I did it.I put the drivers on a thumb drive, copied them to a laptop (you need another computer), then formatted the drive and used it for the win7 installer. I then wiped it again and used it to install the copied drivers. I used this site: http://liza.id.au/installing-windows-7-through-boot-camp-with-no-optical-drive-on-a-mac-mini/ On 9 Sep 2011, at 14:10, Rodney Haynie wrote:
> Hello all. This is my first post in the group, and I am a 5 day old Mac > user. I read some good info in the archives about Bootcamp, but did not see > the answer to my couple questions below. > > I purchased my Mac Book Air 13 inch and did not yet purchase a Superdrive. > Trying to see if I actually need one. If I have to I'll plop down the extra > cash for it, but would rather not. > > Has anyone here successfully installed Windows 7 on a Bootcamp partition > without the use of a DVD/CD drive? > > If so, was it done without sight? > > The Bootcamp site looks like it is possible to install from USB flash, and > have the drivers on one USB, and the Windows ISO on the other USB. But I > have heard, from some people, that you may have problems doing so in > reality. > > Thanks. > Rodney > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
