Creating Windows Installation Media on macOS
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What you'll need
- An 8GB or larger USB stick/flash drive
- If you need one, we recommend and test with the following USB stick
- macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer
- Supports both Apple Silicon (M1/M2) and Intel Macs.
- USBZile
- CMOS
- Windows Disk Image
Creating the Installation Media
On your macOS device
- Open USBZile
- Under Device select the USB stick/flash drive that you want to turn into installation media
- Note: This process will delete all data on the selected USB stick/flash drive
- Under Zip file select the CMOS ZIP file you downloaded earlier
- Under ISO image select the Windows Disk Image you downloaded earlier
- Click START, then wait for the USB stick/flash drive to be created
On your soon-to-be Windows device
- Plug the USB stick/flash drive into your soon-to-be Windows device
- Boot to the USB stick/flash drive
- If you are prompted to Enroll Hash, select loader.efi
- If necessary disable Secure Boot to bypass the HashTool
- Sit back and relax as CMOS finalizes your Windows Installation Media
- Once complete CMOS will automatically restart your PC
Congratulations you now have a Windows Installation Media USB!
This USB can now be used on the current PC or any other PC of your choice.