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Upgrading Bootcamp 2.2 to 3.1

  • 06-04-2010 11:18am
    #1
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,414 ✭✭✭✭


    I've an MBA running Windows 7 (x86) using Apple Bootcamp v2.2.

    I'd like to update to Bootcamp latest - I believe it's v3.1 - for a couple of reasons, proper support of Sleep mode in Windows being the top one.

    Question: what is the upgrade path? Do I install Bootcamp v3.1 directly, or do I need to install v3.0 then v3.1?

    Anyone got a link to the 3.0 download as all I can find on the Apple site is 3.1.

    Any other advice?

    Cheers.

    --

    I think I can safely ignore this if all it does is as claimed (the umount):
    Boot Camp Utility for Windows 7 Upgrade 01/19/2010 Use the Boot Camp Utility for Windows 7 Upgrade Installation Utility before upgrading from Vista to Windows 7. This utility safely unmounts the read-only Macintosh volume on Microsoft Vista. (Update)

    http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/bootcamputilityforwindows7upgrade.html

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Comments

  • #2
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    3.0 is the default that ships with Snow Leopard I think? Not too sure they made it available to download anywhere. If you've opened Boot Camp Assistant in Mac OS X though, I would assume Software Update would pick up an available update on a subsequent check and if 3.1 is offered, you could safely assume you can update directly from 2.2 then?


  • #3
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    Hmmm, found this on Apple's site:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986

    Though it's not that clear, look at this section:
    What do I need to install Windows 7?

    Windows 7 requires Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard and the Boot Camp 3.1 Update.

    From that, it seems the 3.0 update is only supplied with Snow Leopard and Apple doesn't seem to provide any upgrade path from 2.2? I don't know if you can actually install the 3.0 update in Leopard from the Snow Leopard disc though but I would guess that you can't.


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