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I want to use boot camp, but I don't have a big enough usb I don't use. I also don't want to buy a new one so is there away to use boot camp without a usb or cd
Specs
Imac late 2014
Mavericks (10.9.5)
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
I am computer smart and I am aware of the requirements. I wanted to know if there was a third party or alternative way to do it without virtual box, parallels, ect. Why would you tell me to do something If it isn't what my question asks. IF YOU CANT SAY SOMETHING HELPFUL DON'T
RealNoNamer wrote:
I am computer smart and I am aware of the requirements.
You should be able to figure it out yourself. Why bother asking the Community for help?
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I am computer smart and I am aware of the requirements. I wanted to know if there was a third party or alternative way to do it without virtual box, parallels, ect. Why would you tell me to do something If it isn't what my question asks. IF YOU CANT SAY SOMETHING HELPFUL, DON'T
Do you know how built a custom Hybrid MBR?
Do you know how burn ISO to the internal hard disk and boot from it?
Do you know how to manipulate NVRAM using the Terminal?
Do you know how to install Windows using EFI?
If the answer is yes to ALL OF THE ABOVE, you can do it.
thanks for the help
look, we got off on the wrong foot. If you still wanna help me please do. If you know what all that stuff you said in the last post could you walk me through it cus Im very new to the mac world
Your iMac Late 2014 should be the Retina 5K. It supports UEFI, so an EFI installation is possible. If you have a 3TB Fusion drive, it requires special treatment due to FAT and Windows needs. Even though Windows supports GPT, the MSR part (in step 4) must reside in a FAT partition which cannot be after 2TB address space on disk. OS X also creates its EFI as diskNs1, where s1 is the first slice.
1. Backup OSX.
2. Create a partition large enough for the Windows ISO and add 2GB. Burn the ISO to this partition.
3. Use BCA and download the BC drivers. They are stored in /Library/Application\ Support/Bootcamp in a DMG files called WindowsSupport.dmg. Copy this file somewhere other than this directory. You will need it after Windows is installed. You will need a USB for this step even though the saved file is used. The USB can be 1-to-2 GB. It is to allow BCA to write the contents of the DMG to it.
4. Create a partition for Windows and format it as Free Space. This will be split into MSR (128MB) and MSD partition (this will become NTFS).
5. Boot your iMac from the partition in step 2, by holding the Alt key when booting up.
6. Install Windows to the partition created in step 4.
7. Install BC drivers from the DMG saved in step 3.
legit or are you still annoyed with me
This has been tested on Macs which have broken optical drives. Step 3 does require a USB. (and I am not annoyed 😉 ).
How would you burn the iso to the partition without a cd or dvd. Also my Imac is not Retina 5k so how would that affect this prossess
1. Create a partition fo 6GB using Disk Utility.
2. Using the ISO, use Disk Utility to restore the ISO to this partition. Please see Disk Utility 12.x: Restore a disk image to a disk.
Regarding step 2.: How do I burn the ISO to the partition (on Sierra)?
jakob.j.w wrote:
Regarding step 2.: How do I burn the ISO to the partition (on Sierra)?
Please see Disk Utility 12.x: Restore a disk image to a disk .
does the windows installer disk have to be a certain format?
Are you running into the same issue as the OP? If not, can you start a new discussion?
What issue does OP have?
How to use bootcamp without a usb
