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Mac windows installer disc could not be found

Getting this message can be quite troublesome because most times it comes continuously when trying to bootcamp the Window 7 using a mid iMac. Note that if your iMac does not support the USB booting to install windows via bootcamp system, then youd need to follw certain steps to correct this mishap. Backup your recent and most important documents and files as well as to restore them once you have succeeded. Time Machine would be a good method to carry out this task, then make sure youre currently running the latest version of the ISO. You would need to burn the Windows ISO to a physical medium e.

Note, making use of an external optical drive would make your work volatile and inconclusive. This should come after you have the two check boxes on your BC assistant window pane. Select the option to create a Windows install disk and download the latest version of the Window support software from Apple store and proceed by clicking continue.

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Insert your Windows install disc or choose your Window installation ISO and proceed by clicking continue. The Bootcamp erases your USB flash drive and prepares it for the windows installation. Is there a special way to do it? Hey Ben, It doesnt work with me, Because I only have 2 options.

Mac Bootcamp 4 Mountain Lion – Installer disc could not be found – Solution

Wich are the Download windows support files, and install windows: I have disk problem after instalation. VMWare Fusion 4. Im also in the same boat, that drive does not show when hitting option on startup, and my computer is not reading the windows installer DVD, its just ejects automatically after it spins for a few seconds.

Disc is not damaged, and i cleaned the superdrive before attempting. Have the iso file, but still not working.


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Installer Disc Could Not Be Found

Thanks, Lior! Has anyone got this to work.


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I did all steps required and still no luck. Same as above. Tried both USB with updated info file and a dvd as well.

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I read somewhere that mountain lion does not have the drivers to boot Windows formatted startup disks. Could that be the problem? In that case I would like my money back until it does.. What can I do? You can fix it if not. Hi Matt, If you have an external hard drive, I would try that, just to eliminate the possibility something is wrong with your USB key. You could get extreme and pull out the hard drive from your 08 Macbook, connect it to your PC either via a usb drive caddy or directly if possible use partition magic or similar to repartition it, adding an NTFS partition, installing Windows 7 onto that partition, then reconnecting it to your Macbook and seeing if you can hold Option and see that bootable partition.

So I did everything exactly and it all was working till i get to the formatting part. I format the partition but then it gives me an error saying.

How to install Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro using Bootcamp, without CD drive

The Selected disk has an MBR partition table. Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Look at the bottom right hand corner where it says Partition Map Scheme: This is GPT. GPT formatted disks allow disks to be above 2TB in size. MBRs are old-school which can only support disk sizes below 2TB. More info: It seems that the problem is not so easy to solve.

On russian site http: With Bootcamp 5. After adding these two strings and saving Bootcamp no longer told me that I needed an optical drive to install Windows.

Install Windows on Mac without Boot Camp Assistant [NO USB OR CD]

Thanks, nck!