Maverick Boot Camp - Partition and USB installation of Windows 7

Hi my CD-ROM drive is broken and i want to configure a partition for windows 7 and install it from a UB, but i don’t have the bootcamp option for usb installation visible.
My OSX version is Maverick 10.9
Mac model iMac11,2
Boot rom : IM112.0057.B01
My info.plist configuration file in the bootcamp package is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
          <key>32BitSupportedModels</key>
          <array>
                    <string>MacBook7,1</string>
                    <string>MacBookAir5,2</string>
                    <string>MacBookPro10,1</string>
                    <string>MacPro5,1</string>
                    <string>Macmini5,3</string>
                    <string>iMac12,2</string>
          </array>
          <key>BuildMachineOSBuild</key>
          <string>13A566b</string>
          <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
          <string>English</string>
          <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
          <string>Boot Camp Assistant</string>
          <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
          <string>Boot Camp Assistant</string>
          <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
          <string>Boot Camp Assistant 5.1.0, Copyright © 2013 Apple Inc. All rights reserved</string>
          <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
          <string>DA</string>
          <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
          <string>com.apple.bootcampassistant</string>
          <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
          <string>6.0</string>
          <key>CFBundleName</key>
          <string>Boot Camp Assistant</string>
          <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
          <string>APPL</string>
          <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
          <string>5.1.0</string>
          <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
          <string>????</string>
          <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
          <string>473</string>
          <key>DARequiredROMVersions</key>
          <array>
                    <string>IM41.0055.B08</string>
                    <string>IM42.0071.B03</string>
                    <string>IM51.0090.B03</string>
                    <string>IM52.0090.B03</string>
                    <string>IM61.0093.B01</string>
                    <string>MP11.005C.B04</string>
                    <string>MB11.0061.B03</string>
                    <string>MBP11.0055.B08</string>
                    <string>MBP12.0061.B03</string>
                    <string>MM11.0055.B08</string>
          </array>
          <key>DTCompiler</key>
          <string>com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0</string>
          <key>DTPlatformBuild</key>
          <string>5A11344p</string>
          <key>DTPlatformVersion</key>
          <string>GM</string>
          <key>DTSDKBuild</key>
          <string>13A566b</string>
          <key>DTSDKName</key>
          <string></string>
          <key>DTXcode</key>
          <string>0500</string>
          <key>DTXcodeBuild</key>
          <string>5A11344p</string>
          <key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
          <string>public.app-category.utilities</string>
          <key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
          <string>10.9.0</string>
          <key>NSMainNibFile</key>
          <string>MainMenu</string>
          <key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
          <string>NSApplication</string>
          <key>PreESDRequiredModels</key>
          <array>
                    <string>MacBook7</string>
                    <string>MacBookAir5</string>
                    <string>MacBookPro10</string>
                    <string>MacPro5</string>
                    <string>Macmini6</string>
                    <string>iMac12</string>
          </array>
          <key>PreUEFIModels</key>
          <array>
                    <string>MacBook7</string>
                    <string>MacBookAir5</string>
                    <string>MacBookPro10</string>
                    <string>MacPro5</string>
                    <string>Macmini6</string>
                    <string>iMac13</string>
          </array>
          <key>PreUSBBootSupportedModels</key>
          <array>
                    <string>MacBook7,1</string>
                    <string>MacBookAir3,2</string>
                    <string>MacBookPro8,3</string>
                    <string>MacPro5,1</string>
                    <string>Macmini4,1</string>
                    <string>iMac12,2</string>
          </array>
          <key>Win7OnlyModels</key>
          <array>
                    <string>MacBook7,1</string>
                    <string>MacBookAir3,2</string>
                    <string>MacBookPro5,5</string>
                    <string>MacPro2,1</string>
                    <string>Macmini4,1</string>
                    <string>iMac10,1</string>
          </array>
</dict>
</plist>
I have already tried this :
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21796614#21796614
and this:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3435734?start=15&tstart=0
but neither of them have helped me to get the bootcamp work properly. Every time i try to modify this fie i get an error.
Please any help would be welcome.

