Q: [urgent]get "appleSSD.sys" error when installing windows 7 through bootcamp

I Have just encountered the same overall problem - first time I have ever tried to install windows on a Mac and all so I can use a video editor I like. To reboot inot OSX hold down/keep pressing the option or on a Win keyboard the alt key after you press the reset/start button on the mac. It then should come up with a screen where you can select your mac OSX partition . Then you need to enter your wireless router password after selecting your network. It should then boot!

Has as anyone got a workaround to this SSD Sys file issue yet that works? I have been reading through the 6 pages generated already after I first threw a fit at the computer and it's not abundantly clear if removing the file is the key Or whether from the usb stick or the NTFS partition.

yes, a definitive step by step would be useful for the best fix. As a point of note, I actually had two APPLESSD.SYS files; one in the root of a directory and the other within an APPLESSD folder if I remember correctly. Seems like everyone has been deleting the whole folder?

It's not the only problem. In my case I have usb2-compatible flash and usb2-mouse? mut both of my ports is usb3.0 and didn't work after install. So I can't continue without applessd.sys. Now i will try to remove this driver from disk, not from usb. Maybe that will work

SUCCESS AT LAST!! Here's what you need: Windows 7 image, a USB 2.0 flash drive (someone said it made a difference), and the old Boot Camp drivers 5.1 something. They are hardware specific and available for download somewhere on the Apple Site. Here's what I did:

1. Using Boot Camp Assistant, prepare the USB flash drive. Select the first two items and prepare the disk. Quit Boot Camp Assistant.
2. From the Finder, delete the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders from the FLASH DRIVE.
3. Expand the old Boot Camp drivers (they are a zip file) on your desktop.
4. Copy the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders to the FLASH DRIVE.
5. Reopen Boot Camp Assistant and select only the third option, install Windows 7.
6. Sit back and relax as the installation proceeds.

Mine is currently running perfectly. All the other methods I tried did not install Boot Camp or the drivers properly. This one installs it all correctly. Hope this helps someone out there. I've read all the comments and pieced this method together by a lot of trial and error. GOOD LUCK!

Where to find OLD bootcamp drivers?

So my bootcamp version is 5.1.4, is that alright?

Here's the link to the file he mentions:

Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621

You still need to pick the right bootcamp file for your MAC - see the list at the bottom of that link just in case you need a different copy.  I also found an earlier version of bootcamp for Windows 7 from 2013

Boot Camp Support Software 5.0.5033

I'm just trying the process with the 5.1.5621 version first, if that doesn't work, I'll try the older one above

I need drivers for macbook pro mid 2014. Can you provide a link on it?

Also, I tried to install by deleting drivers from stick and from disk after install. Nothing changed. After install my usb ports are not working. And there's some kine of workaround - you can place usb content to the windows drive root from mac osx using paragon or tuxera ntfs drivers. But after that, running bootcamp I get "it's system is not supported" or something like that. I've installed all drivers from folder manually, but usb still not working.

OK well I successfully went through a Windows 7 install following Viking Vols process above, (using the 5.1.5621) but I have no drivers for setting up WiFi. It cannot find any network card etc.

If I remember rightly there was a file that you are supposed to run once you have Windows installed, but as the USB key isn't working either, I may have to use Paragon to drop a file onto the NTFS partition then boot as Windows to run it.  This is the farthest I have got with this process, so whilst everything still isn't quite there, I'm happy to be heading in the right direction.

I too have a macbook pro mid 2014, so I'll post what drivers I find here for you Alexsoftdev

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/21129/USB-3-0-Driver-Intel-USB-3-0-eXt ensible-Host-Controller-Driver-for-Intel…

with this drivers my usb ports became alive

now i going to install overall chipset drivers https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/20775/Intel-Chipset-Device-Software-IN F-Update-Utility-

and, of course,for the geforce 750m - http://www.nvidia.ru/content/DriverDownload-March2009/confirmation.php?url=/Wind ows/355.60/355.60-notebook-win8-win7-64bit-international-whql.exe&lang=ru&type=g eforcem

wifi and other you can install from bootcamp drivers provided by apple

It's not cool, i think, but at least I can play gears of war I while waiting really good fix from apple

Viking - thanks a ton.  Of all the solutions I read and tried, this one worked!!

For those looking for files, here's the ones I used: Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640

Glad it worked! This is a "shotgun" approach. I'm sure there is an easier way or maybe a single file needs to be deleted, but it works!

That is the version I used. It is important to note you must pick the correct version for your hardware. If your computer is not in the list, select the link to the other version.

I am VERY happy to be typing this post via my Windows 7 install   I have a Macbook Pro Retina 15" (Mid 2014), so I used the 5.1.5621 version of Bootcamp and followed process from Viking below, plus the additional points 1 - 6

Once I followed the above process, the Windows 7 install was completed and it booted into Windows. However I didn't have any of the drivers necessary for Windows to interact with my MAC and as the USB ports were not working as a result (nor did I have Internet access) I then did the following process:

1. I installed Paragon NTFS so I could access the NTFS partition via OSx

2. Found the files that Bootcamp downloaded as part of Step 2 (ie after creating the Windows 7 ISO and before Installing Windows 7). These are located in a Bootcamp directory on whichever device you chose when you did your download.

3. I copied the two directories (Bootcamp and $forgetname$ but you will spot it when you do yours!) onto the NTFS partition in a new folder called Bootcamp_drivers.

4. Rebooted MAC into Windows 7

5. Ran SETUP.EXE in the Bootcamp directory and it began to install all the drivers: NVIDIA, networking, mouse, keyboard etc.

6. When this was done, bingo I had a lovely screen resolution - its so **** tight (288x1800) I can barely read stuff!  But it's so crisp

I am now tidying things up - installing AV, doing windows updates etc but for me, this is looking really good right now.