[urgent]get "appleSSD.sys" error when installing windows 7 through bootcamp

PROBLEMS SOLVED!!!

Has the same problems. Before the messagge" applessd.sys etc.etc.", deleted the applessd.sys but non solve the problem becaus "Im having the same KB/Mouse issues. After removing the AppleSSD.sys files, I was able to get through most of the installation (with Wireless USB KB & Mouse working just fine). After restarting and getting to the Set Up Windows screen, to enter Username & Computer name Mouse and KB no longer work. I tried unplugging and replugging in to the back of my computer (27" iMac - 5k Retina mid 2015) but no changes"

I am using 27" iMac - 5k Retina and installing Windows 7 Professional. I bought product key and have tried to install it for days.

SUCCESS AT LAST!! Here's what you need: Windows 7 image, a USB 2.0 flash drive , and the Boot Camp drivers 5.1.5769 that i find in this link: Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5769 . They are hardware specific and available for download somewhere on the Apple Site. Here's what I did:

1. Using Boot Camp Assistant, prepare the USB flash drive. Select the first two items and prepare the disk. Quit Boot Camp Assistant.
2. From the Finder, delete the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders from the FLASH DRIVE.
3. Expand the old Boot Camp drivers 5.1.5769 (two folders and another file) on your desktop.
4. Copy the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders to the FLASH DRIVE.
5. Reopen Boot Camp Assistant and select only the third option, install Windows 7.
6. Sit back and relax as the installation proceeds.

Now the windows recognized my keyboard and mouse. The installation successufly. Perfect!

I hope this help will resolve your problem

From Italy

Yesterday I got the same error.

Win 7 MBP Mid 2012

Reading this thread I ended up pretty much following the suggestions which got me into a successful windows install but the bootcamp drivers were not installed and the USB drivers not installed means the USB stick can't be read. Used paragon and copied them over to the windows desktop. Lots of PITA later I got it working only to find out the partition was too small. Nuked it and restarted and found these instructions from Apple on how to do a new Windows 7 install.

Official from them. Pretty much followed this on my next install and it went much smoother, with the drivers being loaded off the stick nicely during install.

Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support

Hi all, I found a solution:

1. Restart, boot to Mac OSX
2. Install the trial of Paragon NTFS. Restart and boot to Mac OSX again.
3. Navigate to BOOTCAMP/Windows/System32/Drivers
4. DELETE AppleSSD.sys
5. Restart and boot to Windows

Windows will continue and complete the install. Just worked for me on a Macbook Air (early 2014).,

Cheers!

SUCCESS AT LAST!! Here's what you need: Windows 7 image, a USB 2.0 flash drive (someone said it made a difference), and the old Boot Camp drivers 5.1 something. They are hardware specific and available for download somewhere on the Apple Site. Here's what I did:

1. Using Boot Camp Assistant, prepare the USB flash drive. Select the first two items and prepare the disk. Quit Boot Camp Assistant.
2. From the Finder, delete the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders from the FLASH DRIVE.
3. Expand the old Boot Camp drivers (they are a zip file) on your desktop.
4. Copy the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders to the FLASH DRIVE.
5. Reopen Boot Camp Assistant and select only the third option, install Windows 7.
6. Sit back and relax as the installation proceeds.

Mine is currently running perfectly. All the other methods I tried did not install Boot Camp or the drivers properly. This one installs it all correctly. Hope this helps someone out there. I've read all the comments and pieced this method together by a lot of trial and error. GOOD LUCK!

Thank you everyone for posting this, I'm having the same problem. I initially downloaded 5.1.5621, but later found that my later model mac does not work with this.

I'm hoping the correct Boot Camp Support Software is going to fix this for me along with all the great advice given thus far, but if you are still having problems, make sure you have the right Boot Camp Support Software:

For more information on Boot Camp, click here: www.apple.com/support/bootcamp

Note: If you are using one of the Macs listed below, you should downloadBoot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640 instead.

• MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
• MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
• Mac Pro (Late 2013)
• iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)
• iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

For older models:

Note: If you are using one of the Macs listed below, you should download Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621 instead

• 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 & 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, Late 2011)
• iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2012)

A few more details added in bold below to this post that helped:

SUCCESS AT LAST!! Here's what you need: Windows 7 image, an 8GB or higher USB 2.0 flash drive (A 3.0 USB will fail after rebooting, before selecting the BOOT CAMP partition - also ensure no External HDD is connected via USB during this process), and the old Boot Camp drivers 5.1 something. They are hardware specific and available for download Apple Site. Click this link, each hardware needs different bootcamp files.(System requirements to install Windows on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support)

1. Using Boot Camp Assistant, prepare the USB flash drive. Select the first two items and prepare the disk. Quit Boot Camp Assistant.
2. From the Finder, delete the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders and AutoUnattend.xml from the FLASH DRIVE.
3. Expand the old Boot Camp drivers (they are a zip file) on your desktop or in your downloads.
4. Copy the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders and AutoUnattend.xml to the FLASH DRIVE.
5. Reopen Boot Camp Assistant and select only the third option, install Windows 7.
6. Sit back and relax as the installation proceeds.

Mine is currently running perfectly. All the other methods I tried did not install Boot Camp or the drivers properly. This one installs it all correctly. Hope this helps someone out there. I've read all the comments and pieced this method together by a lot of trial and error. GOOD LUCK!

i had exact same issue with the method you are using. That's why I suggest you completely start over, restore the partition. and follow my original post:

A few more details added in bold below to this post that helped:

SUCCESS AT LAST!! Here's what you need: Windows 7 image, an 8GB or higher USB 2.0 flash drive (A 3.0 USB will fail after rebooting, before selecting the BOOT CAMP partition - also ensure no External HDD is connected via USB during this process), and the old Boot Camp drivers 5.1 something. They are hardware specific and available for download Apple Site. Click this link, each hardware needs different bootcamp files.(System requirements to install Windows on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support)

1. Using Boot Camp Assistant, prepare the USB flash drive. Select the first two items and prepare the disk. Quit Boot Camp Assistant.
2. From the Finder, delete the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders and AutoUnattend.xml from the FLASH DRIVE.
3. Expand the old Boot Camp drivers (they are a zip file) on your desktop or in your downloads.
4. Copy the $WinPE$ and Boot Camp folders and AutoUnattend.xml to the FLASH DRIVE.
5. Reopen Boot Camp Assistant and select only the third option, install Windows 7.
6. Sit back and relax as the installation proceeds.

Mine is currently running perfectly. All the other methods I tried did not install Boot Camp or the drivers properly. This one installs it all correctly. Hope this helps someone out there. I've read all the comments and pieced this method together by a lot of trial and error. GOOD LUCK!

SwedishMeatball wrote:

Hey Apple!, tip 1: Please fix this issue. Installing Boot Camp should not be any more difficult than following your own guidance. And clearly, all these threads suddenly booming the apple support forums about this issue is indication that this is an Apple issue, and has nothing to do with Microsoft. So please, no blame game.

Apple Bug ID 22285185 with examples and screen shots and supporting materials have been provided to 'authorities'. 😉

If I try doing it according to Tooshy1054's instructions, there is another problem: I can install Windows but not any drivers. According to the Apple Support pages, the version of the Bootcamp I need is labeled BCA, i.e. only available through the Boot Camp Assistent. However, if I download these drivers via BCA after having completed a Windows 7 installation and then running setup in Windows, I get the error message saying that the drivers are incorrect for my machine.

