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It’s a little bit of work and it does have a quirk in the recent version that iMacs don’t show the full 5k res when booted through it (they already know).

rEFInd bootloader

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/

at first it looks like something setup on a Win95 computer, but it’s highly skinnable and can be made to look as sleek and minimal as you like! :)

double, triple, quadruple... in/external disk, doesn’t matter

though you need to put it on a USB stick and reboot into the installer, because it direct writes onto the EFI partition and thus, SIP needs to be disabled to do so (the devs already thought of it and it’s a switch in the GUI, so by using this method you don’t have to first boot into Recovery and hack this workaround of disabling SIP into the terminal). After the install, just flick the switch again (or put ”sudo csrutil enable” into the terminal, like me who forgot to do so) and your mac-system bodyguard is protecting again.

Oh, one thing: at first the mouse is disabled in rEFInd but you can enable it in the settings (which isn’t as end-user friendly I have to say, you need to be a bit comfortable in editing config-files)

If you have a look around on the Internet you can find ISO's of both Windows 7 and Windows 8 to download (no product keys, so it's somewhat legal). You can then install them and have a few days before it requires activating, so you can try them out.

If you use them for too long (I think it's about 30 days) without activating they will start to lock up and force you to activate before you can login, at this point you can either purchase a copy, call Microsoft and enter you new product key, or can wipe it and install the other version.

Be careful about re-installing it multiple times before registering, as far as I know the ISO's have a cut-off date, and trying to install after that will require a product key during installation or first boot.

I can't remember the details as it was a while ago, but I've done this for clients in the past, where I've installed the OS and then activated it and changed the product key to the one they have stuck on their machine. I'm not 100% sure this way still works, but a quick search of Google and a couple of forums may help.

Windows 7 Downloads

Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation

There used to be a TechNet download for an evaluation version of Windows 7, but it seems that all links redirect to Windows 8 now instead (so I've included a link to another location - and as far as I can tell it's legal, but don't quote me on that)

You will either need to burn them onto DVD or pop them on a flash drive (not sure if the 15" MBP has a CD drive) using a utility that can be found online (you can't just copy/paste).

Hope this helps.

That's annoying, but there's a quick and easy solution to reinstall OSX:

Internet recovery

>Immediately after hearing the Mac boot chime, hold down Command+Option+R – if you see the Apple logo you waited too long and need to reboot and try again*

Good luck!

Start over and use this file, then it should work for 30 days.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

Then basically all you need is a matching key for the version and it will register with Microsoft your hardware attributes and you get security updates until 2020 when it's expired.

You spent all that money on a overpriced hardware and software which a lot of it is free on Windows, yet you can't spend a little coin for a real copy of Windows 7?

Come on already, this is your operating system, it can't be backdoored or your firmware will get backdoored and terrible things can occur to your keyboard, your battery and your camera, which can be activated without the light appearing. Ditto for the microphone.

Windows 7 license disks are available at NewEgg dot com, just punch it in once you have Windows installed and before the 30 days are up.

Rest easy, Windows 7 is great, especially on a Mac. But if your firmware gets fscked, your machine will have to go into Apple for a repair and perhaps a logicboard replacement as what happened back in 10.7 when Cupertino HQ was pwned and bricking Mac's.

Windows' Disk Management utility will not let you change the size of your boot partition. Nor will Mac's Disk Utility allow you to change the size of a bootcamp partition.

There are a number of free partitioning tools out there, like MiniTool Partition Wizard, that will extend your bootcamp partition for all intents and purposes while you're in Windows. When you're in OSX, it won't recognize the larger size of the bootcamp partition. If that doesn't matter to you, you're golden--I, for one, haven't discovered any issues with my partition being resized this way.

Your best option, as /u/mastarem suggested, is to use GParted, a Linux live CD that will allow you to change your partition size. But since the partition is formatted with an MBR/GPT hybrid, you have to also download and run a rEFIt live CD to repair the partition after you resize it (if you don't do this, it won't work). Here is a pretty simple guide to doing this.

