Alright I used my custom built computer to install Windows 7 on a partion created by Disk Utility. So my issue is after I put the hard drive back in my laptop. When I tried booting into Windows it flickers then reboots the Mac. I installed the Bootcamp drivers when I installed Win7 using my custom built. Is there anyway to fix this issue?
MacBook, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
Hi D3ATH2020,
It sounds like you installed Windows 7 onto a hard drive using a separate PC (Windows) computer then wanted to use that hard drive with Boot Camp on a Mac.
Rather than installing Windows using a PC, try installing Windows on the Mac directly using the instructions for installing it with Boot Camp.
Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support
Take care.
I can't since I don't have a working optical drive.
You seem to have driver mismatches. Were BC drivers installed when the disk was in the Mac?
I installed Win7 and the BC drivers using my custom built because the optical drive(cd/dvd drive) on my MacBook quit working and I don't have the money for a external optical drive.
If the disk is in the Mac now, can you post the output of the following Terminal commands?
diskutil list
diskutil cs list
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
The "sudo" commands will prompt for your password, and it will not be echoed back. You may also see a warning about improper use of "sudo" and potential data loss due to "abuse" of the command.
It doesn't work because the optical drive keeps ejecting the disk on its own
Windows 7 Installation Problem
