Create Windows 10 bootable usb on Mac

I am new to Mac and got stuck by this problem. My mon's PC was broken and needs a fresh install. Pls recommend an app to let me easily create windows 10 bootable usb.


p.s Rufus and Windows Media Creation Tool are the two favorite when I am on PC.




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Posted on Feb 18, 2020 11:22 PM

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Posted on Feb 20, 2020 10:52 PM

Does the PC boot using UEFI or legacy MBR? If the PC can be configured to boot using UEFI, then it is easy to make a bootable Windows USB installer. Erase the USB drive with a FAT32 partition. I don't recall if it matters whether it is a MBR partition or GUID partition.


Double-click a Windows installer .iso file to mount it on macOS. Then select all the files on the mounted volume and copy them to the USB drive. As long as the Windows installer doesn't include a file larger than 4GB this should work. I've used this multiple times for Win7 and older versions of Win10. I haven't tried this with the latest version of Win10.


If the Win10 installer has a 4GB or larger file, then you may be able to format the drive as exFAT and use the rEFInd boot manager to boot the USB drive.


Edit: This only works for installing Windows on a non-Mac computer. Otherwise you need to use Bootcamp Assistant to create the bootable Win10 installer for a Mac.

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