Create bootable Windows 10 installation USB from macOS
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2021
- In this video I will try to explain how to create a bootable USB drive for Windows 10 installation from macOS. This can be used to install Windows 10 on both a mac but also on a regular PC. There is no need for bootcamp assistant or another Windows-based system.
You can also find the info shared in this video explained in detail on my blog. Link for this video: jensd.be/1349/windows/create-...
Links mentioned in the video:
- Windows 10 ISO: www.microsoft.com/en-us/softw...
- Homebrew: brew.sh/
- Wimlib: wimlib.net/
- Brigadier: github.com/timsutton/brigadier
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Longtime Mac user but built my first PC this week. Was banging my desk trying to get the bootable USB to work before I came across this video. Extremely helpful step-by-step and it worked like a charm! Thank you so much. Keep up the good work.
Thanks a lot for this tutorial. My PC's motherboard died some time ago, and thanks to this method I was able to use my Mac to create a Windows installation drive for my PC when the replacement parts arrived, instead of having to borrow a working PC from a friend. Saved me a lot of time.
Good to hear, thanks for the nice feedback :)
Absolute lifesaver, I have spent too long trying to make a bootable USB for my laptop. Thanks so much!
Spent an entire evening stumbling with tutorials that got me absolutely nowhere. Yours finally worked, thanks so much for being a lifesaver!
Exactly this helped for my B550i Aorus Pro AX (rev 1.0) clean install. It did support the Ryzen 5 5600X from the box with F11 BIOS, but couldn't read the exFAT formatted USB, where I regularly dropped the files from the ISO (no 4GB limit). If anyone wondering, you don't need to remove the 2 hidden folders on the USB (.spotlight- and .fs- something)
Thank you! I have spent 4 hours searching on the internet this is the only method that work for me. Your tutorial is very detailed and novice friendly.
This was an amazing tutorial.. and is exactly what I needed for an upcoming PC build.
I had tried multiple things - including PassFab and Unetbootin - none worked. The process from this tutorial nailed it (and addressed the reasons the other approaches failed.) Solid thanks.
Unetbootin is absolute shit)
This worked like a charm. I wanted to make sure I comment to say thank you and recommend this method to anyone using a Mac to do this. Thank you so much! For anyone wondering, splitting the large file in 2 didn’t affect clean windows installation on my PC. This is explained in the version of this vid for Windows 11, but just thought I might put someone’s mind at rest since I wondered about that before going ahead
Thanks for the nice feedback. I indeed explain this a bit more/better in that newer video so good to mention it here :)
Thank you for this. My god starting from a mac to a blank PC was way more complicated than I thought. But you got me there sir!
I don't know how, but only your way of creating installation USB worked for me. Wasted 4 hours before finding it. Thank you very much.
I use an older version of macOS(Yosemite) and I couldn't install homebrew because of that but I was able to install wimlib using MacPorts. I just want to say thank you for your tutorial it worked beautifully and I am installing windows now. may you be successful in all your ventures, and more knowledge, and power to you.
How did you use Wimlib with MacPorts? I have wimlib installed with MacPorts but can’t figure out what command will split the file, pls help!
This method actually worked. Thank you so much you bloody legend. Subscribed!
Thanks so much, worked first try and the blog was very descriptive when I got stuck. Seemed complicated but was actually very easy!
This literally did it, everything else did not work and couldn't use the Windows Creation Tool because the drive I was using before was being stupid and so Mac was my only hope and this worked perfectly, thank you!!
This worked great! I was able to create a bootable USB on my MBP with M1 Pro with Monterey. Windows installation went flawless on the laptop I was repairing.
hi! Were you able to install windows 10 on a macbook m1?
worked great! Thank you so much, had a lot of difficulties with this until this video!
LIFE SAVER! Thank you!
I've had a Win10 bootable USB, used it over the last 2 years without any issues.
HOWEVER, this new PC I came across would not read it. Turns out, it was the fact that it was EXFAT.
Using your guide I put it as Fat32 format, and now it is able to read through the boot sequence of this new ( and crappy) HP tower!
The format was the difference. Thanks!!
I’m stuck on the part when it says password for sudo access in Mac terminal. Any ideas. It won’t let me type!?
@@carterries4171 You are already typing the password, but it will not be displayed as dots.
you saved me not only once but twice, in both of my installations of windows. Who needs bootcamp when you got jensd anyway? Thanks a lot man, I really really appreciate the help.
