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    WIndows 7 install from USB on MACBOOK PRO

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by CrimsonW, Mar 26, 2013.

  1. CrimsonW

    CrimsonW Newbie

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    A friend of mine have an macbook pro and someone instaled on it windows 8 and deleted macbook pro ( so it dosent have bootcamp anymore) , he dosent have any osx cd/dvd. How can I install Windows 7 from and usb stick ? I tried with 3 diffrent usb sticks and when I press "C" to boot it stay for about 10 seconds or more trying too boot from stick but it dosent and just go and with loading windows 8. What can I do ?
     
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  2. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You need to install OS X first then run the Boot Camp Assistant. If the machine came with Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8) you can do a clean install without media using the built in Internet recovery. All you need is an Internet connection.

    For installing Windows, if the Mac has an optical drive, you need to use that. You cannot install from an external source.
     
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  3. S.SubZero

    S.SubZero Notebook Deity

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    Power on the Mac and hold down (Option) to bring up a list of bootable drives/partitions.

    Note that you can try a network-based OS X recovery by powering the Mac on and holding COMMAND+R. Note I put try in BOLD because not all Macs support this.
     
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    It wont boot from usb and not even from CD/DVD or from an external CD/DVD , it already has windows 8 on it so can someone tell me where I could find the drivers ? Its a Mac Book Pro 6.2 . Thanks.
     
    CrimsonW, Mar 29, 2013
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