I have to disagree with using the torrents, your not getting security updates and God only knows what root/firmware level malware your installing.

Since you have got a new boot drive and a fresh install of OS X, my suggestion is you purchase Windows 8.1 disk in the local office/computer store. This would make it dead simple for you to install Windows using Apple's BootCamp.

https://www.apple.com/ca/support/bootcamp/

Yes Windows 8 sucks, but Win 8.1 a lot less sucky than Win 8. Win 10 is coming out soon and is supposed to fix a lot of the issues with 8/8.1 in the user interface department but you should wait for at least 6 months to a year for Apple and Microsoft to fix issues/compatibility.

If you have a older Mac and it won't take Win 8/8.1 (like your on a older OS X version) then you can still purchase Windows 7 online at places like New Egg etc.

All you need is the license key, you can download a copy of Windows 7 here (with SP1 so there are less updates) but it's only good for 30 days without verification.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

Another option is to buy a Windows 8.1 machine, there are Toshibs duo core Celetrons/17" HD screen, 64 bit, 2 GB RAM, (upgradable to 8GB) with a 500 GB drive available for a mere $275 at OfficeMax, that's where I got this replacement for my dead 17 $3500 2011 MacBook Pro.

These cheap PC's are getting very high in quality and Windows is just as good as OS X now, so you can just have two machines. Why buy Windows 8 or 7 when you can get the machine with it for free?

The software selection on Windows is awesome, OS X only has about 4% market share now, dropping and Apple has removed the 17" MBP and turned the MacPro into a tube, so that's telling you something.

You can boot your Boot Camp partition right in VMware.

Battery life is far superior on OS X (in the range of double).

Grab this and install it on OS X. To hell with FAT32.

Remember that Time Machine will only back up the boot volume by default, so don't make more partitions than you need.

Sorry, I should've read your post more carefully; missed a couple details.

I'm guessing you're running El Capitan, in which case the reason you couldn't edit Boot Camp Assistant's Info.plist is due to its System Integrity Protection feature. You will need to temporarily disable that.

As for the dual hard drives, you'll need to stop once you get to the "Enabling Windows Boot Option" section, and instead install rEFInd to use as an alternate boot manager. Again, Rootless will need to be disabled to set that up.

Install rEFind here, however you need to refrain from OS X UPGRADES (like to another named version), updates are fine, until rEFInd is compatible with the new firmware changes then you can upgrade OS X.

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/

Reboot the machine while holding the option key down, select OS X to boot into and then use BootCamp software to remove it and start all over again with a Win 7 Pro image this time and not Win 8.1.

How could you possibly have done that is beyond me.

Win 7 Pro images are here (with SP1 !!) ignore everything else on the site, it's for Windows and not Mac's.

You'll need a license key matching the x64bit Win 7 Pro image your downloading.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

Also you may want to read this.

https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Official link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

Unofficial guide with link to a mirror of the old Microsoft Digital River iso's:

https://www.pcsteps.com/45-download-windows-7-iso-legally-free-digital-river/

So I got another card readerNow read speed is up to 75mbs and write to 25mbs. That’s fast enough for starting cad software in reasonable time

I'm a few days late but if you would like a gui that boots up to OS selection, I'd suggest rEFind for Mac. Other than that, you can select Bootcamp as the default startup disk in the bootcamp control panel.

I believe so. I had Windows 10 running like that for about a month now and you only get an "activate Windows" watermark if you are using Windows for a while without restarting (IIRC 5 hours). Just keep in mind that you can't do much customizing without loading the personalization screen right after booting or using external tools.

Edit: This may also be useful to you.

Ok. I also have a mid-2010 iMac. I gave up on Windows 10 as it’s not officially supported by bootcamp on that device, like I can’t install the drivers. Anyways, I installed Google Flex. After installation and a restart, I get the normal gray screen and then it loads the OS. Like OP, I got a black screen. I figured out the computer was on as Google’s assistant started asking me setup questions. I then had the bright idea of plugging in a monitor and voila, my iMac screen now showed me an image. Not sure why that’s happening, but it lead to my solution. People use these for home servers. You plug it into a video out and it engages the gpu. Before you purchase this, try to plug in an external monitor to your iMac. It’s likely that this will resolve the black screen issue. If it does, get one of these adapters like the one in the link, unless you want to run dual monitors anyways.

