Select the Windows Disk Image iso file from the Boot Selection option.

Launch Rufus application, locate USB Flash Drive from the Device drop-down list.

Transfer the Windows Disk Image from your MacBook to Windows machine via the USB Flash Drive or the USB thumb drive.Step 3 Create the USB bootable flash drive Boot Camp Assist, it comes with macOS and we use it to download the Windows support software that needs to be installed in your Windows workspace.Rufus, the Windows software to creates a bootable USB flash drive.A Windows Disk Image, you can use your MacBook to download one from the Microsoft Windows Disk Image Download page.A fast USB Flash Drive with at least 64GB storage ( I am using a SanDisk Ultra Fit 128GB).

A machine running Windows 7 or later (You can use Virtual Machines if you does not have one).In this article, I am going to introduce another solution to install your Windows workspace in an external drive by leveraging the Windows To Go feature, so you can use Windows in your MacBook without installing any additional software or guest OS on it. I am not a fan of these two as either solution will consume a certain amount of my precious SSD. The most common ways of using Windows in MacBook are either having a Virtual Windows Machine or installing a guest OS on top of your MacBook via the Boot Camp Assistant. However, there are times when we need to use Windows OS for tasks that cannot be completed with macOS, like using Windows-only software and playing PC games. Download it from Microsoft website in your Mac.Ĥ.- Open Rufus and check these options (image attached):Ĥ.We all love MacBooks, the macOS is fast, highly optimized for the hardware and constantly updated by Apple. So, in order to clarify even more if possible, the procedure is:ġ.- Formatting your SATA drive in your cMP using Disk Utility in ExFAT formatĢ.- Remove it from your cMP and use your USB caddy to mount it in your PC windows computerģ.- Load Windows 10 ISO in your PC. I followed indications from “quiet-cacophony” in point #4 of this threat (thank you so much!): Very fast, simple and comprehensible for normal users like me. I used a USB caddy ( actually an external USB SATA Hard Drive I opened to use ). I finally succeded installing windows 10 using RUFUS (very simple app for free -) in a computer running windows. This is useful if you have no Mac EFI Boot because you use a generic compatible GPU and you don't want to spend an extra money to buy an original Mac GPU or to flash one. I tried and failed using VirtualBox VM or Bootcamp adaptations. I have been trying in last few days several options to install Windows 10 in my cMP 5,1 after installing Catalina via Opencore using the excellent wiki here.

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