
Disassemble your machine, remote internal DVD (but keep it in the safe place in case you need to reinstall later), place Apple drive with MacOS into the optical bay. Test windows installation to make sure it works.ĥ. Feel free to install bootcamp support drivers for windows.Ĥ. Insert Windows 7 setup DVD into the internal DVD drive and install it as an only OS occupying the whole disk. Insert your drive in the standard HDD slot. 25) Restart you machine, hold Option and boot to Windows. If you copy it directly to there, the folder will be located at the root of C: 24) Install the utility, not needed anymore. (I haven't tried bootable USB flash drive).Ģ. 23) After installing the utility, copy the folder WindowsSupport to the Windows 7 hard drive, it should be called Untitled by default.

Keep the DVD, as MacBook Pro can only boot from internal DVD drive in Windows setup. The way I've set up software (after a lot of trial and error) is to install before moving.ġ.

Ive ended up having Samsung 840 pro SSD in the standard HDD location containing bootable Windows 7, and Apple SSD with bootable MacOS in the Optical bay. I have done something like this with my MacBook Pro 17" 2011 late.
