intalling windows 7 on macbook pro without usb

Because the optical drive is busted, I cannot use the Windows 7 DVD, so I had to do this using a USB flash drive.īelow are the steps I took to make this work. I originally had Mavericks running on it but before this exercise I wiped it clean and installed Yosemite on it. To start, my laptop is a Macbook, Aluminum, Late 2008 (MB467LL/A) with a busted optical drive (superdrive). I almost went as far as buying a replacement superdrive for the macbook, but at the end I finally was able to get Windows 7 onto the Macbook.

Well, how wrong I was! I went through a whole day of head-scratching, temper-inducing, word-cussing, USB-swapping and machine-rebooting exercise of getting Windows installed in the bootcamp partition. The Chinese homework CD unfortunately only works in Windows so I had no choice!! I guess I could have taken other routes, like installing Windows in a VM or something, but I figure that Mac has this awesome tool called bootcamp, why not use that? Over the weekend I wanted to install Windows in a bootcamp partition so the kids can use it to do their Chinese homework. Installing Windows 7 on Macbook Late 2008

Intalling windows 7 on macbook pro without usb