Then you would have your primary bootable SSD (macOS), along with your secondary bootable SSD (Windows) in place of your optical drive, and you can switch between them by selecting the startup disk. After Windows is successfully installed on the secondary SSD, then you can remove the optical drive and move the secondary SSD into its place, and put the primary SSD back into its original place.At this point, the secondary SSD will not be bootable if it's still empty, but you can boot from the Windows installation DVD in the optical drive, and install Windows onto the secondary SSD that way.Temporarily leave the optical drive installed but remove the primary SSD and temporarily install the secondary SSD in its place.Or do you mean that you want Windows installed on the 2nd SSD, which would take the place of the optical drive (for example using a Data Doubler)? If I've understood correctly, then I think this post on MacRumors describes how it could be done on a 2011 MBP: EFI, you could try changing the PreUEFIModels and/or UEFIOnlyModels sections in the ist file to see if that helps (though I'm not sure what those values need to be, because for me that had no effect, which is probably because I wasn't installing on a Mac).īut it looks like the DVD installation worked for you, so now you have successfully installed Windows on your Mac? And if so, then you can remove the optical drive, as you no longer need the DVD for installation?. Just to make sure I understand, you are installing Windows onto your Mac? If so, for my part, I have never tried that – I have only used Boot Camp Assistant to create USB disks for installing Windows on other computers, so I might not be much help.īut it looks like you created the USB installation disk successfully, so I think your ist file must be OK? And for your error message, " no bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key", you overcame that by using the boot options to select the USB disk to boot? Maybe the USBBootSupportedModels section in the ist file can help, as suggested by (Although I too have read similar reports about general difficulties booting from USB devices on 2011 MacBook Pros.)įor the audio/video drivers, does Windows Device Manager show problems or missing drivers? Or things just don't work correctly? Maybe running Windows Update could find different drivers that might work better? Or if you haven't already tried this, in Boot Camp Assistant you could try selecting the option to "Download the latest Windows support software from Apple." If the problem is legacy vs. Still, if somebody reads this and know's a fix to the problem, it would be great to know, cause I woul like to be able to remove the optical drive and put another ssd.Ĭhris thanks a lot for the guide, and the answer! Hope my comments save some time to other MBP's owner. But based on the comments, 2011 MBP owner's always seemed to get stuck at the same place as I did. I read several similar guides to yours, on 20 MBP's and it seemed to work on those ones. The only reason I can imagine there was no workaround with my MBP is the year. Tired of trying things, I bought for something like 6 dolars a used optical drive (and the seller sent me 3 jajajajaja), and I created a windows 10 bootable DVD, and it did the magic.
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I tried to install from mac's boot option, which actually worked, but had problems with audio and video drivers (has something to do, with legacy vs EFI boot), and for what I read, this model the only way to install windows in legacy mode is through a DVD. I get to see that Boot Camp screen perfectly, and I was able to make bootable media and everything, but after I do the partition in bootcamp and the MBP restarts, to the No bootable device. All rights reservedĬhris I copied your ist file, but changed to my model 8,3 (late 2011 17''). Boot Camp Assistant 6.1.0, Copyright © 2016 Apple Inc. OPTIONAL: Re-enable System Integrity Protection (recommended).
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Code-sign the edited application package (if necessary). OPTIONAL: Restore original permissions (recommended). Enable Windows versions after Windows 7.Enable 32-bit Windows 10, and Windows versions prior to Windows 10.Edit Boot Camp Assistant's Property List file. Obtain your Mac's "Model Identifier" and "Boot ROM Version". Option B: Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP).Option A: Duplicate the Boot Camp Assistant application package.Obtain permission to edit Boot Camp Assistant's Property List file.