Mini DP - DisplayPort Display Emulator EDID Emulator Plug ( fit Headless 2560x1600@60Hz) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072F13NCY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4FTZFHH4J2MY741E939D?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Where are you installing it in? Mac's internal hard drive or in an external hard drive? I am asking because I was look for a solution for the latter for about a year, until I stumbled on this: https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/31/how-windows-10-mac-boot-camp-external-drive-video/ I tried it and worked like a charm. I have Windows 10 on a Sabrent Rocket Nano 1TB USB 3.2 10Gb/s External Aluminum SSD (Silver) and MacOS in the internal hard drive. Both OS are completely independent from each other and if Windows ever crash (they still haven't and I am working on this rig for over a year now), I will just unplug the Sabrent. However, the most amazing thing is that both drives run on 10GB/s transfer speed which makes any of the OS boot in a few seconds!!! The performance is also amazing! Here is the link to the Sabrent drive: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZWPH7G3/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Enjoy! :D

Can't say definitively, without knowing specs of your system (year, model, etc). Considering you've mentioned you have 1TB, I'm ASSUMING, it has a 1TB fusion drive, which is a regular spinning hard drive paired with 24GB SSD connected via SATA. Your limiting factor will be the Hard Drive spinning at 7200 rpm which is typically much slower than an SSD. Pair a good SSD with USB 3.0 and it should blow that internal hard drive out of the water in regards to speed. I would get a modern NVMe with a good enclosure and you should be good.

>I don't care about what version it is, I just want to have windows.

XP is dead, Vista is almost obsolete so it's either Windows 7 or 8.1 which are compatible with your machine and getting security updates.

The cheapest would be to use a "yet to be licensed copy" of Windows 7 (with SP 1) which would expire in 30 days unless you purchase a license key which would come on a disk based version you would have to buy elsewhere later.

Use the download link here for the ISO, ignore everything else on the site and follow the Apple BootCamp instructions.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

One thing, the license key must match the version your installing. Windows 7 Pro for Windows 7 Pro for instance.

If it won't get past the license screen, cancel and use the 90 day Enterprise Version Trial.

Don't use a pirated version of Windows, it's likely full of malware/backdoors and can SERIOUSLY mess up a Mac permanently.

Set a static IP in Windows or OS X and reboot.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19249/how-to-assign-a-static-ip-address-in-xp-vista-or-windows-7/

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22161/how-to-set-up-a-static-ip-in-mac-os-x/

(Don't change your DNS server. Leave that alone.)

With a static IP the computer tells the router what IP to use, instead of the router assigning it one via DCHP. Since you can't reboot the router to start assigning new IP's to all hardware as they connect one at a time, you have to set a static IP for either Windows or OS X so it's different than all others.

What's happening is your computer has a static MAC Address (WiFi) and it's communicating the same in both operating systems, so the router is assigning the same IP to both operating systems during the IP lease period as DCHP is the default for simplicity sake.

So the router is saying WTF? this guy was using OS X and now he's on Windows trying to spoof? Security breach! DENY!

Make sure to chose a static IP that is so radially different so it will never conflict with others that may already be using the IP now or in the future. Routers using DCHP assign IPs in order usually starting with a set one for the first IP assigned and working incrementally up from there, so the object is to create one the router never will chose otherwise.

Got it?

If I remember correctly the 2010 MBP models have a optical drive.

What is wrong with burning a ISO?

Windows 7 + SP1 is here, just use your matching license key.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

Windows 8.1 it's likely best to use a retail disc, however Mavericks to Yosemite is supposed to enable USB booting so BootCamp should be handling it with no further monkeying required.

Mac's don't run .exe files. This would mean you already have Windows and it's a upgrade, not the standalone full version which is what you need for BootCamp.

