HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS ON MACBOOK WITH BOOTCAM ASSISTANT.
Hello, today we shall talk about something
new today so many people have been asking us to put up a tutorial on how to
install Windows on MacBook. To some people, it is not possible, or some ear it as a
myth but in this tech era everything is possible and, in this article, we shall
be installing windows on MacBook using Bootcamp assistance.
Installing windows on mac is less
expensive because you won't need to buy another computer to run windows there
you can have your mac and window on one computer. Today we shall walk you
through a step-by-step guide on how to install windows on a MacBook without loss
of files.
STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS ON MAC
USING BOOTCAM ASSISTANT.
·
Click on launchpad on your dock menu and
double click on utilities.
·
Next on the utilities window locate and
launch the bootcamp Assistant
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On the Bootcamp assistant wizard click on
continue.
·
On the next windows that appears you will
have to select a task check the check box that says download the latest windows
support from apple. And secondly tick on install windows now click on continue.
·
Th next will ask you were to save the
window support software for your windows choose where you want to save it
either to a CD/DVD or external storage device. After confirming click on
continue.
·
Confirm on the next window by clicking on
save and continue.
· On the next windows that appear you will have to wait for the window support software to be download from apple server. Not that it will be downloaded to the location you choose wait for a couple of minutes depending on your internet speed.
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Once the download Is completed a partition
window will surface all you have to do drag the window partition to a desire
storage you need or click on the option that says divide equally. Make sure you
have inserted your DVD installation media then click continue.
·
The next window will partition your hard
drive in to two creating a bootcamp partition for your windows.
·
Once partitioning is complete your mac will
restart make sure to press and hold down option (ALT) KEY before your mac menu Infront
of you will need to select the window boot option having a disc icon.
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Your mac will load the windows installation
file you will have to wait for a moment.
·
Once file loading is finished you will need
to choose your language and keyboard setting and click on next and select
install windows.
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Click on the check box and click on next
then select custom installation and click next.
·
A partition window will surface now select
the Bootcamp partition you see and format it then clicks on next for the file
to be copied to your hard drive seat and wait while windows files are being
copied to your HDD.
·
Note that your mac will restart several
times make sure to always hold down the option key or ALT key to enter the boot
menu and select window boot device.
·
Once installation is complete your window
is now installed and ready to boot.
·
Once you can boot to window, plug in your
external drive containing the window support software from apple launch the
setup and follow the wizard to install all windows driver.
·
Once driver is installed your window is
ready.
To boot back to mac, go to
your task bar and click on the arrow and click small square icon that says
bootcamp and right click and choose restart in mac that all.
CONCLUTION.
Note that to always switch
from one window to another you need to restart your Mac and press the option
keys or alt key. On the boot menu that appears choose your desired OS and it
will boot for mac you choose EFI and for windows, you
choose WINDOWS. But the default boot OS is your MAC OS
X.