[SOLVED] Dual Booting iMac 5K

[LeonardWoody]

Hi,

I've recently bought a brand new iMac 5K, and I wish to dual boot windows 8 on it. First off, I'm a total Mac OS X noob, since I've worked my whole life with Windows. I've done a lot of research, but different sources say different things, and I was hoping someone who has experience may clarify some of these issues:

- Since a 5K screen does not exist for Windows PC's, will Windows 8 have any trouble with the screen? I don't mind having to lower the resolution, if that is needed in order for the screen to work.

- In Boot Camp, when your about to actually perform the installation of Windows, it asks you to set the amount of Gb for the partition you're about to create. Are these Gb only meant for the Windows OS itself, or also for all the Windows programs you are going to install?

- Since I've only had the iMac for a couple of weeks, I would't really care if all of my files such as video's, photo's and documents, are gone when something goes wrong while installing Windows. My question is, is te back-up meant for restoring personal files only, or is it also necessary in order to get OS X working again? If the latter is not the case, it means I don't need to buy another external hard drive just for my Mac.

- My iMac uses a 1,12 Tb Fusion Drive. Since this is specificly designed for Mac OS, is Windows going to have trouble using this drive?

If someone could answer any of these question, I would be very grateful!

Thank you in advance

Leonard

 

[McHenryB]

There is a thread here on the subject which may help: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6604929?tstart=0

The space you set aside for Windows needs to be big enough for the OS and any programs that you wish to install.

As for reinstalling the Operating System, on new Macs you can do this without any backups or install disks; it downloads the OS from the Internet. To do this it boots from a recovery partition, or it can even boot straight from the Internet.

I don't know about Fusion Drives and Windows, but the thread referenced may help. I suspect that Windows might just use a partition on the hard disk.