How to Install Windows 10 via Boot Camp on Older Mac Pro via USB

[@willthesadpills2903]

I had to go through like 10 other tutorials that never told me how to modify bootcamp for my 2010 macbook pro you were the only one! THANK YOU

[@headsoftech]

Excellent

[@rogblackmore]

I'm hoping I can do the same for my old MBP. It's still on OS X 10.6.8, do you think that could be a problem?

[@khanfamily1739]

Thank you for this. I’m planning to get a Mac Pro but I didn’t want to have an out dated MacOS. I would especially use this for gaming so this is very useful.

[@laurencebrown4031]

Thanks buddy... you information is really useful. (I've now done a full Mac Pro rehab) I had one issue with downloading the bootcamp Windows iso ... it errored stating the USB isn't big enough...(even though it was!)... someone ells on the forum sugested its a problem with FAT32 only being able to handle 5mb downloads... by using the earlier, and smaller April 2018 windows iso release it worked! I'm by no means a computer expert but I hope this might help others!

[@mattpicturesltd]

Laurence Brown thank you I have been trying for hours...

[@AmyDeo378]

I also having a similar issue. Would you be able to tell me where you got your April 2018 windows iso from?

[@starbarrette557]

EDIT - this way won't work on the latest win 10 iso's, and installing via bootable USB can cause damage if you are not careful. Seems the easiest way is to install win 10 via virtualbox (trick it to install on a hard drive, then boot to that hard drive). Look online for instructions. Perhaps it's simpler to install win7/8 via bootcamp and then upgrade to win 10 from within windows?? (Haven't tested, seems a legit option) For anyone wanting to install on a Mac pro 5,1 the info.plist has changed. Remove the entry from PreUSBNootSupportedModels as mentioned in the video, add MacPro5,1 to PreWindows10OnlyModels and fix up the typo (nice one Apple) on the SupporedNonWin10Models section so it now reads SupportedNonWin10Models... Ensure your Mac model entry is in here too. Save the info.plist, open the copy and now you can install windows 10. EDIT: you will probably still get stuck at the bootcamp wizard taking forever with copying the windows files, then saying you have run out of space. I suspect this is because the USB is formatted FAT32 and as soon as the install.wim file hits 4GB it falls over. FAT32 cant handle single files over 4GB... Perhaps earlier versions of win10 didn't exceed this?

[@shanusharma]

Damn man. You just revived my mid 2009 MacBook Pro. Just upgraded to SSD and I have a new laptop.

[@headsoftech]

Congrats mate

[@dominicpascal5512]

love how the key is misspelled "Suppored" … so Apple devs make the same mistakes as any other dev 😄

[@tugdualfaucher8322]

hello, great video which is very explanatory but I have a problem, after modifying the Boot Camp (as indicated in the video) I put my Windows iso and my usb key but when I start the load, I have a message after several minutes of Boot Camp which tells me that the disk does not have enough space while my key has all the space available (32gb) and that my ssd still has more than 100gb of free ... is it because of my ssd system which does not have a partition for bootcamp (I skipped the disk utility step at the beginning because I want to install it on another hard disk) the problem is there ??? thank you in advance for your response

[@wintutorials2282]

i have the same issue, did you find a solution already?

[@mrbigrzl]

It’s stuck on copying windows files the blue bar is half was filled.. I followed your instructions

[@deglar1]

Hi, I followed the instructions to remove those two lines of code on the Boot Camp copy and clicked save but the same denial of service message appeared, 'Boot Camp Assistant cannot be used. This Mac does not support Boot Camp' Not sure I go from here.

[@DaktarBaba]

installed windows 10 on a imac pro mid 2010 and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the tutorial :)

[@headsoftech]

Excellent

[@jabeyy5281]

Mine says boot camp only support 64 bit windows 8 or windows 7 installation on this play form and I’m ina 2010 mac please help

[@DisablerMaster-xf2wt]

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[@JesusIsUnstoppable]

not clear on WHY you are deleting from the info.plist so that I may apply the 'rule' to my own model# or whatever is applicable.

