Bootcamp 4.0 allows users to create USB Installer?

[seong]

Yeah Lion perfectly works with W7, out of the box in case of DVD edition, and with the little help of rEFIt in case you only own a USB copy. you just need a good copy of it, because I had a hard time making it bootable.

Ahhh, I see. Thanks for sharing your experience

 

[audieddie]

This is directly from Apple's support page:

Support for the Windows 7 ISO installer
Install Windows with an installation disc you provide or—on some Mac computers—with a USB flash drive that contains a Windows 7 ISO image downloaded from Microsoft. The Boot Camp Assistant helps you burn the image to the flash drive.

So, I'm guessing that if you have the .iso image file on the flash drive, bootcamp assistant will help you make a Windows 7 installer USB for Macs!
I'm going to give it a shot right now and see how it works.

It's easy to install win7 from a USB. I made a USB on a 4 gig thumb drive using these instructions. Requires a windows machine to make the USB drive ready, but if you're even playing with bootcamp, you should have access to a machine to prep the USB drive.

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/

 

[Inconsequential]

THis is how I installed Windows without a optical drive on my 2010 MBP:

http://insidethebrackets.blogspot.com/2009/04/install-windows-on-macbook-air-with-no.html

Works fine

 

[seong]

It's easy to install win7 from a USB. I made a USB on a 4 gig thumb drive using these instructions. Requires a windows machine to make the USB drive ready, but if you're even playing with bootcamp, you should have access to a machine to prep the USB drive.

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/

Yes, thanks for your link. I'll try that out when I get back home. Currently, I only have access to Macs. No Windows.

THis is how I installed Windows without a optical drive on my 2010 MBP:

http://insidethebrackets.blogspot.com/2009/04/install-windows-on-macbook-air-with-no.html

Works fine

I might try this method, but I really don't feel like messing around with virtual machines. I had tough lucks with both VMWare and Parallels.

 

[parapup]

http://insidethebrackets.blogspot.com/2009/04/install-windows-on-macbook-air-with-no.html

I have tried that method on my 2010 MBP and it does work and doesn't require a spare Windows installation. Not as complicated as it might sound. Oh and I have kept a additional 4GB Windows partition with Win7 installer files on it - that way if anything goes wrong - I can reboot and start the setup again without having to go through the whole VM mess again!

Now the AHCI doesn't work, Graphics drivers for Nvidia GT330M hang and restart once every week or so and there are other minor inconveniences but it is not going to get any better as Apple only cares this much about Windows.

 

[ArmanUV]

I have tried that method on my 2010 MBP and it does work and doesn't require a spare Windows installation. Not as complicated as it might sound. Oh and I have kept a additional 4GB Windows partition with Win7 installer files on it - that way if anything goes wrong - I can reboot and start the setup again without having to go through the whole VM mess again!

Now the AHCI doesn't work, Graphics drivers for Nvidia GT330M hang and restart once every week or so and there are other minor inconveniences but it is not going to get any better as Apple only cares this much about Windows.

Does anyone know if this works on 2011 MBPs?

 

[agentphish]

I just got through installing using bootcamp on my Mac Mini 2011 w/o optical drive.

The process was awesome, the install was fast, and the result, other than Boot Camp Assistant not automatically putting the drivers I needed onto the USB drive, was flawless.

I just plugged the drive back in and downloaded the drivers to it from Boot Camp Assistant.

Apple finally got this one right, letting people build & install from USB drives.

 

[ljonesj]

thats the one thing that makes me mad about airdrop my mac mini has the same specs and parts as a late 09 macbook and pro but it cant do airdrop were those two can from the same year

 

[melchior]

This is an old thread, but it was the first that came up in google for my search. This may help someone else.

It is possible to trick boot camp into allowing the creation of a USB install disk by adding your boot rom details to info.plist inside boot camp. I just did this in mountain lion.

The full instructions are here: http://www.codez4mac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=212&t=61921