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

Hello, im using I Mac late 2013, I tried to reinstall windows 7, everything went well until the applessd.sys error displays...i've overcome the problem by deleting the applessd.sys in the windows partition...the windows installation went well until my wired keyboard and mouse not working. It seems they didi not recognize my wired keyboard and mouse. It was working fine when I'm in Mac. I was stuck at the windows registry where i supposed to key in my name for my windows name. but my wired keyboard and mouse is malfunction. Any solution guys?? Please. Tq.

I just decided to create an account here because this is getting frustrating and since I am hoping someone at Apple reads this thread, I will be extra pedagogical.

I have a Macbook Pro 15 inch Retina mid 2014 and am trying to install Windows 7 Professional. If I do everything according to Apple's instructions, I can't install Windows at all because of the appleSSD.sys "windows cannot verify the digital signature" during the Windows 7 installation.

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.

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.

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)

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?

Thanks to Tooshy1054 and other heplful people trying to remedy something that someone at Apple should have a look at.

Thanks for putting this together. I also had spent phone time with both "Apple couldn't care less" and Redmond. I think we know where the blame really resides. In any case, after a number of attempts (finally bumping up and formatting the Bootcamp partition to 60 GB) and loading up all the necessary files, and re-running the setups after an initial Win7 and after the Win10 upgrade using the SlySoft free mounter for Windows, all is well. Quite a pain and consumption of time.

So Sorry if someone has posted this already and many thanks to Loner T for pointing me to this thread but can someone link me to the proper boot camp version I should be using in order to get my windiws 7 back onto my iMac 21.5 late 2013. Been at this a week now and slowly dying with frustration

TIA

femfrankie

Thank you so much all. It's been 7 long days of partitioning.. unpartitioning.. Etc etc and I'm glad to say that thanks to all your help windows 7 is finally in and as far as I'm aware fully operational!!! I can not thank you all enough. Happy happy happy

now now for a silly question do I keep a hold of the install usb??

femfrankie

femfrankie wrote:

now now for a silly question do I keep a hold of the install usb??

Create a Disk Image of the USB stick as is using Disk Utility and store it in at least two places. Apple's updates may not allow you to get this back to the same state via BCA in the future. This is as good as a DVD of an installer that works. It is about 4-5GB. Please keep it.

I came across this issue also but found the answer to my issue in another post. You have to use a USB 2 memory stick not a 3 Something to do with windows 7 not recognising the newer stick and drivers required to make it operational... I think.

Kflashdotcom's procedure (page 13) worked perfectly for me. I'm using a Mac Book Pro 13" Mid 2012 (i.e. pre retina) with 500GB HDD (no SSD), 4GB Ram, Intel HD4000 graphics.

I've now successfully installed Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 with no problems after replacing the current Boot Camp drivers with those downloaded in version 5.1.5621 (the correct version for my Mac Book). All hardware seems to work.

THANKS!!

I actually figured out the whole replacing bootcamp driver's on the usb with once downloaded from apples website, everything worked except the graphics driver from NVidia but I just downloaded thet directly from them, only problem im having is that windows update does not want to work 😟 any one else having this problem?

I figured this out. When creating the book flash drive only select the first and last check boxes in BootCamp. The issue is when BC goes and downloads the latest files and updates from Apple and places them on the bootable flash drive. I did this and I was able to complete the installation of Windows 7 onto my Mac.

I did what you suggested but still, Windows 7 fails to start. Now, instead of complaining that it can't confirm the digital signature of file <AppleSSD.sys>, it refers to <\Boot\BCD> and says "An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data."

Using Boot Camp Assistant v5.1.4 (500) under Yosemite in a 2014 MacBook Pro 15" Retina. BCA downloaded Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640. Trying to install Windows 7 Home Premium, x64, from an .iso file created from my original Install DVD,

Hey i've tried all the steps for installing windows 7 and get around the applessd.sys-driver-problem and i managed to install the OS (Win 7) but now i cannot install the bootcamp drivers because it says its a not supported modell. maybe anyone could help me on this issue. I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2012

I've installed windows 7 bootcamp 4 times now. I have some clever tricks to help you all. There are some problems that lie ahead few have encountered.

First issue - if you are using an expired version of NTFS Paragon, you can't delete the applessd.sys file. OSX won't let you do it. So what do you do? Either buy the full version which is crap cause all they're doing for you is hacking your own system privileges. Shouldn't have to pay for that right?

SOLUTION - Do what I did the 4th time around. And it went something like this.

1. Search Apple support for the Bootcamp drivers relevant to your machine and download. If your machine is MBP 15", so download the bootcamp drivers for that and keep on your computer for later.

2. Using Bootcamp assistant run through all the steps normally. Make sure your USB stick is always on the left side of your laptop, not the right. After Bootcamp has formatted your USB stick, and downloaded the support software, it will want to restart, don't let it restart.

3. After you stopped the restart, open finder and locate your bootcamp usb folder.

4. Merely replace bootcamp files with the ones you downloaded directly from Apple's websites. Do this because for some reason Bootcamp downloads the wrong drivers. It's messed up. So if you want something done right, you do it yourself. While you are replacing the files you will see the applessd.sys file in the bootcamp folder (you don't have to delete it but you can if you want, it will work either way, no worries). Doing it this way will also insure your keyboard and bluetooth mouse work at the time of install, which is a problem you may yet run into.

Let Windows startup---- then go to Control Panels- Bootcamp Control panel- Pick the startup disk you choose, then restart. You will now alway start up on that disk. Use Option/ALT key to temporary startup of Windows or other of your choosing..

You are not pressing and holding the option key at the right time. Try again. Shut down your computer. Start up your computer and at the startup sound ensure you continue holding the key until the boot manager appears.