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Oct 25, 2014 12:56 PM in response to dspec99by Loner T,Is your USB disk a USB2? Was it created using a Windows ISO + BC drivers after modifying the Bootcamp info.plist?
If you plug-in the USB and power-up the Mac, can you hold Alt and see the USB?
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Oct 26, 2014 11:18 AM in response to dspec99by antonio275,Hi,
I am in the same situation, I'll try to use a usb optical drive but nothing... i created the usb windows installation but when i try to choose the partition i got an type portion error....
From to boot manager I see only the EFI BOOT HARDRIVE...
Any news?
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Oct 26, 2014 12:53 PM in response to Loner Tby dspec99,- Yes it is USB 2.0. It's a Kingston Data Traveller. One of these: http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/dt101g2_us.pdf
- It was created in Bootcamp Assistant (on my friend's newer retina MBP) using the "Create Windows 7 Install Disk" option using a Windows 7 ISO.
- And no it doesn't show up when I boot up and hold alt.
I've read that my computer can only boot from a USB with a GUID partition scheme, but I'm not sure it's possible to create Windows ISO USB in that way?
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Oct 26, 2014 1:35 PM in response to dspec99by Loner T,★HelpfulCDFS or ISO9660 can be booted, but via a USB, you will run into issues. GPT disks will boot properly.
Installation via Bootcamp, sets up the BIOS layer to boot in a specific order, and USB booting is not supported in older Macs under CSM-BIOS, hence it is set to boot from CDROM. You can try an external Optical drive, but it may or may not work, depending if Windows installer can recognize it or not.
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Oct 26, 2014 1:56 PM in response to Loner Tby dspec99,I've tried from external optical drive and all I got was "no bootable disk." Looks like the only solution is to put my optical drive back in...if I can find it!
Thanks for your help Loner T.
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Oct 26, 2014 5:26 PM in response to dspec99by Loner T,There is one more option. I have tested this on a 2008+ MBP which had a broken Optical Drive. Create a 4-8 GB partition on your internal disk, and restore the DVD/CD image to this partition. and during the installation sequence, where it is expected to use the Optical drive, press Alt and point to this partition. I do not have the broken MBP anymore, and it was tested to install SL 10.6.8, because its OD was broken. It may save you sometime rather than look for a replacement OD.