Jul 26, 2018 Now, I'm not sure how to proceed with installing Windows 10 on my normal boot drive. Is booting up into Macintosh HD, not Macintosh SSD, and using Bootcamp the only way? I don't have enough room for the partition I want. I could erase the drive, install a minimal Mac partition, and then use bootcamp to do it. Any suggestions? Sep 04, 2017 Question: Q: Windows 10 Boot Camp won't recognize USB-C connected devices I just set up a partition on my 2017 Macbook Pro with Touch Bar and USB-C. I've noticed that when I plug in my external hard drive, using a USB-C to USB adapter, that Windows doesn't recognize that anything is plugged in.
Apple is trying to get us to dongle attach 'all the things' but what happens when that philosophy doesn't jive with all of your computing needs? One such situation is when wanting to run Windows 10 natively on your Mac (in my case my Mac mini). The 'normal' method would be to use Boot Camp to repartition your internal hard drive to make room for Windows 10. However, in some instances, repartitioning may not be an option. For example due to disk size limitations. Attaching a Thunderbolt 3 connected drive is the obvious solution but Windows 10 does NOT like to be installed onto detachable devices. Here's how to force the install of Windows 10 onto your externally attached drive!
What you'll needHardware
Of course you'll need an externally connected drive. I went with a 240GB SATA SSD ($30) that I placed into Thunderbolt 3 capable external SATA enclosure ($9).
Software
First up we'll need an ISO copy of Windows 10.
Next, you can download the 30 day free trial of VMware Fusion.
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Next, we'll need to get a Windows utility called Win-to-USB. Although there is a free version, installing Windows latest 1809 October update will require use to but the non-free version ($30). You are free to use the free version for older Windows 10 ISO's suck as 1803.
Finally, we'll need the Boot Camp Windows support files.
The setupThe external drive
VMware Fusion
Windows 10 VM
Your Windows 10 VM should now be up and running. We will now prepare the external drive and put a basic installation of Window s10 on it.
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Next, we need to attach our Windows ISO to the Windows 10 VM.
Move files into the VM
Install Win-to-USB in the Windows 10 VM
Next, we run Win-to-USB.
Copy the WindowsSupport files from Boot Camp onto the newly updated windows partition on your externally attached drive.
Finally, shut down VMware Fusion.
Windows 10 IsoMac OS changes
Now we can set the boot order to boot from the external drive.
Finishing up
That's it! Once the machine reboots you'll be presented with a Windows 10 install sequence. Follow the prompts like you normally would and you'll be able to run Windows 10 natively on your Mac. Here are some notes to follow up on.
Final commentsWindows 10 For Boot Camp
Now you can run native Windows 10 and native macOS Mojave. The best of both worlds with little compromise. If you have any tips on getting this working in a better or faster way. Please let us know in the comments!
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