[@Xordo71]

I have a mac pro 5.1 from mid-2012 with High Sierra and it would not let me install windows with boot camp, I had to install it on another hard drive and it would not let me install the boot camp drivers, which was not a fully functional installation. The information you have shared to change the string to support the 5.1 models will be very useful for me. Thank you very much for the video, greetings

[@headsoftech]

Glad it helped, mate!

[@KAWAIIRORY]

I use bootable usb flash and after I selected partition boot camp size and then let it ran then the Mac restart into black screen saying No bootable disk please insert a disk ... plz help

[@alenvijay]

i hav a mac pro early 2008 model with a new mac supported graphic card. i disposed off the stock graphic card so i dont have it now. i got to a point till it restarted as you mentioned above but because of the graphics card, its blank.. pls help me

[@pbsct6757]

So what is the mac compatible graphics cards? Metal compatible or those old cards? Also what version of Mac OS is in this video? I am trying to install windows 10 on my 2009 Mac Pro (flashed into 5,1), but experienced a lot troubles using different methods. I have very old Radeon 4870 and GT 120 graphic cards. Since I don't have blank DVD+R disks, I tried to install Windows using USB. But then the FAT32's 4GB size limit for a single file prevents me from installing. The ISO file I downloaded has a install.wim of 4.27GB, and when the Boot Camp Assistant tried to create bootable USB from the ISO file, it stoped by saying no sufficient space on the drive, and ejected the USB. But I am using 16GB USB. I checked the USB, and found that it stoped at creating the Install.wim file. So how to overcome this?

[@retrovideo2124]

same exact issue and circumstances here. any ideas??

[@pbsct6757]

​@@retrovideo2124 If only this problem, then it can be resolved by splitting into smaller files using wimlib-imagex. Instead of using BootCampAssistant which will stop after meeting the oversized install.wim, You can create a bootable usb using unetbootin, which will create files bigger than 4GB. You can them delete this file, and mount the ISO file, and convert the original install.wim from the mounted drive to your USB drive using Wimlib-imagex, by using this Terminal command: wimlib-imagex split /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_ZH-TW_DV9/sources/install.wim /Volumes/WINDOWS10/sources/install.swm 3800. 3800 means each make shall not exceed 3.8GB. But I do not have a metal compatible card (it is on the way to come). I failed quite a few times.

[@adamcudi]

Say you upgrade your storage and have windows and MacOS. Where will it distribute it?

[@GiftLeshelele]

Hey there... I've got a problem I tried to boot windows on my Mac pro 5.1 but it's doesn't want to install windows and I'm stuck with a windows start screen but no loading, so I tried putting in a hard then it says No bookable device... insert boot disk Even my mac doesn't boot up any I've tried to boot it up with a mixture of keyboard functions but I'm getting a white screen of death

[@vincentsuper3369]

This a great tutorial but I encountered a problem when my computer restarted I held alt but it said no bootable device insert disk and press key to continue, any helpful thoughts

[@headsoftech]

Hey mate, which computer are you using? I've got 2 more versions of this guide that might be helpful. One is installing via DVD and the other is doing it without boot camp. Via Boot Camp DVD: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpXPooGbn92ehZY Without Boot Camp: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmG7pY2gqrKHhM0

[@yotoprules9361]

Hi, I have an issue. I have a MacBook Pro 3,1 and when I select "EFI Boot" from the bootloader, it just freezes. I've tried recreating the usb drive and tried a different usb drive and port. Any ideas?

[@camstonefox]

So just attempted this fix with a Mac Pro 5.1/Mid2010 running Mojave(10.14.6), did the fixes as shown, and it still comes up with a "This Mac does not support Boot Camp." (BootCamp 6.1.0)- Not sure what the issue is... any ideas?

[@davefitzpatrick83]

Any progress with this? I know it's 2 years ago. I'm having the same issue.

[@audiofreq]

Best intro music ever...

[@druj945]

When I get to the restart, and windows comes up... after choosing the windows version and entering the key code etc... it says "windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks. There's only one physical drive present, with a few different partitions. PLEASE HELP!!!

[@leeford5924]

after the usb stick has been created I have the option "Erase disk and create a single partition for windows. The mac then restarts and I get the no bootable drive detected screen. I have tried multiple times with no luck. Any ideas? cheers

[@headsoftech]

Hey mate, which Mac are you installing Windows on? Which part of the video are you referring to for "Erase disk and create a single partition for windows"?

