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• Need help to install Windows 8.1 on the partition, bootcamp on Macbook Pro 15 "mid-2010 w / no optical drive"

  I tried for almost a week in all possible ways to get windows installed on a boot camp partition on my main SSD 1 TB drive as a partition, or on my HARD drive, which is installed in place of the optical drive.  So far, everything I tried to give me some sort of error at some point in the process.  It seems that many of them are case by case, so I thought that I invite you all and see if you can help!

  I use a Macbook Pro 15 "mid-2010 that I improved with a 1 TB SSD drive as the startup disk.  My optical drive was not functional, so I moved my old 500 GB HARD drive to the location of the optical Bay.  I am also under the latest version of El Capitan (10.11.6)
  Here are my system specs:

  
  Presentation of the material:

  Model name: MacBook Pro

  Model identifier: MacBookPro6, 2

  Processor name: Intel Core i7

  Processor speed: 2.8 GHz

  Number of processors: 1

  Total number of cores: 2

  (By heart) L2 Cache: 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 4 MB

  Memory: 8 GB

  Processor speed of interconnection: 4.8 GT/s

  Boot ROM version: MBP61.0057.B11

  Version of the SCM (System): 1.58f17

  What I tried (from what I remember):

  I tried to change the Bootcamp info.plist file for my version of the macbook pro to use a USB stick for the installer.  It seems to have installed correctly but once I partition the disk and restart the computer, it gets stuck on a white screen with the Apple logo and I am forced to make a hard stop and then hold down option to boot into OS X, recovery, or the EFI Boot.

  If I go through the windows installation to start the EFI system, I get an error of:
  "Windows cannot be installed to this disk.  The selected disk is a MBR partition table.  On EFI systems, Windows cannot be installed on GPT disks. »

  I also tried to create a partition by using disk utility, and that too made me an error in the installation of windows.

  So far, the only way that I'm away from windows to run at all has been using the free trial of VMware Fusion 8... but I intend to use windows for more intensive tasks like audio pro, and merger simply does not offer the performance necessary to run these programs.  I'm hoping to install windows 8.1 on my internal SSD or HARD drive, regardless of the work - as long as OS X and files associated with it are left alone.

  If someone could help me please understand this point, I would really appreciate it!

  Thank you

  If your computer has an optical drive, you must use the optical drive to install Windows using Boot Camp Assistant.

• I can't put a disc into my optical drive.

  Hello

  I have a Macbook 2010 Pro and over the past 6 years, I have rarely used the optical drive. Recently, I tried to put in a disk but it wouldn't even go.  I have no idea why this would be.

  Any help or advice appreciated!

  Concerning

  You have a hardware problem.  Are you sure that there is nothing inside the DVD player?  If you are energetic, open the MBP, remove the disc and open it.  If this is not the case, make an appointment at an Apple store genius bar for a FREE evaluation.  It is possible that the player has not.

  Ciao.

• You can install Windows on a Mac without an optical drive

  Hey, I have a Mac end 2011 a friend gave to me and he said it was broken. I realized that it was just the SATA port on the motherboard, so I pulled out the optical drive and I put an SSD in it. Now I want to install Windows but Mac says that I am not allowed to because I don't have an optical drive. I tried Abu tools and many other shippers of EFI boot, but none of them does not seem to work! Please help me fast! I am computer LITERATE, so no response even if it is complicated would be very useful. THX

  Have you tried the Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp?

  You can run Windows in a virtual machine, which saves having to restart to Boot Camp. This allows you to access boot Windows and Mac OS.

  Parallels

  VirtualBox

  VM fusion

• El Capitan grateful suddenly don't no optical drive

  I have a MacBook Air running El Capitan, purchased 3/2016. I bought the optical drive when I bought the computer. I used the external drive to burn DVDs and CDs. Everything worked fine until I plugged the optical drive yesterday. I opened iTunes, plugged the disc inserted a cd and the window showing that I inserted the cd never popped up. The finder does not display the drive, even though I checked in preferences to show him. The only way I could safely remove the cd was going to disk utility where I could see the disc and the cd and eject it.

