Make Windows 11 Bootable USB on Mac Monterey

bradly2jr wrote:

So what is your suggestion, Oceanicopping?

As far as I know, there are only two easy ways to create Windows 11 bootable USB on Mac (no command involved). The first one is via Windows virtual machine. Once setting it up, there are many free tools available to make Windows 11 installation media.

The second way is via UUByte ISO Editor. You can create a bootable USB on your Mac without additional steps. Only a few clicks to finish the job. It fully supports Intel and Apple Silicon Mac. If the install.wim file was too large, this app will split it automatically by default.

You can check the official link from here: https://www.uubyte.com/create-windows-11-bootable-usb-on-mac.html

bradly2jr wrote:

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BTW, there is no error when burning Windows 11 ISO with Unetbootin but the USB is not recognized as a bootable device.

Are you sure you had the USB stick properly formatted? I think Windows 11 installer requires a GUID partition scheme since it is a UEFI boot system.

You may be able to run Windows 11 on an M1 Mac as a Parallels 17 Virtual Machine. BTW, I believe that Windows for the Surface Pro runs on an ARM processor (but this version of Windows can't be run on a Mac running Apple silicon).

- Pie Lover

Unetbootin used to be able to create windows installers:

https://unetbootin.github.io

While they only show Linux install, I did use it by selecting the "create from" option to USB. It has been a while since I used it but it is worth a shot.

bradly2jr wrote:

Oceanicopping wrote:

This is not surprising, because Unetbootin has some restrictions, and the official has not given a clear solution.

What kind of restrictions? Could you please elaborate a bit more.

Thanks

All I know, the USB is not recognized as a bootable device, maybe your USB is formatted as NTFS.

BTW, it seems difficult for Unetbootin to be supported to install Windows 10 64 bit because the FAT32 file system in UNetbootin cannot support the size of Windows files.

I am not sure about that but Windows 10 can run on M1 Mac as it has a ARM version. In my case, I just want to create a Windows 11 bootable USB so that I can install Windows 11 on my PC not my Mac.

You said you couldn't find Bootcamp Assistant. I was just explaining why it may not exist on an M1 Mac. The fact that you don't need to run Windows on your Mac is irrelevant. If there is no supported Windows version that can run on ARM, there is no reason to include BootCamp Assistant on an M1 Mac.

bradly2jr wrote:

I just checked the USB property. It is formatted with FAT32. Any ideal?

Don't waste any more time, try other software.

In fact, most free software has bugs, free ISO burning software like Etcher sometimes fails to detect the USB drive. The worse thing is that it does not support the latest Windows ISO.

Does Windows 11 run on ARM? If BOOTCAMP isn’t available on M1, it is because Windows didn’t run on ARM-based computers.

@Barney-15E, As far as I know, Boot Cam has two main features.

It may have two main features, but it has but one purpose. That purpose is not possible on an M1 Mac.

This is not surprising, because Unetbootin has some restrictions, and the official has not given a clear solution.