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Installing Windows from macOS. Suitable for Hackintosh and Macintosh (install drivers yourself). Utilities are used - wimapply, wiminfo and mkntfs.

 

 

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Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_h9yOvrAKc

Download App https://drive.google.com/file/d/1guviO3aGJDS0NYT9UwBOxCIiHdi1J4f_/view?usp=sharing

or https://sourceforge.net/projects/windows-install/

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@Sergey_Galan

 

Nice app however it's throwing the following error with a legit Windows 10 ISO Installer ( From Microsoft web page ) 

 

On OS 10.14.6:

 

"unable to obtain configuration from file:///Library/Preferences/com.apple.ViewBridge.plist due to Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “com.apple.ViewBridge.plist” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo={NSFilePath=/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ViewBridge.plist, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fd7ca61dac0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"}} "

 

Still trying to install...

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...I know, but I got bored... tried using this...10 hours + and still was only 34% complete...the usb i was trying to install to was capable of 5gb/sec...the process was way too slow... so I aborted and will reformat usb drive ...oh well

 

...tried again with an hdd, much faster install...now running monterey on ssd and windows 11 on hdd   🦉

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...to say this works...
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On 1/27/2022 at 11:53 PM, Ellybz said:

@Sergey_Galan

 

Nice app however it's throwing the following error with a legit Windows 10 ISO Installer ( From Microsoft web page ) 

 

On OS 10.14.6:

 

"unable to obtain configuration from file:///Library/Preferences/com.apple.ViewBridge.plist due to Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “com.apple.ViewBridge.plist” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo={NSFilePath=/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ViewBridge.plist, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fd7ca61dac0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"}} "

 

Still trying to install...

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Sorry, I was gone for a long time))) Did everything work out for you?

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2 hours ago, Sergey_Galan said:

Sorry, I was gone for a long time))) Did everything work out for you?

No friend, I couldn't make it work. The installer took forever. If i remember correctly the original Win10 ISO Installer was on NMVe.

I end up using Rufus USB iInstaller thru VM Windows.  Worked like a charm.

 

PS: Glad you're okay.

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16 hours ago, Ellybz said:

No friend, I couldn't make it work. The installer took forever. If i remember correctly the original Win10 ISO Installer was on NMVe.

I end up using Rufus USB iInstaller thru VM Windows.  Worked like a charm.

 

PS: Glad you're okay.

Have you tried to install Windows on USB? This program does not create an installation USB, the program itself installs Windows. Use partition on HDD or SSD. There is a link to the video above.

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6 hours ago, Sergey_Galan said:

Have you tried to install Windows on USB? This program does not create an installation USB, the program itself installs Windows. Use partition on HDD or SSD. There is a link to the video above.

Aaaaaaaaaa!!!!😀

 

Makes sense, Thanks for the clarification. Will try again with windows 11.

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A couple of days ago, I've tested booting Window from an SSD via an Exteral USB enclosure using OpenCore on my iMac11,3. It booted without any issues. Windows update even found drivers for it.

 

So no need to use Boot Camp Assistant, etc.. This was just a test in my case, but you could install Windows on a disk on the PC, mount the EFI add the OC folder put in the drive into the mac and boot it. This eleminates all the prep work with Boot Camp Assistant and then just run Brigardier from within Windows to download and installe the relevant Bootcamp/Device drivers. Of course this only workson macs that support removable drives.

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@janny_thomas Yes. It's a mac app.

 

@Sergey_Galan This tool is great. I couldn't get Windows installed on the disk before because it wasn't in the GPT format. In order to convert it to GPT I would have to format the whole disk again which I didn't want to do. With your tool it installed Windows regarless. Thanks for sharing!

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On 8/16/2023 at 10:09 PM, surenmunoo said:

Would be good to have something to install on a M2 Mac 

This program simply deploys Windows to a disk partition. When there is support for Windows modern Macs, then perhaps the program will cope.

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I have a 2014 MacBook Air with 4GB of RAM. It runs Sonoma with OCLP, but due to the 4GB RAM limitation, I decided to delete the internal SSD and perform a clean installation of Windows 11 23H2 22635.2484 using a thumb drive with VENTOY installed. Everything went well, and all drivers work, including the keyboard backlit and SD card reader. In other words, what works in macOS Big Sur, Ventura or Sonoma also works in Windows 11, and it’s lightning fast. My MBA now runs like a Windows machine, and I am very satisfied with it compared to running Big Sur, Ventura or Sonoma

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