How does Mac put the win system on a removable hard drive?

How does Mac put the win system on a removable hard drive? We all know that Mac using boot camp to install Windows requires that the Mac be taken from the disk partition, and that it wastes a lot of disk space. For Mac users who use SSD, disk space is invaluable. In response to this type of problem, the script's little book today brings you to the Mac use the win to go software to install Windows dual system in the mobile hard drive tutorial. Friends who are interested can understand.

Windows 8 to Go is a new feature of Win 8 that can install WIN8 on a removable hard disk or a slightly larger USB drive, and has no effect on the Mac disk. When you use it, simply insert the mobile hard drive (or U disk) with Windows 8 to go into the Mac, and then press option to select and start.

In theory, any computer that meets the minimum requirements for WIN8 hardware can start Windows to go. When booting into boot menu to select Boot Disk, you can start WIN8,WIN8 to prepare the compatible driver required by your machine before entering the desktop.

There are a few questions to confirm before installation:

1. It is highly recommended that you partition the mobile hard disk first, as Windows to go occupy the entire hard drive with some waste. Depending on your use of WIN8, it is recommended that you leave the 80-200g to the Windows to go partition.

2. Although the theory is that Windows to go can be started on many Macs or PCs, it is not advocated. It is highly recommended that you start only on a single Mac. (Because the hardware of the Mac in Windows is very demanding for drivers, such as a MacBook Air drive in Windows to go, it's not possible to start on the imac, and there are a lot of problems with graphics.) )

Tutorial officially started

The first part prepares the work

· A removable hard disk or USB drive that has a capacity greater than 32GB

· Windows 8 ISO Professional or Enterprise mirrored files (64-bit)

· PC One (ie ordinary Windows7 or 8 PCs, cannot be Mac)

· Small U disk one (capacity at least 1G, used to store drivers for Mac hardware under Windows)

· Virtual optical drive Software daemon Tools Lite (put it on a PC)

* If your Mac is not upgraded to 10.8.3, download the Mac version of Boot Camp 5,boot CAMP5 can run on more than 10.5 Macs. Boot Camp 5 on the Apple website, the last officer net, the upper right corner search boot camp, the boot camp support the left side of the latest software updates, select the latest download on the right.

* If your Mac is equipped with USB 3.0, please prepare the script for the small package provided by the USB 3.0 patch (click to download) the file and unzip it. (Determine if USB 3.0 is available: The top left Apple key-about this machine-more information ...-System reports ...-the list on the left to find the USB, see the right write did not write 3.0)

When the preparations are complete, we continue.

The second part prepares the driver for Mac hardware under Windows (operating on the MAC)

1. Insert a small u disk in the Mac you need to run Windows to go

2. Open the Mac bootcamp assistant, "Continue" in the lower right corner

3. Select "Download the latest Windows support software from Apple", and two others do not choose, click "Continue"

4. Choose your small USB drive, click "Continue"

5. Wait a period of time (depending on the speed of the length), the request input your Mac login password, input complete, wait a moment. After the end, unplug the U disk.

Part III production of the startup disk (operating on the PC)

1. After installing Daemon Tools Lite, double-click the prepared Windows 8 mirrored file and load it into the virtual CD drive. The optical drive appears on my computer, which represents the success of the Mount.

2. Plug in the mobile hard drive (required), open WTGA 2.1 exe file

3. Click "Point this select Win8 mirror install.wim", pop-up window. Please select the Install.wim in the sources directory in the virtual CD drive and click "Open"

4. In the "Please select Mobile device", inside Select your mobile hard disk (or the corresponding partition of the hard disk) letter. You must be careful not to choose the wrong.

5. Looking down again, I explain in detail the choice of "traditional" and "VHD". The traditional mode is to write the Windows system files completely on the hard disk, and the VHD mode is to open a virtual disk on your mobile hard drive and put the Windows system files on the virtual disk.

VHD mode has advantages over traditional modes: VHD mode makes it easier to call hard disk space as virtual memory, so it is theoretically possible to install larger software in a Windows environment. and features that can be implemented in traditional mode can be implemented in VHD mode. Unlike virtual disks in virtual machines, the virtual disks in VHD mode do not waste system resources.

