NickoTheSicko Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 Hello, We use iMacs at the school i work at but we run Windows 10 on them, we are trying to put Boot camp on using the Boot Camp Assistant on the iMac but its not working, Could i remove the Mac OS and just have Windows 10 running as the only OS on the Mac, Any ideas?
steve Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 Which ever way you get this working you'll need to tread carefully with licensing. Its rare for any agreement to cover this situation. Window retail licenses would probably need to be purchased per device.
Arthur Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 It's rare for any agreement to cover this situation. macOS is a valid qualifying OS for Windows 10 upgrade licenses obtained through a suitable Microsoft volume licensing agreement. www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/Downloader.aspx?documenttype=PT&lang=English
Mrpower Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 I set up an older iMac to boot only into windows 7, I created a partition drive and install windows on to the second partition. I would imagine you could do the same and then upgrade to windows 10. Or if you have a Mac with two or more Hard drives you could install windows on to one of them and boot into that. You could once you have windows installed on the second partition remove the Mac OS partition. Alternatively swap the hard drive for a 2 or 3TB drive partition 75 -25 windows 75 and Mac 25 and carry on. 1
NickoTheSicko Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) Interesting, today i have booted the mac from a memory stick which has windows 10 on it and i deleted all the partitions which had Mac OS on it, it seems to be running alright, its been a bit of trial and error with getting the right drivers installed and getting blue screens but it seems to be working alright so hopefully if this solutions work, i can implement this onto are other Mac which is having the same problem. Edited March 6, 2019 by NickoTheSicko
Norphy Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 For all of their fancyness, Macs are just x86 based computers with a bog standard UEFI. Windows has supported booting from EFIs since the x64 version of Windows 8.1 came onto the market. I've built several Macs using standard Windows disks. They've not needed to be boot camped. However, the advantage of using Bootcamp is that you get all of the drivers in one easy place, as you say finding drivers for them otherwise can be problematic. 1
Arthur Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 How old are the iMacs? Are you installing the 64-bit version of Windows 10? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201468
NickoTheSicko Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 How old are the iMacs? Are you installing the 64-bit version of Windows 10? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201468 We have 8 iMacs which are the 2011/12 27inch models, and yer im installing the 64-bit versions.
Arthur Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) I've built several Macs using standard Windows disks. They've not needed to be boot camped. Isn't it only the 2013+ Macs that support booting Windows in native EFI mode though? www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/3ypcsx/native_windows_efi_boot_on_macs_2013_and_newer/ However, the advantage of using Bootcamp is that you get all of the drivers in one easy place, as you say finding drivers for them otherwise can be problematic. It's possible to download the drivers directly from Apple. https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1720 (Pre-2013 Macs) https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1837 Using Brigadier is another way to get the correct drivers for a specific Mac model... https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier Edited March 6, 2019 by Arthur
NickoTheSicko Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 Isn't it only the 2013+ Macs that support booting Windows in native EFI mode though? www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/3ypcsx/native_windows_efi_boot_on_macs_2013_and_newer/ It's possible to download the drivers directly from Apple. https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1720 (Pre-2013 Macs) https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1837 Using Brigadier is another way to get the correct drivers for a specific Mac model... https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier Well the macs that im using are pre 2013 and it seems to be able to boot from efi just fine, i downloaded the boot camp from apple and have used there boot camp setup and its worked fine ever since.
NickoTheSicko Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 **Update** While installing updates for Windows 10 the computer ran into a problem and blue screened, currently stuck on windows loading screen and isn't doing anything, i just cant seem to get Windows 10 installed on the mac, any ideas on how i can run windows 10 on the mac?
Norphy Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 Isn't it only the 2013+ Macs that support booting Windows in native EFI mode though? www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/3ypcsx/native_windows_efi_boot_on_macs_2013_and_newer/ It's possible to download the drivers directly from Apple. https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1720 (Pre-2013 Macs) https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1837 Using Brigadier is another way to get the correct drivers for a specific Mac model... https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier Supported, maybe. However, I've installed it this way on a 2012 and 2010 MacBook Pro.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now