Understanding Bootcamp For Mac

Install Windows on your Mac. Boot Camp is a utility that comes with your Mac and lets you switch between macOS and Windows. Download your copy of Windows 10, then let Boot Camp Assistant walk you through the installation steps. Did you leave a large partition on your Mac to store Windows? Did you know how to resize Bootcamp partition without deleting Windows? Here, after seeing the simple post, you must have a basic understanding of Bootcamp partition, and know MiniTool Partition Wizard can help to extend/shrink Bootcamp partition for free.

Greetings to all. Mac f7 emulator. I would like to convert my MacPro5,1 into a Windows 7 workstation. I only intend on running ONE operating system, and that would be Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I do not need to multi-boot OS X anymore, nor do I want it installed anywhere. I currently have the official Apple RAID card installed in my system providing RAID5 protection across 4x1TB WD drives. Obviously this card will not boot into Windows as there were never any drivers written for it (and I've personally explored the option of writing my own drivers- but the Apple RAID card is a bit of a hack based around a chipset that was never supposed to be used as an HBA, so I decided not to go there). Which cards are out there that will let me accomplish this?

I'd like something that supports RAID5 and will let me boot into Windows 7. I've read that some Highpoint and/or Areca cards *might* support this, but I've not been able to get confirmation on which cards would work. For that fact, I can't seem to determine which sort of firmware the cards would need- an EFI or PC BIOS, and whether or not the Bootcamp CSM even supports loading PC-style card BIOS at all. Is this even possible? Which cards should I be looking at if it is? Click to expand.Sorry, I'm getting lost about something here.

How exactly does the BIOS work on a Mac Pro? Does this mean the EFI CSM (aka 'Bootcamp') has the ability to load and execute PCI-e option ROMs? Will I see the LSI MegaRAID BIOS load and initialize once the screen goes black and the system drops into VGA text mode? How does this work if there are no other operating systems on the Mac Pro? Doesn't EFI need to know that there's some sort of bootable OS present before it'll show up in the chooser? How can it know that the LSI MegaRAID contains a bootable OS before the CSM is loaded and the card BIOS launches (if in fact that actually works on a Mac Pro)?

Does the Apple EFI just default to the CSM if it can't find anything else on the system? Sorry for all the questions here. I just want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly since I had no idea this was even possible on a Mac Pro. I've spent a lot of time and money fiddling around with eSATA stuff before which never worked right, so I'm kinda surprised to hear that this should 'just work'.

Sorry, I'm getting lost about something here. How exactly does the BIOS work on a Mac Pro? Does this mean the EFI CSM (aka 'Bootcamp') has the ability to load and execute PCI-e option ROMs?

Will I see the LSI MegaRAID BIOS load and initialize once the screen goes black and the system drops into VGA text mode? How does this work if there are no other operating systems on the Mac Pro? Doesn't EFI need to know that there's some sort of bootable OS present before it'll show up in the chooser? How can it know that the LSI MegaRAID contains a bootable OS before the CSM is loaded and the card BIOS launches (if in fact that actually works on a Mac Pro)? Does the Apple EFI just default to the CSM if it can't find anything else on the system? Sorry for all the questions here. I just want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly since I had no idea this was even possible on a Mac Pro.

I've spent a lot of time and money fiddling around with eSATA stuff before which never worked right, so I'm kinda surprised to hear that this should 'just work'.

I’ve gone ahead and installed Apple’s Boot Camp product and Windows XP and I’m totally delighted with the results. Finally, I can pop into Windows as needed without having to drag along a PC on my sales calls. But how the heck do I get back to Mac OS X? It’s now automatically booting into Windows each time.