create a windows 10 bootable usb on mac without bootcamp

We will now format our windows partition to NTFS and set it as the active partitionĭiskpart will list the hard drives (if you have more than one) Once on the windows setup screen, do not click on install, instead press shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt Select the bootable usb, It should show up as EFI BOOT or so When the computer is restarting, make sure you have connected the bootable windows usb and hold the alt key to bring up the boot menu, Resize your partition to the desired size and click install, this will and create the bootcamp partition and restart.įormat and prepare your bootcamp partition Select your disk (if you have more than one hard drive) and check “Create a second partition for Windows” If you checked install windows support make sure your windows bootable usb is connected and you are connected to the internet Make sure install or remove Windows 7 or later version is checked Once mounted fire up Bootcamp Assistant (located in Applications/Utilities)Ĭheck 'Download the latest Windows support software from Apple” (You can uncheck this if you cant access the internet, and instead download the bootcamp drivers from the Apple website) Open Daemon Tools, click the ‘+’ sign on the top left corner to load your iso, then double click on it in the images window to mount it.

To create our bootcamp partition we need to have a windows install disk, and since the reason you’re here is because you don’t have access to it, we need to trick bootcamp into thinking we have a dvd loaded, thats where daemon tools comes n (i tried mounting the image natively on mac but it wasn’t recognized) Make sure you have downloaded and installed daemon tools and tuxera. (boot drive should be UEFI compatible, if using rufus, you can do this by selecting the 'GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer' option ) Create Bootcamp Partition To create an installer usb you can use windows tool such as Rufus etc, or if you cant access a windows box use the dd tool in mac using this guide A windows iso (I’m using windows 10, windows 8, 8.1 should work fine as well)ĭaemon tools for mac, download trial hereįormat and prepare the bootcamp partition

Unlike other installs, this method keeps working audio, doesnt require editing Bootcamp Assistants ist or installing to virtual machines. After several failed attempts at installing windows 10 on my 2011 MBP without a DVD drive (second HDD in optibay), I finally came up with this solution.

Create a windows 10 bootable usb on mac without bootcamp