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Is it possible to install Windows 7 (64 bit) on a Mac Pro without Bootcamp. I don't need Mac OS at all and just want to install Windows 7.

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so... why did you get a Mac Pro? – Decio Lira Nov 20 at 23:59
I didn't and if you mainly want to run Windows on it I wouldn't recommend it. – Patrick Klug Nov 22 at 23:29

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This is for Vista, but the same rules should apply to 7.

http://derekhat.com/install-vista-on-a-macbook-without-bootcamp/

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If I were you, I won't bother installing windows without boot camp, since it is painfully unnecessary if you do so.

You'll be losing something like one hour and 10GB of harddisk space if you install (restore) OSX and install bootcamp, but you'll save lots of time since bootcamp will do the EFI booting configurating, partitions creating and shrinking, providing mac hardware drivers etc.

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+1 there's no real reason to not keep OS X installed, unless hard disk space is a particular premium. You can configure boot camp to launch into Windows directly bypassing the boot screen if you want. – Mark Pim Nov 3 at 9:58
I think the Mac drivers are provided by installing the bootcamp drivers from the OS X disc (as pointed out by Lawrence) - even if I have OSX I have to manually install the drivers. – Patrick Klug Nov 3 at 23:46
+1 I agree. ------ – Patrick Klug Nov 17 at 0:52
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Not sure if you can simply install Windows 7 from scratch (i.e., pop the disc in and boot from it, as opposed to using the Boot Camp Assistant from Mac OS X), but you'll certainly want to use the Mac OS X disc afterwards to install the Boot Camp hardware drivers.

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