UPDATED TUTORIAL (2020): ua-cam.com/video/3IhW722IMwEt/v-deo.html - after much request this tutorial has been updated and is now more streamlined and features updated versions of the apps and files in use.
thank you so much for this! The game that has become life during lockdown is no longer going to be playable on my mac so I am in desperate need of figuring out how to run windows. Hopefully that even resolves the issue.
High Sierra tip - probably, when you re-connect your external drive it connects again into OSX and not inside of the simulated Windows. Solution: VMware Fusion - Virtual Machine menu - USB and Bluetooth - Connect EFI
For those following this now.... Oct 2019, OS Mojave Retina 15, mid 2015 Download wintousb 3.5 You will encounter error during installation. Head back to disk management, allocate another 200MB of space, and format as fat32, name it Boot (or whatever you like, just differentiate it from Boot Camp) Go back to installation, use the NEW “boot” as efi. Vola! It should install! Try change startup disk, and you will encounter the “bless error” Reboot your Mac and hold alt. Your efi should appear. Boot into that, now you will most likely encounter a BSOD while booting for first time. From here, reset your PRAM, (Command, Option, P, R) and you should be able to boot into windows using the method i mentioned above. You are welcome!
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This worked for me, including the bless error. Windows just crashed the first time I tried starting it via the alt key method, but after zapping the pram it did boot. So far so good.
Hey there, everything worked until restarting the system, windows isn’t booting again.. black screen with the small blinking „minus“ up on the left corner ..
I had the same problem. I just powered off the Mac. Then I put my ssd (it is an internal drive connected through usb) , where I put windows on, in one of those internal slots of my Mac Pro. After that I powered it back on and Windows setup began. This worked for me. Let me know if it worked for anybody else.
*JUNE 2020 CATALINA ADVICE* i don’t know much about this but i read up and this worked, i used a macbook pro 2018 and 2tb hdd drive from seagate and spent 2 days trying to get this to work so i thought i’d spare you all the time lol: download *wintousb 3.5 from filehorse* on the internet download the latest windows 2020 version iso from microsoft follow the instructions in the video (see other comments about hard drives not being seen by vmware). when wintousb 3.5 is at 100%, *immediately click home* (the first time i did it i waited too long and vmware shut the window) then transfer the windows support folder to the boot camp disk. shut down vmware. when you reach ‘startup disk’ it will not show ‘boot camp windows’ because the latest macs and macbooks have a t2 security chip in them which disallows booting from external media. to solve this: restart your mac by clicking apple > restart, then immediately hold down command+r to boot the mac/book into recovery mode. put in your admin password and then you’ll see ‘utilities’. go to the menu bar where it says ‘utilities’ and click on ‘startup security utility’. the setting is automatically set to ‘full security’ choose ‘no security’ and put in a firmware password if you want to make it a little more secure. also tick the box that says ‘allow booting from external media’. close the window using the red ‘x’ then go back to startup security utility. (staying in recovery mode) if the settings *are* as you changed them, then you can select ‘startup disk’, and select ‘boot camp windows’ and it will boot from that without verifying through apple. if the settings *aren’t* as you changed them (this is the problem i had) then restart your mac using ‘startup disk’ with macos, and restart in recovery mode again. this time it *should* save your startup security utility settings. your mac/macbook will now boot in windows using the external usb/hdd/ssd hopefully!! *you will need a usb mouse and keyboard to control windows until you install the drivers from boot camp*: i had an issue where if you ran the drivers from ‘setup’ as shown in the video, the installation gets hung up on ‘apple usb virtual host controller’ if you run c:\windowssupport\bootcamp\drivers\apple\bootcamp.msi instead of the normal setup.exe the installer runs well but the drivers won’t be 100% as good as macos - the @ and “ key will be swapped and the speakers sound pretty crappy (if anyone has a driver to sort this i’d much appreciate it). UPDATE: i tried through setup again after doing bootcamp.msi and it worked fine that second time.
it tells me "you can't change the startup disk to the selected disk; the bless tool was unable to set the current book disk" when i try to use the bootcamp windows. do you know what i should do?
alice souza have you tried booting it into recovery mode and starting windows up from there? make sure your external hard drive is connected, but the way i always boot into windows is through holding the option key on startup and selecting boot camp so am not sure about through startup disk :/ hope that helps somewhat
owen baker yeah, i tried through recovery mode, pressing option, everything. my external hardrive, when on the wintousb software only has one partition, so i'm thinking maybe that's the root of my problem. thing is, i have no idea how to format the drive as shown in the video (like, with an efi part and a data part)
alice souza yes just ensure you do it exactly in the video with the disk management on windows and wintousb. it should be named ‘boot camp’ like you called it so maybe the partition renamed your drive. did you use wintousb 3.5 from filehorse?
Super step by step tutorial, it helped me a lot. Only add the error that could happen due security issue to be granted on System Preferences, Security and General tab; that stops VMWARE to run at the beginning when starting for the first time
Worked perfectly except for a few minor issues. I installed Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit on an external hard drive. Since I am using El Capitan on my Mac I had to use VMware Fusion version 8.5. Also as someone else commented the older 3.6 version of WinToUSB needs to be used. Otherwise everything went smoothly. Kudos to 9to5Mac! To boot into Windows I had to use the Startup Manager (press the Option key while restarting) to boot into "EFI Boot"; the System Preferences Startup Disk pane only shows “Boot Camp Windows” which will NOT boot!
I think it's a new idea, with new bugs and firmware/driver consideration. USB and PCIE is becoming synonymous, and hardware matters more for bandwidth. USB-C 3.1 Gen 2, platform controller hubs between CPU and the USB port has to deal with bandwidth outside being large, and transfer power with Thunderbolt Bootcamp dual-booting, NTFS (windows) and exFAT works in both environments. Modularity w/ support behind it, standard protocols, and acknowledgement of pros/cons to particular behaviors.
Because I believe it goes against the Microsoft EULA which states that you can only install Windows on a computer's main boot drive (although I haven't actually read the EULA...). I don't think there's a technical reason why it couldn't be incorporated in BootCamp, but Apple isn't going to facilitate shady activity like that.
Marcel Obist boot camp give the option to install to any drive over 60gb, I’ve installed windows onto 128gb flash drives simply through the boot camp assistant and it’s many steps fewer than this
Tip for Mac OS High Sierra users and people that get "The bless tool failed to set the current boot disk": On the disk partition tool (when you want to format the external drive), select "Show all devices" (Show volumes only is selected by default). And then, format the *disk*, not the volume. That will give you the option to select GUID partition map, which will create an EFI partition that will allow you to boot from the disk. Then, just proceed with the instructions as usual.
WOW! Thank you so much. I have MacBook Air 2013 and watched your other video with bootcamp and it only gave me the option to use USB, so I used this method instead and used a USB instead of an external harddrive and it still worked perfectly. I had a couple of issues but nothing I couldn’t fix myself. Really appreciate the video 👍🏻 liked.
Very informative tutorial! I have one question, can I still use the same external SSD as extra storage space after I've installed Windows on it or can it only be used for booting windows?
I just finished this on my MacBook Pro 2019. A few hiccups but all in all great tutorial. Here were the issues I ran into and hopefully it will prevent someone from searching around like I did. First issue, when I erased the external ssd in Mac the formatting options shown weren’t available. Under the disk utility menu click view and choose show all devices. Second was my option to boot from my ssd said I didn’t have permission to do so. Follow this tutorial is you have T2 security chip: support.apple.com/en-us/HT208198. Third was you must make sure you use wintousb version 3.5 or it won’t allow the steps to proceed. Fourth was if you are using Win 10 home, you must use the April release or Windows will begin to load then go to blue screen of death. Fifth was my boot camp setup would bomb out or lock up when running to correct drivers. (You must use USB keyboard and mouse to setup the first time). Run the boot camp.msi instead and it worked perfectly. And finally, my Windows activation would not work and kept throwing an error. Slui 4 function would not work to activate either. Do the following to activate from running cmd prompt as admin. Type slmgr.vbs /ipk . To activate online, type slmgr.vbs /ato. These extra steps got me up and running. Thanks!