  I checked to make sure that the drive still works by inserting a DVD or CD in the optical drive. The two will play correctly, but I still have to go back into the disk utility to eject because the drive does not appear anywhere else.

  With iTunes running and the drive plugged with a blank CD inserted, the "playlist to burn to the disc" is grayed out, because the computer is not recognizing the drive.

  What can I do to get the computer/El Capitan to recognize the drive again?

  Reporting system shows the optical drive? Try the commands from the Terminal after the connection of an optical drive...

  drutil discinfo

  Supplier product Rev

  DVD-R MATSHITA UJ - 8À8 HB14

  Please insert a disc to get the disc info.

  drutil list

  Supplier product Rev Bus SupportLevel

  1 MATSHITA UJ - 8a8 HB14 Apple shipping ATAPI DVD-R

  drutil info

  Supplier product Rev

  DVD-R MATSHITA UJ - 8À8 HB14

  Interconnection: ATAPI

  SupportLevel: Apple expedition

  Memory cache: 1024 k

  Write: CD - R, - RW, BUFE, CDText, Test, IndexPts, ISRC

  Write: DVD - R, DL - R, - RW, + R, + R DL, + RW, BUFE, Test

  Strategies: CD - TAO, SAO - CD, CD - Raw, DVD - DAO

  With a disc in the drive, try drutil eject.

• Question about installing an SSD in my optical drive

  I'm looking for pulling on my optical drive and put in an SSD, because I was told it can do my slow Mac run very fast. My thought was that rather than spend on my existing hard drive, I would take the optical disc and install my SSD it (I've seen a lot of videos shows how to do this)

  My original hard drive offers 500 GB and also have a Windows partition, so I'm a little afraid to play with it, too... Adding an SSD will give me a feature from the application of some of the work for the SSD (such a start and some slower applications) to work only with a specific hard drive? And if I did start Mac on the SSD, should I uninstall and reinstall OS X on this new SSD?

  Sorry, I'm really new to all this. Any help is appreciated!

  My first step would certainly be in lieu of the HD with an SSD. Then assess where you are and what you think of your 'new' machine.

  How to create a clone of startup

  https://Bombich.com/kb/ccc4/can-CCC-back-up-my-Bootcamp-Windows-partition

  MacBook Pro (15-inch mid-2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), i7 480 GB SSD 16 GB RAM iPhone5 iOS9.3.2, Parallels10.0.2, HP OfficeJet Pro 8620

• Optical drive will not close

  I have a new Macpro (renovated) 2010. Aluminum is optical drive does not pop back closed about fifty percent of the time. You need to press it several times so that he could pop closed. The optical drive is completely closing and does not seem to be catching. Is this spring?

  Yes, but sometimes it get stuck open

  Door of the Mac Pro DVD paste problems...

• Optical drive will not read anything else professional films

  So, I am owner of a 2012 MacBook Pro 13 ". The computer comes with Intel Core i7 processor and has the maximum of 8 GB of Ram. The problem is that the optical drive that is built into the computer will read nothing else done professionally movies. It can read disks of movies like the Lord of the rings and Wargames, to name a few, I tested, but it will not read any DVD-R disc or to a CD. I tried the CDs as Metallica music... And Justice for all after try in another computer and a radio and get good results when it just won't play on my Mac.

  I have had this problem in the past , but at the time the optical drive not read anything at all. This occurred in early December and I fixed it on 20 December. To solve the problem, I went to the Apple Store and they can Reset the P - RAM. The Apple guy he told me to make sure to disable every night. I did this because it's what I did in the past. After that, I was able to play any CD or DVD and burn them. I also tested it every two weeks by playing a DVD in there to check that it still works. But I discovered that it was broken again when tried to insert a DVD-R to burn things on it and the computer only it spun and then ejected it. I've known this current problem since around mid-April.

