To initiate a partition, you need to decide the size of the Windows partition first. Till this time, no partitioning has been performed.

After the successful selection of the targeted hard drive, you will be able to see one section listed as Mac OS X and the new section listed as Windows.

In the case of a single drive, skip this step and click Continue. Select the desired drive you are willing to install Windows.

If you have connected multiple drives to your Mac system, then all of them will be listed.

Note: Here you can also place check marks next to ‘multiple tasks’ and ‘Boot Camp Assistant’ will automatically perform each task in a sequence. Here select ‘Install or remove Windows 8.’ option and click Continue.

The next screen shows a ‘Select Tasks’ option that includes the three different functions that Boot Camp Assistant can perform.

An introduction screen displays, click ‘Continue’ button.

Go to Applications -> Utilities and run Boot Camp Assistant.

Steps to partitioning your Mac drive for Windows This advanced utility takes care of all the necessary drivers required by Windows to run in Apple hardware like networking, keyboard, mouse, camera, audio, trackpad, and video. Mac OS X’s Boot Camp Assistant built-in utility not only lets you add a new partition on your Mac hard drive but also helps to install and run Windows in a fully native environment.

Set up a Windows partition on your Mac using Boot Camp Assistant In order to initiate the steps to install Windows on your Mac, you need to set up a Windows partition first.

Before you initiate Windows installation on your Mac machine, you must be aware of how to create a Windows partition using the Disk utility.

Mac OS X is capable of running Windows operating system on them using the built-in Boot Camp feature.

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