I wanted to ask you something, I did everything that works on all the macs I have at home, but on my pro2019 when I start EFI BOOT it gives me an error, can it be the usb-c port's fault? thank you
UPDATE JUNE 2019 Windows 10 ISO April 2018 is no longer available When using may 2019 we run into this weird BSOD type thing when installing the bootcamp drivers to finish. Is there anyway to get the April 2018 iso? Or is there a work around for may 2019? Help! :((((
When you erase the partition of the external disk on MAC (minute 3:00), open Disk Utility then select View --> All Devices because if this is not selected you might not be able to choose the Scheme GUID Partition Map. Also use WintoUSB 3.5 otherwise the latest version 5.8 it will ask you to format the partition again and you will use the EFI partition. I hope this helps :)
So guys, everyone who can't reboot using the external hard drive cause of the bless stuff problem. I found another way... When i start ur Mac just hold option, and choose the external hard drive... Hope this works for you guys, it worked for me :)
ưưhen i reconected my HDD to get in the vitural Window, nothing appear to choose conecting windown. what should i do nơ? even i reconect my HDD many time but nothing happened
Ok this is awesome, thanks Jeff!! Legit, I was debating either doing this or smaller partition on my iMac, and using my 1TB Samsung 850 Pro SSD as the external drive to run everything. I'm still not sure which way is the best but I appreciate this tutorial it helps so much!!
Followed the tutorial using the windows 10 May 2019 version, Windows to USB v3.5. Everything went perfectly. You only need a usb mouse for the final windows 10 setup, you can use the on-screen keyboard! Goodluck
Greatly appreciate it. I've tried using bootcamp and had audio issues so i tried formatting my hard drive to get rid of the partition (stupid of me i know). Since then, i was unable to use bootcamp on my hard drive and it has been a nightmare. I watched this video, and was able to install windows again with no problems with most of your instructions (apple users have mojave now so i had to work around a few steps). If anyone has an external hard drive, i highly recommend this method as its the most simple i have seen to this date.
Warning High Sierra users: High Sierra has caused a ton of changes. First you can no longer create a GUID partition with the external drive in disk utility. You will need to use terminal to reformat do this, otherwise there will be no EFI partition to work with win2usb. Second I could not get VMFusion 10 to work correctly detect the external drive. Luckily I found Fusion 8 works pretty well except drag and drop was disabled so I had to transfer the files by thumb drive.
One question, what do I have to type in the terminal to make it work, because when I want to restart to Boot Camp it says "The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk" Thank you.
This is not true, you can create a GUID partition with the external drive in disk utility if you follow these instructions: www.magoshare.com/mac-data-erasure/how-to-format-hard-drive-under-macos-10-13-high-sierra.html
@Abhishek Singh shut down your mac, turn it on hold the option button and you can choose the windows disk. It was the only way for me to start windows, the first time I needed to use a usb keyboard and mouse but when i installed the bootcamp everything is working fine. The only way to switch between the iOS and windows is holding option.
Every ssd, hdd, pen etc will work. IF you don’t use VMware. There are 2 alternative and easier methods . Method 1 - install win 10 on your Macs Drive. From there instalar win 10 to the external drive via wintousb. Then go back to MacOS and delete bootcamp. Method 2 - use a pc with windows, maybe your old laptop or a friends pc to instal win 10 via wintousb.
@@VishalGupta-li9tp I have the same issue with my MacOS Catalina 10.15.4, I think there is no solution ... I checked all youtube videos and none of them resolved the problem.
I followed this and it worked. Just to share, the stage where you boot from the USB drive for the first time can stick at the Windows Logo, Getting Ready for literally hours (over 6 in my case, I ended up leaving it going overnight.) So my advice would be don’t get impatient like I did on my first attempt, as long as the Windows spinning dots are moving just let Windows do it’s thing and it will eventually work.
@Safiullah Taufiq yes, as far as Windows is concerned it’s a normal installation. Whether they’re playable is a different matter as Macs tend not to have the greatest graphics chips or cards as they’re not really targeted at the games playing market. But yes, you can install them and with the graphic quality settings put to low or medium they are playable. Of course 1 caveat, all of this applies to the Intel based Macs only, Windows support on the new M1 Mac’s is a different kettle of fish altogether.
Everything worked fine up until connecting my drive to Windows. I hear the connect sound but then that is followed by multiple disconnect sounds and eventually they stop. The drive doesn't show up in Disk Management either. Any idea as to why this is?
Mine didn't show up in windows explorer but was in Disk Management although it didn't have a drive letter assigned. I set it to E and then it showed up in windows explorer.
FOR THOSE CONTINUING TO HAVE PROBLEMS: ua-cam.com/video/910Y1hLreRc/v-deo.html Please visit my step by step tutorial where I use VirtualBox instead of Parallels. I finally found a better and easier way to install Windows 10 on an external drive. You will find the process a LOT less time consuming with fewer steps, and there is no need to install WinToUSB or go through Disk Management. ua-cam.com/video/910Y1hLreRc/v-deo.html
@@workinonbeingsomething2129 you will have to connect your hard disk to a pc and then reconnect to your Mac . I had the same problem and now its solved.
Thanks for that Jeff. A couple of quick questions... 1 . To start your new version of Windows from the external drive from cold I take it you just hold the Option key when powering up? 2. Once all fully up and running do you just uninstall VMware? (and that will remove your temporary copy of windows too)? Thanks
what files are safe to remove now that this has been fully installed onto our external hard drive and fully ran through boot camp setup and restarted back into Mac OS? Is it safe to delete the Win10 from my mac HD as well as the win to usb and as you mentioned above the VMWare as well? @9to5mac
Also from here lets say if we want to just run a program do we have to fully restart into windows or can we just run them at the same time like we did before earlier in the setup?
@@jz5004 I got everything up and running and decided to uninstall VMware. And all of the supporting VMware library files/and snapshots. My Mac no longer recognises the SSD. So, while I don't know the answer, I can tell you some files should be left alone. Let me know if you figured this out?
Hi I've tried it 5 times and these are the things that made me succeed : - I have an internal Crucial SSD 240 GB card that I have put in an external case (Orico), every time the windows 10 (October 2018 version) didn't recognize my drive via VMWare, it kept connecting and disconnecting (tried to format in MacOS, NTFS, MS Dos but didn't work). Then I took the internal SSD (formatted in MacOS journalized system in GUID) and put it in a USB Docking station, connected it to windows 10 through VMware, it was recognized by windows 10, and allowed me to format it to NTFS - The WinToUSB 4.5 downloaded on the web site didn't work (it told me that Windows 10 Pro wasn't supported in trial mode, the same thing with Win 10 Home), I downloaded the 3.5 version (googled it) and it worked nicely - After installing windows 10 on my external SSD (plugged in on my USB docking station) , I updated it with all the possible windows update, then shut down windows. I took out my Crucial SSD from the docking station and put it again on my external case (Orico), booted it again on windows and it worked. Think that the windows upgrades downloaded the correct drivers for the USB Hosts.
Hi, I followed your tutorial and the installation was complete. Yet the problem is that the usb drive do not show in the "startup disk". Can you please help. Thanks.
This does work. However Wintousb is no longer free to use for any Windows 10 installs. You need to buy the Wintousb Pro license in order to install Windows 10 Pro.
This video is really well explained. Loved this video. I have few queries. If you can please answer: 1. Do we need to buy VMWare Fusion or its used only for installation purpose? 2. I have a MacBook Pro Early 2015 edition. Can this be installed on this? There is one step for copying to CD/DVD but this mac does not have DVD drive. 3. Can I create a separate partition on the SSD to store my documents (photos, videos etc)? 4. Is 500 GB SSD fine for this?
Is it important to do all this with the exact device i want to run windows on later? Or can i just plug and play the ssd to basically whatever mac i want?
For anyone trying this right now and coming up on some obstacles such as: - if your drive's partition doesn't look like a really big/extensive rectangle or named similarly to the one in the guide; - if when you attempt to delete it and then do the New Simple volume but can't find an 'unallocated' volume and none of the ones you have available show the " New Simple volume" when you right click them; - if when you do the New Simple volume step but then the drive connects disconnects and reconnects over and over; Here are some solutions you might be looking for: You need to go back to your Mac desktop, connect the disk to the mac specifically and remove any passwords you may have given the disk. Once you do this and attempt the "delete volume" step again you should see the partition rectangle is bigger/longer and named differently as soon as it shows up on screen. It should allow you to do the delete volume and new simple volume steps without problems. Is this your problem? maybe not, but it was for me so I thought I'd post it here for anyone having similar problems and looking for solutions.
It sounds similar but my problem is that it keeps saying that my device is unable to connect to its ideal host controller and then when I bypass the error message windows says USB not recognized and it can''t see it at all in the disc management screen :(
Lampshade hey hon, I’m sorry to hear that. Unfortunately I don’t know how to solve that for you, it didn’t happen to me :( If you can afford the time, you might wanna send them a question on their 9to5 webpage. They’ll def know what to do. And again, sorry I couldn’t help!