No problem, forget the daemon tools and Microsoft usb tool, use BooTcamp Assistant for making bootable usb of windows 7 using that .iso.
you can do the following :
1. Add your Boot Rom Version(from system info) under DARequiredROMVersions.
2. Add Model Identifier(from system info) under PreUSBBootSupportedModels
3. Delete "Pre" from "PreUSBBootSupportedModels", so you have "USBBootSupportedModels"
The first 3 steps are same as before and if its not clear you can easily google solutions with screenshots.
The next step is only for OSX 10.9, as it employs some kind of code signature to prevent you from changing info.plist and cause bootcamp to crash.
4. Open your terminal, use the following command
sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app
Sudo means using administrator privilege and u need to enter your mac password. And the command resigns the bootcamp application so that it runs with the new info.plist file and not crash.
5. Continue on with your installation....
Cheers.
P.S. back up info.plist before u change anything.
I installed windows 7 ultimate 64 bit two days ago using this mehod. It is working perfectly. Hope this will solve your problem.Please do make a backup of ur macbook before partition, for safe side.
while using that command mentioned in step 4., may be you get a option to download xcode or something like that, just click ok and download and install that, in my case it was about 101MB.

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ultimateshep wrote:
Did you end up getting it to work? I am so frustrated. I have spent countless hours trying to install windows 8 on my Mac using bootcamp assistant. I get the same result: the computer restarts to start running windows and then it just goes to the black screen with the cursor blinking. I have an early 2008 iMac, just upgraded to Mountain Lion. Bought the Windows 8 from completesoftwarecenter.com for 69$ bucks. They claimed that it was the 'full' version. I am now not so convinced. I may ask for a refund. Any suggestions? PLEASE HELP!
I got the 64 bit not the 32 bit windows 8, dont know if that plays a part or not.
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Message was edited by: LKHetzel --- verbiage

Hi,
if I remember correctly Parallels installs some kind of file system driver to OSX to access NTFS files system partitions.
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(Others are NTFS-3G; Paragons NTFS for Mac and Tuxera NTFS for Mac).
To my knowledge there is no other remedy to this phenomenon then to deinstall the NTFS drivers.
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Knowing that it's always best to make changes one step at a time, I'm looking for recommendations before embarking on a multi-step upgrade and migration:
CURRENT SET-UP:
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Hey -- was told then on the MS web site that this path would work...
Use iCloud to sync my Apple stuff with my Windows stuff (Calendar, Contacts)
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Proof of my partition:
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Colleague has an iMac with a boot camp partition, and the disk has failed. It won't boot off the mac partition, although the windows partition works fine. He bought a new 1T disk and we are trying to copy his disk on to it, and will then install the new disk into the iMac.
So it's booted up using the SnowLeopard install disk and I am running disk utility. First I tried to partition the disk into something that looks like the partition scheme on the current disk -- big partition for os x, little partition for windows, although big & little are 750GB vs 250GB as opposed to the smaller version on the 260GB original.
Then I tried to use the Restore to go from the old bootcamp partition to the new MS-DOS (fat) partition on the new drive. This failed. First it resized the fat partition down to an ever-so-slightly smaller partition than the NTFS original, and then generated an error because the partition is too small.
How do we do this?

Loner T wrote:
1. Do you have a TM backup of the OSX which came from this "failed" disk? It may just be a matter of reinstalling OSX too work around bacd blocks?
My boss tried that about a year ago, but it failed again after not too long.
2. What is the failure when switching to OSX from Windows?
Not sure. Now when I option-boot the machine I can't see either partition -- I can see the installer dvd and the new drive in its external enclosure.
3. Windows can be installed only on the internal disk, which is a Windows restriction that BC enforces. Apple allows OS to installed on external drives. Ask Gates/Ballmer/Nadella why?
4. Yes, you can get data of the disk, not matter how it is connected, internal or external. It is tricky to take a Volume and move it. Can I suggest an investment in Winclone to backup and restore (http://www.twocanoes.com/products/mac/winclone) Windows?
5. Yes, but I would recommend putting Bootcamp Windows back as BC/Windows, rather than virtualizing it using Parallels.
Well moving the new disk in to the iMac is one of the tasks we need to accomplish, so we can do it now. My plan was to use dd to move the data from the partition on the old drive to the partition on the new drive, once we can get Boot Camp Assistant to create it. Winclone looks like a great product, but it's $29. Parallels is only $79, and if a disk fails or you migrate to new hardware all of the Parallels vms come over effortlessly using Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant.

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