I ran into this problem this afternoon. Your Mac's model must be in Boot Camp Assistant's list of supported models for the "Create a Windows 7 install disk" option to be available, so you must find out if your model is there and add it if it's not.
Go to Applications > Utilities and right-click on the Boot Camp Assistant app; select Show Package Contents, and open the Contents folder where you should see a file called info.plist.
**By default you don't have permission to edit info.plist. My preferred way around this is to copy it to my desktop (opt-drag and drop), then rename the original to info_OLD.plist (not necessary to rename it, but if you screw up, at least you'll have the original backed up). Authentification will be required... just enter your password when asked.
Open the info.plist file on the desktop with Property List Editor (right-click, Open with > Property List Editor).
At the botton of the window is a list called USBBootSupportedModels. Click on the list and then click the Add Child button on the tool bar. Apparently your model must be the first or last item in the list – this didn't work for me when I accidentally added it to the middle, but it did when it was at the top. If you don't know your model number, click on the Apple menu and click About This Mac, where you should find the information. In Lion I believe you have to click "System Report" to get the proper information. My model was MacBook2,1 so the item I added to the top of the list was MB21.
Save the file when you're done. Now drag it back to the folder where the original file is (replacing the older file if you chose not to rename it).
When you open Boot Camp Assistant now it should give you the option to create an install disk.
**I haven't completed anything beyond actually getting the option available, so I can't comment on if the install disk will actually be created properly.
Before you do any of the steps mentioned below the line-break, check the bootcamp control panel first!!!
When in Windows, after everything is installed and done, do the following:
- Click 'Start ' (the windows logo-button in the bottom left corner)
- Type 'bootcamp'
- Open the bootcamp control panel. It will ask for administrator privileges, say 'yes' or 'ok' or whatever
- Configure the necessary settings for your startup disk, remote, keyboard and trackpad - these are the four tabs you should expect to see when the bootcamp control panel opens.
Your keyboard and trackpad should work (almost) perfectly. If not, read the answer that follows.
When you installed Windows the specific bootcamp drivers should have been installed automatically from your Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) DVD or 10.7 (Lion) DMG in the process. I would recommend trying to:
- Remove/Delete the drivers in Windows Device Manager
- Insert or mount the OSX DVD or DMG
- Restart your system (booting into Windows).
The correct bootcamp drivers should then be installed automatically from the OSX DVD. If the drivers were not installed, browse for them on the OSX DVD.
If all else fails you can always try re-installing Windows, and from there should be able to determine during the process if you have keyboard functionality.
★ The key to having the correct drivers working in bootcamp is installing them specifically from the OSX DVD or DMG.
The Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 Boot Camp Software includes these Mac drivers for Windows:
Apple Bluetooth
Apple Keyboard Support
Apple Remote Driver
Apple Trackpad
Atheros 802.11 Wireless
ATI Graphics
Boot Camp control panel for Microsoft Windows
Boot Camp System Task Notification item (System Tray)
Broadcom Wireless
Intel Chipset Software
Intel Integrated Graphics
iSight Camera
Marvel Yukon Ethernet
nVidia Graphics
Cirrus Logic Audio
Realtek Audio
SigmaTel Audio
Startup Disk control panel for Microsoft Windows
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How did you install it? Do what you did before but look for a repair option, or if you really want to, choose reinstall or install. I highly suggest to back up your data on your iMac before doing this just in case something does go wrong.