Well, I just got windows 10 running on my Macbook pro. First I took a 250gb hdd and loaded windows 7 using a desktop computer, when loaded and when needed to restart to finish installation, I shut down the computer, removed hdd and installed it in the Macbook pro, started the Mac and it finished installing. Afterward I did the windows 10 upgrade. Now I have a Macbook Pro with Windows 10. (PS: the Macbook Pro has the EFI chip locked) . The laptop has a Duo core 2.40ghz. and 4gig ram.
UPDATE JUNE 2019 Windows 10 ISO April 2018 is no longer available When using may 2019 we run into this weird BSOD type thing when installing the bootcamp drivers to finish. Is there anyway to get the April 2018 iso? Or is there a work around for may 2019? Help! :((((
Similar problem here! I tried to do the last step and I got a shake screen and then when I tried to restart my system It got stuck on a permanent blue loading screen of "Shutting down"
This still works perfectly by October 2019. However, there is one more thing I concern about: Since we are using the trial of VMware Fusion, is this only working within 30 days?
No, VMware is just a software for virtual machines. Once you have installed windows in your external drive you'll have it there until your drive dies. The thing that happens after 30 days is that you'll not be able to use virtual machines anymore, but cuz you already have installed everything is fine.
Oscar Aguirre but once you’ve installed everything and the VMWare fusion trial ends how are you supposed to boot windows on Mac? (So far ive had to go on VMWare fusion to boot it up)
Hello everybody, thanks for this tutorial Jeff! I followed your introductions step by step but stocked on one... I got a MacBook Pro from 2016 with High Sierra and I want to copy windows on a SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD. But the SSD doesn't connects on windows. As seaabird suggested I solved the problem that my Mac asks me, where I want to connect the device. When I connect the device to windows I can hear the "connection sound" (like on 6:54), but I can´t see it under "Disk Management" and after a few seconds I hear the "disconnection sound". After that, the device reconnects and disconnects all the time... I tried both versions of windows, April and October but I still got this problem. Does anybody got a solution for this problem? Thanks in Advance, Tom
Fantastic video. Question: What happens if the external drive fails while it was set to boot to Windows? How do you get back to macOS and remove the Bootcamp option?
I followed the instructions exactly but when I try changing the startup disk to my USB with WinToUSB and rebooting, I get a black screen saying "No Bootable Disk, insert disk and press any key to continue" Am I missing something?!
Got same error, just restarted computer while holding Option key and chose the Boot Camp disk to start up again. This time it works. It cycles into Windows but does another error after an automatic restart. Restart again holding Option and choosing Boot Camp again. This time Windows goes into configuration and works! Don't forget to Install the Windows Support (last step in video). Now the boot camp disk works like a charm, and no need to do the above again. FYI, running Sierra 2012 macbook pro, samsung t5 500gb ssd
You need to start it up again and push the option button right after you touched the on/off button, so you can choose the startup disk you want to use. In this way you can switch between windows and mac
This game is very lightweight you can get it running on a VM itself without bootcamp, VirtualBox is a free alternative to VMWare. Or you can use a wine port, I've had success using wineskin, on MacOS before Catalina.
Doesn't work on Mojave. Followed every step to the letter, even paid attention to the comments that suggest to format the DRIVE and not the VOLUME, but nothing. Windows installed on the drive, pops up in macOS as NTFS drive, Parallels offers to mount it - but won't. It also won't show up in SysPref/Startup Disk. I already lowered security level in recovery boot mode and allowed booting from external drives, but nothing. Windows 10 on an external drive in Mojave just isn't meant to happen.
@@lawjunhong6982 Not on an external drive. I just split the system drive into two partitions, and voila, works like a treat. External drive, no luck ever. (On Mojave.) On my previous Hackintosh, I could just select in the BIOS to boot from another drive entirely before getting into the Apple bootloader, so there it wasn't an issue. But with the 2018 Mac mini, you're outta luck if you don't have a system drive that's large enough for both Windows and macOS. Luckily all gaming platforms (Steam, GOG, Origin, Uplay, Epic, Blizzard, ...) can install to external drives, so since I only use Windows for gaming, I can live with a small partition on the system drive for Windows and an external drive for my game libraries. But still... sucks that something so simple like Win on an external drive is made practically impossible.
To those who can’t see the boot camp drive after restarting the computer(or it shows “the bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk” when selecting disk) I had the same problem. But after some research I finally solved it. I found that we have to have an EFI section in our drive. I’m by no means an expert so I’ll try my best to explain. So go to disk utility. In the top left corner, tap view, show all devices. Then select whichever drive you’ll be using. Then click erase. Format will be “Mac OS extended (journaled). Scheme “GUID Partition Map). After this just follow along the tutorial. After you’re done, restart your Mac and hold down command and R. The system will go into recovery mode. Click “utilities” on the menu bar and then “startup security utility”. Then select “no security”(not sure if full security mode would work, but you can try) and “allow booting from external or removable media”. Exit the window and open it again to see if the changes are saved. If not, restart the computer and log into recovery mode again and it should do the job. Then restart your Mac and hold down option key, you should finally be able to see the boot camp drive disk. Hope this will help some of you.
Connect your External Hard Drive. Start VMware Fusion (ignore if already started). Go to Virtual Machine > USB & Bluetooth (Fusion 4.x and later) / USB (Fusion 3.x and earlier) > Connect . That'll work.
The moment I reconnect the external HD, I never get the question "Where you would like to connect... to Windows or to Mac"? How can I make my external HD to connect to Windows, please?
@@cRillystr Sad thing is, VMWare is aware of this and banned it. You need PARALLELS DESKTOP, which also has trial. Or you can just use a WINDOWS PC to do it.
i would like to congratulate you for the simple and understandable tutorial .My question is : Do you think i can plug this external drive into the macbook as a second internal HHD ,with windows os ,after installation? Searched all around the web and didn't find any tutorial that i can follow. Thanks
Help Got Problem VMWare fusion says ( could not open/dev/vmmon: broken pipe ) please make sure that kernel module 'vmmon' is loaded what does that mean
you can if you do a partition on the EHD. One side for mac storage, the other side for the Windows and its storage. I suggest you get atleast 1TB. 2TB is really good too.
@@schplergen6630 Yes I did this I bought a 500 GB partitioned this in 1/2 one for files the other for the BootCamp. Works a treat, I formatted in NTFS Mac OSX has a utility to read-write to NTFS.
I have had the same issue but I solved it by restarting my Mac and when you hear the chime hold the option key and your drive should pop up as efi boot. Hope this helps
I did everything, Boot Camp drive win 10 is in Startup Disk in preferences . I click on it and click restart but the Mac always restart in Mojave not in Win 10. I am running os Mojave 10.14.3 on iMac. My Boot Camp drive is Samsung 250GB SSD
Try holding the Option key at the Mac startup tone to see if your Windows 10 external drive appears. You should then be able to select and boot into it.
Followed everything. When I try to restart the mac from the usb startup disk I get an error “you can’t change the startup disk to the selected disk. The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk”
Adding the line below to the .vmx file from my VM directory worked ! usb.generic.keepStreamsEnabled = "FALSE" following links might help: kb.vmware.com/s/article/2057902
@@tunelvision1487 Any line, they are not displayed in any specific order. But now that i'm done doing everything ii can't boot windows because the hard drive doesn’t show up as a boot option (it is recognized by my mac though, just not as a boot option
OK I know it's 3 years later, but that is still extremely helpful! Thank you! All you need in addition is an external GPU and you have the best of two worlds... a gaming capable computer, and a Mac!
Hi Guy, can someone help me please. the external drive not showing up on the virtual system. I don't get the open message and not under disk management. Can someone help. Thanks
Hi @9to5Mac, thanks for this video but before i follow your steps, i wanted to ask Should I install both Windows and Steam into one external SSD? will run smoothly and properly?
I have a little problem. I could do everything, step by step, but when I restart the computer, and the windows logo apears, after a little while, I get a blue screen saying that the stop code is: bugcode_usb3_driver. Any help?
Possible to do same tutorial with external hard drive on new MacOS Catalina? Or maybe just an update video on what could possibly be different from this one?
