Ok, first off, let me say that I've spent hours hacking together a solution... I have a 2010 mbp (core i5, 4gb ram, 500gb HDD, dedicated graphics) with a busted superdrive.
I installed rEFIt, and I hacked my bootcamp assistant to allow full functionality despite the presence of a CD drive.
I created a bootable USB stick from my Windows7 x64 install DVD
I repartitioned my MacintoshHD to make room for windows.
...and I hit a brick wall...
when I use the USB it tells me it's unsupported, when I copy over my install files to the new "drive" and tell it to boot from the bootcamp partition I again get "unsupported" and when I did my research (yes I actually look this problem up before posting!) It said that EFI booting does not support 64-bit operating systems...
So, my question is... how to I get my 64-bit Windows 7 install working on my mac? Is there a way or will I have to go find a 32-bit and make due with half the available thoughroughput?
I installed rEFIt, and I hacked my bootcamp assistant to allow full functionality despite the presence of a CD drive.
I created a bootable USB stick from my Windows7 x64 install DVD
I repartitioned my MacintoshHD to make room for windows.
...and I hit a brick wall...
when I use the USB it tells me it's unsupported, when I copy over my install files to the new "drive" and tell it to boot from the bootcamp partition I again get "unsupported" and when I did my research (yes I actually look this problem up before posting!) It said that EFI booting does not support 64-bit operating systems...
So, my question is... how to I get my 64-bit Windows 7 install working on my mac? Is there a way or will I have to go find a 32-bit and make due with half the available thoughroughput?