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As mentioned in my earlier responses; the problem is intermittent. It took six attempts to get the installion DVD loaded and at the end of the install there was a crash. There is no doubt that the drive is faulty but sometimes works. I can't get the machine to Apple for a replacement in the...

Sorry, Optical drive. No problem with the hard drive. Best regards ... Ronnie.

It appears the problem always was the hard drive. The problem was intermittent. Windows opened in a PC but failed to load in the Mac. Because the disc reader sometimes worked and because there was no failure message from OSX all I could report was a black screen. For some reason, after...

Dear icemanjc. Thank you for the response. Here is the site I bought the software from. http://software-users.com/ Looks legit to me but of course I can't vouch for it. They have been very responsive from their help desk and answered every question I have put to them very quickly. Best regards...

Dear DeltaMac. I have, after a long battle with trying many things including a hardware diagnosis which showed no problem and a complete reinstall of OSX concluded that the optical drive has an intermittent fault. After the reinstall I was able to get the windows install started which aborted...

I have, after a long battle with trying many thinks including a hardware diagnosis which showed no problem an a complete reinstall of OSX concluded that the optical drive has an intermittent fault. This is the cause and I am taking the matter of a repair up with Apple. Thank you for your time...

Hallo, I am new to Mac and to forums. I am trying to install Win 7 with bootcamp. I have a new MacBook Pro and I have bought an OEM version of Win 7 Ultimate. I downloaded it and burnt it to a DVD. The DVD boots on a windows PC but I have the following when I try installing it with bootcamp 3...

And I believe it is a full version. There was no upgrade offered. ...Ronnie

Thank you for the response. I have the 32-bit version.

Thanks for the response. The OEM version was $119. Yes I have tried both ways you suggest. Usually by holding down option the other disc does not show up as a boot option. But if one makes the optical drive the start up disc the same thing happens. The black screen appears and just sits...

Hallo, I am new to Mac and to forums. I am trying to install Win 7 with bootcamp. I have a new MacBook Pro and I have bought an OEM version of Win 7 Ultimate. I downloaded it and burnt it to a DVD. The DVD boots on a windows PC but I have the following when I try installing it with bootcamp 3...