[@piousmulvey]

I'm having the same problem. At the 2.39 mark theres an option to erase the disk completely as I use a new ssd in a bay on the Mac Pro 4,1. When it restarts I get no bootable drive. The I restart holding alt the disk with refi on it comes up but I get the same error.@@headsoftech

[@rogblackmore]

Thanks for the video, love the approach. I hope I can get this working on my old macbook pro from 2010. It's on OS X 10.6.8 🤞

[@-dz9983]

Can I install Windows 10 on an iMac 5G? Thank you

[@apostle100]

I have a macbook pro 5,4 (mid 2009, running el capitan), but I don't see it in the bootcamp plist in the texteditor, yet my computer doesn't recognize a bootable windows 10 usb. It does recognize a windows 10 dvd that I burned from iso downloaded from Microsoft and burnt on its native dvd burner, however bootcamp just gets as far as letting me know that Windows 8 is not supported on this mac (even though it's windows 10 on the dvd) and goes on to say that bootcamp only supports windows 7 on this mac.... Am I missing something? Is there something I can change to make boot camp accommodate windows 10 on my mac? Thanks!

[@MexterO123]

How did you include both graphics cards at 5:54? I don't see any additional mini 6 pin power cords since you have to use both for the RX 580. I literally have the same machine as you do, please help. XD

[@jamiekehoe6931]

Is there any way to dual boot now that this technique has changed? Boot camp will not operate at all in Mojave on a Mac Pro, as of 10.14.6 and the very latest Windows 10 version 1909? Is there an update video you can make or point me in the right direction for the correct technique? I am running a 5,1 Mac Pro with a Radeon Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card. Mojave installed on an NVME drive and Windows on a separate 2TB hard drive installed in the optical bay. I have tried pretty much everything to get Mac to boot Windows, it only worked for a short while and then stopped working again. I think it has something to do with the changing drive numbers every time you boot?

[@tahirfeyzioglu]

Hi , thanks for sharing, great job, I have got I-Mac early 2006. Now, I can't install os - x, it says You can't install OS-X, only restore backup. I Haven't got time machine backup. So, I was try install windows 10 and 7 direct install without os-x and bootcamp, I can't boot from USB and I was install windows on mac disk on another computer and plug disk on imac. Windows stop with blue screen when booting. same case on linux. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.

[@harveyliu3260]

Hi, I have both video cards installed. The original mac video card and I upgraded to the sapphire 580. I have the original mac video card on a separate slot powered by a sata to 6-pin, but it isn't booting properly. Do I need to swap the cables or does it work with leaving the display cables in the new sapphire videocard? Do you have a video with a little more detail about running two cards? Thanks

[@太陽雨-i2s]

Thanks for the video. A quick question, with new MacOS, metal graphics cards such as RX 580 are supported, will that make it easy to install windows 10 using bootcamp?

[@jamiechisholm3644]

When selecting where to install Windows after the partition and startup screen; it says “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, windows can only be installed to GTP disks.” Formatting the partition does not help. Anyway to format the partition to GTP?Thanks.

[@davidlalumiere1750]

I'm at the "Creating bootable USB drive for Windows Installation" step, after pressing continue, it pops me an error window saying that there is insufficient space on the USB drive. I have a 32GB USB drive that is dedicated for that, the ISO image of windows is just a little bit below 6GB. Do you know what is causing that and what can be done to fix it ? Thanks ! MacPro 5.1 (mid 2010) graphic card ATI radeon 5770 MacOs High Sierra (10.13.6)

[@Rob-ym]

hello. I tried it with my macpro5.1 but it continues to say "not enough space on disk" it is a USB flash drive 32GIG formatted MS-DOS FAT. Do you know why? thanks

[@mbugs_]

I have a Mac Pro 4,1 as I did the bootcamp partition and usb iso was set with Windows ISO, I restarted , hold Alt, I see the EFI Boot drive. Once I chose it my Mac suddenly gets frozen and stuck.

