Is it able to bootcamp via USB drives in Macbook Pro 15" Early 2011?

I have a Macbook Pro 15" early-2011..
I want to install windows 7 using bootcamp via usb drives.
It is becase my superdrive is broken and i've asked the service center how it will cost to fix it..
And its about 250$.
I try to enabling the usb boot in bootcamp, but when its done partitioning disk and starts rebooting, there comes a black screen with " there isn't bootable device".
any body can help? and are there any option to boot via USB?
thanks,
i apreciate your help

The above post is not completely correct. On your model year MBP the only way to install Windows is from the built in Apple DVD Superdrive. This is not a MS restriction and is totally an Apple restriction. The Firmware on that model year, and any model that has a built in DVD drive, is set to only boot the Windows installer from the built in DVD drive.
Microsoft has nothing to do with it. On any other computer, even a Mac that doesn't come from the factory with a built in DVD Superdrive, you can install Windows from any type of device connected to a USB port, whether that device is a external DVD drive or some type of flash or rotating drive of one type or another.
Also Boot Camp Assistant is for partitioning the Mac hard drive and making that partition ready to install Windows. It has nothing to do with the actual Windows install. That is all controlled by the Windows install routine.
So your only option is to have the Superdrive replaced or replace it yourself

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