With Windows 7 all you need is the matching ISO file and use the license key that comes with on the (full retail) product package.

You can download the appropriate one here. (Mac's use 64 bit) Ignore everything else on the site as it's not applicable. This will only work for 30 days without a license key.

These are with SP1, so it's less Windows Updates than from plain Windows 7.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

>I've heard of Windows 8 having an option where you run the installer on a different Windows computer and you tell it to create a media disc that's capable of performing the installation.

BootCamp 5+ does this for you on a Mac for Win 8. But you need the full version of Win 8, not the upgrade version.

>Is this a feature that exists with Windows 7?

No.

Apple provides comparability with Win 7 BIOS requirements and EFI is not needed.

On Win 8 and up, Microsoft now uses UEFI and requires EFI partition being created on a bootable media just like a Mac does, why there is a installer.

I tried to directly copy the win10 iso file over, but that didn’t work so I followed this guide that allowed me to copy it over from what I understand. https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-make-a-windows-10-usb-using-your-mac-build-a-bootable-iso-from-your-macs-terminal/amp/

Yes.

The gestures do not work. 2 finger scroll does. The laptop gestures work great. So I am confused a bit.

https://www.amazon.com/Trackpad-Compatible-Desktop-Computer-MC380LL/dp/B016E2YUHG/ref=sr\_1\_3?keywords=Apple+Magic+Trackpad+A1339&qid=1642133159&sr=8-3

I would recommend reading this article: http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/. Download the appropriate ISO and burn it to a USB. Or external DVD drive it/rip the ISO on another computer as others suggested.

What version of Windows do you want?

Windows 7 is the most popular, however Microsoft only sells Windows 8 now.

You can get a Windows 7 license on eBay or NewEgg.

Then download from here and use the matching license key.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

Whatever you choose, chose a 64bit version.

Malware most likely, corrupted disk next.

• RKill
• Malwarebytes free
• AdwCleaner
• then Glary Utilities free.

If that don't work, then reboot into Windows and tap the F8 key repeatly, safe mode and use a earlier restore point.

Save your user data to OS X or external drive first.

If you open Device Manager, do you see anything at all under Bluetooth? Even if the driver isn't properly installed, some hardware or another should show up—Win7 includes bluetooth drivers.

If anything shows up, I'd try uninstalling it and deleting the drivers from the computer (done within the Properties window), and then scanning for hardware changes (right click anywhere). You can always go into the properties box and choose to update the driver, and then browse to the boot camp driver and ask it to install (should work?, can't remember).

TY SO MUCH MY GUY,

The usb sound card just arrived and it 100% solved the mic problem with bootcamp

I got this one and it solved it. ty

https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-External-Headphone-Microphone-Desktops/dp/B01N905VOY/ref=sr\_1\_3?crid=3M7K5LYEFQH6H&keywords=usb+soundcard&qid=1641306332&sprefix=usb+soundcard%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-3

Yo, What Bob_dugnutt says fixed the mic problem with bootcamp,

Just buy a usb soundcard from amazon or so and it will 100% fix it. I got this one:

https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-External-Headphone-Microphone-Desktops/dp/B01N905VOY/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3M7K5LYEFQH6H&keywords=usb+soundcard&qid=1641306332&sprefix=usb+soundcard%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-3

But you can google another one if you want they all work the same I think

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have a nice day

I have the same setup, and it's working.

Here's what I did:

1. Use Internet Recovery to zero the drive

2. Install Yosemite in IR

3. Use the bootcamp assistant to create a Win10 USB/partition, restart into winstaller

4. Install windows 10

5. Convert the OSX partition back to HFS+ so it can be read by Win10.

Good luck.

>code object is not signed at all

Is Gatekeeper turned off? Apple isn't going to allow unsigned code to run.

>There is nothing wrong with burning an ISO, although I need Windows for school and currently don't have access to it, or the ability to burn a disc.

I'm not as familiar with how BootCamp handles Windows 8/8.1 installs via USB, however I do know the retail disk/burned ISO copy works and you have a Superdrive.