[@gbproof9722]

followed all the steps but after going thru the BootCamp steps my Boot Manager wont show the USB Drive? I can see the Drive in the finder and its formatted corectly. Do you have a solution for this?

[@Blink.M2Dev]

I modified plist to make a bootable usb and it errors out saying not enough space to create bootable usb drive. I’ve tried formatting exfat/mbr, exfat/guid and copied iso files and no matter what I try the usb isn’t seen when using option at startup. I’m thinking this machine just can’t do it

[@fabienrakoto8782]

Hey...why win10 is buged at the first launch after the USB drive selection...

[@aaronfolkrod4926]

Thank you SO much. I was getting all the parts together to do a full-blown upgrade/overhaul of my Mac Pro Mid 2010 5,1 and install Mojave only to find out that BootCamp in Mojave on this machine would not support Windows 10 and that REALLY bummed me out and was practically a deal-breaker until I found your video! My question is since this is technically not supported by Apple, how is the overall stability of Windows 10 via BootCamp on your machine? I just wanted to see if anyone here could attest to how well it runs and if you can do serious tasks and gaming in Windows 10 BootCamp without hiccups or issues. Thanks again for this very informative and helpful video you are a life saver. SUBSCRIBED.

[@headsoftech]

It worked really well when I had it - got a full review of it on this channel. The only thing worth noting for you is that I was on macOS High Sierra, not Mojave, so I can't say how it runs on that.

[@MrEggplantation]

EDIT: Turns out my blue screen issue was caused by a component i had in a PCIe slot (Sonnet Temp SSD)! The video should still work as described Sadly it seems like in 2020, the bootcamp drivers cause the windows partition to blue screen and crash on the Mac Pro Mid 2010. I have this machine and am working through this now. I can't figure out a fix, and can't use windows with bootcamp drivers. I was using bootcamp on windows 10 for years, having upgraded it from Windows 8 I believe - which worked fine. Apparently people have success installing windows 7 or 8 and drivers, and then upgrading into windows 10. Anyone got any idea as to how to fix the windows 10 driver issue?

[@aaronfolkrod4926]

@@headsoftech Oh I gotcha! Thank you for clarifying that. I will be doing my upgrades over the next several months but once I get to the BootCamp phase of my upgrading I will report back to see how Mojave and Windows 10 jive on a Mac Pro Mid 2010 5,1! Thanks again for your help and prompt communication!

[@aaronfolkrod4926]

@@MrEggplantation Yo Mitch I am getting into the same boat here with wanting to upgrade to Mojave and try to get Windows 10 running smoothly on a dedicated BootCamp drive running it. If you have any developments or breakthroughs on this PLEASE let me know and I am sure everyone else with these machines (which there is definitely still quite a lot of us) is dying to figure this out too. I will also of course come back to this comment section and report any findings I may stumble across as well. WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT GUYS! Haha. Peace! -AyAyRon

[@domenicming9551]

@@MrEggplantation have you had any luck with this?

[@dieguitars]

Did everything until minute 03:28 of the video, but then when I inserted the external HD with windows 10 installed it doesn't show up to be selected like in your video! Does it have to be installed on a flash usb drive instead of an external hd?

[@laurencebrown4031]

Hi all.... I thought I was all good with this, but after formatting the Bootcamp partition (At 4:03 in the video); when I try and select the partition and click next to install windows I get a pop up with - '' Windows cannot be installed to this disk, The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI Systems Windows can only be installed to GPT disks.'' I've removed all other drives.. and only have the one in bay (SSD - Crucial MX500 SATA) Any thoughts or advice from anyone would be really appreciated?? Many thanks.

[@laurencebrown4031]

UPDATE - I sorted it... I just followed Vtudio's other video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmG7pY2gqrKHhM0 (using the USB i'd just created from this one) Thanks again for this content... much appreciated.

[@headsoftech]

Nice one mate.

[@juanjo2d]

@@laurencebrown4031 I also got around the f****** GPT partition message error following Vtudio's other video. It worked on a mid 2010 iMac 27". Thank you for sharing.

