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Boot camp 5.0 issue: not finding Windows installation CD.

I just updated to mountain lion, and im trying to use boot camp 5.0 for the first time on my brand new MacBook Pro. Boot camp cannot find the installation CD that I put in the hard drive. It says that there isnt one and to insert one. Why is it not working?

OS X Mountain Lion, 8GB RAM, i5 3.1 Ghz, 13"

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 8:22 AM

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Jul 27, 2012 8:57 AM in response to Mooo25

Windows 7 comes on DVD or burned ISO at slowest possible speed.


I assume you don't have an internal DVD so you have to use a USB-DVD or other method and have Apple driver for USB also on a thumb drive.


The Windows Support Software is used after Windows is installed. And has to be on a MSDOS/FAT partition - USB flash or thumbdrive are great


Check the support page.


Installation Guide Instructions for all features and settings.

Boot Camp 4.0 FAQ Get answers to commonly asked Boot Camp questions.

Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.

http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/


- They have not upgraded support articles for Moutain Lion.

Jul 27, 2012 11:45 AM in response to Mooo25

People often write or burn their Apple driver support software to their CD, is all.


In the past, 10.6 had a dual layer and when in Windows you could run Apple SETUP and Boot Camp 3.04 and then three updates from there.


If you bought physical media disc it should work.


Now that you have a superdrive-less? Mac, you should have downloaded a driver just to use an external USB device to boot from the Windows 7 Installer disc.


create a Windows support software (drivers) CD or USB storage media

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407


The Boot Camp Assistant can burn Boot Camp software (drivers) to a DVD or copy it to a USB storage device, such as a flash drive or hard drive. These are the only media you can use to install Boot Camp software.

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4569


Jul 28, 2012 2:46 AM in response to Mooo25

I am having the same trouble, I have a Imac mid 2010, it lets me burn the windows installation disk, then asks how big a partion I would like, when I lick on the install button, after about 30 secs a window pops up saying cannot find installdisk, i have tried using both 32 and 64 bit disks tried burning the download bit to flash drive and another cd but still get nothing, does anyone know a work around with this?


cheers

Keith

Aug 2, 2012 6:30 AM in response to Mooo25

I've got the same problem on my Macbook Pro, and I found a solution. Not sure it will work for you, but it's better then nothing.

1. My macbook pro lets me install windows 7 only if it's burned on DVD+R(or RW) disk. DVD-R(RW) cannot be detected by my bootcamp assistant since I upgraded to 10.8, I don't know why.

2. Bootcamp recognizes ony FULL RETAIL copy of Windows. First time i tried to install a costumly modified version of Windows 7 - it did't work, then a Full Retail copy on DVD-R, - no luck again.

And finally, when i tried a Full Retail copy of Windows7 burnt on DVD+R, - bootcamp recognized it and all further installations were going correctly, no problem at all.

Try to use DVD+R(RW) and some different Windows 7 editions, if you have them.

Hope, this could help you.

P.S. Sorry for my weird English))

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