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Apple does not support Boot Camp Assistant installations of Windows 10 on 2011 and earlier iMac models. The exact list of supported Mac models is given below. The following Mac models support 64-bit versions of Windows 10 when installed using Boot Camp. MacBook Pro (2012 and later). MacBook Air (2012 and later).

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MacBook (2015 and later). iMac (2012 and later).

Insert the Mac Mini Logic Board Removal Tool into the two holes highlighted in red. Be sure it makes contact with the top side of outer case below the logic board before proceeding. Carefully pull the tool toward the I/O board. I have a late 2012 Mac mini, but it must be an earlier version than this late 2012 Mac mini in this description, because removing the hard drive is much more complicated than described here. Please see this YouTube video if you have trouble removing your hard drive with these directions.

Mac mini (2012 and later). Mac mini Server (Late 2012). Mac Pro (Late 2013) I have read where others have successfully used the Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows flash drive installer.

This was accomplished by first editing a.plist file contained within the Boot Camp Assistant software. I have the following problems with doing this. The Boot Camp Assistant software has to be hacked in order to create the Windows installer. The resulting flash drive installer defaults to a Windows installation that uses the EFI boot method.

Apple did not officially start supporting this method of booting Windows until the 2012 model year. I have always assumed the Windows Support Software, supplied by Apple for my Mac, was designed only for the legacy BIOS boot method of installation.

I have no problems EFI booting the USB Windows installer, but I still want to install Windows to use the BIOS boot method. Here is what I wish to accomplish. Install Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. I have downloaded the latest Windows 10 (Version 1709, OS Build 16299.15) iso file. Install Windows 10 into a newly formatted volume. I do not want to first install an earlier version of Windows and then upgrade to Window 10.

Boot Windows using the legacy BIOS boot method. Use only one partition on the first internal drive ( disk0) for the Windows files. The single internal disk in my Mac uses a 512 byte sector size. Install Windows using the latest version of macOS. Currently, this would be High Sierra (macOS 10.13.2). I would desire to preform the installation without any of the following. No third party software.

No optical (DVD) drive. No Boot Camp Assistant.

Without disabling System Integrity Protection (SIP). I would prefer not having to boot to via the internet, built-in recovery or an.

But, since is not a third party tool, I am not opposed to its use. Installing Windows 10 without DVD or Third Party Tools This answer applies to Mac models where the following is true. An optical drive and/or Windows installation DVD is unavailable. Such cases include when the optical drive has been removed or is broken. Also, when a Windows iso file is available and the Mac has a working optical drive, but no blank DVD can be obtained. Windows 10 needs to be installed to boot using the legacy BIOS method.

This generally includes Mac models that where shipped with an optical drive. Your Mac is capable of 64 bit EFI mode booting from a properly created USB flash drive Windows 10 installer. Note: Unless apple officially supports Windows 10 on your model Mac, there is no documented way of knowing if your Mac can 64 bit EFI boot from a USB flash drive Windows 10 installer. The only way to know is to build such an installer and try booting. The Windows specifications are given below. Edition: Windows 10 Pro. Processor: 64 bit.

Version: 1709. OS Build: 16299.15 The macOS is version 10.13.2 (High Sierra). Below, are the basic steps needed to install Windows 10 for an BIOS boot, when the USB flash drive Windows Installer boots in EFI mode. I have made the following assumptions. Apple has not supplied the drivers for a 64 bit Windows 10 installation. It is a common misconception that the latest Windows Support Software from Apple should always be used to install Windows 10.

This is wrong. Microsoft Windows is designed to use legacy drivers when current drivers are not available or nonexistant. You should use the latest Windows Support Software that apple has released for your model Mac. I assume this is what you get when the latest Boot Camp Assistant application available for your Mac is used to download the Windows Support Software. Note: I actually have a 2007 iMac running Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. The software was installed (from a DVD) on a freshly formatted partition using the Windows Support Software designed for a 32 bit Windows 7 installation. Windows will be installed on the primary internal drive.

In other words, the drive with the disk identifier of disk0. Note: Windows can be installed on drives other than disk0, but this may also require a 500 MB 'System Reserved' boot partition on disk0. In any case, the procedure to implement this situation is beyond the scope of this answer. Windows will be installed on the 2nd, 3rd or 4th partition of the drive.

Note: Windows can be installed on partitions greater than the fourth partition. Again, the procedure to implement this situation is beyond the scope of this answer. Below are the installation steps. Note: To get a better view of the images shown below, either click on an image or open an image in a new window. Download the latest Windows Support Software for your Mac. For the 2011 iMac, this software can be found at.

On my Mac, these files were downloaded to the /Downloads/BootCamp5 directory. This software can also be use with the Mac models given below. Latest version. I started with another guide that was missing the bootsect command, so I didn't follow this guide exactly. Following the other guide, I created a virtual disk drive with an iso of Windows 7 using Daemon Tools to trick Bootcamp Assistant into letting me partition the drive.

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I assume BCA creates the hybrid format. The other steps were largely the same, except it involved formatting the drive as NTFS using the bootable USB key, then copying over the Win10 iso contents in macOS using Tuxera NTFS to access the drive. So 2 pieces of 3rd party software this guide didn't need. – Apr 26 at 12:44.