If the 2010 MBP is a 13" then it can only install Windows 7, not 8+, Apple doesn't supply the drivers for 8 so even if you hack it on it's not going to work 100%.

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204048

There shouldn't be any problem installing Windows on a Mac, BootCamp handles it for the most part unless it specifically spews a error and that usually has to do with a full or no space for BootCamp partition on boot hard drives due to OS X data being in the way.

https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Since it's a older machine, it's likely best you use Win 7 and that's good until 2020. Windows 8 is a mess and Win 8.1 still a abortion. By the time Windows 10 comes out you should be looking at a new piece of hardware, I suggest just buying a PC instead.

I got a 17" HD laptop for a mere $250, about the same sort of money one has to spend to buy Windows retail copy. Sure it's no powerhouse but if you know how to manage and tweak Windows it can be fast enough for 2-3 years just the same as most Mac laptops.

Windows 10 is going to be a free upgrade for Win 7 and up.

https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Have to understand this, the .exe is a Windows program file to format the external thumb drive with a UEFI partition much like Mac's EFI partition and install the ISO so it will run on a PC.

Obviously on a Mac it already has a EFI partition so all you need is the ISO to run.

Perhaps somewhere in the .exe folder there is the ISO.

If the above link doesn't help, ask on MacRumors or in Apple Support Forums for BootCamp.

Hmm, methinks because you didn't read the Apple Support: Bootcamp about which versions of Windows will run on that hardware that you also didn't read and follow the BootCamp instructions.

https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

In the Windows installer you have to first change the partition format from FAT32 to NTFS.

BootCamp and Disk Utility only format FAT32 (aka MSDOS) as they don't have a license to format or write to NTFS, only can read.

This is my old guide for Windows 7

https://www.reddit.com/r/bootcamp/comments/21h7qm/bootcamp_on_mac_for_games/

Here’s a great guide on how to do that. I meant to link in previous comment. Also do not use Win2USB use Rufus instead. Enjoy and good luck!

When you installed windows on your external SSD, what application did you use to do so? Because I had this exact same issue with sound when I used WintoUSB, that application is horrible and did not install properly. I followed this guide. I then used Rufus instead and it worked like a charm (minus the Wi-Fi, but that’s due to drivers).

Hmm. Honestly, I wouldn't let bootcamp assistant make the usb for you. There are always problems with it regarding what model mac you have and which version of macos you are running. Macs that only need the iso work fine but those that need a usb always gives you problems. In that case, just use a dvd. Nowadays they are really cheap and it has a much greater chance of working than just using a USB. Make sure that the iso file is smaller than 4.7 gb because that is the capacity of dvd's. If your iso file is too big, get an older version of windows 10. If you have any windows laptop laying around, go to https://rufus.ie/ and use that to get an older version of windows 10. After that, just burn the iso to the dvd, boot your laptop while holding option, pop in your dvd and make sure to select the icon that says "windows". I went through the exact same problem as you and this is how I solved it. I hope you'll give it a try. Best of luck!

>ISO file of Windows 7 SP1 x64

Legal Win 7 + SP1 download here, match your license key.

http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/

(Ignore the rest, it's for PC installs.)

Read my BootCamp install guide here

http://www.reddit.com/r/bootcamp/comments/21h7qm/bootcamp_on_mac_for_games/

Yes you can run the free VirtualBox and a copy of Windows 10 in a window like a program, it mimics a computer in OS X so you can even Force Quit VitualBox (and thus Windows 10) if you need to.

https://www.virtualbox.org/

make-a-bootable-usb-drive/

How are you installing it?

That link can be very useful sometimes, booting from a drive is not always a piece of cake.

Yes. I know! It’s totally weird.

But down the line, when you try to update your system downloading a major update, you’ll get a message saying that’s not possible to update Windows installed on an external drive or the updates will start to fail. In my case, I got a message saying the update was not possible.

This is not related to your license, but the way Windows was installed. It’s a portable Windows installation and because of that, not upgradable. You would have to do a clean install.

