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I want to install Windows in memory stick or USB SSD Drive (I have both)
At first I made USB bootable memory stick by Windows OS.
My memory stick is like this.
Then I boot my mac with [option] key ,then there appears EFI BOOT (orange disk mark).
However when I click memory stick, windows installer doesn't launch, but mac os recovery mode starts.
My memory stick is like this ( sorry there is two byte character).
How can I boot windows installer in memory stick on mac??
I managed to install Windows 8 on the system, and would like to post my findings, since I am sure others will run into the same issues I faced.
The problem reported in this post had to do with the windows iso images themselves, not with Bootcamp or EFI. To make sure your system will even see the USB at all, make sure it has the file /efi/boot/bootx64.efi otherwise Mac will not even see the usb as a bootable device.
To anyone speaking Russian, this link will be very informative on how the entire process works http://geektimes.ru/post/213223/.
If you are installing Windows 8 (I would still like to know if anyone managed to install Windows 7) make sure you do everything through BootCamp, especially partitioning, since the first time I tried editing the partitions manually, I managed to screw up my recovery partition (repaired by downloading and installing El Capitan again without data loss). Not only that, I managed to stop seeing 'could not set up bootable device' errors only when I went through all three steps in Bootcamp on a single session. What I really dislike is that downloading fairly large amount of drivers during step 2 of BootCamp fails if there is a network problem, and I had to restart the entire process a lot of times.
I ran first aid on recovery partition as shown in this post: Problem Installing Boot Camp Windows Partition on new Mac Pro but judging from documentation of El Capitan this should not be necessary since the OS should repair write permissions automatically, therefore I am not sure whether the method shown here is necessary any longer. I did not reset my PRAM.
During the last part of Windows installation, the one after you create the user account and wait, the computer froze. However, after hard reset the system started normally and I could make the last step of installing BootCamp drivers from the USB.
To sum it up, make sure the Windows image is x64 and bootable by EFI and make sure to carry out USB creation, driver installation and partitioning of the system by BootCamp only and in a single clean swipe.
What you are asking for is not a common configuration. I can confirm my answer works on my 2011 and 2013 iMacs running High Sierra and Mojave. I can not guarantee success on a 2013 MacBook Air running El Capitan. You would have to try the solution.
The basic steps are given below.
refind.conf to configure rEFInd to add boot options for Windows and macOS.An example of the Startup application is shown below.
You can install rEFInd in a small FAT formatted partition and application on
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A 2018 MacBook Pro should have the T2 chip. You will need to set Secure Boot and External Boot, as shown below. For instruction on how to configure a Mac with the T2 chip, see the Apple website About Secure Boot.
The steps given below can be used to create the USB flash drive (memory stick) Windows 10 installer. However, if you are trying to install Windows 10 to an external SSD, then I would think you would what to use a procedure such as this.
1909(September 2019) update.Download Window Support Software. Open the Boot Camp Assistant application. From the menu bar, select
Action->Download Windows Support Software. By Default, the files should download toWindowsSupportfolder in your home folder. When the popup shown below appears, enter your password then click on theUnlockbutton.When finished, quit the Boot Camp Assistant.
Plug in the external drive. Open the Disk Utility application. In the pulldown menu in the upper left corner of the Disk Utility application, make sure
Hide Sidebaris not checked off andShow All Devicesis check off, as shown below.Highlight the external drive and select the
Erasebutton. Enter the following in the popup window, then click on theErasebutton.Donebutton. Quit the Disk Utility.Using the Finder application, mount the Window 10 ISO file and copy the contents to the
WINSTALLvolume. Next copy the contents of theWindowsSupportfolder to theWINSTALLvolume. In your case, the result should appear as shown below.Open a Terminal Application window and enter the following command. This command creates a label that will appear below the Mac Startup Manager external drive icon.
When finished, quit the Terminal application.
Restart the Mac and immediately hold down the option key until the Startup Manager icons appear. Boot from the external drive by selecting the external drive icon labeled
Install Windows.The first window to appear should be similar to the one shown below.
Proceed as one would for a GUI installation of Windows.