I can not install Windows 7 By applying Boot Camp

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talal-ahmad Author

Level 1

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I can not install Windows 7 By applying Boot Camp

Hi

I have a problem

I can not install Windows 7

By applying Boot Camp

I have a message appear

Boot Camp does not support installing Windows on this Mac.

Boot Camp does not currently support installing Windows on a Mac with a 3 TB hard drive.

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Hardware

3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz

32GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x8GB

3TB Fusion Drive

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1GB GDDR5

Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad

Apple Wireless Keyboard (English) & User's Guide

Accessory Kit

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Software

iLife '11

OS X Mountain Lion

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Apple did not you tell me about this problem at the time of purchase 😟

Is there a solution to the problem ?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 1, 2013 1:02 PM

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Answer 1

mende1

Level 10

93,624 points

Feb 1, 2013 1:05 PM in response to talal-ahmad

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities

There's a workaround to use Boot Camp on Macs with 3 TB hard drives > http://www.twocanoes.com/support/winclone/installing-windows-via-boot-camp-on-a- large-(2.2-tb-or-larger-)-drive-in-lion-(10.7)-and-later

However, you have a 3 TB Fusion Drive, so that workaround won't work and you have to wait until Apple launches an update that fixes that issue. The next Mountain Lion should be released very soon, so you can wait or you can install Windows 7 on a virtual machine, using an application like Parallels, VMware Fusion or VirtualBox

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