Boot Camp Assistant thinks (incorrectly) I'm trying to install windows 10 instead of 7

Try to use Alt/Option key with the drive connected during boot.

From macOS Terminal, with the DVD inserted, can you post the output of

diskutil list

Install W7/W8.1 but do not activate it. Run an in-place upgrade to W10. This will also let you use W7/W8.1 BC drivers under W10, because there are no Apple W10 drivers for a 2011 model.

Can you post the output of

diskutil info disk2

If you put the disk in a different Mac, you may not get the correct Bootcamp drivers. The DVD does not look properly burned. Can you describe how you burned the DVD?

one of my friends has the same problem that i have, and he tried to connect his hard drive into another macbook and he use bootcamp to install the windows and the process completed without any problems but he didn't use the super drive he used his own external driver.😐

A 2011 Mac allows installation of W7, irrespective of the version of macOS (till 10.12.6).

If your internal Optical drive is not working, then you will run into issues.

I see the same problem, but one more: Even after restarting the macbook with the DVD with win7 on it inserted, I first got, after downloading the requested support data, a message that a DVD was not found. Hitting the "continue-button" again, the commonly known prompt showed up saying that "windows 10 is not supported" although there was no win 10 DVD inserted, but a win 7 DVD. I tried this many times and nothing helped. Any further suggestions?

I have MacBook Pro 2011 late and I install win7 and upgrade it to win 10 (it's not supported for win10), but will that affect the machine or software any way?, coz I had problem in my hard drive so I format it and re-install OS X 10.12.6 and when entering bootcamp it says win10 not supported for win7 DVD!!, but do check for two options of bootcamp and hit next it works correctly but when he restart the Mac it shows black page and I stuck in it, what can I do?!! please help me and answer.

also I tried different ways, re-installing old versions of OS X and try to install will usb, iso,xcode,DVD...etc but still not working, what I have to do?!, I tried also virtual installation but it's to slow, I want it as separated partition.

ok bro.

johns-MacBook-Pro:~ johndon37$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *750.2 GB disk0

1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS OSX 749.8 GB disk0s2

/dev/disk2

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: WINAIO *8.2 GB disk2

any suggestion?😢

bro. i got an idea if i try to put my hard drive into another mac and try using bootcamp, could that work?!

i don't burn it, i buy it and it works for others PCs and i install that windows in all my computer with out any problem.

could it be that the version of boot of osx and won7 does not mach to be able to boot from windows?!

hi bro.

i don't have any problems with win7 & 10 DVDs, actually i install win 7 and upgrade it to win 10 in the first time i use this laptop, also when i upgrade to win 10 i made lots of mistakes so i re-install it more than one time in the laptop and nothing happened, all functions was working correctly and i didn't get any band because of not supported software, after i finish the process of installation correctly win10 partition and OS X partition was working perfectly and smoothly i didn't face any problems; but before three weeks from now the laptop dropped from my hand and it does contact with ground, i check all of the hard hardware and everything is working perfectly only hard drive is damaged so i formatted and reinstall OS X 10.7.2,10.10,10.11,10.12.6 and no one of them makes me install win7, i also tried to connect my hard drive to another PC and enter windows boot and i do fully format for all partition even recovery partition and i delete them so they became un-allocated and try again and nothing happened, i change the hard drive twice and i try again and again without any hope, it restarts and doesn't enter into the windows boot.

i must mention that my super drive is died around one year, so i by an external DVD driver, could it be the problem?!!, but i used the external one before i fall the laptop and it was working!.

please, can i make direct contact with you like your Facebook or any thing, i hate the time difference and waiting, please bro., i need help i'm student and i need it very much😢

johndon37 wrote:

is there any program that allow me to run all windows apps on OS X?!!, i have AutoCAD, Analysis, MatLab, Solid ....etc

You can try a Windows emulator, but the performance is not as good. You can also try virtual machine software - Parallels, Fusion or VirtualBox.

i tried VM of Parallels, and i upgrade it to win7 actually the performance wasn't that bad, also i setup it for gaming to get max performance but actually i won't use it for game, but still need to be improved more, for example it takes 2 min to play video😕

Hi Loner T! I also am having that same problem. I tried to install Windows 8.1 and I have the ISO burned onto the disc but it is giving me the same message: "Windows 10 is not supported on this mac" So I was wondering if bypassing the BC Assistant would help and also is there any risk to doing such? Thanks