So, to fix this, you have to say to Windows that you’re not running a portable install, so you go to Windows registry and change “PortableOperatingSystem” from 1 to 0. This way Windows will think it’s a regular install and update it normally.

Now, you must be wondering if this update will have any issues, after all there must be a reason why it was blocked in the first place.

Well, this is Microsoft we’re talking about and they always don’t make sense. I’ve updated following the exact steps described here after getting an error message and I had not a single issue whatsoever.

Just follow the steps and I’ll help you with any issues you have. I would just wait a week to do it, because Windows will have a major update on May 28th, this Thursday, and it’s better to do a clean install of updated version.

Also, in the video tutorial he’ll ask you to download a software called WinToUSB. The problem is that this is an old tutorial and this software at the time was free. Not anymore. The current version 5.5 you would have to buy a license to do the installation.

This is why you need the old version 3.5 that you can find it on this link .

It may seem hard at the beginning, but you’ll see it’s really simple and it’s totally worth it.

You actually can't just install Windows 7 on a 2007 Mac Mini. As I wrote: The A1278 model Mini has 32-bit UEFI and won't boot the 64-bit Win 7 DVD. When you try, you get:
Select CD-ROM Boot Type:

1

2
-And you're stuck there, as it won't respond to the keyboard.

You have to go through the hoops of making a custom Windows 7 install DVD for the 2007 Mac Mini.

Other Macs, like the 2010 Mini, did not have that problem, and I'm guessing your MacBook Pro didn't have that problem either. There were also early and late 2009 Mac Minis in the same original Mac Mini form-factor that came with Penryn family Core2Duo CPU's soldered to the motherboard, but I've never had one to experiment with and I don't know if they have the 32-bit UEFI problem for booting the Windows 7 DVD or not.

There's more about Apple's EFI implementations here: http://refit.sourceforge.net/info/apple_efi.html

But other than the kink with booting the Win 7 DVD on the 2007 Mini, the process really is pretty much just: Install Windows 7, then install the correct Boot Camp drivers for the model of your Mac (but know that Lion's Boot Camp doesn't have the right drivers for the 2007 Mini hardware, but Leopard and Snow Leopard do; but Leopard and Snow Leopard's Boot Camps don't have the right drivers for the 2010 Mini, but Lion does), then disable the three DLL's that will cause you a BSOD, then update to Windows 10.

The major hurdle was getting Windows 7 installed on the 2007 Mini to begin with. If you try to do it through Boot Camp Assistant, it will tell you that Windows 7 can't be installed on the 2007 Mini. And then if you're going to seriously try to do anything useful with a 14-year-old Mini, upgrading its hardware to the best it can take is a smart plan before you start.

So you want you computer to automatically boot into the Startup Manager each time? (From another post "One way to do this is to install a boot loader such as rEFI" http://refit.sourceforge.net ) If your Mac is not Intel I would not use this and I haven't tried it myself so proceed with caution and use at your own risk.

I use a utility called rEFInd to do exactly that. I configured it to work as similarly as I could get it to the option-key boot menu.

It's not exactly easy to install or configure, but once I got it working the way I liked I was really happy with it.

I did; the dev knows about the bug though:

> Another Mac-specific display problem relates to "retina" displays: Some users report that rEFInd comes up in a lower resolution than the screen supports, and that this setting persists into the running macOS instance, and can't be adjusted using the usual macOS means. I've just recently (mid-2017) purchased an iMac with a "retina" display, so I can now begin to investigate this problem, but as of rEFInd 0.11.0, I haven't yet had a chance to look into it in depth. I've heard that this problem affects not just rEFInd, but also GRUB, and even Windows when dual-booting on a Mac

The boot options doesn’t show up? That’s weird. At this point, I’m not really sure how to help anymore. Though, it’s also possible that the keyboard doesn’t connect on boot if you’re using a Bluetooth keyboard which may be the reason why the boot menu doesn’t show when holding the option key after the chime plays.

Another option now would be is to install rEFInd. It shows all bootable external drives on boot.

