Help! Bootcamp - Restoring Windows

[Hawkeye8888]

Hello,

I need some help with restoring Windows 7 from a disk image. The problem is that I can't reinstall windows (no internal optical drive because of dual hard drive). I did manage to get windows installed by making some temporary hardware changes that I would rather not repeat. Is there a way to restore a Windows image without a disk? Or perhaps I could restore it on another machine and then clone it back to my hard drive? Thanks for the help.

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(Here are my specs)
Macbook Pro Mid-2012
OSX Mavericks (most current version)
Processor 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7
8GB Ram 750gb HDD and 256gb SSD

 

[maflynn]

The only option of reinstalling windows, is to pull the hard drive, and put the optical drive back.

 

[laurihoefs]

Sorry, this post won't help you much right now, but after you have reinstalled Windows, I heartily recommend you check out Winclone. It's $29.99, but saves you this trouble in future...

 

[Hawkeye8888]

Solution

I just ordered a new optical drive cable - this will allow me to simply plug into the motherboard without having to dismantle the entire computer to use the optical drive "internally".