windows 7 on imac 10.1 mavericks

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windows 7 on imac 10.1 mavericks

Hi

I have an iMac 21.5 inch late 2009 thats the iMac 10.1

So I have an .iso file of Windows 7 professional and a usb flash drive where i put it on and then when i open bootcamp i put a tick at both squares:

one being to load the newst support software and one to install windows 7.

when it starts the process it stops all of a sudden and says it cant reach the servers to download the support software.

so then i downloaded the support software myself and put it on the flash drive and it still doesn't work.

help?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), iMac 10.1

Posted on Dec 22, 2013 4:19 AM

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LowLuster

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Dec 22, 2013 4:23 AM in response to Domking

You can only install windows from the built in DVD Superdrive. Apple has restricted the installation of Windows from only that DVD drive on Mac computers that have a built in DVD drive. So you need to make a DVD disc of the Windows 7 installer files NOT the ISO.

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Domking Author

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Dec 22, 2013 4:35 AM in response to LowLuster

So if i would burn the iso on a cd that wouldn't work?

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mende1

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Dec 22, 2013 4:38 AM in response to Domking

If you have got Windows in a ISO file and you burn it to a DVD, it will work. Some users get Windows as a download, and they can burn it to a USB drive or DVD. In your case, burn it into a DVD.

Respecting to the Windows support software, if you cannot download it from Boot Camp Assistant, download it from the Apple site > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1630

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LowLuster

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Dec 22, 2013 4:42 AM in response to Domking

Right burning the ISO to a DVD disc will not work. You have to use a Windows computer to Expand that ISO file into the REAL Windows Install files. Which will end up as many folders, subfolders and files on the DVD disc.

On a Windows computer you just Double click the ISO file and have a blank DVD in the DVD drive. A dialog window will open asking "Do you want to burn this to Drive X (Drive letter of the DVD drive)" Click the OK button.

Domking wrote:

So if i would burn the iso on a cd that wouldn't work?

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LowLuster

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Dec 22, 2013 4:53 AM in response to mende1

Having an ISO file on a DVD disc will not allow a Mac to boot and install Windows. To my knowledge there is no easy way to Expand a Windows ISO file to the folder, subfolder and files contained in an ISO file on a Mac running OSX. OS X doesn't know what an ISO file is.

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mende1

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Dec 22, 2013 4:55 AM in response to LowLuster

LowLuster wrote:

OS X doesn't know what an ISO file is.

Are you sure? I can open an ISO file with Finder and see its content, and I can burn the content of an ISO file with Disk Utility without any problem.

I wanted to say that burning the content of the ISO file onto a DVD will work, and this can be done with Disk Utility. Maybe I did not clarify this in my first comment

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