Installing Windows from macOS. Suitable for Hackintosh and Macintosh (install drivers yourself). Possibility to make a backup.
There is no need to create an installation flash drive.
The utilities used are wimlib and ntfs-3g and others.
Thanks to Joseph P. Zeller and his https://github.com/jpz4085/BCD-SYS project for their tremendous help.
There is a drag and drop support function. Compatible with Mac OS X 10.13 and up.
Intel only!
Training video - https://youtu.be/-w_ehC2-ghc
Be sure to read README.md
For questions and suggestions:
https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/348077-install-windows-on-mac-no-bootcamp/#comment-2789286
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/installing-windows-10-in-legacy-bios-mode-in-cmp-with-boot-camp-assistant.2386309/
Features
- 1. “Install Windows UEFI” Disk - GPT partition table, create a partition and format it in FAT32 or exFAT. Watch the video on how to do this. Select the disk number and partition. Click "Install". The partition will be formatted in NTFS and the Windows system will be installed on the prepared partition, and the Windows boot loader will be installed on the EFI partition. Enabling the “Deactivate Windows ESP” option - Once installed, bootx64.efi renames it to bootx64.efioff. Made at the request of MacPro 4.1/5.1 owners since installing BOOT/bootx64.efi can damage the firmware. If you don't understand, don't enable this option.
- 2. “Install Windows legacy boot” Disk - GPT partition table, create a partition and format it in FAT32 or exFAT. Select the disk number and partition. Click "Install". The program converts the partition scheme from GPT to a hybrid GPT+MBR and makes the prepared partition active. The partition will be formatted in NTFS and the Windows system and bootloader will be installed on the prepared partition. Condition: The disk must be able to be turned off, that is, it must not be a system disk. If you are installing Windows on a Mac OS drive, you will need to temporarily install Mac OS on the external drive and install from there. Compatibility Mac OS X 10.13 - Mac OS X 12
- 3. “Install Windows legacy boot” Disk - MBR partition table, create partition and format exFAT. Select the disk number and partition. Click "Install". The partition will be formatted in NTFS and the Windows system and bootloader will be installed on the prepared partition. Condition: The disk must be able to be disconnected during installation. Compatibility Mac OS X 10.13 - Mac OS X 12
- 4. "Windows Backup" Select the disk number and the Windows partition from which you want to create an archive. Click "Backup". A file with a WIM extension will appear in the folder (Desktop/Backup folder by default). Restore the archive through installation. Watch the video on how to do this.
- 5. "Restore EFI bootloader" Select the disk number and partition with the Windows system whose bootloader you want to restore. Click "Restore". This is demonstrated in the training video.
- 6. “WIM <-> ESD” Drag a file with a WIM or ESD extension onto the program window. For example, encoding from WIM to ESD reduces file size by about 15-20% You can restore the system from a file with the ESD extension, but you cannot add archives. You can add archives to a file with the WIM extension.