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I am trying to install windows 7 using bootcamp on my Macbook Pro running Yosemite. Everything goes well except when it is done with partitioning the hard drive. When it boots to windows a black screen appears with the message "No bootable device insert disk and press any key." When I press a key nothing happens. I tried restarting it and holding down the option key but only the Macintosh HD appears.

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I now burned the iso file to a dvd but when i try to boot into Windows it gets stuck on "windows is loading files." After that an error message appears.

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Abdullah Shafique
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  • What is the model identifier or year/screen_size of your Macbook Pro? Are you installing using a DVD or USB flash drive? If a flash drive, how did you create it? – David Anderson Sep 06 '15 at 07:01
  • @DavidAnderson I am using a Early 2011 13" Macbook Pro. I am using a 32 gb flash drive to install. I create it by opening Boot Camp Assistance and checking all 3 boxes and then selecting the ISO file. – Abdullah Shafique Sep 06 '15 at 07:18
  • I've never been able to get Windows on a machine with a Superdrive other than by DVD, not USB stick – Tetsujin Sep 06 '15 at 08:45
  • @Tetsujin Should I try burning the iso to a dvd and then try to install Windows? – Abdullah Shafique Sep 06 '15 at 17:04
  • I think it may be worth it, yes; I think you can create it directly in bootcamp, though it's been a long time since i did it myself. I found a guide here - http://laptops.eng.uci.edu/instructional-computing/incoming-students/information-for-mac-users/usb-drive but I'm not sure how up to date it is. Wish you luck on your coaster-count ;) – Tetsujin Sep 06 '15 at 17:42
  • @Tetsujin See my edit – Abdullah Shafique Sep 07 '15 at 01:28
  • @DavidAnderson See my edit – Abdullah Shafique Sep 07 '15 at 01:28
  • I find it odd that you were able to burn a DVD, but not be able to boot to it. I say this because I believe the Disk Utility application verifies the DVD after burning it. Anyway, if you can not install using a DVD or USB flash drive, then you will have to use a free copy of VirtualBox. You will not be using VirtualBox to run Windows 7, just to install Windows 7. The instructions are given here. (Let me know, if you plan to update to Windows 10 or run both 7 and 10) – David Anderson Sep 07 '15 at 07:48

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