I don’t think it’ll work. You can try installing rEFInd but I don’t think it’ll boot without macOS properly setting up the partition table. I don’t blame you if you keep trying but OS installs are quick nowadays. Twenty minutes or less and you’ll be set. It’s good to start fresh every so often.

Backup your stuff and do a clean install. It’ll save you time and headache in the long run.

rEFIt was the original boot-time switching app you're talking about but I understand it's abandonware nowadays. There's a newer project:

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/

But there's also this:

http://alternativeto.net/software/refit/?platform=mac

rEFInd allows for custom key commands while booting. I believe the default configuration allows you to hold the "W" key boot into Windows.

You won't be able to boot Windows from USB. Get the free trial of Paragon NTFS. Format the Boot Camp partition to NTFS copy the installation files from Windows ISO onto the Boot Camp partition. You might need to install rEFInd to boot from the partition.

It is possible to do, but not exactly configured in the way you would like.

You can create a Windows to Go drive which should work in a mac, as well as many other computers, but you need a running windows machine to make it, and a Windows10 pro (preferably) iso.

I have used a tool called win2usb to create one, onto the 32gb version of this drive. Which works well for me to use as a means to diagnose issues with computers, and to use to recover data from failing computers. But I would not recommend it to be used as a daily thing due to the poor reliability of flash drives.

Which model drive are you planning on using?

>Exception: had to fiddle with command line to remove hybrid MBR

Apple set everything up to work smoothly...

Just saying. :)

Start over. Hold option key at boot and select OS X to boot and use BootCamp software to delete the BootCamp partition and redo normally.

https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

So what happened in reading the Apple documentation about installing Windows via USB?

https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Your on the latest version of OS X, BootCamp was updated to install Windows off a thumb drive.

Apple has to tell EFI to boot off the Windows installer USB, the Microsoft Windows USB installer doesn't work as it can't access EFI.

http://www.reddit.com/r/bootcamp/comments/21h7qm/bootcamp_on_mac_for_games/

No restore points. Looks like you just recently installed Windows then and haven't even run your Windows updates yet because it makes restore points.

Reboot normally and install/reinstall the BootCamp drivers for your machine.

Read the Apple Bootcamp information, it tells you how.

https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Also read through my two posts here for anything missed

http://www.reddit.com/r/bootcamp/comments/21h7qm/bootcamp_on_mac_for_games/

For anyone else in this situation, what I ended up doing was using wintoUSB to install windows on the disk (GPT and UEFI), taking the entire disk space. Then used DiskGenius to create a new partition, and format it as exFAT.

That being said, to my knowledge, I am unable to use APFS or HFS+ on that second partition because for some reason, trying to reformat the volume through Disk Utility results in the disk being left unmounted, and the options in DiskGenius to format it as HFS+ or APFS resulted in the volume not mounting. But hey, this method didn't require me to pay for the pro version of wintoUSB.

If you're looking to remap the physical keys: https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys/releases

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If you're trying to change ctrl + w to CMD + w, you'll need something like autohotkeys for that.

You can use SharpKeys to rebind keys on your keyboard. This combined with AutoHotKey may be able to help if you need more advanced shortcut behavior.

120gb Is that the free space or total drive space? If thats free space, figure 32gb for Windows and 30 for your game thats 62gb. A little more for pagefile..... updates..... I dunno maybe 80 or 90 gb? Again if that 120 is free space that leaves 30gb or so for Macos.

MS says 32gb just for windows 10. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-specifications#:~:text=Starting%20with%20the%20May%202019%20Update%2C%20the%20system,apps%20and%20to%20keep%20data%20on%20the%20device

I expericed that too. For me rebooting would clear space sometimes. However, I have no idea why this works. So results may be different for you.

If that doesn't work try this. Run this executable (you can save it on a USB since it's a single exe not an installer)

https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/windirstat_portable

And see what's taking up space.

You could also try extending your Bootcamp partition (without deleting Windows) using this guide

https://youtu.be/-WRkeL1Lnq8

Hope this helps!

Don’t use Boot Camp Assistant to make the USB stick. If you have access to Windows then use Rufus . Otherwise use Etcher to create a bootable Windows install USB. Of course you can always burn it to DVD as well but you will need to use the April Update ISO since it’s install.wim is the right size.