Updates if you're using this method: 1) Use Parallels Trial to avoid external ssd drive recognition problems. The process is exactly the same as shown here. If you do end up using VM, you might need to edit your vmx file for drive recognition. communities.vmware.com/thread/627298 2) WintoUSB part remains same. 3) For Macbook Pros 2018 and newer (T2 chip enabled), you need to go to Recovery Mode(Cmd+R at startup)>Startup Utility Manager>Select "no security/allow boot from external media" combination. This would allow Windows to boot from external drive. Some external drives work on medium security; for samsung T5 you need to select "no security". 4) Perform Windows installation as shown here. If you have trouble installing bootcamp drivers (screen flickers, installation freezes etc.), you will need to perform a force installation of the bootcamp drivers. www.imore.com/how-fix-boot-camp-unsupported-computer-model-error 5) Update AMD Radeon drivers if you have a 15-inch Macbook Pro. Right-click Start>DeviceManager>DisplayAdapter>Radeon>Properties(right click)>Update driver Note: This is not true bootcamp. This is Windows to Go i.e. Windows that runs from external drives. BootCamp runs on Mac partition. You will not see the external drive on startup disk of Mac. To see it: Go to System Preferences>Security&Privacy>Privacy>FullDiskAccess>Click + to add System Preferences. I'm not sure this will allow you to boot directly by making this selection. That's because this isn't BootCamp! Pressing Option at Mac startup is probably the best way to switch operating systems.
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UPDATED TUTORIAL (2020): ua-cam.com/video/3IhW722IMwEt/v-deo.html - after much request this tutorial has been updated and is now more streamlined and features updated versions of the apps and files in use.
thank you so much for this! The game that has become life during lockdown is no longer going to be playable on my mac so I am in desperate need of figuring out how to run windows. Hopefully that even resolves the issue.
This tutorial uses a Windows To Go workaround to install Windows 10 on an external drive, and uses the Boot Camp drivers provided by Apple. Enjoy.
9to5Mac Does this mean you can boot to the ssd from any macbook or imac? And can u also boot from a native windows pc or laptop? Thanks.
9to5Mac i cant enjoy with errors
Is this suitable if you want to play games like GTA or COD etc. ?
it says there is an error...can you please help me?
Thanks!
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I'm a Windows user and I don't want to install macos on my pc.
@@stella9 then, what the hell are you doing here?
@@retroodisea7859 Just watching the video
@@retroodisea7859 i use both a mac and a windows laptop😂
@@SStarlight9614 nice
High Sierra tip - probably, when you re-connect your external drive it connects again into OSX and not inside of the simulated Windows. Solution: VMware Fusion - Virtual Machine menu - USB and Bluetooth - Connect EFI
Thanks man
Thank you so much, this is what ive been looking for.
dude thank you so much!!!! That was exactly what i needed. THANK YOU!
What do you mean by connect EFI
Henry Xxx it appears like that on the menu.
For those following this now....
Oct 2019, OS Mojave
Retina 15, mid 2015
Download wintousb 3.5
You will encounter error during installation.
Head back to disk management, allocate another 200MB of space, and format as fat32, name it Boot (or whatever you like, just differentiate it from Boot Camp)
Go back to installation, use the NEW “boot” as efi. Vola! It should install!
Try change startup disk, and you will encounter the “bless error”
Reboot your Mac and hold alt. Your efi should appear. Boot into that, now you will most likely encounter a BSOD while booting for first time.
From here, reset your PRAM, (Command, Option, P, R) and you should be able to boot into windows using the method i mentioned above.
You are welcome!
How
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Your comment saved my life 🤣🤣 its exactly what I need. I followed ur steps and it all work!!
(Except the BSOD, I didnt get BSOD)
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This worked for me, including the bless error. Windows just crashed the first time I tried starting it via the alt key method, but after zapping the pram it did boot. So far so good.
The only issue i have is that sound and microphone are not working, and I can't find a solution.
I Use Mac for web development, design, music, and the like. I use windows to Play Video Games!
FAAAAAAAAX
Hey there,
everything worked until restarting the system, windows isn’t booting again.. black screen with the small blinking „minus“ up on the left corner ..
FIFTY VINC - HIP HOP & RAP BEATS u found a way to solve this? Got it too
I had the same problem. I just powered off the Mac. Then I put my ssd (it is an internal drive connected through usb) , where I put windows on, in one of those internal slots of my Mac Pro. After that I powered it back on and Windows setup began. This worked for me. Let me know if it worked for anybody else.
Paul Knausst can you elaborate where this internal slot is?
In the Mac Pro 2010 there are four slots for your drives with a sata connector. My problem was that my ssd was connected external via usb to my mac.
FIFTY VINC - HIP HOP & RAP BEATS rip pleb 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
*JUNE 2020 CATALINA ADVICE*
i don’t know much about this but i read up and this worked, i used a macbook pro 2018 and 2tb hdd drive from seagate and spent 2 days trying to get this to work so i thought i’d spare you all the time lol:
download *wintousb 3.5 from filehorse* on the internet
download the latest windows 2020 version iso from microsoft
follow the instructions in the video (see other comments about hard drives not being seen by vmware).
when wintousb 3.5 is at 100%, *immediately click home* (the first time i did it i waited too long and vmware shut the window)
then transfer the windows support folder to the boot camp disk.
shut down vmware.
when you reach ‘startup disk’ it will not show ‘boot camp windows’ because the latest macs and macbooks have a t2 security chip in them which disallows booting from external media.
to solve this: restart your mac by clicking apple > restart, then immediately hold down command+r to boot the mac/book into recovery mode. put in your admin password and then you’ll see ‘utilities’. go to the menu bar where it says ‘utilities’ and click on ‘startup security utility’.
the setting is automatically set to ‘full security’
choose ‘no security’ and put in a firmware password if you want to make it a little more secure.
also tick the box that says ‘allow booting from external media’.
close the window using the red ‘x’
then go back to startup security utility.
(staying in recovery mode)
if the settings *are* as you changed them, then you can select ‘startup disk’, and select ‘boot camp windows’ and it will boot from that without verifying through apple.
if the settings *aren’t* as you changed them (this is the problem i had) then restart your mac using ‘startup disk’ with macos, and restart in recovery mode again. this time it *should* save your startup security utility settings.
your mac/macbook will now boot in windows using the external usb/hdd/ssd hopefully!!
*you will need a usb mouse and keyboard to control windows until you install the drivers from boot camp*:
i had an issue where if you ran the drivers from ‘setup’ as shown in the video, the installation gets hung up on ‘apple usb virtual host controller’
if you run c:\windowssupport\bootcamp\drivers\apple\bootcamp.msi instead of the normal setup.exe the installer runs well but the drivers won’t be 100% as good as macos - the @ and “ key will be swapped and the speakers sound pretty crappy (if anyone has a driver to sort this i’d much appreciate it).
UPDATE: i tried through setup again after doing bootcamp.msi and it worked fine that second time.
Thanks man. Your info helped. I am able to run on catalina finally
it tells me "you can't change the startup disk to the selected disk; the bless tool was unable to set the current book disk" when i try to use the bootcamp windows. do you know what i should do?
alice souza have you tried booting it into recovery mode and starting windows up from there? make sure your external hard drive is connected, but the way i always boot into windows is through holding the option key on startup and selecting boot camp so am not sure about through startup disk :/ hope that helps somewhat
owen baker yeah, i tried through recovery mode, pressing option, everything. my external hardrive, when on the wintousb software only has one partition, so i'm thinking maybe that's the root of my problem. thing is, i have no idea how to format the drive as shown in the video (like, with an efi part and a data part)
alice souza yes just ensure you do it exactly in the video with the disk management on windows and wintousb. it should be named ‘boot camp’ like you called it so maybe the partition renamed your drive. did you use wintousb 3.5 from filehorse?
Super step by step tutorial, it helped me a lot. Only add the error that could happen due security issue to be granted on System Preferences, Security and General tab; that stops VMWARE to run at the beginning when starting for the first time
THANK YOUUUUU YOU ARE THE BEST
Love this tutorial but we do need an updated version
Worked on the latest version of Catalina on Macbook Air!
@@ardent.arch93 hey, what version of wintousb did you use?
@@bassammalik8085 Did you get it to work?
I downloaded the older 3.5 version from:www.filehorse.com/download-wintousb/29521/
Arhan Solo yes i got it, i did it a little diffferntly
@@bassammalik8085 May I ask how? I need to have winodws up and running on monday..