[@panofish]

You also need mac os sometime after el capitan... in your case... it looks like mojave. older mac os won't have the same values in info.plist

[@bobosneef]

Hey I have the same same pro and followed the steps with the .list file and now my bootcamp says my mac is not compatible

[@headsoftech]

If you upload the plist I can take a look at it for you, or best thing to do is just re-try the steps in case you made a typo somewhere.

[@longtina8852]

hi why i didn't see bootcam for loading ISO file(win10) on MacBook 2009late, can you help to explain

[@akhilbarackal8427]

Mine is 11 inch MacBook Air Mid 2011 (Model Identifier: MacBookAir4,1) . Currently there's no OS in it, so I'm making the bootable drive from 13 inch MacBook Pro Mid 2014. After doing the edit of infolist.plist, I'm getting the error "Your bootable USB drive could not be created. An error occurred while formatting the disk." What could be the problem?

[@lesthe3rd889]

Can I put wins10 on a separate hd since I have and extra drive

[@X1014real]

Thanks brother.. it worked like a breeze "Thumbs up"

[@duponddupont]

HI, my mac is a Pro 5.1 running HighSierra, but I cannot run BootCamp, it says my machine does not support BootCamp. Any idea of what to do. Thank you in advance

[@Time_Sound]

Thank you! can I use this method to install Win 10 on PCIE NVME M.2 Samsung via Bootcamp on y Mac pro 5.1??

[@headsoftech]

Glad it helped mate

[@mareklindmaa5291]

I am getting an error that says “an error occured while formating the disk” could you help me find a fix, I have a mac pro 3,1

[@chaytonskye8117]

Hi I'm trying this with a 2010 Mac Pro and a 1TB External Hard drive. When I go to create a bootable USB Drive after a few minutes of download it says there is not enough space on the disc? I have more then 100GB empty on my computers storage and the external hard drive is empty. Any thoughts? Thanks

[@arjayjalmaani]

Do you have a bench test of how well your Mac Pro performed running Windows 10?

[@fmj_556]

thanks. I tried this on my mid 2010 macbook pro. i couldn't find my specific 7,1 identifier in info.plist so i just deleted everything that said macbook pro and it works!

[@headsoftech]

Nice one mate

[@robkwak6450]

On creating the USB-drive it says not enough space. It's 32GB ?? anyone with a solution ?

[@farhan137349]

I have the same problem rn

[@theodoreayala5693]

So i just did this i had a blank white screen. Cmd-option-p-r fixed my problem

[@sammyjudah1022]

Hello I can't seem to get it coz it just taking me to downloading windows support software.. any help thanks

[@flyingdutchman5777]

which verison of bootcamp? each version does differently. I have it on Mac Pro 1.1, but windows 10 crashes often

[@CoolOutSessions910]

What's the best way to install ANY windows program on my 2008 Mac Pro with El Capitan ?

[@solohour]

I'm still getting the "This Mac does not support bootcamp". This is a 4,1 that's been updated to 5,1 Mac Pro.

[@solohour]

On Mojave, btw.

[@philipdavies1090]

@@solohourDid you figure out a workaround? I'm in the same position

[@weakpatriot2844]

It won't let me make a copy of Bootcamp assistant.

[@rdsii64]

My mac pro is a 3.1 8 core. Will this work for me? I have two graphics cards in mine. (the original mac card and a non EFI 5770). Also, can I install windows on a separate drive or am I forced to partition my macOs drive?

[@parnordqvist3895]

In my case I have no boot screen in my Mac Pro 5.1 mid 2012. That’s because I have an videocard from Nvidia (Geforce GTX680) which doesn’t support boot screen in 60 Hz 4K. The screen is black until log in-window appears. Right now I have big doubts about the whole machine when Apple dropped support for it during WWDC. I am thinking about changing platform to Windows, but maybe I can install it on my 2 TB SSD-disk. I have 1,24 TB free. Well, it should be a computer-change. Maybe new Mac Pro, for ’’only’’ 5 999 US Dollars... or more.

[@usafdj65]

You said you were loading Win 10 to a PCIe SSD, but my Bootcamp assistant said you can't partition an external drive, and the PCIe SSD is considered an External drive. So what did you do to get past that?