  I did some research on it and what I have read I believe that I must buy a cleaning disc and run it in my optical drive to clean the lens of the eye out, but I don't understand how I am able to read some disks and not others if that is the problem.

  Can I take it again in the Apple Store and get it looked like or should I buy a cleaning disc and run it through my optical drive, and then decide what to do next? I'm in no hurry to get this problem fixed because my guarantee does not expire until the end of July this year.

  I don't know why you want to put some words in BOLD and a few words in normal font. Frankly I find it a bit annoying when someone does something like that, but oh well... what you could do is to try a cleaning disc (the one with little brushes this topic) or a good breath of air compressed. In addition, some brands of DVD - R Virgin do not work as well as others. I found verbatim to be good, maybe maxell or Taiyo Yuden. Your mileage may vary...

  If this still does not work, feel free to zap the pram x 2-3) and do an smc reset. Shut down the computer, plug power adapter, hold down the left shift, control, option, and button works / stop for about 45 seconds, let go of all of them, then press the power button to restart. If none of this works, then by all means to make a genius bar appointment and bring it in to your local Apple store. Hey, if you have an extended warranty, might as well use it, right?

  Good luck

  JB

• End of 2011 MBP El Capitan Windows 7 Boot Camp without optical drive internal (LOSING MY MIND, Please HELP)

  What I have:

  • Original disc Windows 7 Pro from Microsoft as to
  • Downloaded ISO exact copy of Microsoft as well if need be
  • DVD player Samsung external optics
  • USB drive (s)

  What I don't have:

  • Optical drive internal and original; the Bay is empty.
  • Patience to use VM and WinClone and all that BS.

  Sorry for the harsh tone, but I'm losing my mind edition .plists and restart a hundred times a day. erasure of the USB drives when all this used to work years ago.

  I was sure it was possible to install Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro 2011 delay, an external optical drive. I not even asking to use a USB key.

  Why do I have all official records of Microsoft and a USB/DVD drive, but am forced to use an other intern, that is broken for like 90 percent of Mac owners.

  I see a black screen with a cursor on startup or a black screen saying no boot device... After using Boot Camp Assistant. I tried to not use the wizard and make a Fat32 partition on my USB on and implemented to date, but this method failed as well for some reason any illogical.

  Please help me or at least explain certain restrictions that I can never get about in what concerns my machine and Boot Camp.

  Thank you!

  Can you extract the the Samsung SATA connector and connect to the SATA internal optical drive connector?

  The EFI on your Mac version works partially with a USB Flash drive, but the file info.plist mounting is required. The VM/Winclone method also works.

• Pavilion g602305tx: portable optical drive failure

  When I insert a disc windows says pls insert the disc and then automatically eject the tray.

  -DVD burner gets power, but not reads any disk.hp g6 2305tx-like pavilion, I need to replace the drive or it's a motherboard problem?

  where can I buy original hp spare parts in bangladesh?

  Use uefi HP PC Hardware Diagnostics utility to test the optical drive. My HP Omen 15 product ready to version 5.7.2.0 installed. You should maybe download and update your version of HP PC Hardware Diagnostics to get one that will test the optical drive. www.hp.com/go/techcenter/PCDiags

  Press the power button and then press the ESC key to access the boot menu. Now, press the F2 key to enter the diagnosis. Click the tests of components and then click on the optical drive. If the test shows the drive as failure you know it's time to replace it.

  Do a web search on Google or Bing with "hp pavilion g6-2305tx optical drive replacement"as key words to find a seller online.

• How to install my final studio cut in my iMac 4 k Vince? The 4K Vince iMac doesn't have an optical drive

  How to install my final studio cut in my iMac 4 k Vince? The 4K Vince iMac doesn't have an optical drive.

  You need to buy or borrow and external optical drive.

  Apple sells a:

  http://www.Apple.com/shop/product/MD564LL/A/Apple-USB-SuperDrive?FNODE=5F

  There are others also available-

  http://eShop.MacSales.com/item/OWC/MRSSDSDT8X/

  BUT do not forget that the FCS has been abandoned by Apple years ago, and the latest Apple operating systems are built without any concern as to the functionality of the FCS.

