Boot Camp won't recognize Windows 7 install disk.

I am trying to install Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on my MacBook Pro purchased late 2011 and running Lion. The Windows software was purchased online and downloaded. I then copied the .iso file to a dvd. When I try and install Windows through Boot Camp it doesn't recognize that there is a disk in the drive to install Windows. I sure hope I didn't waste my money. Has anyone installed Windows 7 from a OEM download? Can you give me instructions?

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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More details:
I am using Boot Camp Assistant version 3.0.4 of a MacBook Pro on a 2011 MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6.8. The version of Windows that I am trying to install is a 2009 CD of a full version Windows XP Pro with SP3, which the vendor (http://www.softwarespeedy.com/microsoft-windows-xp-pro-with-sp3/)
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I just tried using Virtual Box, but I am having trouble with that too. Virtual Box seemed to install fine, but I can't figure out how to install Windows on that since my CD drive still spits out my Windows installation disk. When I click Start in Virtual Box, it looks for and doesn't find a "bootable medium." I am assuming this is supposed to be my Windows XP installation disk, but I still have the problem that my computer doesn't recognize it.

Boot camp won't recognize windows cd

Hi,
Have installed the Bootcamp setup assistant on my MBP, partioned the drive, rebooted and am now at the install windows point.
Problem is that although my Windows CD is in the drive and is mounted by OS/X, the setup assistant tells me that 'The installer CD could not be found' 'Insert your Windows CD and wait a few seconds for your disc to be recognized'
Why can't the setup assistant recognize my disc?

This forum is for troubleshooting issues with Mac OS X, not Windows or Boot Camp.
Please post your question in the Boot Camp discussions:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1165

Boot Camp won't recognize my AMD 6970m Video Card

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- 4GB RAM
- AMD Radeon HD 6970m 1GB
As expected, OS X compatible games such as Starcraft II, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Sims 3 and Amnesia: The Dark Descent ran perfectly smooth on my machine, at maximum settings for the most part. Although, most of my games are not compatible with Mac, so I went into Boot Camp and installed Battlefield: Bad Company 2, but it crashed at match startup. I thought it was a driver problem, so I downloaded them. Thing is, when I tried to install them, it said that "no compatible hadware was found", and installation was aborted. Then, I ran a system analysis on both my Mac and Boot Camp (it runs a Windows 7 64-bit version). The results were the same, except for the graphics card:
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Then I thought it was a problem related with VMWare, so I installed Parallels and ran Boot Camp through it. Same problem, except for the fact that games, instead of crashing, ran horribly (for my system settings, at least); and a system analysis showed that I had "Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) 512MB" for a video card.
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Thanks beforehand.

You might have luck cross posting in the Boot Camp forum, this is a general iMac forum where most only know OS X. The Boot Camp guy's may know how to direct you.

I have Windows on here but I can not find Boot Camp l me at 229-300-8915 I need someone that I can talk to, so i can understan how to do boot camp 4.0 for windows installment

Hello Guys I need help it is Urgent to I can not get no where with the tech Support they are not willing to help me unless I pay Money to do so Apple is not a good product when u can not pay to have them Help me I am trying to get Boot Camp set up so i can set up Window 7, I have the updated Verison of Boot Camp which is 4.0 everytime i try and get Boot Camp Assistant to work at one point of the Installation it asked to highlight 0.4 Boot Camp which I did and when I clicked ok It un did Boot Camp so I have windows on here but I can not get to Drivers over to Windows without Boot Camp and I can not get the connection on the Window Side please can Someone please Call and help me my Number is xxxxxxxxxxxplease this is Urgent matter thanks Michelle
P.S I don't understand the instruction on this please help me somone
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It is difficult to understand your issue from your discription. I have three suggestions.
1. Visit the Boot Camp forum. You posted in the Mac Book Pro forum about your Boot Camp issue. The Boot Camp gurus hang out in the Boot Camp form. https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp
2. Read the Boot Camp installation guide. http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
3. Do not post personal information such as phone numbers in public forums.

