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Apple does not support Boot Camp Assistant installations of Windows 10 on 2011 and earlier iMac models. The exact list of supported Mac models is given below.
The following Mac models support 64-bit versions of Windows 10 when installed using Boot Camp.
I have read where others have successfully used the Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows flash drive installer. This was accomplished by first editing a
.plist file contained within the Boot Camp Assistant software. I have the following problems with doing this.
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How To Install Windows 10 Without Cd Drive Or Usb
I have no problems EFI booting the USB Windows installer, but I still want to install Windows to use the BIOS boot method.
Here is what I wish to accomplish.
I would desire to preform the installation without any of the following.
I would prefer not having to boot to macOS Recovery via the internet, built-in recovery or an USB flash drive macOS installer. But, since macOS Recovery is not a third party tool, I am not opposed to its use.
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1 AnswerInstalling Windows 10 without DVD or Third Party Tools
Note: If installing Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) Edition or a newer edition, then you should read this question.
This answer applies to Mac models where the following is true.
The Windows specifications are given below.
The macOS is version 10.13.2 (High Sierra).
Below, are the basic steps needed to install Windows 10 for an BIOS boot, when the USB flash drive Windows Installer boots in EFI mode.
I have made the following assumptions.
Below are the installation steps.
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If asked, I can clarify any of the above steps.
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I have a late 2009 27â³ iMac which has a built-in Optical Drive, one that is not operational anymore. Iâm not sure why it refuses to work, but I tried cleaning it with canned air, which improved its condition a little because now at least it âswallowsâ the dvd and spins it â it just never recognises it. I also have a MacBook Air which I successfully installed Boot Camp on with the use of an external drive. Still, I wanted a way to install it without the drive.
What Didnât Work
So I tried lots of things.
The first one, was enabling the Boot Camp Assistant app to create bootable USB drives. It didnât work, because after the application created the USB drive, it made a partition and rebooted. I was supposed to see the windows installer, but instead, all I saw was a blinking white line on a black screen. After several minutes of this, I gave up and force-booted my computer.
Next, I tried creating a partition on my own, using disk utility, formatting it as FAT32 and then attempted to boot from the USB. This did not work either. When I booted my Mac in the boot option menu, it did not show the partition, nor the âbootableâ USB.
And thatâs when I found this tutorial by Daniel Pataki, which I tried on my MacBook Air and it worked like a charm, despite the long and complex process. When I tried it on my iMac, however, things didnât go well. When I tried to boot the VM from the Boot Camp partition and install windows, the VM booted into a black screen saying âMissing Operative Systemâ.
Finding Plan B
I had given up on other methods, and I decided to sleep on the problem of installing Boot Camp on my Mac when I suddenly thought about the Apple Watch. You see, what Apple has always wanted is for us users to buy a new model of Mac whenever the older one cannot do something. Itâs the answer to why certain Mac models can create bootable USB drives while others canât.
I then asked myself if USB drives have the same restrictions. One thing led to another and this is the way I install Windows on My Mac now. And it is way, way easier.
What Did Work
Hereâs what weâll be doing:
Yes, itâs really that simple.
Create a bootable USB
1. Locate a Windows PC.
2. Download two things: a Windows 7 USB download tool directly from Microsoft, and a full Windows ISO of the version you want to install.
3. Open the Windows 7 USB download tool and browse to your ISO file, click continue and follow the instructions in the next section to create your Bootable USB.
Create a Windows Partition
We will be using Boot Camp Assistant. well, sort of.
1. First, we need to make the application recognise USB drives. Go to Finder > Applications > Utilities, and right click on Boot Camp Assistant, then click âShow package contentsâ.
2. Navigate into Contents, locate the âinfo.plistâ file then make a copy (do not move the original) of it to your desktop. If you like, make another copy as a backup, just in case something goes wrong.
3. Open the âinfo.plistâ file located on your desktop, look for the line of text saying PreUSBBootModels and erase the âPreâ from there, save the file (CMD+S) and close it.
4. Drag the modified info.plist file from your desktop to the Contents folder we opened previously. It will ask you to Authenticate with your administrator Name and Password. Click Replace.
5. If you were to open Boot Camp Assistant now, and it crashes, thatâs because it detected that a modification has been made. If this happens, open terminal and type the following command:
sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app
Enter your Administrator Password and hit enter. Now you can open Disk Utility.
