I'm trying to get Win 7 on a late 2010 model macbook air running 10.7.2. Boot Camp Assistant v. 4.0.1 (429). I've tried every trick I could find, but nothing is working. I know there were changes between late 2010 and 2011 models as far as boot camp using USB drives natively, though I'm not sure if that ability should exist in 10.7.2 on the late 2010 model. It doesn't appear to.
Boot Camp initial screen states I need Win 7 on a disc. next menu has "Create a Windows 7 install disk / You need a USB flash drive and a Windows 7 image" option greyed out. The next to options, Download latest Win support updates and Install Windows 7 are both checked. Click continue, resize partition to make room for Windows partition, and when I click Install I receive a popup "The installer disc could not be found. Insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few minutes for the disc to be recognized." No option to install later.
I've tried this step with an ISO on the desktop, a mounted ISO, an ISO on a USB flash drive, and a bootable Windows 7 USB drive... nothing worked.
I then installed rEFIt and manually resized and created a FAT partition using disk utility, but upon boot it will not recognize the bootable Windows 7 USB drive. I tried booting to the empty FAT partition, then waiting for it to find the USB install media... didn't work. I also tried booting from the USB media itself and that didn't work.
I used this same USB drive to install Windows to another laptop just a few days ago, so I'm 99% certain the drive is fine. I ran the Windows 7 USB DVD tool on it 3 times already, and it goes through perfectly each time.
What else can I try here without purchasing an external DVD?
Boot Camp initial screen states I need Win 7 on a disc. next menu has "Create a Windows 7 install disk / You need a USB flash drive and a Windows 7 image" option greyed out. The next to options, Download latest Win support updates and Install Windows 7 are both checked. Click continue, resize partition to make room for Windows partition, and when I click Install I receive a popup "The installer disc could not be found. Insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few minutes for the disc to be recognized." No option to install later.
I've tried this step with an ISO on the desktop, a mounted ISO, an ISO on a USB flash drive, and a bootable Windows 7 USB drive... nothing worked.
I then installed rEFIt and manually resized and created a FAT partition using disk utility, but upon boot it will not recognize the bootable Windows 7 USB drive. I tried booting to the empty FAT partition, then waiting for it to find the USB install media... didn't work. I also tried booting from the USB media itself and that didn't work.
I used this same USB drive to install Windows to another laptop just a few days ago, so I'm 99% certain the drive is fine. I ran the Windows 7 USB DVD tool on it 3 times already, and it goes through perfectly each time.
What else can I try here without purchasing an external DVD?