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Hello all, first post! So here goes:
I have mounted my Windows 7 to an SD card (the largest media device I have available), but Boot Camp Assistant will not recognize the SD card as a valid way to continue the process. Is this something that simply is undoable or am I missing something here?
If Boot Camp Assistant is not gonna work, can I make a new partition then start my macbook in that partition then install on there with said SD card?
Thanks in advance for the help!
spent
edit: clarity

It is a regular .iso mounted to a SD card, not a USB version of the installer. I did the basic mounting of the .iso onto the SD card via terminal with "sudo dd bs=4m if=imagename.extension of=/dev/disk#". But, i literally just got off the phone with apple care and they helped me this time around without a care program, their answer is: Nope, only USB or Disc copies will be recognized with Boot Camp Assistant
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I have a brand new out of the box version of Windows 7 that I am trying to install on my MacBook Pro via bootcamp. It took me quite a while to get the HD partitioned but that is now done. I insert the DVD to install windows and it seems the drive never recognizes it. I get the following error:
The installer disc could not be found. Insert your windows installer disc and wait a few seconds for the disc to be recognized.
I have tried to insert the DVD at different times to see if it will be recognized, to no avail. I have tried to hold the option button during boot up to see if I could install it that way, but it does not show the partitioned drive when I do that.
This is not a burned .iso dvd, this is an original Microsoft DVD. I have tried both the 32 bit and 64 bit with the same results. between trying to get the HD partitioned and this I have spent a full 24hrs trying to accomplish this task without success.
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You need 3.1 or better yet the drivers from Lion and Boot Camp 4.0
BC 2.x was only for Vista and XP
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"I am USING Boot Camp 2.x"
You're running Windows -- natively.

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When using Boot Camp on a Mac Pro, Windows refuses to recognize that external speakers are plugged into the Sound Out jack on Windows Vista (and, I believe, XP).
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thing I noticed if I jiggle the plug form side to side into the socket of my Mac Pro then I get sound from the external speakers, like if there is a loose wire inside or something like that. Very weird! if there was a loose wire then when I use the Mac OS X side I would have the same issue too. I don't know what's causing the problem.

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...for the macbook? Or does it have the drivers for other macs too like the imac.
Thanks

Thanks in bunches, guys. Almost everything is working, I need help in one more things that's driving me nuts.
I've been able to install sound, bluetooth, and I'm able to do a right click. But for some reason, I still can't scroll and the buttons on the keyboard (i.e. the eject button), still won't work.
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So it appears I am limited to Windows 7? And where are the Windows 7/Boot Camp Drivers? On the OS disk?
Finally, since I have necer considered Windows 7 before, I assume there are no compatability issues with mainstream applications that were running in XP?
Thank you.

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Use the Disk Utility to delete it and resize the partition immediately above of it so it takes up the released space.
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HT5628 i was installing windows 8 on mac by boot camp and after i put the windows code and choose the partition i formatted the boot camp sector it said windows can not install on this sector because it is gpt

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if you erased your recovery partition
what OS originally came on your Mac.
I'll assume you don't have a backup available that you made before your mishap, because you didn't mention it.
That's really the take home message here: have a backup!
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Boot Camp won't start in Windows 8

Hi All,
I got the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display this week and I installed Windows 8 Release Preview with Boot Camp. The reason I used Windows 8 is because the Retina Display is not supported in Windows 7 yet.
The dual boot and drivers are all fine. The only problem is that the keyboard doesn't work as how normal windows keyboard... For instance, the function keys only work when fn is pressed, or they are basically doing special tasks like changing the brightness, etc.
I know this is the default behavior in Mac OS and you can set it through keyboard settings. I also know that Boot Camp in Windows should be able to deal with that too. However, when I try to launch Boot Camp in Windows 8, it always give me me this error:
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An error occurred while trying to access the startup disk settings.
You may not have privileges to change the startup disk. Make sure you have administrative privileges and try again.
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I used to use the 27 inch apple display with Windows 7 before, so I know this is realted to the fact that the system is using AHCI driver instead of ATA driver for the harddisk. Seems like with Boot Camp 4.0 and Windows 8 Release Preview, the system natively boots into and supports AHCI mode. I verified that in the device manager in Windows 8.
So, how can I use boot camp in Windows 8 with AHCI driver? If I cannot do that, is it possible to get back to ATA mode? Or, is it possible to change the behavior of the keyboard without using boot camp? (Of course I can use the default driver for the keyboard I guess, which basically make Fn doesn't work and make "delete" doesn't work since delete = fn + backspace).
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Thank you and AfflatusX for providing me the suggestion.
I tried that but it still wont work for me. I am not sure what graphics card I am using. But I just got my Macbook Pro 13' in less than one month and I check the configure, it should be Intel HD Graphics 4000 processor since mine is 13' and only the 15' has the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics processor which is called Retina display.
I checked the Device manager and found that I actually only have the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter, which means that there is no actually right display driver for the x64 Windows 8 CP .
I even tried to get the latest beta version display driver for Intel HD Graphics 4000. It was installed with no error. But after I restarted the computer, the display became black and I could not see anything. I had to use the windows install disk to restore to the original basic original display driver.
To sum, there is no correct display driver for my MBP right now. This cause the video can not be played smoothly ( still OK but not smooth). It also possibly makes the screen too bright. :-(

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