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High Sierra / BootCamp / USB installer?

Hello,


I'm trying to setup a dual boot via bootcamp to have Windows 7.


Macbook Pro 2011 / OSX 10.13.6 High Sierra


I followed the steps in the link below:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/bootcamp-assistant/bcmp09f5f773/6.1/mac/10.13


However, I never reach step 5, as I get an error such as: "the installer could not be found".


What I did:

  1. Formatted my 32GB USB stick via Disk Utility to ExFAT
  2. Using BootCamp, I downloaded and saved the files onto the USB stick.
  3. BootCamp fails to find the Win7 ISO image
  4. I copied the contents of the ISO image into the USB stick via Terminal.
  5. Tried again to find the installer via BootCamp, but it keeps failing.


I realised that BootCamp is expecting the installer to be only on an optical media such-as CD/DVD.

However, I do not have any CD/DVDs at hand, so what are my options to make this work properly?


-Some virtual optical media that will mount the ISO and present it as an actual CD/DVD to bootcamp?

-Some guide to manually, and safely partition my current HDD without BootCamp?

-Could it be that ExFAT is the problem? should I try MS-DOS?

-What if I format the USB to MS-DOS, copy the ISO content onto it (without windows support tools), then will bootcamp find the installer?


Can't think of other possible workarounds, please help.


Thanks,

Joe

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 7:52 AM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2020 9:52 AM

Ok I figured it out, issue seems to be resolved now :)

I can now use a USB as I have the option.


What I did?

  1. Booted into recovery mode, disabled system integrity.
  2. Booted back to normal mode, gave read/write/execute permissions to all on the "content" folder and the "info.plist" file.
  3. Removed the "Pre" text prior to the "USB" part within the text of the file "info.plist".
  4. Launched BootCamp, and walla.


Bye.

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Oct 5, 2020 9:52 AM in response to anglojojo

Ok I figured it out, issue seems to be resolved now :)

I can now use a USB as I have the option.


What I did?

  1. Booted into recovery mode, disabled system integrity.
  2. Booted back to normal mode, gave read/write/execute permissions to all on the "content" folder and the "info.plist" file.
  3. Removed the "Pre" text prior to the "USB" part within the text of the file "info.plist".
  4. Launched BootCamp, and walla.


Bye.

High Sierra / BootCamp / USB installer?

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