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The Boot Camp process is relatively straightforward. Here is my step by step guide to install Windows 7 on MacBook Pro: What You Need

Through a few hours of trial and error I’ve come up with solutions to the problems that I’ve faced, so it’s time to pass on those fixes to you in hopes that maybe you won’t waste as much time as I did. Unfortunately Boot Camp Assistant doesn’t like it when you’ve modified the Pro and there are some other snags that you’ll run into along the way. After I did a review of the device a few months ago I started to look at installing a copy of Windows 7 on my Pro for things like League of Legends and the occasional Windows app.

Run the installation from the new folder by double-clicking on the setup.exe application file.If you own a MacBook Pro chances are pretty good that you’ve investigated something like the OptiBay which lets you replace your optical drive with a second hard disk.

Press CTRL+V on your keyboard to paste copied files and folders into your new folder.

Create a new folder on your Desktop by right-clicking an empty spot on your desktop, and choosing NEW > Folder.

You should be able to see all the files and folders on the USB flash drive.

Right-click the USB flash drive and choose Open or Explore.

Insert the USB flash drive into the computer on which you want to install.

When you see the USB flash drive appear in the File Explorer window, double-click to open the USB flash drive and press CTRL+V on your keyboard to paste the copied files onto the USB flash drive.Ĭopy the USB files to a folder on your Desktop.

Insert the USB flash drive into the computer.

Press CTRL+C on your keyboard to copy the files and folders.

Press CTRL+A on your keyboard to select all.

You should be able to see all the files and folders on the CD.

Right-click the CD/DVD ROM drive and choose Open or Explore.

(Hold down Windows key on your keyboard and click the E key, bring up File Explorer.)

Insert the CD into any computer that has a CD/DVD-ROM drive.

A blank USB flash drive with enough free space available to hold all the contents of the CD’s installation files.

(Does not have to be a computer on which you plan to install the software.)

Access to a computer that has a CD/DVD-ROM drive.

Installing from a USB flash drive can allow software to be run on computers that do not have a CD/DVD ROM drive. My computer does not have a CD drive for installing.