Parallels 5

[thepeacemac]

after i install it it restarts then the starting windows screen appears and then it goes blank

[fangpyre]

Which Mac do you have?

You might want to delete the partition and have Windows Setup make a new NTFS partition.

If you have an ATI graphics card from one of the newer machines, try the following:

Connect a USB keyboard and mouse, then follow these steps:

Run the Boot Camp Assistant in OS X as normal and create a partition when asked, then insert your Windows 7 disc to reboot and begin the process proper. Windows 7 requires the NTFS file system, so once in the installer just select your new partition (labelled BOOTCAMP), click on Drive options (Advanced) and choose to format it.

Then select the newly formatted partition and continue. Windows 7 will begin installing, and once it gets almost to the bottom of its checklist, it'll try to reboot. Now, if you leave it here, you'll get so far and see the black screen. Any further attempts to reboot will bring you to the same dead end.

Instead, restart and press a key to boot from the Windows 7 disc when prompted. Rather than running the installation again, choose the little option at the bottom to Repair your computer. Decline any suggestions that pop up until you see a list of options with Command Prompt at the bottom. Choose that option. At the Command Prompt, type DEL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ATIKMDAG.SYS to delete the default ATI driver, then close the window and reboot. This time, Windows should successfully initialise a more appropriate display driver, allowing you into the desktop. From here insert your OS X disc to install the relevant hardware drivers as you normally would, then run Windows update to clear up any leftovers.

[thepeacemac]

i have a 27" imac intel i5 2.66 ghz 4 gb ram and ati 4850 graphic card
so what do i need to do?

[fangpyre]

Most likely you will have to do the entire thing.
But u can try to just delete the partition first.
If that doesn't work, you will have to go thru the rest.

It's a bit tricky, but like I said, Win7 isn't supported yet.

[thepeacemac]

yea i did that and again the blank screen

[fangpyre]

If you did both, I have nothing else to suggest.

[thepeacemac]

anyone else know anything?

[michl]

Well, here's the latest from Apple: About Boot Camp and Windows 7.

Otherwise, here's a fairly recent illustrated guide to Boot Camp and Windows 7. Make sure to install the latest drivers for your video card.

Note that the above article refers to "one well-known issue to do with display drivers and a BSOD during install." Solution here.

For the record, I had it installed and running under Parallels Desktop (4 then 5) without any problem...

[thepeacemac]

okay so i got parallels 5 and i already hav parallels 4 which iz not working on my mac. so what do i do?

[michl]

okay so i got parallels 5 and i already hav parallels 4 which iz not working on my mac. so what do i do?

hmmm, you're not saying much, are you? like, what is not working, what's happening exactly...

Anyway, there are plenty of tutorials and walkthroughs you could look at to begin with. Even on YouTube too, for those who can't read...