6. Make sure your Bootable USB is plugged in. Open Boot Camp Assistant and you will see 3 options.
Check Install windows, and hit continue, select the size you want to dedicate to windows and click Install. The process might take several minutes.
Install Windows
Once the Partition is ready, your computer will restart into the Windows installer, follow all the instructions, and enjoy your new windows partition!
Remember that when you finish the installation process, you should download and install the proper Boot Camp Support Drivers so that everything works perfectly.
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I'm looking to install Windows 10 on an old Macbook Pro (13 inch, early 2011), which I've replaced the HDD in with a SSD. I was able to do this using a flash drive, and managed to get everything working except the audio (Windows wouldn't recognize my computer's internal speakers). After doing some research, it appears that this problem occurs when you install Windows via EFI boot, so the recommended solution is to install Windows using a burned DVD. Unfortunately the optical drive in my Macbook is broken, so this method isn't available to me. I have to tried to install Windows on a partition of my SSD using Virtual Box, but it's not clear to me how to get around the fact that my drive is a GPT partition scheme. (Windows 10 won't allow me to install to my BOOTCAMP partition because it is a GPT scheme)
In short, I would like to install Windows 10 in BIOS (to avoid audio issues) on a partition of my SSD without using the optical drive. Any suggestions for accomplishing this would be appreciated, thanks.
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Try this method. If you have any problems or questions, post a comment below. BTW, this is not the only method that works. Other variations exist, so if this one does not work, I can suggest another.
Basically, you will be creating a virtual disk to replace the DVD or flash drive that you would normally use. You will be installing Windows to boot using the BIOS boot method. Good luck!
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Hi all,
I just finished my latest build, and for my OS I purchased a copy of windows 10 (64 bit home edition). The problem is my case does not support external drive bays, and I don't particularly want to fork out the cash for an external optical drive. I read online that you could create a USB boot disk for windows 10, but couldn't find an explanation on how. I have a 16gb flash drive, and a laptop with a dvd player running windows 7. I was wondering how I could get windows 10 on to my pc? Any and all help appreciated.
If you havenât installed Windows lately, you may remember it as a frustrating ordeal. But things have changed since the optical drive era, and installing Windows 10 is faster and smoother than it was even with Windows 7. With a bit of prep and a quick flash drive or two, you can be cruising with a clean OS on your new rig less than an hour after you click the install button.
Here's the fastest way to get Windows 10 installed on a new gaming rig.
All you needFast drives at 16+ GB will make your installation easier. Pick a pair of speedy sticks
Youâll need media to install from, and USB flash drives are the perfect choice. Pick two in USB 3 flavor and get the fastest ones you can. It makes a difference during installation. Itâs also smart to shoot for larger sizes, at least 16 GB. While the OS files themselves donât take up much space, there will be other important uses for those free gigabytes before installation is over. The 32GB version of our favorite flash drive is cheap, and you can find even cheaper budget drives that are still plenty fast for the job.
Start with software
You wonât need to find Windows 10 installation media or get a retail product from a store; Microsoft offers a media creation tool via free download directly on their website, which creates an installer for you. Grab the version compatible with your system and, this is important, have your Win10 product key ready, as youâll be entering it in eventually. You can buy that from the Windows store or from Amazon, where you can get a cheaper OEM version. If you're undecided on which version to grab, see our guide for the difference between Windows 10 Home and Pro. As HowToGeek points out, you can likely also use a Windows 7 or Windows 8 key to register, too, if you're upgrading from an old PC.
Select âCreate installation media for another PCâ and click âNext.â Language, edition and architecture options follow. Pick the appropriate edition for your product key and stick with 64-bit variants unless you absolutely require 32-bit for legacy reasons.
Picking the right media type on the next screen is less obvious than it seems, as there are merits to both direct USB installer creation and the more flexible Win10 ISO images. The flash drive method is usually the best way to go, but if your system has problems booting with them, there are speedy alternatives using the ISO and third party utilities like Rufus, which offers a wider variety of options for creating bootable USB media. The ISO version also comes in handy when installing Windows 10 to a virtual machine for a test drive using software like VirtualBox.
Select the USB flash drive option and pick the attached device youâll be using as the installer. While the installer itself is less than 5 GB, the extra space will come in handy for the next step. For now, the media creation tool will format the flash drive, download and transfer the installer, and make the USB bootable.
