Hi all,
Quick question for the panel:
Is it true that the BIOS (or is it EFI on these machines) on a Macbook Pro will only allow you to boot from an external optical drive if it is the Apple SuperDrive?
Does that mean 3rd party optical drives are useless if you want to boot from them?
Or have I got my wires crossed, will any external optical drive (including BD-ROM/RW drives) be ok for booting purposes?
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
tn
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Many people claim this... and they have trouble depending on make and model, so I cannot speak for everyone/everything, but I've booted up off discs before in Plextor DVD burner USB drives on a couple Macbook Pros with no issues.
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Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast
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Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast
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Thanks. Would appreciate that.
Macbook Pro (Retina) BIOS/EFI & Optical Drives...
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by toxicnerve, Jun 28, 2012.