MBP13 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Hi, Just bought a new Imac in the last week and am already having trouble getting Windows 7 (which installed perfectly on my '08 Macbook) to get going. I install everything without any problem at all, during the install the Mac restarts a few times - no problem. The issue is, once the install is finished (when i have just set the time and date ready to begin) Windows says 'Welcome' and then 'Shutting Down'... I assume ready for one final restart. When it loads back up it says "press any key to boot from disc" which i leave for it to boot straight into Windows. But it doesn't. It does nothing. Even if i try to press a key to go back in to the disc it does nothing. If i manually reboot using the option key and try loading windows it will just sit there with a flashing underscore on the same black screen. (I seem to remember it doing this for a while the first time i booted windows on my macbook, with the exception, this one never loads) I though my problem was to do with my bluetooth keyboard/ mouse not doing anything due to the lack of drivers but i've tried with a USB keyboard and mouse to no avail. On my 3rd install now and it's getting a little frustrating. Any suggestions? Thanks, Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBP13 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 BUMP Just tried installing 32-bit instead of 64 just in case with no luck. Anyone? Really stuck here so any help would be great. Thanks, Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Sound like it can find the bootsector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBP13 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 Sound like it can find the bootsector Is there some way to fix this? I used the same disc for my Macbook and it worked fine so surely there's nothing wrong with the disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBP13 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 Sorry for the double post but i think i have the problem but still no solution. According to this, my Mac doesn't have the necessary Bluetooth or graphics drivers for Windows (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173) The problem is, the only drivers it gives have to be used in Windows at first (supposing you are upgrading windows opposed to installing fresh) so i can't get them. Can anyone tell me a way around this or perhaps where i can get the correct drivers? Thanks, Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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