![]() ![]() Add a VDI hard drive of type and then, choose dynamically allocated that uses 10 Gb (you’ll need less, but it is to be sure, and you can choose more, but it’s going to take longer in the last part of this tutorial).Add a new virtual machine and name it Win7 (easier when prompting commands later), add how much RAM you want.Step 1: Install Windows 7 on the Virtual Machine But in this first step we’re installing it on a Virtual Machine, which is not a real PC, so we need to say to Windows: Ok, next time you boot, check the hardware and install any necessary driver. 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) ![]()
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