I found out the other days to make a USB flash drive “bootabil” with Windows 10 on Macos, is simpler than on Windows. I was in that scenario I needed to install Windows 10 on a laptop, and the only computer with bone at hand was only one MacBook Pro.
By default, Apple offers Windows Installation Support on Macos, provided this installation is done by utility Boot Camp Assistant, present on all maccos operating systems.
By Boot Camp is assured in addition to the installation of the OS itself and Installation of Windows Divers specific to one hardware Apple.FORMAT, writing, partitioning and creating a flash drive bootable With the Windows operating system, they are part of the capabilities executed by the Boot Camp utility.
How to create a bootable USB stick with the latest version of Windows 10 on Macos
First of all, we must have a handy flash drive the minim 8 GB – 16 GB and discharged ISO image of Windows 10 version that we want to install. The ISO image of installation of the latest version of Windows, find it very easily on https: //www.microsoft.com.
Fulfilling these two conditions, we can move to the process of creating a flash bootable with Windows 10, on Macos.
1. Connect USB Flash Drive to Mac. Make sure the data on it have been saved elsewhere. Flash Dive will be formed and all data from him they will be erased.
2. We open the utility Boot Camp Assistant. We find this in the folder Applications → Utilities or in “Launchpad” →“Others” / “Utilities”.
3. In the list of tasks a boot camp assistant we leave tick only the first option. “Create a Windows 10 or later install disk“. That is, fixed what interests us.
The other two options are strictly dedicated for those who want to install or delete Windows 10 on Mac.
Click “Continue” to continue the process of creating a flash drive with the installed image of Windows 10.
4. LA “ISO image” Hit “Choose” And we selcta .iso file with the image Windows 10 downloaded from Microsoft.com. We must be careful that the destination disk on which the image will be written, is the one we want. Pay close attention especially if more USB drives are connected to Mac.
5. Click “Continue”, then in the click dialog box “Continue” again. We are alerted that the data on the USB Drive will be deleted following the formatting.
Now all we have to do is wait until the Windows 10 installation image will be written on the USB Drive.
When the screen appears “Your bootable USB drive has been created“, we can press “Quit”. We have created a USB Flash Drive bootable with Windows 10, from which we can install the OS on any PC.
Disconnect USB Flash Drive from Mac, will only be done by “Eject“. In this way, the compromise of the written data on it will be avoided.
