Is it possible to install windows 7 on my macbook from a removable hard drive using boot camp? How would I do this?

Is it possible to install windows 7 on my macbook from a removable hard drive using boot camp?
How would I do this?

If you have Lion installed, and run Boot Camp, it will create the boot flash for you, just followe the tutorial on screen. As far as I remember, this was not possible prior to Lion.

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    The DVD is in my 2008 MacBook and I mounted it on the Retina MacBook. The 4 GB Windows set-up thumb drive is connected to the Retina MacBook.
    I'm confused as to what I'm doing wrong.
    Any help is appreciated.

    You need the USB SuperDrive or an USB disk to install Windows on the computer

  • Can I install windows 7 on a potable Hard Drive using boot camp? or any other way to do so?? need help for college please

    I need to use windows in order to use Visual C++ for college but I don't have enough space in my internal Hard Drive so I want to install windows 7using boot camp or any other method on a portable hard drive and boot from it.
    Please help I need it as soon as possible for school. Thanks

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    You can use a VM and put the VM image (VHD) anywhere any drive you want.
    You are way too low on disk space, seriously so. And no room - even Windows and Mac OS should be warning and balking already.
    "emulator" is an old-school term, even true, running a Guest OS under Mac's as a virtual machine, shared resources (RAM, processor) is easier but not the same performance level as running natively.
    Comparison of VMware Fusion Parallels VirtualBox
    This just posted, an FAQ for Lion and Boot Camp 4.0
    Boot Camp 4.0, OS X Lion: Frequently asked questions

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    3. Boot Camp 5 supoprts Windows 8 Pro 64-bit installation
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    Gotcha!!
    I am done with mounting a secondary HDD (thanks to ifixit) and installing Windows 8 Pro 64 bit on it without a worry. Charm, charm!!
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    Hi,
    Is it possilbe to install Windows 7 in an external drive using Boot Camp?  If yes, can you someone show me or direct me where I can find more info?
    Thanks a lot

    You're welcome anytime.
    Microsoft doesn't make it easy sometimes
    As for the harddisk it surely is possible.
    iFixit http://www.ifixit.com/Browse/MacBook jas repair manuals and/or MacSales http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/SATA/DIY/ with videos on how-to.
    Stefan

  • Can You Now Install Windows 7 64-bit On an External Thunderbolt Hard Drive?

    Hi. Will Windows 7 see external Thunderbolt hard drives as internal and install it finally to an external hard drive (for Boot Camp)? Has anyone tried it yet? Thank you in advance.
    Gbu.

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  • Install Windows 7 on new MBPr from FAT32 formatted USB drive

    My colleague gave me a USB drive with legit Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 64bit as ISO file on it (plus a folder containing Windows software to be installed afterwards.
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    You must use Bootcamp Assistant to install Windows in a Bootcamp partition. Return your hard drive to a single OSx partition then start again following the Bootcamp Installation and Help guides.
    http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

  • I use windows 7.  Can I move my itunes library to a network hard drive? If so, how do I do this?

    I use windows 7.  Can I move my entire itunes library off my computer to my network hard drive?
    if so, how do I do this?
    Thanks

    Hello dreid20,
    Indeed, you can move your iTunes Library to a network volume. The only stipulation to keep in mind is that you'll need to be connected to this volume before launching iTunes for it to function properly.
    iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
    Cheers,
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  • Is it possible to install windows 8.1 on macbook pro late 2013?

    hi ,
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    Maybe people have found a solution already but yesterday I managed to install Win 8.1 as a BootCamp on my new 15" retina MBP.  I followed the steps John Guo described but with a couple of changes as his approach failed for me.
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  • Is it possible to install windows xp on latest macbook pro

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  • How do you install Windows 8.1 on a system with multiple hard drives?

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