Use of Rufus and Bootcamp

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Use of Rufus and Bootcamp

Has anyone had success in working with Rufus in the Bootcamp Partition? I would like to upgrade my WIN 10 Bootcamp partition to WIN 11.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jul 2, 2022 10:01 AM

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VikingOSX

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Jul 2, 2022 10:34 AM in response to Asta123

Apple's Boot Camp does not support Windows 11, and Apple hardware does not have the required TPM 2.0 chip installed that Windows 11 requires for installation qualification.

However, the subscription to Parallel's Desktop 17 Pro can either use the existing Windows 10 installation from your Boot Camp partition, or import Windows 10 and your data from the Boot Camp partition, creating a separate Windows 10 guest. Parallel's 17 Pro emulates the requisite TPM 2.0 chip, allowing Windows 11 to run as a virtual machine guest. As a standalone Windows 10 guest, it may permit you to upgrade to Windows 11. See Can I run my Boot Camp partition with Parallels Desktop?

On my 2020 27-in iMac with Core i7 and 40 GB RAM, I directly installed a downloaded Win11 ISO from Microsoft, and now have a fully functional and licensed Windows 11 Pro guest in Parallels Desktop 17 Pro. The Windows 11 guest resides on an external 1050 MB/s SSD Crucial X8 drive rated for USB 3.2 Gen 2 performance that is connected to the USB-C/TB3 port on the iMac. I have asssigned six CPU, 16GB RAM, and 1GB GPU RAM to the Win 11 guest and it boots briskly.

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Jul 3, 2022 8:26 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks for the info.

However, the use of Rufus bypasses the Microsoft hardware requirements. It is an interesting app. I have read all the data that can be found and have spoken with the app developer. He, unfortunately, readily admits that he has no knowledge of Apple/iMac being a strictly Microsoft type.

I was hoping to have found someone who is braver than me and that has used the Rufus app on an iMac. I started to use the app on my mac and all was going well. I then started to mentally analyze what I was doing and realized that I did not know "where" Rufus was installing WIN 11, was it in the Bootcamp (WIN 10) partition or in the Apple/iMac side.

I decided to stop the operation and start asking more questions. One problem is that Rufus does not tell the user where it is installing, because it was designed for Windows computers that do not meet the hardware requirements.

Would like to have WIN 11 on my Mac, but I can live without it.

Again, thanks for the info.

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