So now you can test your Windows UEFI by booting into your MacOS Clover menu, then selecting your Windows hard drive partition.
So, hopefully, now you have a Windows OS on a hard drive that your PC doesn’t know how to boot!Ģ2. Under "Advanced Startup," click the Restart now buttonĢ1.
your Windows OS will remain untouched and you will not lose any data, you should always keep a full backup of your computer and data in case something goes wrong.ĥ. Warning: Although this is a non-destructive process ie.
OR Boot to your current Windows OS that is already on a separate hard drive.Ĥ.
Install Windows to your hard drive using MBR (This will naturally default to this so you really just have to install it normally). (Not sure if this is necessary but I’ve seen it in other guides too.)ģ. Connect your new blank hard drive to SATA 0. Disconnect all other drives including your MacOS drive.Ģ. So I stumbled across a nice little method here:ġ. So how could I get my Windows install to install on GPT, not MBR? Well, since my Customac does exactly that with MacOS using Clover as a boot-loader why can’t I trick Windows into doing the same thing? The problem is Boot Camp does not play nicely with MBR partitions since it expects a GPT boot partition on the Windows OS. ** Website link omitted due to forum rules. On older BIOS PC’s, Windows by default is set up with a MBR partition. The Boot Camp method I will show today, as I prefer to have an actual Windows OS I can load separately from MacOS if I need to. There are two options for running Windows inside your MacOS, either through a virtual hard drive using Fusion, VirtualBox or Parallels, OR using a physical hard drive of Windows via Boot camp. There is a method out there for converting a new install of older OS's to GPT but due to forum rules I cannot post the link.) A separate hard drive for/ with Windows 10 OS (You will not be able to use an older version of Windows for this method because only W10 has the MBR2GPT program. I am still rather novice regarding Customacs, but this method worked for me -)ġ. You should have a reasonable idea of how a Customac should work and be confident with boot-loading techniques. You should read this guide thoroughly before making any modifications to your Customac!Ĭonverting your MBR Windows 10 OS to GPT is a 'one way' process, so again, read this guide at least once first.Īnd always remember, think twice and do once! Hopefully other members can make this work for themselves.
Well, today I'm running Windows 10 from my Boot Camp partition via Parallels Apologies in advance if someone else has posted such an article, but I didn't see it. However, after searching the forum I was a little disappointed hearing comments about Boot Camp not working on a Customac let alone a Legacy BIOS/MBR Customac. As I am a bit of a 'redundancy' man I like to have an actual Windows OS installed on another hard drive, where I could have the benefits of a Boot Camp partition just like a Mac. I felt a Virtual Windows would not suffice. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's GuideĪfter building my Customac, I was looking at ways I could run Windows within my MacOS Sierra as I do a lot of programming in VS2017.