Thanks for the nice feedback. Glad to see this helped :)
Thanks man, I built my Gaming PC on Sunday, it’s now Thursday and thanks to your video I was able to add windows to my Gaming PC using my MacBook as no one I knew had a regular laptop ( Lenovo/HP etc)
following your video step by step I was able to move on after completing my build
Thanks again 👍🏾
life saver!!! Just want to clarify this to everyone. If you just get the ISO from MS website and burn it directly on the USB you will have issues with the SATA and NVME drivers. On the other hand, using this method saves you the day and everything will work perfectly.
I usually don’t comment but this was really helpful for someone with 3 macs and no windows. Thanks 🙏
I had tried so many other ways (including uubyte) to make a bootable windows 10 USB using my MAC with no luck, and was about to give up when I bumped into your tutorial. I followed your steps and finally ended up with a bootable Windows USB. Thank you!!
Hey bro can you send me file for me plez
Works like a charm! Thanks much for posting this.
Wow, it really worked...all the files went through without being split.
This worked great for me! I was able to install Windows onto my Steam Deck with this, thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for this guide, this was what i needed to get windows 10 on a 2011 macbook pro 17"
I have some other videos that could help you as well. Check out the rest of my channel. It can differ a bit per model but in general this is what you need.
Wow… I needed this in my life today. Thank you!!
Unusual for me to comment but this was such a great guide (after a few attempts on my own part)! Works on a Mac 10.13.6 with a little bit of patience letting the code run. Thank you!
I also have a Mac 10.13.6 but having issues with the wimlib part. Idk if it's not working or just really slow.
It is probably just really slow. I had to let my computer run for a good few minutes at least.@@user-mx1sl3vc8h
Being *nix user for years, I thought that using simple dd if=... like usual to burn ISO on flash drive is enough. Installer started, but I immediately had an issue with NVMe, it was not visible for Windows 11. Following your tutorial I was able to pass this step. Thank you a lot for sharing!
Thanks a lot for saving me some time with the "split" approach🥳👌
I just want to say that I love you! I have been trying to reboot my pc from a flash drive since Friday. This video 100% helped me do that! Thank you so much!!! I can now play my game again
Glad I could help :)
Thank you so much. I accidentally wiped my windows installer USB and had no way to get a new installer. This worked!
You found how do do an Windows bootable USB. You are wonderful. Just say, if someone has a problem with the wimlib-imagex command, and have a read-only error… just copy this big file in your desktop and try it using this. That. Working … and I can format a ssd too… WOW…
Can you help me how to fix this problem ( start PXE over Ipv4) in macbook air m1 when installing VMware
This worked a treat, thank you so much!!
trying to instal windows 10 on 2009 MacBookpro. Every possible error in the book has been thrown at me including home-brew not installing and only goes to "may require password" tried it on a new 2017 MacBook Pro with same results even after installing x-code. I can create a 32 bit win 10 disc but my 2009 doesn't recognize it as a startup disc. pleeeaase help
Does this process install any files (i.e. wimlib and Homebrew) on my iMac? If so how can I use Terminal to delete the files that were installed after I've created a bootable USB drive? Thanks!
i have paragon ntfs on my mac. and its added the ntfs file system in my disk utility when trying to erase the usb drive. can i select that one to avoid this extra steps?
This was easy to follow. Thanks. I saw a lot of guides on the internet with whatever programs to install, but you know shit works when the terminal comes out. Thanks mate.
Thanks for the nice feedback, nice to hear :)
Hey im stuck in the minute 6:50, in my terminal trying to get cd downloads/brigadier-master (it literally says cd: no such file or directory: Downloads/brigadier-master) when I have the downloads file open and I see the file... Don't know what to do here, pls help im so near to fishing it 😭😭😭
bro saved you me during my unique situation. Thank you. Worked perfectly.
Glad I could help :)
Thank you for making this tutorial my pc needed to have a windows repair and I am new to the mac os and couldnt use the windows creation program but this is the only tutorial that worked thanks :)))))))))))))
I also liked and subscribed because you're a real one :)
Only the EFI boot option shows up when I insert the usb key and that launches something from mac, but no windows 11 boot option shows up. I did all the steps except the support software I downloaded through boot camp assistant. And I used a Windows 11 iso in stead of 10. Cant seem to find it on google :(
Thank you sooooo much! Finally something that actually works! 💜
Mac user that wanted to make a USB that'd be bootable on a non-Mac (bootable on a PC): This tutorial worked great! Thanks so much!
