Boot camp 4.0 getting error the installer disc could not be found

boot camp 4.0 getting error the installer disc could not be found.

See if Windows 8 RP x64 works as an experiment.
Usually slowest burn speed will.
I am assuming that smething changed but there are I presume a number of other people who have, and folks with new MacBook Air too.

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  • Boot Camp "The installer disc could not be found"

    Hi,
    So i'm attempting to load win7 onto my MAC. Thus far i have downloaded the .iso image off MSDN (throught my university, for all intents and purposes should be as legitimate as an off the shelf copy)  and burned it to DVD as a bootable disc image. however for some reason when using Boot Camp im told "The installer disc could not be found"
    There is data on the disc however when i go into the disc via finder it appears empty (no icons)... even though it is not (get info > xyzMB used)...
    I know most people use parallels etc but if anyone has successfully accomplished a win7 install and knows where im going wrong it would be greatly appreciated... thanks 

    andrewmchugh wrote:
    What?!? That has got to be the most useless post on here.
    All op needs to do is make a bootable USB thumb drive.
    on mac http://blog.nightlionsecurity.com/guides/2011/07/burn-iso-to-bootable-usb-flash- drive-in-mac-osx-terminal-via-command-line-diskutil/
    on windows its easier you can just download the microsoft iso tool or use pendrive linux to create the bootable usb from the iso (downloaded from msdnaa)
    Your comment is uncalled for. And you give the wrong info on installiing Win 7 on a Macbook Pro in a Boot Camp Partition.
    It can only be installed from a DVD drive installed internally in the system. Apple has limited the installation of Windows 7 from only that drive. Can't install from USB thumb or DVD drive connected by USB port.
    Thanks, BUT.

  • Boot cam 5: The installer disc could not be found.

    I cant install win7 on my Macbook Pro.
    ((((The installer disc could not be found.))))

    andrewmchugh wrote:
    What?!? That has got to be the most useless post on here.
    All op needs to do is make a bootable USB thumb drive.
    on mac http://blog.nightlionsecurity.com/guides/2011/07/burn-iso-to-bootable-usb-flash- drive-in-mac-osx-terminal-via-command-line-diskutil/
    on windows its easier you can just download the microsoft iso tool or use pendrive linux to create the bootable usb from the iso (downloaded from msdnaa)
    Your comment is uncalled for. And you give the wrong info on installiing Win 7 on a Macbook Pro in a Boot Camp Partition.
    It can only be installed from a DVD drive installed internally in the system. Apple has limited the installation of Windows 7 from only that drive. Can't install from USB thumb or DVD drive connected by USB port.
    Thanks, BUT.

  • The installer disc could not be found?  MacBook Pro - BootCamp

    I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro running OS X Lion 10.7.4.  I receive the "installer disc could not be found" error in my Boot Camp Assistant (ver. 4.0.3) after I have selected the "Download the latest Windows support software from Apple" and "Install Windows 7" tasks, and selected the "Burn a copy to CD or DVD" option in the process of installing Windows on my Mac.  Everything goes smoothly, including the burning onto a disc apparently, until I get to the part where I am told to select the amount of space to partition and press the "Install" button below with the disc in.  I do this, but after a minute of nothing happening once I've pressed "Install", I receive the "installer disc could not be found" error.  I have no idea what to do, still being somewhat new to my MacBook Pro, as well as having followed all the of the instructions.  Help would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks in advance!
    Also, I've already tried burning at the slowest speed (2x) and have tried both CDs and DVDs.

    It's not so much the Windows OS as it is what Mac OS your using to in stall Windows on.
    As of Lion and Mountain Lion (10.7 and 10.8) you can only use Windows 7 (until Windows 8 comes out and Apple updates the Boot Camp drivers for it) because Boot Camp only has drivers for W7 and is not backward compatible to XP.
    W7 and XP is kinda like OS-9 and OS-10, two major differences.
    Boot Camp is just a series of Windows drivers Apple makes for compatibilities reasons for the hardware Apple uses.
    Basically if your computer came with 10.7 installed _brand new_ your stuck with W7 and BCamp v4.0. If you have any other previous Apple OS then you can use the v3.0 version of Boot Camp and W-XP.
    Depending on when the computer was made it may be able to use XP, say, if you bought a computer a week after Lion came out but they hadn't upgraded the computer hardware yet you can usually use the previous MacOS and Windows version if compatible. So you will still have the "old" hardware. Any new Mac OS that comes out will be installed on any computers sold after that time.
    Also, some people have had some success installing XP on newer machines if you do a Yahoo/Google search on the internet, depending on what machine you have you. It may take quite a bit of work tho. if you really need XP still, Windows 7 Pro does have an XP emulator as part of it (similar to Rosetta for OS9?)
    Hope this helps....

  • "The installer disc could not be found." What the...?

    "The installer disc could not be found. Insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few seconds for the disc to be recognized."
    Trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate. I have a Mid-2011 27" iMac, maxed out Core i7, RAM, and video, updated OS X Lion (11B26), and SSD. I created a partition via Boot Camp Assistant, downloaded drivers/whatnot via BC Asst. As far as I know, there is nothing wrong with the machine.
    Purchased W7U through Parallels, they sent me the disc, started up BC Asst, and I get the above error message.
    I can clearly see the disc in Finder. What's the deal?
    (I roped myself into Parallels before I realized I didn't need it for what I wanted to do.)

