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🖥 Windows Bootable USB creator for macOS. 🛠 Patches Windows 11 to bypass TPM and Secure Boot requirements. 👾 UEFI & Legacy Support
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Can't make an ISO file or format a partition of the same disk #19

Closed MerluzaCuca closed 5 months ago

MerluzaCuca commented 5 months ago

Sorry for bothering about a issue I already resolved myself so easily, but is there a way to not format a disk and choose a location on one to make another ISO? Or at least to install it on a partition of the same disk?

TechUnRestricted commented 5 months ago

Hi @MerluzaCuca. At initial stage WinDiskWriter had this feature, but it was removed due to how buggy Microsoft Windows installer is. So, in order to prevent any issues, caused by user-formatted USB drive, I decided to disable this feature.

What exactly could go wrong with an "improperly" formatted drive? Well, installer can just say this: Windows-Could-Not-Prepare-the-Computer-to-Boot-topaz-denoise-sharpen
Why? Because a USB drive is GPT and has a EFI partition! Weird. It is what it is.

Also, some functionality could be broken or even dangerous with user-defined USB partition scheme, like MBR Legacy Boot record.

If you really want it - there is a solution.

  1. Create a RAM-Disk using this software (~8GB should be enough. Don't worry if your Mac has less RAM, it will take a swap from the SSD).
  2. In "Debug" section of WinDiskWriter, enable "Scan All Whole Disks"
  3. In WinDiskWriter select your RAM-Disk and write to it.
  4. Copy your installer files from the RAM-Disk to the FAT32 USB partition.
  5. PROFIT!