Mine happened to be an USB external hard drive. I already know your second disk is internal. Before I post a detailed answer, I would like to know how what you want differs from what I did. In other words, select 'Try Ubuntu without installing' from the menu. If you get this far, you can try booting to the Live version of Ubuntu. Upon completion, a window appeared with the message 'Check finished: no errors found'. In the next menu, I selected 'Check disk for defects'. I chose the orange icon on the right labeled 'EFI Boot'. I rebooted my computer and held down the Option key. I ignored the message 'The created USB device will not boot off a Mac'. Upon completion a window appeared as follows. For the 'Space used to preserve files across reboots (Ubuntu only):', I used the default of 0 MB. I transferred the ubuntu-14.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso file to a USB flash drive using the current version of UNetbootin. I have never owned a Mac with two internal drives, so I can advise you but I can not verify every step of the procedure.īTW, are you sure your Macbook Pro is a late 2009 model? I ask because your model does not appear on the web page System requirements to install Windows on your Mac using Boot Camp. You should first get Windows installed before we worry about installing Ubuntu.

Installing Windows to your second internal drive requires either temporarily removing your first internal drive or creating a 100 MB partition on the first drive to hold a System Reserved partition. Do you know if you can boot from a Windows installation DVD using your external optical drive? If not, then you will need to download and install Virtualization software. You must either use a DVD or Virtualization software. I will now add the following points.Ī far as I know, you can not create a USB installer for any version of windows that will boot on your Mac. You did not include this in your original question. You stated you want to install Windows on the second internal disk.

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