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Apple Computing Products:
Running Windows on your Mac
Boot Windows from USB on MBP Pro Early 2011
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1685719" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>The firmware built into the 2011 MacBook Pro assumes there is an optical drive installed and that can not be changed. If you remove the optical drive you will not be able to install Windows 7 via USB, however, there are some hacks floating around that say you can. You can do the searching. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1685719, member: 46727"] The firmware built into the 2011 MacBook Pro assumes there is an optical drive installed and that can not be changed. If you remove the optical drive you will not be able to install Windows 7 via USB, however, there are some hacks floating around that say you can. You can do the searching. ;) [/QUOTE]
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