I have a 2011 MacBook Pro, and I want to install Win7 on it. I have a Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate (64 Bit) iso file and an 8GB USB Flash drive. I've tried several ways of putting in the ISO file on the Flash drive, but I always end up with the drive formatted as UDF, which seems to be not bootable from my mac. I've seen that Microsoft has a tool to put the iso on an USB drive "Windows USB/DVD Download Tool" but I have no Windows machine to run that from. Could anyone help me with a workaround? Thanks!
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If MacOS is still there, why don't you try to install Win7 using Bootcamp? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205016
Would like to put this in a comment but SU is still reconciling my profiles so as of now I've only 11 reputation points :(
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Because I'm truly dumb, apparently :) . I did read the instructions, and thought I've done it thoroughly, but I did not read the crucial "An authentic Microsoft Windows full install disc or ISO file of Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows XP, or Windows Vista." I will try it now and report back.– FedeJan 18, 2017 at 18:32
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Bootcamp does not recognise the (mounted or unmounted) ISO file as the Windows installation disc. So I'm stuck again– FedeJan 18, 2017 at 19:04
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@Fede What about etching the ISO on a DVD and usa that instead of an usb drive? Jan 19, 2017 at 7:57
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Thanks microspino. Unfortunately it was a dead end, BootCampAssistant was never able to produce a bootable USB drive, I tried a lot of different ways, granted I did not try yours, only because I'm not able to get a DVD-R where I live within the time frame I had. In any case I ended up migrating an old installation of Bootcamp with Win7 from an old drive I had lying around using WinClone. As for the reasons why it did not work, I found some reports online that said that the actual "drive" could be the issue, as some brands would work, and some other would not, anything is possible.... Thanks!– FedeJan 19, 2017 at 20:12