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OK, I'm stumped.
Thought I would install Win7 in a BootCamp partition on my early-2011 17" MBP running High Sierra. I do have an install disk from MS (full retail), so should be a piece of cake, right?
1. Fired up Boot Camp Assistant, read the directions and printed them off. Left BCA.
2. Went to Apple to search for anything more, got to this article on installing Win7 from HS. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205016
3. Fired up BCA again. First problem, the article shows this image:
but that first option, the one checked, is NOT on my version of BCA. Uh, oh. (Ominous music comes in here.) No matter. more research in order.
4. OK, cancel BCA. Back to Apple. Found this: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1720?locale=en_US
5. Downloaded the associated file for 64-bit Win7, which is what I have. Followed directions and put the contents of the downloaded zip onto the USB thumb drive as directed.
6. Made an iso from my install disk for Win7 using Disk Utility, put it on the USB drive, also in the root.
7. Fired up BCA, still not the same as the article, but hey, it's got an option for Installing Win7 or WIn8.1 where the third option in the image is, so check that, uncheck the download stuff box since I've already done that. Click Continue.
8. BCA gurgles for a bit, then throws up a box saying it could not find the install disk. Curious, it's right there on the USB thumb drive where all the Boot Camp stuff is. Oh, well, no problem, I pop it in the drive, wait for it to mount, click continue again and wait.
9. BCA says it cannot install Win10. ?????? I'm trying to install Win7, the disk is Win7. Who brought up Win10? What is going on?
10. Only option is Cancel, so I cancel.
11. Unmount and eject install disk, mount the .iso file instead. Back to step 7. Can't find the install disk (mounted image) so put the disk back in. Exact same result with Win10.
12. Go to MicroSoft, download their version of Win7 iso file, put it in place of my created iso on the USB thumb drive. Back to step 7. Same results. Can't find disk, put in disk, can't install 10. Unmount install disk, eject it, mount iso from MS, repeat, same results. Yada, yada, yada.
13. Back to Apple, no more articles to help.
So, I'm here, stumped. How can I convince BCA that a Win7 disk is a Win7 disk? Is there a cleaner set of install directions for Win7 under HS? Anybody got a solution to this one? Do I need to burn the iso to the thumb drive and then put the Boot Camp folder on that drive? When I had the iso mounted I tried to copy the BootCamp downloaded drivers files to the iso, but it's read only and Get Info won't change it to read/write.
Thought I would install Win7 in a BootCamp partition on my early-2011 17" MBP running High Sierra. I do have an install disk from MS (full retail), so should be a piece of cake, right?
1. Fired up Boot Camp Assistant, read the directions and printed them off. Left BCA.
2. Went to Apple to search for anything more, got to this article on installing Win7 from HS. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205016
3. Fired up BCA again. First problem, the article shows this image:
but that first option, the one checked, is NOT on my version of BCA. Uh, oh. (Ominous music comes in here.) No matter. more research in order.
4. OK, cancel BCA. Back to Apple. Found this: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1720?locale=en_US
5. Downloaded the associated file for 64-bit Win7, which is what I have. Followed directions and put the contents of the downloaded zip onto the USB thumb drive as directed.
6. Made an iso from my install disk for Win7 using Disk Utility, put it on the USB drive, also in the root.
7. Fired up BCA, still not the same as the article, but hey, it's got an option for Installing Win7 or WIn8.1 where the third option in the image is, so check that, uncheck the download stuff box since I've already done that. Click Continue.
8. BCA gurgles for a bit, then throws up a box saying it could not find the install disk. Curious, it's right there on the USB thumb drive where all the Boot Camp stuff is. Oh, well, no problem, I pop it in the drive, wait for it to mount, click continue again and wait.
9. BCA says it cannot install Win10. ?????? I'm trying to install Win7, the disk is Win7. Who brought up Win10? What is going on?
10. Only option is Cancel, so I cancel.
11. Unmount and eject install disk, mount the .iso file instead. Back to step 7. Can't find the install disk (mounted image) so put the disk back in. Exact same result with Win10.
12. Go to MicroSoft, download their version of Win7 iso file, put it in place of my created iso on the USB thumb drive. Back to step 7. Same results. Can't find disk, put in disk, can't install 10. Unmount install disk, eject it, mount iso from MS, repeat, same results. Yada, yada, yada.
13. Back to Apple, no more articles to help.
So, I'm here, stumped. How can I convince BCA that a Win7 disk is a Win7 disk? Is there a cleaner set of install directions for Win7 under HS? Anybody got a solution to this one? Do I need to burn the iso to the thumb drive and then put the Boot Camp folder on that drive? When I had the iso mounted I tried to copy the BootCamp downloaded drivers files to the iso, but it's read only and Get Info won't change it to read/write.