Perfect video! Thanks a lot for sharing this knowledge
I just lost a whole day failing based on other tutorials, but this one FTW!
At 2:19 here was the difference : I had not unhidden all volumes before formatting the USB before, so the Disk Utility didn't show the option drop down to set it as "MBR". Then upon booting and installing, the PC would not be able to process further and install.
Did this with the USB formatted into MBR early enough made the USB operational for install. Thanks!
Yeah, make sure you select "Show all devices" and then select the drive itself on the left rather than just a Volume on it.
i followed the steps for this video so i can install windows on my custom build pc and i came across the “Windows cannot install required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation
Error code: 0x80070570
ОК” message. Is there anything I can do to fix this issue?
spliting the file i had this error :
Finished splitting "/Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_RU-RU_DV9/sources/install.wim"
ERROR: Exiting with error code 28:
The SHA-1 message digest of a WIM resource did not match the expected value.
Overall, a nice video, but I'm still confused about the boot up part because I followed the instructions to the letter except for Brigadier and Wimlib because I thought you said we can use Homebrew or Wimlib, it doesn't matter, but you prefer us to use Homebrew, which I did, but I still downloaded Wimlib because I wasn't trying to download Windows on my Mac like I was trying to download Windows Boot Media on my Mac, but I'm getting a (3F0) Error on my Windows Laptop that what I am trying to fix they recommended your video so I am here but your kinda was easy and understand in not hard to do so what am I doing wrong
Help please! Everything went well up until using Brigadier in the terminal (Btw the zip files download as brigadier-main now instead of master). So when I'm in terminal and type in the second line "./brigadier" an error pops up saying "Import Error: no module named requests" and won't allow me to progress. Help please!
Everything has been good up until the part where i have to split it at 05:25 After typing everything exactly the way you did it says "Some uncommon options are not listed; see `man wimsplit' for more details." I don't know what to do or maybe i did something wrong, please help, someone, thanks
the last part of the line he types is install.swm If you don't name that file exactly, then it won't find install.wim or install.swm
I cannot get the home brew to download using the copied command from site. Any advise?
2017 MacBook Pro 13"
I have done the formatting the USB stick the way you suggested and copied the whole content of mounted ISO image on it except Brigadier. The USB stick is 16 Gb size. It failed to boot and hang. The machine is Macbook Pro late 2008 with OCLP installed. Any suggestion?
do you have any suggestions? I just have a problem with copying files on the installation process, basically like it reaches 95% and then a random error
Need help I did all of this and it worked great all the way until I finished the installation on my pc where it says insert installation disc 2
Great video and really helpful.
when i execute the prompt to split it shows that my command xan't be found. I have made sure the the name of ISO is correct. Help please
So I tried this with both windows 10 AND 11 on different usbs and both lead me to that dark blue screen and never load further than that.. any idea what could be the cause? I boot through bios
I am almost done, however I don't know how to download the required drivers for my MacBook Pro 15 inch mid 2010. I don't know how to pass it using the -model parameter.. please advise
what do i do if it says “A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source.” when i instered the flash drive?
Thank you so much for this, Im just stumbling at the last hurdle and getting 'env: python: No such file or directory' when I type in './brigadier'. Any advise?
Same here
when i do the ./brigadier it says "env: python: No such file or directory" what do I do to fix this
Thank You So Much! You just saved me so much time!
Thanks, man, this really helped
When I go for the wimlib-imagex split ….. it says Illegal hardware instruction. Any suggestions ?
I’m having the same issue I hope he sees out comment and responds😭
hello i've followed all the steps and all went very well. Until when i choose booting from the USB drive my macpro simply turns off
what could be the problem?
My terminal copy paste for win lib seems stuck, I copy paste it in and then it never gets past checking for sudo access
whenever I attempt to install wimlib it sits on a progress bar that doesn't move for a couple minutes and then comes up with the error message saying that it cannot install due to network issues... help?
Only issue I am having is that the split files do not add up to original install.wim file, and im getting the 'file may be corrupt pr missing' prompt when trying to install. Made sure to have the .swm extension too
I created the flash drive without any errors but idk why it's not detected on my bios.. what should I do?
Perfect tutorial, thanks.
