Windows 10 was released last Wednesday and I wanted to give it a try since I skipped trying Windows 8 altogether. I have a valid windows key so I am good to go, all I need to do is to download windows 10 ISO file, create a bootable USB from that iso, and install it on my secondary machine, viola!
But I had an unexpected problem, my primary machine is a Mac, and I could not find a user friendly program that can burn an ISO file on a USB drive, it is doable using command line (http://superuser.com/questions/63654/how-do-i-burn-an-iso-on-a-usb-drive-on-mac-os-x) but I was too lazy to do command line at midnight, and was too exhausted for a dd command (writing a disk image to a physical disk) risking doing it on the wrong physical disk.
DuckDuckGoing more (Googling more for other people), found out that OS X has a nice feature called Boot Camp, that enables users to install Windows 7 and 8 along side OS X on a Mac Machine, allowing them to choose which OS to use on boot. Boot Camp comes with a tool called Boot Camp Assistant that helps users create bootable Windows 7 and 8 USB disks from ISO, so I thought why not try that? I did and it worked, the nice UI tool that comes by default on OS X burned the ISO nicely to my USB and it installed flawlessly on my second machine.
Here are the steps to burn Windows 10 ISO (or any ISO) on a USB drive on Mac OS X:
But I had an unexpected problem, my primary machine is a Mac, and I could not find a user friendly program that can burn an ISO file on a USB drive, it is doable using command line (http://superuser.com/questions/63654/how-do-i-burn-an-iso-on-a-usb-drive-on-mac-os-x) but I was too lazy to do command line at midnight, and was too exhausted for a dd command (writing a disk image to a physical disk) risking doing it on the wrong physical disk.
DuckDuckGoing more (Googling more for other people), found out that OS X has a nice feature called Boot Camp, that enables users to install Windows 7 and 8 along side OS X on a Mac Machine, allowing them to choose which OS to use on boot. Boot Camp comes with a tool called Boot Camp Assistant that helps users create bootable Windows 7 and 8 USB disks from ISO, so I thought why not try that? I did and it worked, the nice UI tool that comes by default on OS X burned the ISO nicely to my USB and it installed flawlessly on my second machine.
Here are the steps to burn Windows 10 ISO (or any ISO) on a USB drive on Mac OS X:
- Download Windows 10 ISO files from Microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
- Plug your USB to the Mac.
- From your OS X launchpad open Boot Camp Assistant
- Read the instructions on the first page and click Continue
- On the next page check only the first option Create a Windows 7 or later install disk check the second option to Download latest software checked if you want, but make sure you do not select the third option Install Windows 7 or later version or else it will start installing windows on your Mac automatically. Click Continue
- Point to your ISO file and finish the wizard, it will start creating your USB (takes about 10 mins) once it is done your USB is ready to install!
