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wippler Author

Level 1

5 points

Create Windows install disk option in Lion Bootcamp?

am currently running Lion on my late 2010 Macbook Air. The new bootcamp has an option to create windows 7 installation disk from usb and iso. I have both but bootcamp won't let me select that option, any ideas?

http://i.stack.imgur.com/Iw0i6.png

If I go to FAQ on bootcamp support page, it says

Support for the Windows 7 ISO installer Install Windows with an installation disc you provide or, on Mac computers that do not have an optical drive, with a USB flash drive that contains a Windows 7 ISO image downloaded from Microsoft. The Boot Camp Assistant will offer to create this image on supported computers.

Is my MBA not supported by bootcamp assistant to create usb install disk>

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 12:43 AM

157 replies

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Jan 15, 2015 3:31 PM in response to trunolimit

The OS X driver has much richer features than the Windows driver. I get by on the Windows side, without being a great fan of the available functions.

Feb 7, 2015 11:23 PM in response to rickyXP78

Hope you will help me.

I have Macbooc Air late 2010 with Yosemite. The option to create windows 7 bootable disk does not appear for me in BC.

I tried following the steps. Still No Luck.

Plist as below. My entries in bold.

<array>

<string>MBA31.0061.B07</string>

</array>

<key>USBBootSupportedModels</key>

<array>

<string>MacBook7,1</string>

<string>MacBookAir3,1</string>

<string>MacBookAir3,2</string>

<string>MacBookPro8,3</string>

<string>MacPro5,1</string>

<string>Macmini4,1</string>

</array>

Feb 8, 2015 7:26 AM in response to jumbo.staffa

According to this Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems - Apple Support

your mac is only compatible with bootcamp version 4. Im not sure what to do with that info but maybe the string entries are different in 4.

Feb 8, 2015 7:47 AM in response to trunolimit

It worked after typing below in terminal

sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app

thanks to BITTTe Enable Bootcamp to install from usb for OSX 10.9**WORKS**

Feb 20, 2015 5:28 AM in response to jumbo.staffa

please some one help me

i have MacBookPro6,2 and when i add it to info.plist in PreUSBBootSupportedModels it cause bootcamp to crash when u run it , what should i do about it ?!!!

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Feb 20, 2015 5:35 AM in response to majid khalili

majid khalili wrote:

please some one help me

i have MacBookPro6,2 and when i add it to info.plist in PreUSBBootSupportedModels it cause bootcamp to crash when u run it , what should i do about it ?!!!

Please try

sudo codesign --deep -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app

May 27, 2015 10:49 PM in response to jacktourist

Thank you man, it worked!

I will describe my problem to future help someone.... maybe me again.

I have a MacBook Air 1,1 in Lion 10.7.4. My BootCamp version is 4.0.3.

I was trying to do the BootCamp in it, but in the BootCamp Assistant it don't even show the Check Box to Create an USB Bootable Disk (not even in gray).

I edit the info.plist and input on DARequiredROMVersions my ROM that is MBA11.00BB.B03 and in USBBootSupportedModeIS MacBookAir1,1. I was trying to codesign it in Terminal, but in the finish i saw it was not necessary for this version.

But it didn't work at all, the finally i chan the MacBookAir1,1 to MBA11. Voilá!!! It worked! I hope it helps someone.

Create Windows install disk option in Lion Bootcamp?