  Some of the apps in FCS are dead in the water, and others work with features limited or erratic.

  Anecdotal reports of problems running FCS on model are all over the map. Some do work, some don't.

  In addition, FCS2 has problems with the included Installer, requiring Rosetta to run (which is no longer included in the operating system), so it will not install without workaround.

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• Satellite R630 - second HDD recognized as optical drive in the BIOS

  I own a Toshiba R630 and recently replaced the original disc with a Crucial SSDS with improved performance. I use the old Hitachi drive in an external enclosure via eSATA trouble-free port, but this configuration requires both port eSata/USB combo and a second USB just for power, so I bought a cart of 9.5 mm to put the disc on DVD rentals.

  Today I went ahead. Physically, everything goes well (apart from the fact that I had to remove the back cover, more than 25 screws; I took the opportunity to clean the fan) but when I turned on the computer and BIOS the Hitachi drive is recognized as an optical drive!

  You can see an image here:

  After that I could get into Windows 7 (64), disk management recognizes it as a disk, but is unable to initialize. After restarting the computer, I can't get Windows anymore, because it directly goes to the recovery mode.

  Any help would be appreciated! Is it possible to do the BIOS to recognize the second disk as a hard drive?

  Carlos

  + The message was edited: faulty link has been removed.

  First I would recommend you to check the boot device order.
  No doubt the STRANGE was set first boot device and portable tries to boot from the HARD drive that is connected to the controller of the STRANGE.
  If this does not work, delete the old HDD Hitachi, reset the default BIOS and try to start once more.

  To be honest I'm not quite sure if the BIOS would support such configuration Mr. I mean not all laptops can be upgraded with a 2nd HDD and in many cases, the BIOS would bear not the HDD installed in the ODD Bay so this configuration can cause problems.

• Office p6750z - added optical drive

  I add a DVD ROM to my existing hp (p6750z) desktop computer.  I did similar to other computers upgrades in the past and I looked at the 6750z service and upgrade manual.  I have one question - is is not clear to me how to remove the drive Bay cover in unused drive Bay.  The lid has two locations that look like they might be intended for the insertion of a screwdriver.  I have just to insert a screw drive and apply pressure until the cover POPs out?

  The procedure to remove the hood of the car should really be in the maintenance manual.

  Please see addition or replacement of a CD or a DVD in HP and Compaq Desktop PC drive for instructions on removing the metal plate "white" of the secondary optical drive Bay. You will need to insert a flat blade screwdriver into the slots and the rocks or twist the plate until it is free.

  If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

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• Optical drive software command line switch

  Hello!

  Are there switches command line for the 'Optical Drive Power"- software TPSODDCtl.exe? This software is part of the package of toshiba power saver. I want to put in place to turn off my device optical drive at windows startup.

  Thank you
  Milos

  Hello Milos

  I use for Toshiba laptop more than 10 years now, and something like this is not known to me. I think that the answer to your question, that you can only get Toshiba software development service.
  I don't think that you will never get any info on this.

• Optical drive disappeared

  Hi all

  Please can someone advise on this annoying situation! My CD drive disappeared from the workstation and grabs a CD does nothing.

  I get this error; TSST corp cddvdw su-208fb has a driver problem when running to troubleshoot. But does not help to advise what to do next!

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  Hi Neo

  What model of laptop do you have?
  Optical drive is listed in Device Manager?
  Some unknown device that there are listed?

• Re: DVD of the (optical) drive cannot read a disc when inserted.

  Hello everyone.

  MY DVD drive can not read a disc when inserted.

  When I check the Device Manager, it has the following against the optical drive error message:

  "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its information of configuration (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19) »

  How can I solve this problem and fix it for free if possible? Download a patch from the website of toshiba?

  Your help is greatly appreciated.

  Mark

  See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/en-us and post comments.