Modern problems needs modern solutions
@9to5mac please read this thx
*Modern problems require modern solutions
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Worked perfectly except for a few minor issues. I installed Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit on an external hard drive. Since I am using El Capitan on my Mac I had to use VMware Fusion version 8.5. Also as someone else commented the older 3.6 version of WinToUSB needs to be used. Otherwise everything went smoothly. Kudos to 9to5Mac! To boot into Windows I had to use the Startup Manager (press the Option key while restarting) to boot into "EFI Boot"; the System Preferences Startup Disk pane only shows “Boot Camp Windows” which will NOT boot!
Why the hell isn't this just an option in Boot Camp!?
I think it's a new idea, with new bugs and firmware/driver consideration. USB and PCIE is becoming synonymous, and hardware matters more for bandwidth. USB-C 3.1 Gen 2, platform controller hubs between CPU and the USB port has to deal with bandwidth outside being large, and transfer power with Thunderbolt
Bootcamp dual-booting, NTFS (windows) and exFAT works in both environments. Modularity w/ support behind it, standard protocols, and acknowledgement of pros/cons to particular behaviors.
Because I believe it goes against the Microsoft EULA which states that you can only install Windows on a computer's main boot drive (although I haven't actually read the EULA...). I don't think there's a technical reason why it couldn't be incorporated in BootCamp, but Apple isn't going to facilitate shady activity like that.
Because bootcamp dosen't have the "create a bootable windows 10 drive"??? I'm not really sure
It is, he just did this the insanely hard way
Marcel Obist boot camp give the option to install to any drive over 60gb, I’ve installed windows onto 128gb flash drives simply through the boot camp assistant and it’s many steps fewer than this
Tip for Mac OS High Sierra users and people that get "The bless tool failed to set the current boot disk":
On the disk partition tool (when you want to format the external drive), select "Show all devices" (Show volumes only is selected by default). And then, format the *disk*, not the volume. That will give you the option to select GUID partition map, which will create an EFI partition that will allow you to boot from the disk.
Then, just proceed with the instructions as usual.
thanks
Wait, so you're telling I have to let it load WinToUSB again?! *Slams head on desk*
I’m having this problem too Ahmed. But I don’t see the “Show all devices” option nor the “Show volume only” Where exactly is this option? Thanks
@@rboznd3742 it has a "View" name on top left corner of the disk utility window, click on it and you'll find the Show All Devices option.
Thank you for this tip. It works for me now.
WOW! Thank you so much. I have MacBook Air 2013 and watched your other video with bootcamp and it only gave me the option to use USB, so I used this method instead and used a USB instead of an external harddrive and it still worked perfectly. I had a couple of issues but nothing I couldn’t fix myself. Really appreciate the video 👍🏻 liked.
Worked perfectly for me in July of 2019. Make sure to search for win to usb 3.5 and download that version.
Which windows 10 iso did you use?
vmware fusion 8 or 11?
Xing Tao Shi April version straight from Microsoft’s webpage
Erina 8
@@coltonminter4758 i'm only seeing a may and october version?
Worked perfectly! for those watching late 2019 you need To download version 3.5 of win2usb, also you may have To disable secure boot
what happened if the external hard drive disconnected while I am using windows?
@@mohammedaljarba4897 The computer will freeze for 3s then you get a blue screen
Very informative tutorial! I have one question, can I still use the same external SSD as extra storage space after I've installed Windows on it or can it only be used for booting windows?
I just finished this on my MacBook Pro 2019. A few hiccups but all in all great tutorial. Here were the issues I ran into and hopefully it will prevent someone from searching around like I did. First issue, when I erased the external ssd in Mac the formatting options shown weren’t available. Under the disk utility menu click view and choose show all devices. Second was my option to boot from my ssd said I didn’t have permission to do so. Follow this tutorial is you have T2 security chip: support.apple.com/en-us/HT208198. Third was you must make sure you use wintousb version 3.5 or it won’t allow the steps to proceed. Fourth was if you are using Win 10 home, you must use the April release or Windows will begin to load then go to blue screen of death. Fifth was my boot camp setup would bomb out or lock up when running to correct drivers. (You must use USB keyboard and mouse to setup the first time). Run the boot camp.msi instead and it worked perfectly. And finally, my Windows activation would not work and kept throwing an error. Slui 4 function would not work to activate either. Do the following to activate from running cmd prompt as admin. Type slmgr.vbs /ipk . To activate online, type slmgr.vbs /ato. These extra steps got me up and running. Thanks!
Was your external drive recognized in windows right away? I am getting the windows noise as if it is recognized but it is not showing up
which version of fusion did you use?
I wanted to ask you something, I did everything that works on all the macs I have at home, but on my pro2019 when I start EFI BOOT it gives me an error, can it be the usb-c port's fault? thank you
@@stitchthisditchthat259 Which external drive do you have?
UPDATE JUNE 2019
Windows 10 ISO April 2018 is no longer available
When using may 2019 we run into this weird BSOD type thing when installing the bootcamp drivers to finish.
Is there anyway to get the April 2018 iso? Or is there a work around for may 2019? Help! :((((
It works! Now, I have 2TB Windows 10 running on my MacBook Air 2017. Thank you!!
hello, does the card reader work on windows 10?
Rocafega it works!
Does your wintousb installation take forever?
Because mine is taking quite a bit and still at 0%
Lions and Tigers Gaming Nope, just a few minutes.. My advice to download your windows 10 iso file again. That file might be corrupted.
When you erase the partition of the external disk on MAC (minute 3:00), open Disk Utility then select View --> All Devices because if this is not selected you might not be able to choose the Scheme GUID Partition Map. Also use WintoUSB 3.5 otherwise the latest version 5.8 it will ask you to format the partition again and you will use the EFI partition. I hope this helps :)
So guys, everyone who can't reboot using the external hard drive cause of the bless stuff problem. I found another way... When i start ur Mac just hold option, and choose the external hard drive... Hope this works for you guys, it worked for me :)
Doesn't show but shows in System Preferences.
Did anyone find a fix for this
thanks a lot..!!!! this worked guys....
@@ColonialMapper I'm having the same problem
ưưhen i reconected my HDD to get in the vitural Window, nothing appear to choose conecting windown. what should i do nơ? even i reconect my HDD many time but nothing happened
Thank you for the support , kindly does it take too much time to install windows in the virtual machine ?
Ok this is awesome, thanks Jeff!!
Legit, I was debating either doing this or smaller partition on my iMac, and using my 1TB Samsung 850 Pro SSD as the external drive to run everything. I'm still not sure which way is the best but I appreciate this tutorial it helps so much!!
Followed the tutorial using the windows 10 May 2019 version, Windows to USB v3.5. Everything went perfectly. You only need a usb mouse for the final windows 10 setup, you can use the on-screen keyboard! Goodluck
This is what I've been looking for in this discussion. Thank you mate!
How you partition
Greatly appreciate it. I've tried using bootcamp and had audio issues so i tried formatting my hard drive to get rid of the partition (stupid of me i know). Since then, i was unable to use bootcamp on my hard drive and it has been a nightmare. I watched this video, and was able to install windows again with no problems with most of your instructions (apple users have mojave now so i had to work around a few steps). If anyone has an external hard drive, i highly recommend this method as its the most simple i have seen to this date.
Warning High Sierra users: High Sierra has caused a ton of changes. First you can no longer create a GUID partition with the external drive in disk utility. You will need to use terminal to reformat do this, otherwise there will be no EFI partition to work with win2usb. Second I could not get VMFusion 10 to work correctly detect the external drive. Luckily I found Fusion 8 works pretty well except drag and drop was disabled so I had to transfer the files by thumb drive.
Thanks for your answer. I have a problem with VM10 and a Samsung T5. Will try VM8.
One question, what do I have to type in the terminal to make it work, because when I want to restart to Boot Camp it says "The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk" Thank you.
regarding the second problem (hopefully it was the same as mine), I went to VirtualMachine > USB and Bluetooth to enable it.
Felix do you have a link tutorial for HighSierra ??
This is not true, you can create a GUID partition with the external drive in disk utility if you follow these instructions: www.magoshare.com/mac-data-erasure/how-to-format-hard-drive-under-macos-10-13-high-sierra.html
Would be really good if you could redo this tutorial with MacOS Catalina 10.15.4
@@jamesbissick3439 Only on Macs with T2 chips.
@Abhishek Singh shut down your mac, turn it on hold the option button and you can choose the windows disk. It was the only way for me to start windows, the first time I needed to use a usb keyboard and mouse but when i installed the bootcamp everything is working fine. The only way to switch between the iOS and windows is holding option.
