Installing Windows 7 through bootcamp issues?

[Odysee]

Computer: Macbook Pro 2011 17" - Operating System: El Capitan

Hey guys.

Unfortunately I am experiencing some issues installing Windows 7 through bootcamp. I purchased Windows 7 earlier this morning as an online, digital download.

I am going through the boot camp process on the Mac and when I am creating a partition, the progress bar is just sticking half way and will not move. This has been happening multiple times after trying to install it over and over again - I am extremely frustrated because I have pretty much spend the majority of the day trying to get my machine to run Windows 7.

Picture of the progress bar stuck half way: http://bornurban.com/imgupload/image.php?di=LBG0

I have even tried to format my Mac, installing a brand new version of El Capitan in the hopes of it would allow me to partition the HD but even that is taking 5 hours plus to do and I think that hangs..

I am seriously pulling my hair out here.. any ideas guys?

Thank you!

 

[CoastalOR]

It sounds like you may be having HD or HD cable problems. Run Disk Utility and select/run First Aid on your HD volume to see if there any errors.

 

[Odysee]

It sounds like you may be having HD or HD cable problems. Run Disk Utility and select/run First Aid on your HD volume to see if there any errors.

Hi there.

Thank you very much for your reply. I have just checked what you recommended (Disk Utility -> run First Aid -> Everything seems OK).

However, when I visited that page, I can now see that bootcamp has partitioned the HD.. maybe it crashed after it completed it? where do I go now to install Windows? when I run Bootcamp the software is asking me if I could like to restore it.

Thanks!

 

[CoastalOR]

I recommend asking for assistance in the MacRumors Windows, Linux & Others on the Mac forum. It has been awhile since I did the process, I just followed Apples instructions, and I was using Yosemite not El Capitan.

 

[CoastalOR]

I did a search, here are some links to Apple pages that I used:
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204009

 

[Odysee]

I did a search, here are some links to Apple pages that I used:
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204009

Thank you very much for taking the time do to that for me.

I am however, running into another problem. I have freshly installed Mavericks and now created a bootable USB drive to install Windows 7 but every time the computer restarts to install Windows 7, I get the following error "No booteable device -- insert boot disk and press any key"

For whatever reason, the system is not recognizing it.. is there a tutorial out there to make sure that I am doing it correctly?

Picture: http://bornurban.com/imgupload/image.php?di=6F4V

Thank you!

 

[CoastalOR]

Thank you very much for taking the time do to that for me.
I am however, running into another problem. I have freshly installed Mavericks and now created a bootable USB drive to install Windows 7 but every time the computer restarts to install Windows 7, I get the following error "No booteable device -- insert boot disk and press any key"
For whatever reason, the system is not recognizing it.. is there a tutorial out there to make sure that I am doing it correctly?
Picture: http://bornurban.com/imgupload/image.php?di=6F4V
Thank you!

Mavericks and Yosemite will only loading the Windows 7 ISO from the internal CD drive for a 2011 MBP (for MBPs with a built in superdrive). They will not look for a USB drive. El Capitan will supposedly support using USB, I believe. Again I am not an expert so maybe other people are more familiar or get help from the forum I suggested in a my previous post.

Here is a link to creating a Windows ISO CD:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203909

 

[Odysee]

Mavericks and Yosemite will only loading the Windows 7 ISO from the internal CD drive for a 2011 MBP (for MBPs with a built in superdrive). They will not look for a USB drive. El Capitan will supposedly support using USB, I believe. Again I am not an expert so maybe other people are more familiar or get help from the forum I suggested in a my previous post.

Here is a link to creating a Windows ISO CD:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203909

Am I right in thinking that I am going to have to upgrade my Mac OS to maybe El Capitan again to hopefully install Windows 7?