Q: Boot Camp not Completing install Win7Pro 32 bit

Is there a reason I can not get windows 7 pro 32 bit to install on my mac book? quick bit of info I used the owc data doubler to install a ssd into my optical drive bay… and installed my dvd into an external dvd case bought again from OWC… both ssd and dvd function fine it just seems to only go so far and either I am impatient or it is not installing win 7 on the ssd. anyone suggestions, am I missing something, or does my mac just not want to run a 32 bit version?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), 2.66 GHz, 8 Gig Ram

Posted on Mar 9, 2015 5:14 PM

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Mar 9, 2015 5:46 PM in response to jsmith

OS X does not cause issues, but Bootcamp is very sensitive to hardware modifications. Macs with built-in Optical drives cannot use an external Optical drive to install Windows because of the booting method used by Bootcamp Assistant. BCA updates the Mac NVRAM to boot from the built-in Optical drive physical path.

W7 32-bit has specific requirements. Please see Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems - Apple Support.
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