Every ssd, hdd, pen etc will work. IF you don’t use VMware. There are 2 alternative and easier methods . Method 1 - install win 10 on your Macs Drive. From there instalar win 10 to the external drive via wintousb. Then go back to MacOS and delete bootcamp. Method 2 - use a pc with windows, maybe your old laptop or a friends pc to instal win 10 via wintousb.
@@elizielsegundo I have tried it but after holding the option button this does not show the windows disk. please help
@@VishalGupta-li9tp I have the same issue with my MacOS Catalina 10.15.4, I think there is no solution ... I checked all youtube videos and none of them resolved the problem.
I followed this and it worked.
Just to share, the stage where you boot from the USB drive for the first time can stick at the Windows Logo, Getting Ready for literally hours (over 6 in my case, I ended up leaving it going overnight.) So my advice would be don’t get impatient like I did on my first attempt, as long as the Windows spinning dots are moving just let Windows do it’s thing and it will eventually work.
@Safiullah Taufiq yes, as far as Windows is concerned it’s a normal installation. Whether they’re playable is a different matter as Macs tend not to have the greatest graphics chips or cards as they’re not really targeted at the games playing market. But yes, you can install them and with the graphic quality settings put to low or medium they are playable.
Of course 1 caveat, all of this applies to the Intel based Macs only, Windows support on the new M1 Mac’s is a different kettle of fish altogether.
Do I need to have the drive dedicated to it or i can also store backups there?
Everything worked fine up until connecting my drive to Windows. I hear the connect sound but then that is followed by multiple disconnect sounds and eventually they stop. The drive doesn't show up in Disk Management either. Any idea as to why this is?
the same here
Mine didn't show up in windows explorer but was in Disk Management although it didn't have a drive letter assigned. I set it to E and then it showed up in windows explorer.
connect the drive through usb 2.0 / 3.0
same here
And here
FOR THOSE CONTINUING TO HAVE PROBLEMS:
ua-cam.com/video/910Y1hLreRc/v-deo.html Please visit my step by step tutorial where I use VirtualBox instead of Parallels. I finally found a better and easier way to install Windows 10 on an external drive. You will find the process a LOT less time consuming with fewer steps, and there is no need to install WinToUSB or go through Disk Management. ua-cam.com/video/910Y1hLreRc/v-deo.html
May I know why my mac is unable to detect the external hard disc after I installed the Windows?
Wen Jing Vivian I have the same problem
@@workinonbeingsomething2129 you will have to connect your hard disk to a pc and then reconnect to your Mac . I had the same problem and now its solved.
Varun Srivathsan doesn't work for me
Guys, I read it has something to do with USB3 compatibility, but some people made it work... DOES ANYONE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS???????
Alan Pereira i’m in the same boat
Thanks for that Jeff. A couple of quick questions...
1 . To start your new version of Windows from the external drive from cold I take it you just hold the Option key when powering up?
2. Once all fully up and running do you just uninstall VMware? (and that will remove your temporary copy of windows too)?
Thanks
1. Yes. 2. You can if you want to. VMWare is no longer needed.
what files are safe to remove now that this has been fully installed onto our external hard drive and fully ran through boot camp setup and restarted back into Mac OS? Is it safe to delete the Win10 from my mac HD as well as the win to usb and as you mentioned above the VMWare as well? @9to5mac
Also from here lets say if we want to just run a program do we have to fully restart into windows or can we just run them at the same time like we did before earlier in the setup?
can I use Parallels desktop but not VMware? Thanks.
@@jz5004 I got everything up and running and decided to uninstall VMware. And all of the supporting VMware library files/and snapshots. My Mac no longer recognises the SSD. So, while I don't know the answer, I can tell you some files should be left alone. Let me know if you figured this out?
Just finished installing this on my late 2014 iMac. It works! Thanks.
Laylasong how do u get win to USB 3.5
Can the external hard-drive be partitioned for use as windows 10 boot up, a storage device, another one for time machine etc. ?
I wanna know too
Everything worked great but my MacBook Pro trackpad won’t work on the windows 10 Setup
Hi!! Me too, could you solve it?
Hi I've tried it 5 times and these are the things that made me succeed :
- I have an internal Crucial SSD 240 GB card that I have put in an external case (Orico), every time the windows 10 (October 2018 version) didn't recognize my drive via VMWare, it kept connecting and disconnecting (tried to format in MacOS, NTFS, MS Dos but didn't work). Then I took the internal SSD (formatted in MacOS journalized system in GUID) and put it in a USB Docking station, connected it to windows 10 through VMware, it was recognized by windows 10, and allowed me to format it to NTFS
- The WinToUSB 4.5 downloaded on the web site didn't work (it told me that Windows 10 Pro wasn't supported in trial mode, the same thing with Win 10 Home), I downloaded the 3.5 version (googled it) and it worked nicely
- After installing windows 10 on my external SSD (plugged in on my USB docking station) , I updated it with all the possible windows update, then shut down windows. I took out my Crucial SSD from the docking station and put it again on my external case (Orico), booted it again on windows and it worked. Think that the windows upgrades downloaded the correct drivers for the USB Hosts.
Hi, I followed your tutorial and the installation was complete. Yet the problem is that the usb drive do not show in the "startup disk". Can you please help. Thanks.
@@vishaljojowar6111 Did you solve it ?
This does work. However Wintousb is no longer free to use for any Windows 10 installs. You need to buy the Wintousb Pro license in order to install Windows 10 Pro.
This video is really well explained. Loved this video. I have few queries. If you can please answer:
1. Do we need to buy VMWare Fusion or its used only for installation purpose?
2. I have a MacBook Pro Early 2015 edition. Can this be installed on this? There is one step for copying to CD/DVD but this mac does not have DVD drive.
3. Can I create a separate partition on the SSD to store my documents (photos, videos etc)?
4. Is 500 GB SSD fine for this?
Is it important to do all this with the exact device i want to run windows on later? Or can i just plug and play the ssd to basically whatever mac i want?
Should also work with any PC that lets you choose a device to boot into (So not on Chromebooks, but yes on pretty much anything else)
11:20 - follow every step but i cannot see the "Boot Camp Windows" in start up discs options, any help?
me too
Figure this out?!?
@@kelseywalter8263 same here
@@Ganqes Yup same here. Catalina might be the problem?
need to restart and hold command + r, then go utilities an click startup security and check allow boot from external devices
For anyone trying this right now and coming up on some obstacles such as:
- if your drive's partition doesn't look like a really big/extensive rectangle or named similarly to the one in the guide;
- if when you attempt to delete it and then do the New Simple volume but can't find an 'unallocated' volume and none of
the ones you have available show the " New Simple volume" when you right click them;
- if when you do the New Simple volume step but then the drive connects disconnects and reconnects over and over;
Here are some solutions you might be looking for:
You need to go back to your Mac desktop, connect the disk to the mac specifically and remove any passwords you may have given the disk.
Once you do this and attempt the "delete volume" step again you should see the partition rectangle is bigger/longer and named differently as soon as it shows up on screen. It should allow you to do the delete volume and new simple volume steps without problems. Is this your problem? maybe not, but it was for me so I thought I'd post it here for anyone having similar problems and looking for solutions.
It sounds similar but my problem is that it keeps saying that my device is unable to connect to its ideal host controller and then when I bypass the error message windows says USB not recognized and it can''t see it at all in the disc management screen :(
in fact, I can find the drive on the devices screen and it says invalid device descriptor, is there some way I can manually tell windows what it is?
Lampshade hey hon, I’m sorry to hear that. Unfortunately I don’t know how to solve that for you, it didn’t happen to me :( If you can afford the time, you might wanna send them a question on their 9to5 webpage. They’ll def know what to do. And again, sorry I couldn’t help!
Camille No worries, thank you for posting your solution! So many people will just say “fixed it” once they figure something out
Lampshade no problem~ 😊 I hope it works out for you!
Me: *sees a Mac running Windows 10*
Also me: Wait, that's illegal
@RobloxerMartin haha lmao
Druzhko Show have a windows on mac
Well, I just got windows 10 running on my Macbook pro. First I took a 250gb hdd and loaded windows 7 using a desktop computer, when loaded and when needed to restart to finish installation, I shut down the computer, removed hdd and installed it in the Macbook pro, started the Mac and it finished installing. Afterward I did the windows 10 upgrade. Now I have a Macbook Pro with Windows 10. (PS: the Macbook Pro has the EFI chip locked) . The laptop has a Duo core 2.40ghz. and 4gig ram.
