Q: Another bootcamp/win7 install issue 15"MBP with USB: please help.
I have gone though to many tutorials and news groups and discussions on here that I really can't make heads nor tales of anything anymore.
I have an early 2011 MBP15"
I took out the dvd drive and put in a 500gb hard drive a while back.
I used BOOTCAMP to create a USB and BOOTCAMP partition for Windows.
I have a WIndows 7 ISO downloaded, and burned onto a DVD (only speed available was 4x, no 2x option.)
I have the same Windows 7 ISO on the same bootcamp made USB drive.
I have WIndows Support Files installed onto the USB drive via Bootcamp.
The DVD shows up in the start up menu, but when it loads it boot to "CDBOOT: COULDN'T FIND BOOT MGR".
Attached are pics of the BOOTCAMP menu.
I have tried UBUNTU: doesn't show up at all.
Installed rEFIT...does not show up/work/do anything.
Tried booting from the EFI dish in Start Up, and the screen locks up after I click enter on the EFI disk.
I try booting from the recognized Windows CD and it give me "CDBOOT: COULDN'T FIND BOOTMGR" message.
Seriously, can someone walk me through this.
I have VMWare installed and tried manipulating that to see the BOOTCAMP partition and it doesn't see it....I am at a loss here.
I have tried a hundred manipulations to try and simply install f**king Windows on a 100gb partition, and this is like reprogramming Voyager.
Thanks.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Posted on Oct 10, 2014 11:23 PM

