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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1073367" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>I just found another possible solution to your problem of installing Windows without a working Superdrive. This method seems to be the best of the bunch.</p><p></p><p>Give it a try. The entire copied procedure follows after the asterisks.</p><p></p><p>*********************************************</p><p></p><p></p><p>Install Windows in Boot Camp despite a defective SuperDrive </p><p></p><p>Tue, Mar 2 2010 at 7:30AM PST • Contributed by: Obi</p><p></p><p>My 2007 DC MacBook (running 10.6.2) has an internal SuperDrive that is defective, which hampered my Boot Camp installation. 2br I set up the MacBook up for dual boot with the Boot Camp assistant, and I wanted to install Windows using a bare internal drive (Samsung) connected to USB thru a USB2.0 to SATA/IDE cable. The process failed after restart -- it stuck on the boot screen, displaying an Apple icon with (sometimes) a flashing question mark. </p><p></p><p>Looking for a solution I came a across rEfit, which is a kind of boot manager for EFI-equipped (Intel) Macs. </p><p></p><p>Install the program and restart the MacBook twice. After the second restart, the rEfit boot menu should be visible. When I connected an external CD/DVD drive that contained a bootable Windows CD, that disk showed up as bootable. You selected the Windows installation disk and it continued with the installation process. </p><p></p><p>For me it saved the day; I was able to install Windows XP in Boot Camp using this method.</p><p></p><p>************************************</p><p></p><p>Let us know how it went.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1073367, member: 46727"] I just found another possible solution to your problem of installing Windows without a working Superdrive. This method seems to be the best of the bunch. Give it a try. The entire copied procedure follows after the asterisks. ********************************************* Install Windows in Boot Camp despite a defective SuperDrive Tue, Mar 2 2010 at 7:30AM PST • Contributed by: Obi My 2007 DC MacBook (running 10.6.2) has an internal SuperDrive that is defective, which hampered my Boot Camp installation. 2br I set up the MacBook up for dual boot with the Boot Camp assistant, and I wanted to install Windows using a bare internal drive (Samsung) connected to USB thru a USB2.0 to SATA/IDE cable. The process failed after restart -- it stuck on the boot screen, displaying an Apple icon with (sometimes) a flashing question mark. Looking for a solution I came a across rEfit, which is a kind of boot manager for EFI-equipped (Intel) Macs. Install the program and restart the MacBook twice. After the second restart, the rEfit boot menu should be visible. When I connected an external CD/DVD drive that contained a bootable Windows CD, that disk showed up as bootable. You selected the Windows installation disk and it continued with the installation process. For me it saved the day; I was able to install Windows XP in Boot Camp using this method. ************************************ Let us know how it went. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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