

Hybrid means Windows will see the drive as MBR partitioned, while OS X views the drive as GUID partitioned. It is a 1 TB hard disk using the Apple hybrid GUID partitioning scheme. I will be installing Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 Bit. My computer is an iMac (20-inch Mid 2007). Since this is a fairly long answer, the adaption will be given as a separate answer.

I will first document how I tested my answer and then try to adapt the answer to your needs. My hardware and software differs from yours. The updated steps, for installing Windows 8.1 using the procedure given below, can be found here. Is there any way to install windows 7 from a usb on my macbook pro using boot camp?Īn improved procedure for installing Windows 7 can be found at Installing Windows 7 Pro 64 bit without DVD or Flash Drive Note: I had to eventually remove the USB and reset PRAM to get it to boot into osx again I tried hitting keys with he USB in but nothing happened. I force restarted and the next time it turned on it got stuck on the grey logo for a bit but then proceeded to go to a black screen that said " No bootable device - please insert a bootable device and hit any key". When it came back up it was stuck on a grey apple logo screen forever (I waited 15 minutes to ensure it wasn't just "thinking"). I told boot camp how much space to partition windows on and hit install. I wanted to install windows 7 on the hard disk with boot camp with a USB and ISO image.Īfter searching I found that I need to modify my to allow my boot camp to create a bootable USB (since normally it doesn't have the option to create the USB for my model since it came with a disk drive).Īfter doing so and seemingly having a fine (but long) install process onto the USB. So I have a 2010 15" macbook pro (MBP6,1) and I replaced the optical drive with a hard disk.
