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Two hard drives + bootcamp
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Sure it is. All you need is make a NTFS partition and install Windows on it.
If you only have a Windows DVD you should install the SSD into the main bay and leave the superdrive in until you have Windows installed. Windows DVDs don't boot for some reason if they are plugged in by usb.
After that is done you can do everything else anyway you want.
If you only have a Windows DVD you should install the SSD into the main bay and leave the superdrive in until you have Windows installed. Windows DVDs don't boot for some reason if they are plugged in by usb.
After that is done you can do everything else anyway you want.
system preffererces, than i belive you should see a Startup Disk Icon
here you can pick the default startup to use
I installed a second SSD, I have my macOS on my 256SSD, and Windows on my 240 SSD, removed the superdrive and put it in an enclosure so I can still use it.
To get windows to install I started the bootcamp assistant, removed the Mac drive, swapped them out so I can still use the superdrive, installed Windows on the new drive, and then once the install was done I put the Mac drive back in the place where the superdrive was, now I got bootcamp and mac on two seperate drives... was a little work but tis awesome now.
To get windows to install I started the bootcamp assistant, removed the Mac drive, swapped them out so I can still use the superdrive, installed Windows on the new drive, and then once the install was done I put the Mac drive back in the place where the superdrive was, now I got bootcamp and mac on two seperate drives... was a little work but tis awesome now.
Im a noob mac user, so can someone explain what you are all doing with SuperDrive?
Why are you having to remove it to install a 2nd SSD? isnt Superdrive the optical drive? is it close to the SSD/HDD's or something to gain access to adding another SSD?
I was thinking of adding an extra SSD so I could have windows on one and Mac OSX on the other but dont want to lose my optical drive.
A I being totally thick?
Why are you having to remove it to install a 2nd SSD? isnt Superdrive the optical drive? is it close to the SSD/HDD's or something to gain access to adding another SSD?
I was thinking of adding an extra SSD so I could have windows on one and Mac OSX on the other but dont want to lose my optical drive.
A I being totally thick?
easiest way to explain it
the cable that makes the optical drive work, is the same conection a hard drive uses, so you replace the optical drive with a device knows as as optibay, this optibay is the same shape as the optical drive and fits a 2nd hard drive
Thats crap, thought you could run 2 SSD's and a SuperDrive in a an MBP.
Thanks for explaining.
you can still use your superdrive, just need to purchase an enclosure and it becomes an external superdrive.
if there were that much space left empty in the MBP case Apple would be doing something with it... like bigger battery, or selling you a 2nd hardrive from the factory.
the 2011 MBP is getting a little old and with SSD storage and them being smaller I thought it might be possible to fit 2 SSD's in.
SSD's aren't smaller. They come in the same Form Factor of 2.5" drives as a regular hard drive.
Sorry for resurrecting a three year-old thread, but my question is similar to OP's. I've got a SSD+Opti bay situation. My SSD is in the Opti-Bay, and the HDD is in the original drive location.
I want to install Windows to my SSD, and also partition some of the HDD for Windows applications. Is this possible? Do I just need to partition both drives (one for the OS and a part of the other for Windows applications) through Bootcamp assistant and the HDD in Disk Utility?
Thanks!
I want to install Windows to my SSD, and also partition some of the HDD for Windows applications. Is this possible? Do I just need to partition both drives (one for the OS and a part of the other for Windows applications) through Bootcamp assistant and the HDD in Disk Utility?
Thanks!
1. Yes.
2. Yes. Though you might have quite a bit of trouble getting Windows to boot from an external device, I haven't personally tried it but haven't heard many success stories. YMMV.