    Ask the people that sent or you bought Windows from.
    There are extra steps if you have multiple disk drives like SSD and 2nd.
    Windows sees OS X and GPT on another drive and won't install but you don't get that far.
    Most people want Windows as a guest OS rather than have to dual boot though.
    Go back to FAQ, Install, Guide http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp

  • Problem - the drop down box says . . . The installer disc could not be found.

    On my MacBook with Lion, I am attempting to create a partition and then install Windows XP Professional with service pk 2.  I have successfully downloaded the Windows support from Apple to my extenal flash drive with MS-DOS (FAT32) format.  However, when I go to the next step - Create a Partition for Windows - and insert the XP disk and click Install after the icon is shown on my desktop, I get a dropdown that says . . .  The installer disc could not be found.  Help!

    Do you have a bootable Windows installer disc? If you are using Boot Camp 4.0 with your Lion system, you can only install Windows Vista or Win7, but not XP.

  • The installer disc could not be found bootcamp mountain lion

    Hi,
    Got a small problem when i'm trying to install Windows 7 (Downloaded from MSDN) Dual boot is giving me an error message 'the installer disc could not be found bootcamp mountain lion'
    I burned two DVD-r's
    1.
    http://cl.ly/image/0u3M3m1m3V0B
    2.
    http://cl.ly/image/093C2V2b1N07
    Both of the disc's are not working in DUALBOOT
    System info:
    Macbook PRO  13'' - late 2011
    2.4 Ghz Intel Core i5
    4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

    Windows XP and Windows Vista are not supported, you must use Windows 7 Home or Professional. You must also burn the DVD at the lowest possible speed.

  • Problem installing windows - 'The installer disc could not be found'

    Hello everyone,
    I'd successfully partitioned my hard drive and am now trying to install windows. When I click on 'start installation' in boot camp assistant, there is a delay of 20 seconds and then a message, saying that 'the installer disc could not be found'. This is despite the windows CD showing up in the finder.
    I've tried re-booting, re-starting boot camp and removing the CD, to no avail. For what it's worth I've also tried a friends windows CD just in case it is my one causing the problem.
    Any tips?
    Thanks in advance.
    Rob

    I had the same issue with the installer disc not being found by boot camp, I tried multiple times with no luck, tried several windows vista home basic discs and made sure they were bootable, still no luck, finally I got the trial version of parallels, installed windows that way and it worked, the interesting thing is that afterwards, I left the CD I was using in the dvd drive, shut down the computer, next time I started the laptop, it wanted to boot up with the windows installation dvd I left in the drive, I cancelled, started mac os then ran boot camp and it worked fine.
    Sounds to me like software issues from apple... I hope you find the solution, all this was very frustrating...

  • "The installer disc could not be found" Bootcamp

    Hello
    For the past 5 months I've been wanting to use windows for gaming perpouses. So I've finaly resorted to bootcamp. So far I've
    Opened bootcamp
    Burned a copy of a Windows 7 Ultamate .iso on a DVD
    Inserted it
    and waited for th "magic" to happen.
    Unfortunatly, Bootcamp doesn't recognize the disc I have in. Any fix?
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    NOTE IM RUNNING A MACBOOK PRO LATE 2011 OSX LION!!!!

    I am facing same problem that "The installer disc could not be found". Although I installed the window on very same mac book pro but this time encountering the problem. Please could someone there to help me out to fix this problem.

  • How do I get passed the "The installer disc could not be found message" in bootcamp?

    I followed all the directions, but boot camp is not finding the disc it created, even though the disk is inserted and showing as being recognized on my desktop.
    I have a MacBook Pro 15". Late 2011. It's updated too. I'm running OS X Version 10.8.2.

    singantsing wrote:
    I followed all the directions, but boot camp is not finding the disc it created, even though the disk is inserted and showing as being recognized on my desktop.
    I have a MacBook Pro 15". Late 2011. It's updated too. I'm running OS X Version 10.8.2.
    Is this an ISO that you burned to disc from a copy of Windows purchased online or is it a retail disc.

  • HT5639 I get a message that says "The installer disc could not be found." when trying to install Windows 8 from a downloaded .img or .iso file. How do I get Bootcamp to recognize it?

    I didn't illegally download the file. I go to the University of Oklahoma and they offered a free download of Windows 8 to students. I downloaded the installation file, but Bootcamp won't let me install Windows 8. What do I do?

    and iso file is a carbon copy of an optical disc burning it to an optical disc will make it act the role of the
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  • The installer disc could not be found windows 7

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    Any input would be greatly appreciated.

    I am having the exact same problem and have literally NO idea how to fix it!!!  Someone please help!

  • "The Installer Disc Could Not Be Found."

    I have downloaded an ISO image to a USB, as well as the Windows support drivers from Apple.
    What am i missing? How can i install windows from here?
    I am running on MAC OS X 10.8.4 and Boot Camp 5.0.3

    You can't. Your Mac has an optical drive so you need to install from a disc.

  • Bootcamp: The installer disc could not be found

    I have downloaded Windows 8 to a flash drive and the installer doesn't recognize it. 
    What should I do?

    You need to confirm that it's clean.  Not just "think" it. 

  • Boot camp displays "the installer disk could not be found"

    I have burned the Windows 8.1 .iso image 3 times and for some reason when I try to start the bootcamp utility I get the message "The installer disc could not be found"... I have the Win 8.1 Pro disk in my superdrive and nothing happens! Very frustrating!

    Reading other posts like this I have verified the installer disk.

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