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Running Windows on your Mac
Existing Boot Camp on second hd bay does not boot on MBP mid 2012
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1598026" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>By design (blame Microsoft) Windows will not boot from a drive that is not the primary. In a Windows machine that has a BIOS, primary and secondary drives can be swapped and Windows therefore will always boot correctly. Your Mac doesn't work that way since it uses EFI. I don't know of a work around which will allow Windows to boot from the drive that is in the Optical Bay slot. There may be one, so don't give up looking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1598026, member: 46727"] By design (blame Microsoft) Windows will not boot from a drive that is not the primary. In a Windows machine that has a BIOS, primary and secondary drives can be swapped and Windows therefore will always boot correctly. Your Mac doesn't work that way since it uses EFI. I don't know of a work around which will allow Windows to boot from the drive that is in the Optical Bay slot. There may be one, so don't give up looking. [/QUOTE]
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