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No bootable device when trying to install Windows 7 on a 2011 MBP
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<blockquote data-quote="kaptaind" data-source="post: 1262592" data-attributes="member: 207022"><p>Apparently, DVDs in Mac OS Extended format aren't bootable in Mac OS X either, at least not on my Mac. When I put the M.O.E format DVD of Windows 7 in my Mac Mini drive, and then navigate to the "Start Up Disk" function, the DVD doesn't show up as a bootable disk. However, when I put the UDF format DVD of Windows 7 in the drive, then navigate to "Start Up Disk", the DVD does show up as a bootable disk. </p><p></p><p>Again, maybe this was a "newbie mistake" on my part. Maybe Mac vets know that M.O.E. formatted DVDs aren't bootable on Windows, Mac, or Bootcamp Assistant. However, this certainly isn't common knowledge, and apparently the Apple customer rep who tried to help me didn't know it. As part troubleshooting of this problem, I downloaded the Windows 7 ISO file to my Mac twice, burned it to DVD on my Mac twice (both times in Mac OS Extended format), reloaded the Mac OS X operating system from scratch, restored all of my files from backup (thankfully Timecapsule worked the first time!), and purchased a USB enabled keyboard (I was using a wireless keyboard initially). All told, this took several hours of work, and it did not fix the problem. It was only when, on a whim, I decided to create a DVD version of the Windows 7 ISO file on a different machine using different burning software (which fortunately created the DVD in UDF format) that the problem finally was fixed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kaptaind, post: 1262592, member: 207022"] Apparently, DVDs in Mac OS Extended format aren't bootable in Mac OS X either, at least not on my Mac. When I put the M.O.E format DVD of Windows 7 in my Mac Mini drive, and then navigate to the "Start Up Disk" function, the DVD doesn't show up as a bootable disk. However, when I put the UDF format DVD of Windows 7 in the drive, then navigate to "Start Up Disk", the DVD does show up as a bootable disk. Again, maybe this was a "newbie mistake" on my part. Maybe Mac vets know that M.O.E. formatted DVDs aren't bootable on Windows, Mac, or Bootcamp Assistant. However, this certainly isn't common knowledge, and apparently the Apple customer rep who tried to help me didn't know it. As part troubleshooting of this problem, I downloaded the Windows 7 ISO file to my Mac twice, burned it to DVD on my Mac twice (both times in Mac OS Extended format), reloaded the Mac OS X operating system from scratch, restored all of my files from backup (thankfully Timecapsule worked the first time!), and purchased a USB enabled keyboard (I was using a wireless keyboard initially). All told, this took several hours of work, and it did not fix the problem. It was only when, on a whim, I decided to create a DVD version of the Windows 7 ISO file on a different machine using different burning software (which fortunately created the DVD in UDF format) that the problem finally was fixed. [/QUOTE]
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