[@lawrenceville678]

At 2:38 i didnt get the partition screen...it said not enought space even tho i have an empty 1tb drive...help

[@neverjustexist]

Ive followed these steps but im still getting "This Mac does not support Boot Camp". Does this still work on Catalina?

[@Loveparaeveryone]

Brent Phillips fallowing

[@GregoryPunzo]

Is it way easier to upgrade to windows 10 on high sierra than mojave because of using the original graphics card at times?

[@jennifervanderbroek8504]

Thanks! I tried this on my MacBook Pro 15inch 2009, but after an hour it started getting slow and then I got a blue screen... (in Windows). What do I do?

[@headsoftech]

Hi Jennifer it's great that you managed to get Windows up and running, so that's a good thing, bluescreens happen for various reasons ranging from drivers and apps you install on top of Windows. Can you let me know what the error message is on the blue screen?

[@barissaglam3649]

it says No bootable device . How can i fix it?

[@johnd942]

Certainly a fast demo, but it was informative, thanks!

[@headsoftech]

Glad to help mate

[@WTFIsThis666]

I have a problem, after I installed win10,I put on some new hdd for it ,but it can’t show up on win10 side ,anyway to make it work on windows side?

[@Mattsana]

I don't get why you aren't seeing the GPT/MBR issue. Because now I'm okay with Bootcamp but the format and installation doesn't work. I don't think it's possible anymore to get Windows 10 to work.

[@shpleb123]

Hey bro, I got all the way to 3:49 on the video. But it after format of the bootcamp partition it still says " windows cant be installed on this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. OnEFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks" i followed everything and allocated 280 gb of space to bootcamp too .....UPDATE - I got windows 10 installed now, the issue os that is crashes after trying to install the Nvidia drivers. keeps looping the windows start up logo sating "preparing automatic repair". Did this twice, each time getting to the point of crashing in the same place

[@KenKlejs]

Same for me, can’t format the drive to NTSF.

[@KenKlejs]

What did you do to continue the installation?

[@shpleb123]

Ken Klejs check his video on how to install windows 10 without boot camp, the one where you partition the drive yourself. It worked for me! Also make sure only one drive is attached to the system

[@Minibeniitec]

Akash Raja how did you get last the gpt error?

[@shpleb123]

I manually partitioned the drives in disk utility. He has a video on it. I didn't get ant gpt errors after that

[@onlyvik]

Nice video and all worked out thanks! One question: I have 3 hard drives in the mac pro 5,1 but how can i see them once booted up in windows 10 pro? They don't show up in windows.

[@vaiman7777]

You'll need to format them NTFS, as they'll be using Mac format.

[@DylanPenev]

Hey Vtudio Great tutorial! I will probably install Windows with my older NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048 MB until everything works well. 1. Is there a way to install Bootcamp on a different SSD other than the "Macintosh HD"? I have other SSDs installed in my Mac and want to use a different one. 2. As soon as Windows is installed and runs well, I want to re-insert my Sapphire Pulse RX 580 into the same slot as the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048 MB. Can I do that and then switch to Windows from Mac using Startup Disk? 3. Whenever you want to switch from Windows to Mac you have to reset the P-Ram. Could this damage my Mac at some point? How long does it take to reset the P-Ram? Cheers, Dylan

[@headsoftech]

Hey mate, PRAM reset takes around 2 minutes - it's a pain. But you can use an app called Bootchamp which lets you switch to Windows without setting Windows as the boot drive, this way after every reset it'll always go back to Mac. It's a pain if you need to reset Windows for a driver update as you're forced back into MacOS, but most of the time, it works best as you tend to never really reset your Windows once it's fully setup unless you need to go back into Mac. You can install Windows via a USB, however I haven't tested it myself so I don't know if it'll work on these systems. There's a guide here you can follow: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYOVaZ6Mqb-MgLs The gist of it is just partition your SSD and use an app to install Windows on the external drive, so you can skip the whole Virtual Machine part if you already have another computer with Windows on you can use.

[@nikolalukic1860]

I have black screen with a fleshing line on the top after coping files and restarting mac . Also I have mac graphic card . Any ideas ? thanks

[@2kBofFun]

Great, question though, my Mac Pro has 4 bays for drives, instead of partitioning, can I assign a whole drive?