Driver Directions
The first use for that extra space is a folder housing all the drivers for the motherboard, graphics card and whatever other components you have installed, along with a few choice utilities to keep handy on any system.
Avoid using any drivers that shipped with your hardware, and download the newest version from the manufacturer instead. Otherwise you may end up installing them all over again. The software that comes inside the box with most hardware is usually outdated before it leaves the factory. Keep in mind that this is step is mostly going above and beyond; these tools can be handy, and sometimes you will need to manually install some drivers for your hardware, but Windows 10 is typically very good at getting everything running out of the box.
Go to the manufacturerâs website and find the product support page for your hardware and operating system, then download all relevant files for your system. Since these are probably compressed, do your future-self a favor and decompress them now into logically named folders youâll be able to read at a glance. Folders with names like APRP_Win7-8-8-1_V10028 arenât very helpful.
While you should install all the necessary drivers for your system, you donât need to install all the software available for every component. Many manufacturers include optional, bloated versions of their drivers, third-party utilities and other extras that arenât required for operation and occasionally cause trouble. Keep your system lean and mean by avoiding software kruft and fluff.
Tools for the road
Check out our guide to the first programs you should install on your new PC for more suggestions, which you can download to your drive now or simply download when your OS is installed. We recommend bundling them all up with Ninite, which makes installing the basics on a new system incredibly convenient.
As usual with Windows, thereâll soon be more space devoted to drivers, utilities and updates than to the operating system itself. Having all this at your fingertips during the initial install is one reason why it pays to prep beforehand.
Installing Win 10
Now that your speedy flash drive is packed full of Win 10 goodness, itâs time for installation. Donât worry, it wonât take long. Plug the drive into a USB 3 port and restart your PC. You should see a command for selecting the drive to boot from, like the Delete key. Hammer on it to bring up the boot menu, and select your USB flash drive from the list to load the Windows installer tool.
Select your language, click Next, and start the installation.
At this point youâll be prompted for your Product Key. Enter it or click Skip if you prefer to do this later. Keep in mind that youâll be running an unactivated version of Windows if you install without the product key, and some features will be disabled until you enter it.
Next up is installation type. You can either install over an existing version of windows and keep your settings, or go for a clean install with the Custom option. For a new system youâll be picking Custom.
Youâll need to pick the target drive where Windows 10 will be installed, and thereâs the usual set of drive tools available to assist, including deleting, formatting and extended partition options. In most cases, itâs best to start with unallocated space on a bare drive and let Windows perform the partitioning during installation. Once youâve selected the drive, click Next and Win10 will finish the initial installation, reporting progress via the status screen.
Error note: the most common issue we've run into installing Windows is the 'We couldn't create a new partition error' on an SSD or hard drive. Usually you can solve this problem using a walkthrough like this one, which takes you through the diskpart utility.
Once the installer is finished, youâll be presented with a settings configuration process using Cortana, Microsoft's AI assistant. Our advice: mute Cortana so you don't have to listen to it. But if you want the voice guidance, you can leave the sound on.
You'll go through several screens asking you to set your region, keyboard layout, and Microsoft ID, which you can use to sync settings and files between Windows PCs, or ignore and just create a local login for your PC.
After setting up a login and password, you'll come to the privacy settings. There are now lots of options here, after the launch version of Windows 10 caused many users to riot over the lack of transparency around data usage. My recommendation is to turn all of these options off unless you have a specific reason to leave them on. Thereâs little to gain by sharing this information with Microsoft or people on your contact list.
After a few moments configuring apps and settings, the system will boot to the new Win 10 desktop.
Now itâs time for the final step. Copy the driver folder from the USB flash drive to your local disk and take stock. You probably won't need drivers for your ethernet or Wi-Fi connection, if Windows 10 did its job right. If you need or want to manually install the drivers yourself, go through your installer folder starting with the programs for your motherboard, and following with other utilities and your software essentials like Chrome or Firefox and Steam. After some clicking and a reboot or two, youâll be done. Welcome to Windows 10!
As a precaution during wrap up, consider using the built-in Windows System Image Tool tucked away in the File History controls to back-up your new OS install to a flash drive, so next time you install Win 10 itâll take 10 minutes, instead of 45.
Otherwise, you're good to game. Make sure you've got the latest updates from Nvidia or AMD installed, download Steam, and start queuing up some games!
For more advice on how to get started with your new gaming PC, check out the following guides:
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