Macbookair SuperDrive Supported in bootcamp win 7

Macbookair Superdrive is only supported for system without a drive ex mac mini, MBA and MBP retina
I am surprise that i tested on my Imac intel 3.1 bootcamp win7 - It supported both drive internal and external connected to USB.
Some window user friend tease me for MAc OS unable to handle 2 drive - It is true and embrarres that mac os can't even detect it at all and worst it is made from APPLE.
How do I answer this question to them ?? help and apple should be able to solve this simple problem that make a bottleneck to mac user that require 2 drive made by APPLE.

Mac OS can support multiple drives. My iMac has two on it right now. The issue is a superdrive is meant mac that come without drives. It is not just another external DVD (although windows see it that way and IMHO apple should have made it that way). I know it sounds a bit crazy, but it is true.

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Hi, I'd appreciate some command line help on this issue:
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Hi and welcome to Discussions,
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Alright so earlier today I decided to Bootcamp my Macbook and install Windows 7 with a 70GB partition. I was using https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/mac/5.0/help/#/bcmp173b3bf2 and http://www.howtogeek.com/186907/how-to-install-windows-on-a-mac-with-boot-camp/ to help guide me through the process. Everything was running smoothly at first...I had a 32GB memory stick that I used to load the support software onto and I had a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit DVD in my disk drive.
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I've succesfully installed Win 7 64 Bit Ultimate in Bootcamp on my Macbook .
I've got all Windows device drivers installed just fine except,
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so it should be readable / writeable by Windows . ))::
Please someone ...
HELP !!! me out .
Regards,
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Maximum Speed:          Up to 400 Mb/sec
My Book:
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Model:          0x1103
GUID:          0x90A941B5B677A6
Maximum Speed:          Up to 800 Mb/sec
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Sub-units:
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Unit Spec ID:          0x609E
Firmware Revision:          0x1028
Product Revision Level:          1028
Sub-units:
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Partition Map Type:          MBR (Master Boot Record)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Not Supported
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Repasted here from another thread:
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Enter: /Library/Preferences/
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Call Microsoft and ask them.

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