[@drewrobertson6286]

2kB of Fun, that is a great question, didja ever find out? Cuz that’s what I was thinking of doing...

[@2kBofFun]

@@drewrobertson6286 Not yet

[@AAX777]

What graphics card would you recommend?

[@RandomTreeProductions]

Hey bro! So I have pretty much the same configuration you do with the x5690 processor, but it’s a 2009 with flashed 5,2 firmware. I was able to follow every step until the end, when you have to install the drivers. Once it either gets to installing the NVIDIA or intel chip drivers, the system will black screen and reboot into a screen for repairing windows. Would you happen to know if there’s a compatibility issue with the Xeon x5690 and windows 10? I just don’t know what I could be doing wrong. Love your current videos as always! All of your Mac Pro videos are the best out there for anyone wanted to use these in 2018 :)

[@headsoftech]

Hey mate, there isn't a compatibility issue with Windows and the x5690 chip, I think it's just the nVidia drivers, which graphics card do you have?

[@RandomTreeProductions]

Vtudio it’s the nvidia gt120, I’ve read up on forums saying that there’s issues with installing drivers for them. I’m trying again this time deleting any nvidia drover installations to see if this helps

[@dbvetter7485]

What version of bootcamp are using? 5.xx or 6.x

[@PilotJames1]

What if I have two hard drives? Do I still need to partition one? Or can install it separately? Thanks

[@tbdtobedetermined3138]

Thanks dude! This really helped!

[@fernandoayalaramos9227]

Hello, thanks in advance. Maybe I'm dumb, but I'm trying to make this with my 5.1 from 2010 too, in Mojave it does`t work. I change the info.plist and try again to open bootcamp assistant nothing change: Boot Camp is unsupported on this computer. Mojave makes a partition of a system for Apple apps, thats only let the user read from this, and I think, this is the question. I feel very identify with the fellow Aaron Folkrod, I was getting all the parts together to do a full-blown upgrade/overhaul of my Mac Pro Mid 2010 5,1. Any help is welcome. I follow your channel some time ago, thank you bro.

[@emotionalintelligence776]

From everything I read Apple fruits patched this method so you can't install W10 via Bootcamp if you run the last Mojave update.Not sure about High Sierra but I'll check to see if I have any Hdds with older an OS.

[@jaystallwood]

Thanks for this tutorial. I followed your steps and got windows installed and booting, however, I can only seem to switch between osx and windows using the boot-loader. I have tried bootchamp among other things and it refuses to work. Question, If i have my mac compatible graphics card plugged in alongside my gtx 1060 will the boot screen appear even if i just have an hdmi cable plugged into the 1060? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

[@headsoftech]

It won't appear but it will load up, so you can still use the keyboard and mentally select the OS, whereas without a compatible graphics card, the boot loader will just hang.

[@headsoftech]

Note: I just tested this with the Mac compatible card in slot 1 and RX580 in slot 2, not an nVidia, but it should function the same.

[@mind.hacker9996]

I tried putting a hard drive with windows on it into the mac. It worked but the computer doesn't show 2 cpu and instead it only show 1 xeon cpu. Is there any way to fix that?

[@cityisbetter]

after booting of windows, can i use the pendrive like usual or it cant be used anymore for file storing

[@JK_Cranker]

I did the same thing you did, but i didn't work I have an iMac Late 2009, with macOS 10.9.5 BootCamp keep shutting off on it's own

[@jasonclements9022]

I have an imac early 2009 (20"), and i didnt see my model listed under the appropriate sections in info.plist

[@justinpham548]

when im booting up, it say "cant find the boot drive, press any key..." Nothing happens when I press a key. When I press alt while booting up, I can't find the option to boot from usb.

[@headsoftech]

What kind of keyboard are you using? Bluetooth or USB?

[@Minibeniitec]

Vtudio I have the same issue using a wired keyboard.

[@paulpfister8860]

Hi, one question about that, Bootcamp means that my USB DEVICE COULD NOT BE CREATED, Not enough space at the disk.... I have tried so many things and it doesn't work could anyone help?? MyUsb -- 64 GB SanDisk My System -- MacPro5.1 mid 2010

[@BrokeBoyzMudClub]

it helped my cousin work on my computer

[@jaystallwood]

Hi Vtudio thanks for this upload. I have done everything you have said in the video, however when i boot from the usb stick i am presented with the win 10 startup repair blue screen. Any ideas?

