Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause..

This is during a new Windows Installation. I tried removing the AppleSSD64 folder as you suggested, however when I tried to bootcamp from that, I got the 'No bootable disc, please insert disc and press any key' Error. Any ideas?

I tried that and got the 'No bootable disc, please insert disc and press any key' Error as well :/

Sorry for the spam. I managed to install Windows by deleting the folder as you suggested after trying a few more times. However, now that I have installed it, my windows partition has no drivers. It is also unable to detect any USBs I insert thus I cannot install my drivers. What can I do?

Download Paragon NTFS for Mac which will give you read-write access to Bootcamp/Windows partition. Copy your USB contents to known location on the Windows side. Remove Paragon NTFS, switch to Windows, and run the setup.exe in the Bootcamp folder where your copied the contents of the USB to.

Ive tried doing that. When I click on Setup.exe, it tells me 'This version of Bootcamp is not intended for this computer model'. I have boot camped before with the same drivers and same computer before. I decided to reinstall Bootcamp to increease my Windows partition space. I'm not sure why it doesn't work this time. Also, not sure if relevant but on OSX, the bootcamp partition is labeled as 'Untitled' and not 'BOOTCAMP' as it usually is.

Can you check Bootcamp.xml and post the content of the Product Version entry?

I have tried to download the bootcamp version provided in the original post and replaced my the corresponding folders in my bootable usb stick with the downloaded version, but when I restart into install windows7, I was told that no bootable device was found, insert disc... Any ideas?

1. What is the year/model of your Mac?

2. What is the OSX Version?

3. Does your Mac have a built-in Optical drive?

1. What is the year/model of your Mac?

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

2. What is the OSX Version?

OSX 10.10.5

3. Does your Mac have a built-in Optical drive?

Unfortunately, nope.

Run BCA, use only the first two options (Create USB... and Download software...) and create the USB.

1. Can you verify that the USB is USB2 flash drive?

2. Can you check Bootcamp.xml on the USB and provide the Product Version from the file?

1. Can you verify that the USB is USB2 flash drive?

Yep, it is.

2. Can you check Bootcamp.xml on the USB and provide the Product Version from the file?

When I open it with Safari, I get the following:

Always true Always $WinPEDriver$ 1 cmd /c "FOR %i IN (X F E D C) DO (FOR /F "tokens=6" %t in ('vol %i:') do (IF /I %t NEQ "" (IF EXIST %i:\BootCamp\BootCamp.xml Reg ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /v AppsRoot /t REG_SZ /d %i /f )))" AMD CCC Setup %AppsRoot%:\BootCamp\Drivers\ATI\ATIGraphics\Bin64\ATISetup.exe -Install 1 false BootCamp setup %AppsRoot%:\BootCamp\setup.exe 2 false

It was created on the following time:

January 31, 2014 at 4:52 PM

Is there anything else that concerns the version of that file?

Can you edit the file using Textedit and find lines similar to the following in your Bootcamp.xml file?

<ProductManufacturer>Apple Inc.</ProductManufacturer>

<ProductVersion>6.0.6237</ProductVersion>

<ProductCode>{FCFFE6B6-BAE8-490E-88D0-097A9DA1C43D}</ProductCode>

Thank you for your kind patience, Loner. It turns out my usb stick can be read as a 3.0 device and was causing the problem. I switched to an old portable harddisk which I was sure was using usb 2.0, and everything ran smoothly.

Please back up OS X and Windows.

I had the same problem, just switched to another USB (2.0) and it worked like a charm. I was thinking it had something to do with the SSD I put in my MacBook, but it was just the USB-stick. Thanks!