UPDATE JUNE 2019
Windows 10 ISO April 2018 is no longer available
When using may 2019 we run into this weird BSOD type thing when installing the bootcamp drivers to finish.
Is there anyway to get the April 2018 iso? Or is there a work around for may 2019? Help! :((((
Similar problem here! I tried to do the last step and I got a shake screen and then when I tried to restart my system It got stuck on a permanent blue loading screen of "Shutting down"
Im waiting for the answer too.. please help us !
Thank you soooo much. I’ve been trying for hours, even days but this helped me in. Earned a like( and already subbed lol)
This still works perfectly by October 2019. However, there is one more thing I concern about: Since we are using the trial of VMware Fusion, is this only working within 30 days?
No, VMware is just a software for virtual machines. Once you have installed windows in your external drive you'll have it there until your drive dies. The thing that happens after 30 days is that you'll not be able to use virtual machines anymore, but cuz you already have installed everything is fine.
Oscar Aguirre but once you’ve installed everything and the VMWare fusion trial ends how are you supposed to boot windows on Mac? (So far ive had to go on VMWare fusion to boot it up)
5:26 All I get is: Cannot find a valid process peer to connect to
me too did you find out how to do it?
nope
Go to systeem preferences than go to privacy and network and allow the application
it still doesent work when i try that
I get the same message but when I allow the app from system preferences nothing happens, like I hadn't clicked allow, I´m usingHigh sierra 10.13.1
Followed along in 2020, very few things are out of date and great guide. Thank you
Hello everybody, thanks for this tutorial Jeff!
I followed your introductions step by step but stocked on one...
I got a MacBook Pro from 2016 with High Sierra and I want to copy windows on a SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD.
But the SSD doesn't connects on windows. As seaabird suggested I solved the problem that my Mac asks me, where I want to connect the device.
When I connect the device to windows I can hear the "connection sound" (like on 6:54), but I can´t see it under "Disk Management" and after a few seconds I hear the "disconnection sound". After that, the device reconnects and disconnects all the time...
I tried both versions of windows, April and October but I still got this problem.
Does anybody got a solution for this problem?
Thanks in Advance,
Tom
Tom Herwartz-Emden same help please
This does not work you’ll get a bless tool error at the end
Fantastic video. Question: What happens if the external drive fails while it was set to boot to Windows? How do you get back to macOS and remove the Bootcamp option?
if your WinToUSB doesnt support windows 10 pro. INSTALL WinToUSB 3.5!!!!
Accio You sure you downloaded the right version of WinToUsb?
thank you!
where can i download version 3.5 from?
Where can I find v3.5 to download? Only one available that I can see is the latest (4.5)
@@2chainz573 filehippo.com/download_wintousb/73839/ i looked up wintousb 3.5 and found the download here
could you make an updated video for 2019?
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fantastically explained thank you so so much , you have just got rid of my 2 month headache trying to get bootcamp to work !!!! seriously thank you
I followed the instructions exactly but when I try changing the startup disk to my USB with WinToUSB and rebooting, I get a black screen saying "No Bootable Disk, insert disk and press any key to continue"
Am I missing something?!
Got same error, just restarted computer while holding Option key and chose the Boot Camp disk to start up again. This time it works.
It cycles into Windows but does another error after an automatic restart.
Restart again holding Option and choosing Boot Camp again. This time Windows goes into configuration and works!
Don't forget to Install the Windows Support (last step in video).
Now the boot camp disk works like a charm, and no need to do the above again.
FYI, running Sierra 2012 macbook pro, samsung t5 500gb ssd
@@allisongaetano8755 hey i tried this but when i click boot camp it pops up as no bootable disk, insert disk and press any key to continue again.
@@tankdjsims @Allison Gaetano Same here since today morning , i cant even go to Boot manager screen.
My Macbook Pro 2017 cannot detect the startup disk. How can I solve it?
You need to start it up again and push the option button right after you touched the on/off button, so you can choose the startup disk you want to use. In this way you can switch between windows and mac
Took an extra amount of hours after looking on reddit for more help but it is working. Needed it to play valorant, im on macbook pro 2019 version
lmao thats the only reason why i'm doing this, but i cant get past booting the device to start up windows. gg
I just want to play age of empire
This game is very lightweight you can get it running on a VM itself without bootcamp, VirtualBox is a free alternative to VMWare.
Or you can use a wine port, I've had success using wineskin, on MacOS before Catalina.
I just wanna play nuclear throne
I just wanna play valorant
Doesn't work on Mojave. Followed every step to the letter, even paid attention to the comments that suggest to format the DRIVE and not the VOLUME, but nothing. Windows installed on the drive, pops up in macOS as NTFS drive, Parallels offers to mount it - but won't. It also won't show up in SysPref/Startup Disk. I already lowered security level in recovery boot mode and allowed booting from external drives, but nothing. Windows 10 on an external drive in Mojave just isn't meant to happen.
also having trouble
Same issue.
Does it work now?
@@lawjunhong6982 Not on an external drive. I just split the system drive into two partitions, and voila, works like a treat. External drive, no luck ever. (On Mojave.) On my previous Hackintosh, I could just select in the BIOS to boot from another drive entirely before getting into the Apple bootloader, so there it wasn't an issue. But with the 2018 Mac mini, you're outta luck if you don't have a system drive that's large enough for both Windows and macOS. Luckily all gaming platforms (Steam, GOG, Origin, Uplay, Epic, Blizzard, ...) can install to external drives, so since I only use Windows for gaming, I can live with a small partition on the system drive for Windows and an external drive for my game libraries. But still... sucks that something so simple like Win on an external drive is made practically impossible.
@@lawjunhong6982 yes
To those who can’t see the boot camp drive after restarting the computer(or it shows “the bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk” when selecting disk) I had the same problem. But after some research I finally solved it. I found that we have to have an EFI section in our drive. I’m by no means an expert so I’ll try my best to explain. So go to disk utility. In the top left corner, tap view, show all devices. Then select whichever drive you’ll be using. Then click erase. Format will be “Mac OS extended (journaled). Scheme “GUID Partition Map). After this just follow along the tutorial. After you’re done, restart your Mac and hold down command and R. The system will go into recovery mode. Click “utilities” on the menu bar and then “startup security utility”. Then select “no security”(not sure if full security mode would work, but you can try) and “allow booting from external or removable media”. Exit the window and open it again to see if the changes are saved. If not, restart the computer and log into recovery mode again and it should do the job. Then restart your Mac and hold down option key, you should finally be able to see the boot camp drive disk. Hope this will help some of you.
up to 6:47 everything seems OK, but when I unplug my external ssd and plug it in again, I don't get the prompt/pop up window...??
David Silva did you figure it out
same problem right here
Connect your External Hard Drive.
Start VMware Fusion (ignore if already started).
Go to Virtual Machine > USB & Bluetooth (Fusion 4.x and later) / USB (Fusion 3.x and earlier) > Connect .
That'll work.
Shantanu Gahrwar thank you🙏🙏🙏
@@shantanugahrwar3906 You're the man! Thanks.
Quick question: Will i still be able to use windows with this method after the trial ends?
Momos La cortina celeste same question..
yes ofcourse
Thanks man. Really appreciate it. I needed this because my macintosh got hacked.
The moment I reconnect the external HD, I never get the question "Where you would like to connect... to Windows or to Mac"? How can I make my external HD to connect to Windows, please?
Did you fix this or still need help?
@@blackhawkbeats1936 need help! I listen the sound of connection but the ssd dont show in diskpart
@@cRillystr Sad thing is, VMWare is aware of this and banned it. You need PARALLELS DESKTOP, which also has trial. Or you can just use a WINDOWS PC to do it.
Memory thanks men I search and I used paralles it was super easy!
@@cRillystr np :)
Puts mac on Windows 10:
Me: *wait that's illegal.*
i would like to congratulate you for the simple and understandable tutorial .My question is : Do you think i can plug this external drive into the macbook as a second internal HHD ,with windows os ,after installation? Searched all around the web and didn't find any tutorial that i can follow. Thanks
At 11:22, the option for boot camp doesn’t show up in the system selection. Any help?
me too anyone please solution
I have found a solution if anyone is still in need of help
@@timlr_ what's the solution?
Rohit Pawar When restarting the computer hold down alt/option then it should show up
6:47 Nothing happends help!
Same! :-/
same...
On the Topbar you have the Option "Virtuel Machine". There you can select "USB & Bluetooth". Rest is self explanatory
@@rezab314 wait nothing happens even if i connect it?
what do i do
@@iHDxLoAdSXXXx thank you.