[@headsoftech]

Hey mate, can you give me a little more information? Does the repair screen appear after you setup the partition and reboot the system to boot into the USB installer? Or is it at the end after Windows is fully installed?

[@jaystallwood]

Vtudio thanks for quick reply. Bootcamp creates the usb stick then asks you to select what drive to install on. Then the mac reboots and i get the Windows 10 "your computer could not start" blue screen

[@headsoftech]

Hey mate, just working through the process, so the USB stick with the Windows 10 installer is made using Bootcamp Assistant, then you select the USB stick to boot from and the installer reports that it could not start? Can you let me know which model Mac you're using for the install? Secondly, did you get the ISO from the official Windows page?

[@oswhytecodes1]

the part about iso image wont come up for me

[@WomotimiEkubo]

Great stuff thanks very much bro it really worked

[@headsoftech]

Nice one

[@gradysummerhays22]

Hi, so i am trying to do this exactly as you say, but I am having a problem when I go to install windows support software it gets about halfway then say the the drive does not have enough space when really it is a 32 GB usb drive. I have also tried a 64 gb drive. It does this for me on my mac pro 1,1 and my late 2011 macbook pro. Is there something i'm doing wrong?

[@gradysummerhays22]

Pls help

[@captain_maf5356]

please how can i know my model [I HAVE A IMAC 21.5inch late 2009] thanks for your help

[@headsoftech]

Hey mate it says on Apple's website[1] that it's an iMac10,1. [1] support.apple.com/en-us/ht201634

[@captain_maf5356]

thanks i try your method but it doesnt work , i dont have the nonwin10 models

[@lithium3d1]

Any more thoughts on whether this method will work on an iMac 10,1 model?

[@austintrejos995]

Will this work with an AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB card? And do I need to switch out the AMD for the original card everytime I want to switch between mac os and windows during boot? Thanks.

[@headsoftech]

You'll need a Mac compatible graphics card to install via USB, if you don't have one try the DVD version of this tutorial. To switch between macOS and Windows re-watch 5:35.

[@jaykhattar3026]

I am having a persistent problem. I started out with an 8 GB USB stick. It said that the bootable USB drive could not be created, there is not enough space on the disk. I try with a 32 GB stick. Same problem. So i got fed up and used a spare 1 TB hard drive. SAME PROBLEM, SAME MESSAGE DISPLAYED. I am pretty sure that Windows is much much smaller than a terabyte. also, in our comments section itself, 2 more people have had the same problem within the past 2 weeks. Would really appreciate it if you would solve our problem. P.S. I am using a 27-inch mid-2011 imac for this.

[@Tregohr]

Hello, I tried your method, but when I open the .plist file, the content is totally different. I dont got the preUsbBootSupport or SupprednonWin10Models lines in the info.plist file.. I tried to check the updates, but everything seems updated. My plist version is 1.0 Thanks for your work.

[@headsoftech]

Hey mate, which version of macOS are you on?

[@Tigrisshark]

@@headsoftech same here, cmp5,1 with 10.13.6. When I try to install Win10 it has an issue that there is no USB-Device and doesn't want to install without an install-dvd.

[@headsoftech]

@@Tigrisshark is this before or after you modified the info.plist file?

[@Tigrisshark]

@@headsoftech It was after I modified the file. Got it to install now by unplugging the other two drives and selecting the USB-stick manually. Hopefully I'll get the drivers to install later.

[@headsoftech]

@@Tigrisshark Nice one

[@johann9k]

Im confused. I have a AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB. Will this work?

[@headsoftech]

Should do yeah, let me know if you have any problems.

[@johann9k]

I dont see "nonwin10models." what do i do?

[@johann9k]

nvm. I just realized this is for mac pro.

[@BrokeBoyzMudClub]

lol

[@Yaboymasonyuh]

could u please send the link for the usb drive your using?

[@musgawp]

Still doesn’t work on my 5,1. Have Apple done the dirty and changed it?