Unfortunately I'm unable to reproduce your success tonight. In any case, I'll need to borrow some known good equipment before I can figure out if this works. I tried again on an external USB drive and it worked. This substitution worked for me. The command Dism. This was not the only change I made to your procedure, but it was the most significant. When trying to change the startup disk to my hard drive, it states You can't change the startup disk to the selected disk; The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk.
I am using a volume on my external hard drive instead of the whole disk. Used imagex. I used Disk Management to reformat the partition. Show 16 more comments. VMWare etc. Windows will boot, and then will reboot the computer. At the boot chime hold ALT key and again choose the Windows drive.
After the installation, reboot Windows. Hold ALT again at startup to choose the Windows drive. When I try to boot the external hard drive in the latest point 1 my MacBook doesn't even find the usb drive, so it's not bootable at all, any workaround? Make sure your partition is the first on the disk, if not definitely set as the primary. I started off trying to use a 2nd partition, so I assume once you've got it working, you could resize and add a 2nd partion.
Not sure how I could have made the 2nd primary, without starting again. Also, when rebooting osx, it will miss the usb drive the first time, so you have to power down, and then boot again, holding alt. Something like it doesn't do a full reboot, and so doesn't pickup the drive. After that it worked, but then auto updated gfx drivers, and seemed to brick the install. Turn off! Show 6 more comments.
Final step is to install the Boot Camp Windows drivers. Run setup. Simphax Simphax 1 1 silver badge 4 4 bronze badges. Did you try this on a rMBP or works only on models? Neither the Trackpad, nor the keyboard including the Touch Bar were recognized during setup so I had to use an external keyboard to set it up.
Just be patient! Simple, Great! Working like charm and i do not have to have external keyboard.. But i suggest to download drivers from Boot Camp! Thanks again! Gripsoft I've updated the answer : — Simphax. Show 3 more comments. Here are my updates to his post above: You don't need AIK so delete step 3, step 5. Here is the updated 6. In the "Choose where you would like to connect" prompt, choose "Connect to Windows" Run list disk to determine the disk number of the destination drive.
In my case, the letter was E. Run: exit Do step 6. Here's my update to step 6. Hamid Rohani 1, 2 2 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 27 27 bronze badges. TaoTek TaoTek 71 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. The second large partition make NTFS and primary also.
Allan Michael Bradley Michael Bradley 55 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. I'm glad among these very long, lengthy and probably difficult procedures someone has mentioned the easy way. The downside to this method, though, is that you don't have a Windows recovery environment. That may be a dealbreaker for some. I found other ways of backing up my windows system to get around it.
These instructions only require the external drive and the Windows 10 iso. I have made the following assumptions. You wish to install Windows 10 on the external USB 3 drive. The version of macOS was High Sierra If you are using a thunderbolt drive, the procedure should be the same. In the output of command diskutil list , the external drive appears as disk1.
If you have a different disk identifier, you will have to make the appropriate substitutions. This drive has a "Device Block Size" of bytes. You can determine the size by examining the output from the command diskutil info disk1. If the size is bytes, I will have to modify these instructions. This should be true for any Mac that officially supports Windows 10 according to Apple. The Windows specifications are given below. Look for the "Action" pulldown on the Boot Camp Assistant menu bar.
Create empty space on a drive. If you want to use an entire drive, you can skip this step. If you used the command given in the previous step, so you can skip this step. If the 10 GB partition is not mounted, do so now.
If you used the command given in step 3, the partition should already be mounted. Be patient! A collection of tutorials, tips, and tricks from the 9to5Mac team helping you fix and get the most out of your favorite gear. Jeff produces videos, walkthroughs, how-tos, written tutorials and reviews. He takes pride in being able to explain things in a simple, clear and concise manner. July 14, Step 6: Quit Boot Camp Assistant. Step 5: On the Integration page, select More Isolated, and click continue.
Installing Windows using Windows Installer Your Mac will now boot into the Windows installer and you should see the Windows logo appear. Install Boot Camp drivers Once the Windows installation is completed, you will be placed on the Windows desktop. Step 3: Click the Finish button and Windows will restart. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter , Facebook , and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Check out our exclusive stories , reviews , how-tos , and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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It may take a while, but you can keep following the guide to optimize the time if you like. Using Disk Utility, select the hard disk on which you want to install Windows 10 and initialize it with these specifications :. If you want to take advantage of a part of the external drive on Mac, I highly recommend completing this guide to install Windows and only then partition the disk for Mac.
The reverse process will cause this guide to fail. Follow the instructions provided by the respective installer. Both will give you several options to create the Virtual Machine, including installing from a DVD or disc image. Choose the latter and drag the downloaded Windows 10 ISO to the beginning.
Choose a destination for the VM installation. Placing it on the internal hard drive may take up a lot of space, but you can always delete the Virtual Machine at the end of this guide.
Alternatively, you could use a second external hard drive just for this purpose. Follow the steps to complete the installation. At this point, Boot Camp Assistant should have finished downloading the support drivers. Move them to the same folder as the other Windows installation files and disconnect the external key as well. Connect the hard disk on which you want to install Windows You should see your external hard drive in the list.
The disk should appear split in two at the bottom, with the primary partition much thicker than the EFI section. Select the thickest part of the disc and right click, then delete the volume. Right click again e create a simple volume Create Simple Volume What is Windows To Go? Windows To Go is a portable installation of Windows. It doesn't support the biggest seasonal updates, but it works just like a normal Windows installation. Embed Embed this gist in your website.
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