[Help] How to make a Windows boot disk in MacOS?

by Poster Apr 7, 2025 11

I mainly use MBP 2017 + MacOS ventuna 13.7. Recently, I fiddled with upgrading the configuration (SSD + memory) of the old Lenovo computer for the elderly, and I need to burn the U boot disk of Windows. However, because the old hard disk of Lenovo computer is broken, only mac can be used to make the boot disk. However, I tried the following five methods searched online, and they all seem to have expired. After doing it for a long time, I still can't get it done. Thanks, 🙏 1. mac system bootcamp: does not support installation to USB 2. dd command: After the BIOS selects the U flash drive, it cannot enter the installed system, so return to the selection menu 3. Copy the ISO file directly to the U disk: After the BIOS selects the U disk, it cannot enter the installed system, so return to the selection menu 4. balenaEtcher: ISO files are not supported, showing 'rufus is recommended' (Windows only supported) 5. deepin-boot-maker: After inserting USB (sandisk 2.0 and PNY 3.0), it shows' No available disk found '

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Anonymous114 Apr 7, 2025

Find a way to find a PC: unit, friends, Internet cafes (I don't know what the current strategy for USB is)

Poster Apr 7, 2025

@ Anonymous114 Is there no other way under macos (other than virtual machines)? I just think it's a little magical..

Anonymous7786 Apr 7, 2025

WinDiskWriter https://github.com/TechUnRestricted/WinDiskWriter

Anonymous1866 Apr 7, 2025

1. Download ventoy-1. 1.05-livecd.iso here https://github.com/Ventoy/Ventoy/releases 2. Open a virtual machine on Mac, mount the iso image, and then pass the U disk to be used as the boot disk directly to the virtual machine. livecd has almost zero requirements for the performance of the computer 3. In the virtual machine, install ventoy on the U flash drive 4. Delete the virtual machine, select the exFAT format for the file system of the U disk, and copy and paste the Windows iso file directly into the U disk without any special processing. The ventoy tutorial is below https://www.ventoy.net/cn/doc_news.html

Anonymous9847 Apr 7, 2025

Install vmware fusion 2. Install a win10 virtual machine 3. Add the USB disk to the virtual machine 4. Virtual machine burns USB disk

Anonymous2246 Apr 7, 2025

Lenovo is particularly disgusting. The bios of computers such as Dell and ASUS supports ntfs and can directly decompress files to a USB flash drive to start. Lenovo only supports fat32 and has to specially prepare an empty USB flash drive to divide two partitions before using it

Anonymous10584 Apr 7, 2025

I recommend using this, it is particularly easy to use. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crystalfetch-iso-downloader/id6454431289? mt = 12

Poster Apr 7, 2025

@ Anonymous7786 Thanks, it's done! There are still many ways for V God!

Anonymous6032 Apr 10, 2025

@ Anonymous7786 # 3 Thank you very much

Poster Apr 13, 2025

@ Anonymous10584 I read the introduction and only do win11?

Poster Apr 13, 2025

@ Anonymous1866 Although I don't use it, this should be a good way, but this one on the 3rd floor seems to save the virtual machine step, take a look