BOOTCAMP - Functioning Hardware and Tips

[LookTopHats]

Hello everyone, I need the help of the many knowledge-able people on this forum;

I am thinking about purchasing a second hard-drive and 'infecting' it with Mac OS in order to use Logic Pro X along with a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 to somewhat shoddily record guitars. Regardless, more to the point, if anyone who has experience with using Bootcamp and has useful information that would be really really helpful.

For example, do you have to use a partition or can you opt to use two separate hard-drives per operating system?

Also, I was wondering if my Scarlett would work on either operating system, without having to rejig everytime, or would that be reserved for MAC OS only. Other than that i'm 100% new to the idea of Bootcamp so fire away. 

Cheers!

 

[Castdeath97]

I would assume so, Windows lets you select a drive during installation. As log as its formatted correctly it would work.

[LookTopHats]

2 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

I would assume so, Windows lets you select a drive during installation. As log as its formatted correctly it would work.

So, you think that the peripherals would transfer without having to unplug and plug them back in? Thats the main worry really,

Thanks 

[Castdeath97]

2 hours ago, LookTopHats said:

So, you think that the peripherals would transfer without having to unplug and plug them back in? Thats the main worry really,

Thanks 

They should work if the drivers are installed.

[LookTopHats]

14 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

They should work if the drivers are installed.

Yeah that's what i'm worried about but if the general consensus is yes, as long as the drivers are installed then great

 

I will probably have a gander at what others have posted about Bootcamp, just to get a better idea in general. Thanks for the help though!

[Castdeath97]

4 minutes ago, LookTopHats said:

Yeah that's what i'm worried about but if the general consensus is yes, as long as the drivers are installed then great

 

I will probably have a gander at what others have posted about Bootcamp, just to get a better idea in general. Thanks for the help though!

Don't worry much about the drivers, Apple packages them together along with boot camp drivers.  

[briankarabin]

Do you currently have a Mac or a PC?

 

If you have a Mac, then boot camp should be cake to install windows through, as it automatically partitions the hard drive to your preference or you can select a new disk altogether

 

If you have a PC, then in order to run Mac OSX you would need a second hard drive and essentially install OSX as you would on a hackintosh.

 

However you do need access to a Mac either way, as a crucial part of building a Hackintosh is getting the OSX install from a Mac.

[LookTopHats]

3 hours ago, briankarabin said:

Do you currently have a Mac or a PC?

 

If you have a Mac, then boot camp should be cake to install windows through, as it automatically partitions the hard drive to your preference or you can select a new disk altogether

 

If you have a PC, then in order to run Mac OSX you would need a second hard drive and essentially install OSX as you would on a hackintosh.

 

However you do need access to a Mac either way, as a crucial part of building a Hackintosh is getting the OSX install from a Mac.

I am currently using Windows 7 OS, and am thinking about buying a second hard-drive rather than partitioning my current one, but you're saying that's only way right? Also, I would be able to get my hands on Mac OSX to install through windows as usable by Bootcamp. Are you saying that's not possible? 

Cheers

[briankarabin]

18 hours ago, LookTopHats said:

I am currently using Windows 7 OS, and am thinking about buying a second hard-drive rather than partitioning my current one, but you're saying that's only way right? Also, I would be able to get my hands on Mac OSX to install through windows as usable by Bootcamp. Are you saying that's not possible? 

Cheers

Bootcamp is a Mac OSX exclusive program that allows Windows to be installed on an Apple machine, not Mac OSX to be installed on a PC. I actually managed to dual boot Windows and OSX El Capitan myself, using this guide from macbreaker.com http://www.macbreaker.com/2016/03/dual-boot-windows-mac-os-x-hackintosh-clover.html

There are ways to partition your drive in Windows for Mac OSX to be installed beside Windows (http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/08/mountain-lion-mbr-unibeast.html) but it would be simpler to just install OSX on a separate hard drive. Here is the Hackintosh install guide: http://www.macbreaker.com/2015/10/install-osx-el-capitan-unibeast-hackintosh.html

 

You will need a Mac or a friend with a Mac to install OSX on a PC because of the way that the programs access the install files

 

[LookTopHats]

1 hour ago, briankarabin said:

Bootcamp is a Mac OSX exclusive program that allows Windows to be installed on an Apple machine, not Mac OSX to be installed on a PC. I actually managed to dual boot Windows and OSX El Capitan myself, using this guide from macbreaker.com http://www.macbreaker.com/2016/03/dual-boot-windows-mac-os-x-hackintosh-clover.html

There are ways to partition your drive in Windows for Mac OSX to be installed beside Windows (http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/08/mountain-lion-mbr-unibeast.html) but it would be simpler to just install OSX on a separate hard drive. Here is the Hackintosh install guide: http://www.macbreaker.com/2015/10/install-osx-el-capitan-unibeast-hackintosh.html

 

You will need a Mac or a friend with a Mac to install OSX on a PC because of the way that the programs access the install files

 

Ahhhhhhhh I see, thank you. I will make sure to give the links a look. Thanks again

[Angy]

I was thinking of building a PC and running mac OS on it because I have a mac book air, and just got into graphic design at school.

 

the PC was meant for gaming but i realised i could also render on it if i put OSX on it too.

 

supposing i downloaded Blender which is a 3D design software, will the files for blender be visible in Windows and OSX. or would it be hidden depending on what OS it is installed on?

This could be for photos, because i wouldn't mind being able to see them on either OS. 

 

or could i have 3 drives 

1. windows

2. OSX

3. for photos and software visible on both operating systems?

 

Thanks!

[briankarabin]

19 hours ago, Angy said:

I was thinking of building a PC and running mac OS on it because I have a mac book air, and just got into graphic design at school.

 

the PC was meant for gaming but i realised i could also render on it if i put OSX on it too.

 

supposing i downloaded Blender which is a 3D design software, will the files for blender be visible in Windows and OSX. or would it be hidden depending on what OS it is installed on?

This could be for photos, because i wouldn't mind being able to see them on either OS. 

 

or could i have 3 drives 

1. windows

2. OSX

3. for photos and software visible on both operating systems?

 

Thanks!

There are NTFS patches you can install in Terminal in mac OS so that you can access windows drives, and you can download HFS Explorer on a PC to access mac OS drives

 

Hope this helps and saves you from buying a 3rd hard drive!

[briankarabin]

19 hours ago, Angy said:

I was thinking of building a PC and running mac OS on it because I have a mac book air, and just got into graphic design at school.

 

the PC was meant for gaming but i realised i could also render on it if i put OSX on it too.

 

supposing i downloaded Blender which is a 3D design software, will the files for blender be visible in Windows and OSX. or would it be hidden depending on what OS it is installed on?

This could be for photos, because i wouldn't mind being able to see them on either OS. 

 

or could i have 3 drives 

1. windows

2. OSX

3. for photos and software visible on both operating systems?

 

Thanks!

Or if you just want an extra drive explicitly for media accessible by both, format it as exFAT