The error message you see is perfectly legitimate. There is no BCA in the following matrix. 😉

From System requirements to install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support,

MacBook Pro

From Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621

Post Date: Feb 11, 2014

File Size: 924.9 MB

System Requirements

• 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

From Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640

Post Date: Feb 11, 2014

File Size: 925.6 MB

System Requirements

• MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch & 15-inch, Late 2013)
• Mac Pro (Late 2013)
• iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2013)
• Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, 64 bit

The Mid 2014 and Late 2013 models have minor differences.

Hey Apple!, tip 2: Clearly there is something wrong with the current version of Boot Camp Assistent since it downloads the wrong Boot Camp drivers for my computer. Please fix this issue and please, if you can't fix this issue quickly, givs us the option to manually download the latest boot camp drivers intended for our specific setups. Simplified solutions are wonderful when they actually work, but when they don't, this is the drawback, so why not let us manually find the correct drivers (preferably via a simple "choose your mac setup" from a list of all possible setups and then giving us the correct drivers. Almost all other driver downloads works like this for a reason, the current system seems messy in comparison)

No. BC6 drivers are clearly meant for Windows 10. Using BCA to download drivers, which has no a priori knowledge that you want to install W7, W8 or W10 is where the confusion is. The order in BCA needs to ask which version of Windows you want to itall first, before it downloads the version valid for that specific version of Windows. This is a design issue in BCA and Apple chose to leave the BCA order to avoid user surprises, but did not consider the various combinations. Your assessment, however, is correct. Let the user have some control.

Following Tooshy1054's further instructions, it would seem we have the same setup, but the 5.1.5621 drivers give me the same error message as the ones I get via the BCA "wrong for this machine etc." This is weird. On one link, the Apple pages claim my Macbook Pro 15 inch Retina mid 2014 should use 5.1.5621 but when I go to the Swedish sites (and follow other links) it says BCA.

The only ones that seem to do anything is 5.1.5640, which shouldn't be the correct ones for my machine?! With 5.1.5640 I can start the boot camp drivers setup process, but I always get BSOD at the end of installation which "bricks" Windows 7, forcing recovery mode's "reset windows to an earlier date when it worked". This has happened during the three times I have had to go through partitioning/installing Windows 7 Prof via Boot Camp. And I am getting really annoyed at how difficult it is to find proper drivers for my machine.

Is there any way to manually install all boot camp drivers in Windows 7? How do I do this? Any other tips?

This - Boot Camp: Solve Windows support software installation problems - is a manual procedure of reinstalling specific drivers. Usually, the US sites get updates first. Provide Product feedback to Apple to correct the Swedish sites.

From Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640,

Post Date: Feb 11, 2014

File Size: 925.6 MB

System Requirements

• MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Early 2014)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch & 15-inch, Mid 2014)
• MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch & 15-inch, Late 2013)
• Mac Pro (Late 2013)
• iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2013)
• Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, 64 bit

Can you post the link which does not reference the 2014 MBA?

From Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support,

MacBook Air

From Use Windows 8.1 on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support,

Mac computers that support Windows 8.1

The following Mac models support 64-bit versions of Windows 8.1 when installed using Boot Camp. Use About This Mac to see which Mac you have, then check this list to see if it supports Windows 8.1.

• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
• MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011)
• MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
• MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)
• MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
• MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
• MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014)
• MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)
• MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
• MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
• MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
• MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)
• MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011)
• MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011)
• MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015)
• iMac (Retina 5k, 27-inch, Mid 2015)
• iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)
• iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014)
• iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)
• iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)
• iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
• iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)
• iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2011)
• iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
• iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)
• iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
• Mac mini (Late 2014)
• Mac mini Server (Late 2012)
• Mac mini (Late 2012)
• Mac mini Server (Mid 2011)
• Mac mini (Mid 2011)
• Mac Pro (Late 2013)*
• Mac Pro (Mid 2012)*
• Mac Pro (Mid 2010)*
• Mac Pro (Early 2009)*

*RAID configurations can't be used with Boot Camp.

