'The installer disc could not be found.'

Re: Installing Windows 10 - via a USB disk. No cd/dvd drive on machine.


Hi, I know this comes up all the time but I can't get past the:

'The installer disc could not be found.

Insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few

seconds for the disc to be recognized.'

Formats/downloads everthing ok but then comes up with the above error.

Can anyone help with this error?

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iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015)

Startup Disk: Macintosh HD

iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)

Posted on Apr 12, 2018 1:43 PM

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Apr 14, 2018 2:28 PM in response to Loner T

Hi Loner T, one thing I hadn't done, which is the only thing I've done differently is the thing below which I've cut and pasted from Install Windows on your older Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support I'd just followed the Boot Camp dialogue information before which doesn't mention formating the USB beforehand.


'To format an external USB drive as MS-DOS (FAT), use Disk Utility, located in /Applications/Utilities. For the scheme, choose Master Boot Record.' <= there was no option to select Master Boot Record but it worked anyway.

I've now installed windows 10 on my Mac no problem.

Apr 12, 2018 2:49 PM in response to Loner T

Thank you for the reply Loner T.

Ok, I tried both of these Alt+cmd+P+R for NVRAM & take out the power cable, wait 15 seconds, plug back in, wait 5 seconds then turn back on, for the SMC. Ran through the Boot Camp Assistant but got the same error message, I've done a screenshot for anyone not having had this error before.

Is there any anything else I could try?


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Apr 12, 2018 11:11 PM in response to Loner T

Hi Loner T, here's a cut and paste from the hardware overview:-

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015)

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac15,1

Processor Name: Intel Core i5

Processor Speed: 3.3 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 4

L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 24 GB

Boot ROM Version: IM151.0216.B00

SMC Version (system): 2.22f16

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