Boot camp, non-system disk windows 7 pro
hello all,
I have a 13" Macbook Pro (7,1) mid 2010. I am attempting to use bootcamp to install windows 7 pro. at first, i could not select the "create windows 7 install disk" option. i then added my model and ROM version to the bootcamp info.plist after seeing multiple recomendations that this would solve the issue. i now have all options and can run bootcamp to install support files to usb and partion the disk. however, once my computer restarts i get a black screen that says "non-system disk. press any key to continue". I am forced to shutdown and hold option key to select mac hd to restart.
from other threads i have seen it sounds like since my mac has an optical drive it won't boot from usb, even after changing the info.plist in boot camp to try trick it. what do i need to do to complete the windows install? is it as simple as putting the windows .iso onto a cd/dvd and inserting it while i run bootcamp?
Thanks in advance
You should visit the Boot Camp forum https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp rather than posting here in the Macbook Pro forum. The Boot Camp gurus hang out there and your issue has been answered several times. You must burn the iso onto a disk at the lowest speed (2x).
And here are the detailed installation instructions http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf.
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