So I simply started over from scratch from my genuine Windows 10 ISO and ten minutes later had a fully working updated Windows 10 (Id love to know why after six months Microsoft suddenly decided to check if it was an official USB drive and then why it doesnt on installation).The whole process takes approximately, 45 minutes but I think it is really worth it if you want to run a fast and clean installation of Windows 10 on your iMac.You can use the Media Creation Tool provided at and choose to save it as an ISO file (do not create a bootable USB media).Select this and wait until you see Getting devices ready, wait a little bit longer until you hear the startup chime and press the option key (alt) again to make sure you boot on the external drive.
Thats it. You just need to install the BootCamp drivers on your USB thumb drive (BootcampSetup.exe). Reboot. This is all done on the Mac until you actually boot into your new Windows USB. For anyone with Parallels or VMWare Fusion it is extremely simple too. Esd Ntfs Free Apps ForGet two free apps for Windows (I used the Mac to get them and download, to avoid crapware and then transferred the.exe once unzipped on the Mac to the Parallels.) The two apps are WintoGo (free) which uses an ISO of Windows 10 (or 8.1) to transfer to your USB3 attached external. The other app you need to set up the drive without needing any knowledge what-so -ever about Bios etc. Mac users are not familiar with all this stuff but two are required and it is like using Macs own Disk Utils. You make two partitions, one small one, I use 200 MB (note thats MB not GB) and format as Fat32. You then set the Fat32 partition as Primary and active then the NTFS one as active too. The big difference with MiniTools Partition compared to Apple Disk Untilitiesis that it gets a little getting used to in that every time to select an action, such as partition the 200 MB area, until you click the Apply button nothing happens. If you do a few selections then click Apply it does them sequentially. I prefer to apply each one as I go as sometimes options are not available unless the previous one is applied, e.g. I have several SSDs made this way and find a paid for utility on the Mac worth the 20, NTFS for Mac. This allows tou to mount multiple Windows bootable disks on the Mac desk top and have full read and write access. This means you can copy programs and data between then using the Finder on the Mac and not have to deal with Windows. Lastly AMD in May 2016 released Crimson Drivers for Macs running Windows. BTW I add a tild in front of the AMD drivers folder in Bootcamp drivers (to prevent them even trying) if I install them later, as well as the Realtech driver folder. The only Apple drivers I use are the ones for the Apple keyboard. Yes I tried WinClone, it took hours and the copy of Boot Camp failed not to mention it took a while to create the Boot Camp and partitioning my internal for Windows is not something I like doing. I have never had a failure once using WintoUSB from Parallels and it is incredibly fast using external SSDs over USB3. I just made a new one yesterday as it happens as Windows itself started acting up by refusing an update as I wasnt using an officially sanctioned USB drive.
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