NCMau
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: Win 7 Drivers Issues
I am having problems installing Win7 64 Ultimate (disk). I followed the directions of BCA, downloaded the drivers and the needed files to a 16GB flash drive. Everything was okay until the drivers installation. The message said the drivers were not compatible. I did point where the drivers were located in the flash drive to no avail.
I made a second attempt, restored the boot camp partition, downloaded the drivers again, re-create the partition and… same problem.
The drivers were downloaded by BCA, so I assume they should be the correct ones.
At this point I don’t know what else to do. The 200 GB Boot Camp is partitioned is in the main drive and ready for Win installation.
Any suggestion of my next step would be appreciated before I scrap the whole Win project.
iMac 27, mid 2010
MacOS 10.10.2
BCA 5.1.3
Bluetooth keyboard and USB mouse
2 external 2TB drives
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
Loner T
Level 7
(24,855 points)
NCMau wrote:
I am having problems installing Win7 64 Ultimate (disk). I followed the directions of BCA, downloaded the drivers and the needed files to a 16GB flash drive. Everything was okay until the drivers installation. The message said the drivers were not compatible. I did point where the drivers were located in the flash drive to no avail.
According to Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems - Apple Support you need these Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621. Can you check bootcamp.xml on the USB to see what version was downloaded?
- MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2011)
- MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Pro (15-inch & 17-inch, Mid 2010)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, & 15-inch, Early 2011)
- MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch,15-inch & 17-inch Late 2011)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch & 15-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch and 15-inch, Early 2013)
- Mac Pro (Early 2009)
- Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
- Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
- Mac mini (Mid 2011)
- Mac mini (Late 2012)
- iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
- iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Mid 2011)
- iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2012)
- iMac (21.5-inch) Early 2013
- Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, 64 bit
I made a second attempt, restored the boot camp partition, downloaded the drivers again, re-create the partition and… same problem.
The drivers were downloaded by BCA, so I assume they should be the correct ones.
How was the partition 'restored'? Did you mean deleted and recreated? If Windows is up an running (without BC drivers), download the 5.1.5621 software to a USB2 (not a USB3 disk), and Boot Camp: Install or repair Boot Camp drivers. Please disconnect the external drives temporarily till the drivers are repaired.
