HT205016: Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp

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Kawabounga
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Q: BootCamp Install button is greyed out

I need to install a Windows 7 on my MacBookPro but the installation button is actually greyed out.

 

bootcamp1.png

 

I first managed to install a first windows but i needed it to be bigger, so i deleted the BootCamp partition with a live GParted USB and here it is, impossible to get this again.

 

 

Here are the `diskutil list` and `diskutil cs list`

 

bootcamp2.png

 

And here is what my disk looks like actually

bootcamp3.png

 

Please help me, i don't know what to do ... I got a live USB of GParted if needed.

 

Thanks in advance !

 

PS: I'm on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), with Yosemite 10.10.5

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Aug 27, 2015 12:45 AM

by Loner T,Solvedanswer
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A:

Do you have a choice of Windows and EFI Boot? If yes, choose EFI Boot.

Posted on Aug 28, 2015 5:32 AM

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  • by Kawabounga,

    Kawabounga Kawabounga Aug 29, 2015 12:53 AM in response to Loner T
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    Aug 29, 2015 12:53 AM in response to Loner T

    It worked !

     

    Thanks a lot !

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Aug 29, 2015 8:07 AM in response to Kawabounga
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    Aug 29, 2015 8:07 AM in response to Kawabounga

    EXcellent . Please backup both OS es.

  • by orkunakay,

    orkunakay orkunakay Sep 12, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Kawabounga
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    Sep 12, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Kawabounga

    I have the same problem trying to install Windows 7 on iMac 10,1 (late 2009) running OS X 10.11.5 whose optical drive is not working.

    The "Install or remove Windows 7" option is greyed out in the Select Tasks screen of boot camp assistant.

    Here are my outputs:

    akays-iMac:Contents akay$ diskutil list

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            3.0 TB     disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

    akays-iMac:Contents akay$ diskutil cs list

    No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

    akays-iMac:Contents akay$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    Password:

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 5860533167

           start        size  index  contents

               0           1         PMBR

               1           1         Pri GPT header

               2          32         Pri GPT table

              34           6        

              40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

          409640  5858853952      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      5859263592     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      5860533128           7        

      5860533135          32         Sec GPT table

      5860533167           1         Sec GPT header

    akays-iMac:Contents akay$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 97451/255/63 [1565565872 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 - 4294967294] <Unknown ID>

    2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

     

    Does anyone have any comment?

    Thanks.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 14, 2016 12:55 PM in response to orkunakay
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    Sep 14, 2016 12:55 PM in response to orkunakay

    On Macs with built-in Optical drives, you need to install Windows using Optical drive. If it is not working, you have two options.

     

    1. Get the Optical drive repaired, or,

    2. Use VMware/Winclone to image a partial VM installation to a physical partition using Winclone.

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