Macbook Pro 2011, Swap SSID against Multidrive. Problems with Bootcamp Installation.

Hi guys,
Whilst waiting for the release of drivers for Bootcamp to update to Windows 8 I thought I just tell you about my expieriencw with an SSID Upgrade I just purchased from GRAVIS in Germany for my MBP 2011. 13 inch I7.
I had originally a 750 GB Drive in my MBP but as I am working wiht Photshop and a have to store a lot of Photos on my HD I was absolutly fond of an offer I found recently in the latest GRAVIS Germany Flyer. ( Gravis is one of the biggest Apple Retailer in Germany)
They offered to swap `HD against a 50 GB SSID and built in the original HD in the Slot of the internal Multidrive. The Multidrive gets build in into a external case.
Wow. Everything done, including clone of HD to SSID for 399 Euros.
I called them on the phone, talked it through with them and took the Macbook there for the change.
The plan was that they do copy just the MAC OS Parition and I do a fresh Bootcamp Installation myself as I plned to update to Windows 8 anyway and for this I wanted to have a fresh Window 7 Intallation on Bootcamp.
So far so good.
I picked up my Mackbook, rebuildet in the way discribed and wanted to install bootcamp at home.
Done it several times on my own, have never had a problem but this time I had no chance. The problem was that in the moment the Windows installation should start the mashine looks for the internal drive and goes into Notebook Nirvana and thats it. And there is no easy work around.
My husband ( software engineer) and me tried a whole evening without success. Took my Macbooc back the next morning to Gravis. They laughed...of course, they are experts and know better...ha..ha.... than they tried everything what I told them we tried the night before ourselfs and in the end after hours they swapped the HD against the Multidrive back , installed Bootcamp and Windows 7 and rebuild again.
Anyway, I had my Bootcamp back but I I was no way satisfied with this solution as I have to say I dont imagine ever time I want to reinstall my Bootcamp from now first driving to Gravis and get my Hardware swapped, install it and swapp it back. I was really disapinonted as I expect as a customer that a Apple retailer knows about problems which could occure when you swap hardware on a macbook and tells you about this problem BEFORE and of course have an aceptable solution for this problem or tell you not to do it when you have got or plan at any time a bootcamp installation on your mashine.
I was totaly frustrated and called the Apple support about it.
I just could not accept this because there are so many other devices wihtout an internal drive in the Apple produkt range that I was sure there must be another solution for this problem.
The guy in the hotline was very helpful, As expected he never heard about a problem like hits before but he went to the back office at once and talked the problem through.
He called me back about it a bit later. I did not try the solution which he sugested but I will do it next time. First at all he confirmed that its not possible for a Macbook Pro which gets delivered with an internal drive to install bootcamp from an external drive.
The Macbook Airs without internal drives getting delivered with a different version of bootcamp. As far as I undestood him you cant install this different Bootcampversion on your MBP.
This Bootcampversions have one more step in their installion routine and this is to create a bootable USB Stick within the installion from which than the MB starts when MY MBP was disappearing into the Nirvana because it could not find the internal drive.
The idea now is to go to an Apple shop with your Windows installation CD/ DVD, to ask a nice person there to allow you to use an MB Air and produce with this the bootable stick. And than go home and try it on your MBP.
Certainly not an easy solution and I dont even know if it would work but still better that rebuilding your Macbook for every new installion of Bootcamp.
Anybody ever tried this?
Maybe there are other possibilitie? Anybody found out something else?
Thought I let you know for the case anybody stumbles about the same problems after swapping his internal drive with a HD oder SSID.
Kind regards Kattinka

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