What you need is the Boot Camp Support Software which Boot Camp Assistant downloads for you. You can download the latest version for your Mac by opening up Boot Camp Assistant / Action (in Menu Bar) / Download Boot Camp Support Software. That can then be placed onto the other USB drive for you to install once you have reached the Windows Desktop.

It’s best to not enable WiFi during the Windows Setup wizard. Install the Boot Camp Support Software first and then only connect to WiFi after that reboot. Then you can let Windows Update run.

Did you go through some sort of a hack to get Catalina installed? Because Apple's website says only late 2012 and newer iMacs are supported.

Since every mac on that page supports USB booting into windows they probably took out the text that gives you the drivers on USB. And since every mac on that page supports fully supports windows 10 they probably took out windows 7/8 drivers bit as well.

Yes, but it's a bit more complicated. If you don't have access to a Windows computer with which to make the flash drive, you can at least temporarily install Windows in VirtualBox using the ISO as a virtual DVD, then create the flash drive there.

Also, make sure you have the latest bootcamp update. you have to manually install it from apples support website. Links below are about slipstreaming. Just in case the Bootcamp upgrade doesnt work.

http://www.sarducd.it/forum/english-forum/windows-7-usb-3-0-slipstream-drivers-t1287.html

http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit-tools/gimagex/

Technically you could add a partition on your time machine disk, but, you’d risk the data so at the moment that’s not a great idea.

If it can wait for a bit to upload, then be re-downloaded, backblaze, an online backup company, offers a 15 day trial, https://backblaze.com/

You could upload your windows data to backblaze, then when you’re done reinstalling download it back to your system.

Backblaze is a company I personally use personally they’re excellent.

This happened to me before. I used a bootable USB of GParted, booted to it, then "reformatted" the Boot Camp drive to NTFS even though it was already showing as being formatted to NTFS. Worked fine after that.

Booting was never a problem. Just speed if the system and launching programs was slow. Solved it but using another reader

FIX: Buy a cheap wifi USB adapter and plug it in. No settings or driver updates needed at least for the one I got. My MacBook (2020 Pro i5 2-Thunderbolt Base Model) in Bootcamp just switched to the adapter immediately and gave me access to the Windows Projection settings. This honestly works so well for me as I am using my MacBook's screen as a second screen and it's keyboard, trackpad, and speakers to navigate my PC. The latency and connection is quite good also. I only tested this for 1 day so far, but I'll update this post if I discover anything notable. Here's the one I got: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RN44SHW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Unitek Aluminum USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station with UASP

and Crucial MX500 1TB

/u/gece7 if I was starting over, I would definitely go with something like this SSD which is on sale for $70 USD right now. Look for a USB 3.2 Gen2 (or sometimes 3.1 Gen2) SSD that advertises over 1000MB/s; that's about the max you can get over USB 3.2*.
For the right price I would look for a 1TB, but get at least 480GB; Some Games likes Flight Simulator are going to use up half of that on their own.

Adata 512GB SSD: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V1H44XD

I found this one in amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Chroma-Aluminum-External-Enclosure/dp/B07CQG2K5K/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2ABPLDITBKMWA&dchild=1&keywords=egpu%2Brx%2B5600%2Bxt&qid=1601306926&sprefix=eGPU%2BRX%2B5600%2BXT%2Caps%2C308&sr=8-1-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyRkxDTloyV0xSMklEJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjQ0NTQ4MUFDRDNGUjhMS0NPRyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODg4NDYyM0FTMkdNU1lCMzQ0QiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

I actually don´t find where says the graphics but can you tell me if it can run on my mac?

I am using this cord here from Amazon

Accell USB-C to DisplayPort Cable - USB 3.1 Type-C to DisplayPort 1.2 Cable - 6 Feet, 4K UHD @60Hz - Compatible with Thunderbolt 3, MacBook Pro 2016 & Newer, Dell XPS 13, Samsung Galaxy S8

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