At least I learn something in this channel... New subscriber 🇹🇱✌️
Help Got Problem VMWare fusion says ( could not open/dev/vmmon: broken pipe ) please make sure that kernel module 'vmmon' is loaded what does that mean
I think you need to go to settings, security and under general, allow vmfusion
@@burymyjam AWESOME!!!! THAT WORKED. THANK YOU!
@@burymyjam how to do it been doing it and docent wrk do I need to close everything or how do I do it
@@burymyjam it gave me a unsuccessful EFI network
Rico Dylan sorry I don’t know, but you shouldn’t need to close anything
Can you still use the external drive for storage on the mac after this?
Someone?
I have the same question
I wouldn’t, I would just get a 250-500 ssd for this windows 10. And get another for extra storage on your MacBook.
you can if you do a partition on the EHD. One side for mac storage, the other side for the Windows and its storage. I suggest you get atleast 1TB. 2TB is really good too.
@@schplergen6630 Yes I did this I bought a 500 GB partitioned this in 1/2 one for files the other for the BootCamp. Works a treat, I formatted in NTFS Mac OSX has a utility to read-write to NTFS.
it took me a min and some trial and error, but eventually got it to work successfully!!! thank you so so so much!!
11:20 it doesn’t show my disk, please any help?
Same here
@@kev74ful same here too
On same boat..!!
same...
I have had the same issue but I solved it by restarting my Mac and when you hear the chime hold the option key and your drive should pop up as efi boot. Hope this helps
I did everything, Boot Camp drive win 10 is in Startup Disk in preferences . I click on it and click restart but the Mac always restart in Mojave not in Win 10.
I am running os Mojave 10.14.3 on iMac. My Boot Camp drive is Samsung 250GB SSD
Try holding the Option key at the Mac startup tone to see if your Windows 10 external drive appears. You should then be able to select and boot into it.
Thanks for advice but I already did that with no success.Any others advices@@bemorewantless
Did you change your boot settings if you have the T2 security chip? I added a link to the tutorial in my comment.
Thanks for your advice but where is the link to the tutorial@@74jacrouser
Followed everything. When I try to restart the mac from the usb startup disk I get an error
“you can’t change the startup disk to the selected disk. The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk”
I’ve bought a brand new usb and tried again and it still gives me this error
at 5:27 for me it says please make sure that the kernel module "vmmon" loaded plz help obs won't work on my iMac and i can't play spotify on streams
Go to system preferences, privacy, and in general, there should be an allow option on the bottom
@@connormcpherson7145 cba mate
@@connormcpherson7145 you god bro, thanks
FLOPPY SQUIRREL np, took me a long while to figure it out
Connor McPherson You helped me too omg thanks so much
Thanks, it all works pretty well on my iMac. But I have a question. Can I use the same ssd on my macbook pro too? Great tutorial, thanks again!
How come my keyboard and mousepad doesnt work. Im on a 2018 macbook pro
Hello!! Me too, could you solve it? I need help
Update: Vm Fusion is not smart enough to pick up my drive
Adding the line below to the .vmx file from my VM directory worked !
usb.generic.keepStreamsEnabled = "FALSE"
following links might help:
kb.vmware.com/s/article/2057902
@@Ebitdawg777 hey I have the same problem VMware did not detect my external Hard drive ... so where I am supposed to paste this ? which line?
@@tunelvision1487 Any line, they are not displayed in any specific order. But now that i'm done doing everything ii can't boot windows because the hard drive doesn’t show up as a boot option (it is recognized by my mac though, just not as a boot option
@@Ebitdawg777 so maybe this needs SSD and not HDD driver ?
Ny OY using a 1Tb SSD...
OK I know it's 3 years later, but that is still extremely helpful! Thank you! All you need in addition is an external GPU and you have the best of two worlds... a gaming capable computer, and a Mac!
Hi Guy, can someone help me please. the external drive not showing up on the virtual system. I don't get the open message and not under disk management. Can someone help. Thanks
I was able to manualy connect my external drive by clicking the arrow beside the wrench in vmware and finding where it said "connect Boot Camp"
6:50 not happening when unplugging and plugging the external hard drive, any help would be appreciated
me too...
Go to the settings (wrench icon in VMware) on the top of your window and click usb to Bluetooth and you should be able to click it.
@@Anthony-zh8wm Tried that, doest work
@@Anthony-zh8wm awesome mate! cheers.
Use usb A. If you don’t have usb A ports , use a hub and connect usb A. The usb C connections aren’t recognising disks but does recognise a hub.
When I go to disk management my hard drive doesn’t appear, help!
Same problem I m facing
make sure that the drive is open to everyone
@@MeenMachine0 um how do you "go to" ~/Virtual Machines/?
@@MeenMachine0 Thanks so much for this.
@@MeenMachine0 to where ? shoul i have to write that ? omg im dyiiing
Hi when i reboot at the end a black screen ' it says no bootable device insert boot disc and press any key
quinner38 ikr this is very annoying and nobody is helping :(
I've got the same!
I have the same , anyone got any solution? Can’t revert back to Mac boot up on safe mode either. Not responding
I have same thing but you can shut down your computer and turn it back on holding “option” button, that way you can at least get on your iOS...
Hi @9to5Mac, thanks for this video but before i follow your steps, i wanted to ask Should I install both Windows and Steam into one external SSD? will run smoothly and properly?
IF EXTERNAL DRIVE DON'T SHOW ON BOOT :
I found this link : discussions.apple.com/thread/7889087
9:51 after : choise "UEFI FOR GPT"
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I have a little problem. I could do everything, step by step, but when I restart the computer, and the windows logo apears, after a little while, I get a blue screen saying that the stop code is: bugcode_usb3_driver. Any help?
up!!
dead usb I believe. I had the same thing once, and couldn't boot it up after. You just had a Blue screen of death.
Possible to do same tutorial with external hard drive on new MacOS Catalina? Or maybe just an update video on what could possibly be different from this one?
Next videos:
How to install Windows XP on Mac using external drive
now thats epic
AYAMSEMPAK i need windows99 on my mac
Updates if you're using this method:
1) Use Parallels Trial to avoid external ssd drive recognition problems. The process is exactly the same as shown here. If you do end up using VM, you might need to edit your vmx file for drive recognition. communities.vmware.com/thread/627298
2) WintoUSB part remains same.
3) For Macbook Pros 2018 and newer (T2 chip enabled), you need to go to Recovery Mode(Cmd+R at startup)>Startup Utility Manager>Select "no security/allow boot from external media" combination. This would allow Windows to boot from external drive. Some external drives work on medium security; for samsung T5 you need to select "no security".
4) Perform Windows installation as shown here. If you have trouble installing bootcamp drivers (screen flickers, installation freezes etc.), you will need to perform a force installation of the bootcamp drivers. www.imore.com/how-fix-boot-camp-unsupported-computer-model-error
5) Update AMD Radeon drivers if you have a 15-inch Macbook Pro. Right-click Start>DeviceManager>DisplayAdapter>Radeon>Properties(right click)>Update driver
Note: This is not true bootcamp. This is Windows to Go i.e. Windows that runs from external drives. BootCamp runs on Mac partition. You will not see the external drive on startup disk of Mac. To see it: Go to System Preferences>Security&Privacy>Privacy>FullDiskAccess>Click + to add System Preferences. I'm not sure this will allow you to boot directly by making this selection. That's because this isn't BootCamp! Pressing Option at Mac startup is probably the best way to switch operating systems.
Love it man. VERY clear. Do read others notes though for modern protocol
Smooth process but at the end I got error "The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk”
Rohan Dhir did u figure it out
Same here and i don’t know how to fix it
does this still work in 2019?
idk man
i hope it does
and i hope it does not fck with internal hhd
Hi seems like you also have a SSD(internal or external) for your mac OS ?? thanks
10:03
When I click "next", an error pops up that says "Already has a version of Windows installed or the same name file has been existed!"
any help?
Try this www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/format-unrecognized-hdd . Certain commands will take a while. Although it solved the problem for me
In what step of the process? (There are a lot of places where we click next if you didn't notice)
@@pranavpolakam5371 He specified a timestamp - 10:03.
it says the free trial version doesnt support windows 10 pro
wolfe install wintousb 3.5
@@antonlethanh8693 So you basically have to roll back, thanks!
Don't do that...download the ISO for April 1803 instead of October 1809....
As of February 2019, downloading WinToUSB Free version 3.5 worked for this.
I ran into the same issue. Basically, you have to download the latest version.