Boot Camp Assistant
again. If that doesn’t work, back up all the information on your computer, start up
from your Mac OS X installation disc, and erase the disk using Disk Utility. Restore
the information to your computer from the backup and try opening Boot Camp
Assistant again.
Step 3: Install Windows
Read and carefully follow these instructions for installing Windows on your Mac
computer. Refer to your Windows documentation for general information about
installing and setting up Windows.
If you already quit Boot Camp Assistant without installing Windows, open Boot Camp
Assistant and continue from where you left off.
To install Windows on your Mac computer:
1 Insert your Windows 7 installation disc.
2 In Boot Camp Assistant, click Start Installation.
Your computer starts up from the Windows installation disc.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions, until you’re asked where to install Windows.