Indeed, when Windows is installing, it takes into account the hardware it’s running on to configure only the drivers it needs. Part 1 – Create a « Generalized » Windows 7 imageįirst, we are going to create a Windows 7 installation that will not take into account the hardware on which it’s running.

Clone the « generalized » Windows 7 image onto the BootCamp partition.

Create a « Generalized » Windows 7 installation.

Some free time ! It’ll take around 3h to succeed.

If you are lucky, try Part 2 directly, it might work for you if you have a 2011 MacBook Pro.

To do this one, I’ve been inspired by this article, which is really great… but didn’t do the trick to me! I’ve tried several tutorials on the web, but none has really worked. I’ve written this post in French, but it seems legit to have a world wide audience for that solution that I hope will work for your too! But I’ve found a solution that works perfectly. I’ve been trying to install Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro that doesn’t have a superdrive and it’s been quite painful. June 6th, 2012 update: After 4 months and hundreds of testers, I can tell that everyone that has tried this tutorial, has been successful in installing Windows! Because this method just works! July 25th, 2012 update: Works with Mountain Lion October 29th, 2012 update: Works perfectly with Windows 8 RTM (the one sold) Jacket Hunt dans Will Microsoft be able to disrupt Windows before one of its competitors does?.Jacket Hunt dans Installing Windows 8 or Windows 7 on a Mac without Superdrive with VirtualBox.Jacket Hunt dans Plein d’invitations à donner !.Jacket Hunt dans #3 Google, HBO, beatbox et j’ai failli baiser.cozyvenus dans Etude comparative de la taille du sexe chez les mammifères.

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