With Parallels Desktop, you can switch between Mac and Windows without ever needing to reboot your computer. If you have already installed Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, or Windows 7 on your Mac using Boot Camp, you can set Parallels Desktop to run Windows from the Boot Camp Partition or import Windows and your data from Boot Camp into Parallels Desktop as a new virtual machine. How to create and run Windows To Go on a MAC computer? Connect the USB drive to a computer running Windows. Please use the following guidelines to prepare the partitions if you are using an external hard. Install and run WinToUSB. Click the button, then click the button and select.
This tutorial will show you how to create a Windows To Go USB drive that supports MAC computers, then you can run Windows to go on a Mac computer to complete the work that must be done under Windows.
I hav a late 2016 MacBook Pro with MacOS and Windows 10 Pro dual systems installed on it, so far so good, but I only use Windows 10 Pro to play some games that can't be run on MacOS. Now I'm trying to get rid of my Bootcamp installation, because of low space on main SSD drive. I noticed that WinToUSB can install Windows to a USB drive, can the Windows USB drive created by WinToUSB be started from a Mac computer? How do I make it? Could let me know step by step for using your tools.
Yes, the Windows To Go USB drive created by WinToUSB can be started from a Mac computer, but not all Windows To Go USB drive created by WinToUSB can be started from a Mac computer. So we need to understand what causes the WinToUSB USB drive to fail to boot and then we can effectively avoid it.
1. Now All of Apple's computers use Intel CPUs, and Apple selected the Intel-designed Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) as its BIOS firmware to replace the Open firmware used on the PowerPC architecture. So in order to boot a Mac computer, we have to make sure that the Windows To Go USB drive that we created supports EFI booting.
2. For booting Windows on an (U)EFI-based computer, the Windows version must match the PC architecture, that means a 64-bit (U)EFI-based computer can only boot 64-bit versions of Windows and a 32-bit (U)EFI-based computer can only boot 32-bit versions of Windows. Mac computers use 64-bit Intel CPUs, so make sure you use 64-bit Windows to create Windows To Go.
Tutorial to create and run Windows To Go on a MAC computer with WinToUSB.
Step 1. Connect the destination external hard drive or flash drive to the computer with an installed copy of WinToUSB, then run WinToUSB.
Step 2. Click the button, then click the button and select the Windows installation ISO file from the open dialog box.
Step 3. WinToUSB scans for and lists installable operating systems. If you see the edition of Windows you want to install, select it, then click 'Next'.
Step 4. Select the destination USB drive in the drop-down list. If the USB drive is not correctly recognized by WinToUSB, you need to click the button for the program to recognize the USB drive.
Step 5. A pop-up will appear asking you if you want to format it to continue, select the partition scheme you want to use and click 'Yes' to format it. Mac computer is a UEFI based computer, so you have to select the 'GPT for UEFI' or 'MBR for BIOS and UEFI' option as the partition scheme. If you choose 'Keep the existing partition scheme', you need to manually prepare the partitions on the USB drive before this step, and here is the user guide on how to manually prepare partitions for Windows To Go. Please note that the 'Keep the existing partition scheme' option is valid only for an external disk.
Step 6. Select the system partition and boot partition from the partition list, the selected partitions will be marked as red, then click 'Next'.
Step 7. After clicking 'Next', WinToUSB begins installing Windows.
Step 8. It takes some time to install. After installation, safely unplug the USB drive from the Windows computer, then connect the USB drive to the MAC computer you want to boot. If you have only the USB-C interface on your MAC computer, you will need to use the USB-C to USB Adapter to connect the USB device to your MAC computer.
Step 9. Power on the MAC computer, and then immediately hold down the Option key, then select the USB drive and press Return to boot from it.
Step 10. Windows normal installation starts up and you have to complete all the installation steps, If the Mac's own keyboard or touchpad does not work, you have to use an external USB keyboard or mouse to complete the installation. After that, you can install boot camp, programs, copy files, etc.
Now you know how to create and run Windows To Go on a MAC computer with the best free Windows To Go Creator WinToUSB, you can also use WinToUSB to clone existing Windows to a USB drive and then boot Windows from that USB drive on a MAC computer.