OK, I've managed to complete the installation (by deleting AppleSSD) but now cannot detect any networks to connect to. Apparently, Windows cannot detect a properly installed network driver. However, the Mac OSX can detect wifi easily. Any help?

Ok peoples, another update.

@Ahtsan- yes, I too am unable to boot using any of the boot options. I tried safe, safe with networking, safe with dos prompt and so on. I also tried to boot with the error logging to see if i could capture something but all have the same result - the lovely black screen as per your original post.

I was wondering if i could get an older copy of the APPLESSD.SYS and pop it onto my USB stick in the folder where the 'broken' copy resides, that it would then be installed as part of the process. There is no way to add the file later using safe mode as Lone T suggests as you simply can't even get that far to do that.

So....I have tried the option to disable the file signature checking, again as per Lone T's suggestion but I get the BSOD! It was flicking up so quickly, I had to resort to videoing the boot up after selecting the option. I have taken a pic of the frame with the BSOD error, shown below. As you can see, its that pesky APPLESSD.SYS file again 😟

Any ideas people? I may go back to Apple and ask them about dropping support for Windows 7 under Bootcamp 😝

If anyone on this thread has AppleCare, please call Apple Tech Support and show them the bootcamp.xml snippet of AppleSSD.sys and ask them to get the Bootcamp engineers to update the package with a valid signature.

Bug# 22285185 - Bootcamp 6.x and AppleSSD.sys signature has been filed.

I will extract an older AppleSSD.sys from a W8.1 Mac and post a dropbox link shortly.

There is no older version of AppleSSD.sys in any BC driver packages under BC 5.1 that I have found. The WinPEDriver is the PreBoot Windows environment.

.XcilePlease also check if the same driver exists in the Apple folder under Drivers. It does not exist for a MacBook 8,1.

It supports the following Mac models.

Using Mac model: MacBook8,1.

Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/28/26/031-24514/qx7ph7k6mewtcf4eyhxmiil gc7r2ikjgud/031-24514.English.dist.

Distribution 031-24514 supports the following models: MacBook8,1, MacBookAir5,1, MacBookAir5,2, MacBookAir6,1, MacBookAir6,2, MacBookAir7,1, MacBookAir7,2, MacBookPro9,1, MacBookPro9,2, MacBookPro11,1, MacBookPro11,2, MacBookPro11,3, MacBookPro11,4, MacBookPro11,5, MacBookPro12,1, MacPro6,1, Macmini6,1, Macmini6,2, Macmini7,1, iMac13,1, iMac13,2, iMac13,3, iMac14,1, iMac14,2, iMac14,3, iMac14,4, iMac15,1.

I am VERY happy to be typing this post via my Windows 7 install 😀 I have a Macbook Pro Retina 15" (Mid 2014), so I used the 5.1.5621 version of Bootcamp and followed process from Viking below, plus the additional points 1 - 6

Once I followed the above process, the Windows 7 install was completed and it booted into Windows. However I didn't have any of the drivers necessary for Windows to interact with my MAC and as the USB ports were not working as a result (nor did I have Internet access) I then did the following process:

1. I installed Paragon NTFS so I could access the NTFS partition via OSx

2. Found the files that Bootcamp downloaded as part of Step 2 (ie after creating the Windows 7 ISO and before Installing Windows 7). These are located in a Bootcamp directory on whichever device you chose when you did your download.

3. I copied the two directories (Bootcamp and $forgetname$ but you will spot it when you do yours!) onto the NTFS partition in a new folder called Bootcamp_drivers.

4. Rebooted MAC into Windows 7

5. Ran SETUP.EXE in the Bootcamp directory and it began to install all the drivers: NVIDIA, networking, mouse, keyboard etc.

6. When this was done, bingo I had a lovely screen resolution - its so **** tight (288x1800) I can barely read stuff! But it's so crisp 🙂

I am now tidying things up - installing AV, doing windows updates etc but for me, this is looking really good right now.