#Installing windows on mac pro 2009 install#

To do this, I downloaded InstEd It! Plus, and used it remove the LaunchCondition table from the BootCamp64.msi file located in the BootCamp/Drivers/Apple/ folder.ĩ) I then ran the BootCamp64.msi file directly without any hiccups.ġ0) The second big hitch: The HFS disk drivers Apple includes as a part of the Boot Camp package are buggy, and very apt to crash your system shortly after boot. I decompressed the archive.Ĩ) The first big hitch: Apple's 64bit driver installer refuses to run on a Mac Pro 1,1 unless the built-in system check is disabled. Once copying and expansion of core files completed, I restarted the system.ĥ) I selected the Windows partition from the EFI boot menu.Ħ) Windows completed its installation, and I entered basic configuration information (user account info, network settings, etc.).ħ) Once at the Windows 7 desktop, I downloaded Boot Camp from Apple's web site to get native drivers for the system. (for the benefit of future readers–see this post below if you encounter a 'Select CD-ROM Boot Type' prompt).ģ) In the installer, I reformatted the 250GB FAT partition as NTFS.Ĥ) I began installing Windows 7 64bit Ultimate to the 250GB NTFS partition. I selected my Windows 7 installation DVD and booted it up.

#Installing windows on mac pro 2009 install#

Aside from a couple of quirks, the process was actually pretty simple:ġ) I formatted my destination disk (located on one of the four internal drive sleds) with two partitions, a 250GB FAT, and a 500GB HFS+ partition (for iTunes media, incidentally), using a GUID scheme (note that you'll need to use MBR if you're going to install Windows 7 32bit).Ģ) I restarted my Mac Pro while holding the Option key to bring up the EFI bootable devices menu. As it happens, I just installed Windows 7 64bit Ultimate Edition on a Mac Pro 1,1 today.