Therefore, it is recommended that you use VHD mode. Note, however, that after using VHD mode, the space of your removable hard disk (or one of the partitions) will be filled by the virtual disk. While the virtual disk may be unhappy inside, the virtual disk is the Windows system disk (c disk).

6. Click Write, and then wait a while until the display

This completes, click the return program, and then turn off the WTG helper program.

　Part fourth inject USB3.0 patch into the boot disk

"NOTE: If your Mac does not support USB3.0, skip part fourth and start with the fifth section below"

1. Unzip the "Mac USB3.0 patch. zip" just prepared.

2. Open "Mac USB3.0 patch" folder, run inside the "WTG patch offline install. exe"

3. Click "Point this Select Patch file", select all patches, click "Open"

4. In the "Please select a removable device" list, select the letter of your mobile hard drive (or partition). Be careful not to choose the wrong

5. Click "Install", wait for some time until the show is complete, turn off the program.

Part five first Mac boot boot

1. Let the Mac in the shutdown state, press the power button to hear the sound of an instant hold down the option key, until the startup disk appears

2. Plug in the newly-made removable hard drive and find a "Windows" in the boot disk

3. Select "Windows", enter start

4. This will smoothly enter the Windows system, the first time into the system will be ready for the device for a period of time, and then appear ready.

5. Then the system will restart immediately, pay attention to hold down the option key in time, into the Windows system. Then it's the first boot setting.

Then, after a period of demonstration, you go to the desktop.

The 6.WIN8 has been successfully launched, but the driver is still not installed. The following put a small u disk into the Mac, find the Boot Camp folder, running inside the "setup.exe", the drive mounted.

With the drive constantly installed, you will find that the lower right corner of the WiFi from the unusable into a signal, in the installation of graphics card driver, you will find that the resolution with a splash screen back to normal.

7. Install the driver, the installation program will inform you whether to reboot the machine. Select "Start later" and then shut down.

Part Sixth PC Boot boot

Some students may ask why the 7th step of part five does not restart directly, but to turn off the computer? Interested students can test. After the MAC has installed the boot camp driver, it won't start. option booting into Windows, only the top left corner of the cursor is flashing ... Now, the PC is ready to debut. (The PC's CPU supports 64 bits, because Windows on the hard drive is 64-bit)

1. Insert the hard drive into the PC.

2. After the boot, immediately press the hotkey to enter the boot Menu, select your mobile hard drive boot. Here's the hot key in different computers, for example, I use the Lenovo computer is the F12 key.

For reference only, the specific situation everyone to grope for a bit more. The general boot moment display hardware manufacturer logo when there will be prompts, we see a few times will know.

3. Start the Win8 on the PC. Although will also prepare equipment for a while, but will not restart, will smoothly into the desktop, we can play the desktop, shutdown on the machine can be.

The end of Part VII

After the start of a toss on the PC, back to the Mac can also start the normal, and the driver is effective. On OS X, we're both pointing to the right button, and on Windows, too, may not be very sensitive. We are also accustomed to using a pat instead of pressing the action of the touch pad. Under Windows, open the Control Panel, Boot Camp, touch Pad tab, and select the "tap" inside. In this way, you can also tap under Windows.

Again, some details about Win8 and OS X. Win8 can run smoothly on the new MacBook Air this year, but the heating problem is still quite serious. When using a battery to discharge, even the part of the battery will also have a clear feeling of fever. and under OS X, the heat is much smaller. If the imac is running on the Win8, the fever will be better, after all, the heat of the whole machine.

When you use WIN8 to store files on a mechanical hard drive, you can hear the rustling sound of the hard drive, while OS X backs up time machine on a mechanical hard drive, the same hard drive is very quiet. This example also illustrates OS X's optimization of storage information and the use of hard disk resources. Or do you want to use the OS X system to meet your daily routine and start Windows when you have to use Windows? This is the purpose of using Windows to go.

This system disk if you want to reload is very simple, as long as from the third part of the start again on the line.

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