Keep getting Invalid Partition table! message when i tried to boot up a windows machine. Any idea how to resolve it?
I can't install wimlib cause my macOS version is too old is there any other way I can split the file?
Wow fantastic, you just saved my dual boot Ubuntu/Windows. Hartelijk dank!!
Glad I could help!
Hi @jensd_be, do we need the 'installation media' version of the Windows OS? Will the .iso version really work on a new pc build?
There is only a single version as far as I know. The ISO you can download from Microsoft's website for Windows 10 or 11 can be used to install.
Hello. I want to take the time to leave a comment and thank you for this video that actually worked. I have been at this for 2 days now and finally I can get some sleep. If any other technical problems should arise I will be coming here first. Thanks once again. I just subscribed to make it easier.
Having a problems to execute the brigadier, I tried to use python 2.7 but it seems there are some issues with import statements
Thank you! Worked perfectly!
Great video, thanks so much!
i have no words except: "THANK YOU"
Thank you so much! Such a lifesaver
Hi there I did everything as you mentioned. But my laptop doesn’t show up with a usb. I tried this method for the windows 11 and it showed up but my laptop didn’t support the windows. I tried it with windows 10 but after plugging it in the laptop it doesn’t show up when pressing f9
dude you saved me a lot of time! thx :)
It worked until i tried to install on my new pc. My problem was that when I went to install windows on the pc it said it couldn't find the file install.wim (the one that I split) help pls. (edit) I fixed it. You just have to rename both of them to install.wim and install(1).wim
Thanks for this man. It was so much easier to make a bootable USB drive on a mac like 3 years ago. You could just use Bootcamp Assistant then. Now I don't think you can. What garbage. Thanks for this tutorial!
I install the new SSD on my old Mac9,1 and when I try to boot windows 10 from USB it always stuck on loading screen and never let the startup show and gives error with blue screen and reboot. Any soluitons ?
Typing in the part at 5:47 gives me an error saying read only. Trying to change it to read and write tells me I don't have permission. Don't know what else to do
If it's read-only, could it be that you have the mounted ISO as destination rather than source?
Verify if you have the correct volume names: first the ISO (most likely starting with CCCOMA...) after that the volume name of the USB drive, which you entered during the preparation of it in Disk Utility.
In case you have these correct, check if you can create a file/folder on your USB drive with Finder. I've also found that sometimes broken USB-drives become read-only over time.
I ran into an error in terminal at 5:13
Instead of installing wimlib, it claims to not find any available formula with the name "wimlib".
Anything I can try to fix this?
did you ever figure it out?
Run these commands:
rm -rf $(brew --repo homebrew/core)
Then:
brew tap homebrew/core
After doing so, try to install wimlib. It may show an error that some commands need to run as sudo. Run those commands, install again and it works!
@@desamet5554 JUST THANK YOUUUUUUUU :)
Thanks so much! This help a lot!
please help bro, i make a bootable usb windows 7 Ultimate using rufus on windows gpt tyoe and fat 32 i also try nfts and mbr but after i boot a bootable usb on my macbookpro6,2 it stack on windows is loading filess...
Messed up so not only is homebrow not in it, I can’t even install it and I keep getting the same error: Not valid ref: refs/remotes/origin/master
I used the birgadier-main zip and it didn't work, so I tried the Bombardier-main zip and when I wrote ./Bombardier into the code it said zsh: permission denied: ./Bombardier
Any advice?
Solid tut. Super easy to follow.
1:48 the mounting step here is broken on my mac, some how after downloading the file my mac is unable to mount and does nothing
8:54 may i ask you how could it be, windows usb installation media can boot with native resolution ? Is it about motherboard feature or special setting inside usb installer media maybe xml file modification?
Not sure why this happens, I think it is part of UEFI to be able to do this. Doesn't need any special modification on the USB drive or installation files.
NONE of the home-brew commands are working on my Mac. Do u have another current link???
Trying to run the command:
wimlib-imagex split /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_PT-PT_DV9/sources/install.wim /Volumes/WINDOWS HD/sources/install.swm 4000
I receive the message:
Usage:
wimlib-imagex split WIMFILE SPLIT_WIM_PART_1 PART_SIZE_MB [--check]
Some uncommon options are not listed; see `man wimsplit' for more details.
Any help?
when trying to install wimlib i am getting errors, how can i fix this? thanks!