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32bit window 7 on bootcamp 5 in Mavericks

Hi I am having a bit of difficulty trying to install Windows 7 on Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro 13 inch retina.

The thing is I alredy installed Windows 7 before on Boot Camp, but now I want to do it on my new Mac.

When I try to install 32bit win seven it says they can only install 64-bit Windows 7. (and I dont have 64bit win 7)

I have seen that some people have installed previous versions of Boot Camp to get around this.

Is this the best way? And if I do this what drivers/window support software should I install for my MacBook Pro retina.

Any suggestions would be really helpful thank you:)

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jan 1, 2014 8:39 AM

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Posted on Jan 1, 2014 8:43 AM

What I've done to install XP is to use Boot Camp to create the partition, then exit out of Boot camp and install from the Windows disk. You'll need to download the 32 bit drivers though.

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32bit window 7 on bootcamp 5 in Mavericks

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