thank you very much! Will this also put the necessary bootcamp drivers for windows to work in the USB drive?
Sent from my iPhone > On 06-Sep-2015, at 7:40 am, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I thought some of you would find the following article, by Simple Help, if > not useful, then at least interesting. > > Good Luck and Enjoy, > > Mark > > How to Create a Windows 10 Flash Drive Installer on a Mac > > This quick guide will show you how to create a Windows 10 "bootable" USB > thumb/flash drive from within OS X. > > 1. > First up, you'll need a Windows 10 .iso file. This is the exact type of file > that Microsoft provides when you download Windows 10 from them. If you > obtained your copy of Windows 10 elsewhere that's fine, as long as the file > is in the .iso format. > > 2. > The other item you'll need is a USB usb flash/thumb drive . Depending on the > version of Windows that you're installing, you may be able use a flash drive > as small as 4GB. The instructions that came with the Windows 10 .iso file > you have will probably tell you. If in doubt, an 8GB drive will suffice for > every version of Windows 10. Please note: this process involves completely > erasing all of the data on that thumb drive, so if you have files on it - > make sure to back them up first, as they will be deleted. > > 3. > To create a bootable (installation) Windows 10 USB flash drive we're > actually going to use the Boot Camp Utility App, even though we are not > going to install Windows 10 on your Mac (at least in this tutorial). Launch > it by selecting Applications then Utilities and then double-click Boot Camp > Assistant > > 4. > Click Continue to move on from the 'Introduction' screen. > > 5. > Make sure that Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk is selected, > and Install Windows 7 or later version is NOT selected. Then click Continue. > > > 6. > Now it's time to select your Windows 10 ISO file. Click the Choose. button. > > 7. > Navigate to the Windows 10 .iso file, select it by clicking on it once, and > then click the Open button. > > 8. > Now in the Destination Disk: section select your USB thumb drive. Make sure > to select the correct one - especially if you have other USB drives plugged > into your Mac. Remember, any and all files on this USB flash drive will be > erased, so double-check. Then click Continue. > > 9. > A scary This drive will be erased confirmation message will appear. Since > you so diligently made sure to select the correct drive in the previous > step, you can click Continue with no fear :) > > 10. > Now the boring part. This can take a while, you may want to go grab yourself > a coffee or tea. > > 11. > Towards the end of the process, you'll be prompted to enter your Mac's > password. Do so, then click the Add Helper button. > > 12. > Click Quit when the final screen appears. > > 13. > The USB flash drive will now be named WININSTALL (and is safe to eject) - > you're done! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
