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Boot Camp will not let you install any Windows ISO that isn't directly downloaded from Microsoft. It is quite annoying, I know. AskDifferentisaquestionandanswersiteforpowerusersofApplehardwareandsoftware.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Companies Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore InstallcustomWindows10isoviaBootCamp AskQuestion Asked 3monthsago Modified 2monthsago Viewed 317times 1 Iamrunninganon-retina15'2012MacbookProwithMojave1.14.4.IhadsomeappsforworkthatIcanonlyrunonWindowsbutIamnotwillingtodownloadthefullWindows10withallthebloatwaresthatithas.SoIfoundsomereputablecustomWindows10LiteisofilesinhopeofhavingalighterversionofWindowsIcouldusewithoutworryingaboutWindowsupdateorallitsbloatware.Though,BootCampAssistantrejectedinstallingthefilewiththispopup: TheisoI'mtryingtoinstallisa64bitisoaswellandwithsomedigging,IfoundthatBootCamponlyallowsinstallationofofficialWindows10isofilesdownloadedstraightfromMicrosoft. IsthereawayIcouldbypassthispop-upaltogetherandproceedwithmyinstallation?OrifthereareanyWindows10isothatworkswillbegreat.WorstcasescenarioIguessIwillhavetoinstallthefullWindows10iso.Thanksinadvance. macbook-prowindowsbootcampinstalldual-boot Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedDec30,2021at16:05 iranoutofideasfornamesiranoutofideasfornames 2144bronzebadges 7 Thereareno"reputablecustomWindows10ISOfiles".Everyoneofthemisagainstthelicense. – MarcWilson Dec30,2021at17:43 @Marc:WhatmakeyouthinkcreatingacustomWindows10ISOisagainstsomesortoflicense?MicrosoftprovidevarioustoolswhichOEM'susetocustomizeWindowsforthePCstheysell.Usuallysoftwareisadded.However,acustomISOcouldbecreatedwhereunnecessarysoftwarewasremoved. – DavidAnderson Dec30,2021at22:35 iranoutofideasfornames:YoucanusetheBootCampAssistanttodownloadtheWindowsSupportSoftware,whichcontainsthedriversforyourmodelMac.Afterthat,youprobablywillneedtoinstallyourversionofWindowswithoutfurtheruseoftheBootCampAssistant.Forwhatothershaveposted,IbelieveWindowsshouldbeinstalledtoBIOSboot.However,sinceIhaveneverhadaccesstoanon-retina15'2012MacbookPro,Icannotconfirmthis. – DavidAnderson Dec30,2021at22:55 @DavidAndersonBecausetheycan'tlegallydistributetheresult.Anyrightnotexplicitlygrantedisreservedtothecopyrightholder.WherewouldthiscustomISOcomefrom?WarezAreUs.com? – MarcWilson Dec30,2021at23:03 HowdoyouknowtheseISOfilesweredistributed?ThisisnotintheOP'squestion.ForallIknow,theOPworksinanofficeandtheguynextdoormadethecustomWindowsISO.Or,maybetheOPmadetheISOusingaPC. – DavidAnderson Dec30,2021at23:33  |  Show2morecomments 1Answer 1 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 0 BootCampwillnotletyouinstallanyWindowsISOthatisn'tdirectlydownloadedfromMicrosoft.Itisquiteannoying,Iknow. SoyouneedtouseBootcampjusttodownloadalltheDriversandotherfiles,whichBootcampdoesallow. ThenyouwillhavetomakeyourownBootableUSB/DVDandpartitionyourdriveandtheninstallWindowsLite. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJan2at6:10 JordanDavidJordanDavid 4155bronzebadges 4 ....yeah,thatwaswhatIcompromisedon.UntilBootCampjustscrewedmeoveranddoesn'tallowmetoinstallWindowsSupportSoftwareeventhoughIuntickit,itkeepsforcingitselfuponme.Makingmeflashawindows10isointomyUSBandtrytoinstallitagain,onlyforittoshowtheerror"Windowscouldnotpreparethecomputertobootintothenextphaseofinstallation".Sigh – iranoutofideasfornames Jan2at7:22 Don'tusebootcamppastthefirststep.AllyouhavetodoisopenbootcampandDONOTclick'continue'insteadinthemenubar,click"Action"andthereistheoptiontodownloadonlytherequiredfiles.Alsoyoucan'tusebootcampatallpastthisonestep.Youwillhavetousetheterminal. – JordanDavid Jan2at8:31 JordanDavid:Youwouldn'thappentoknowifWindows10shouldbeinstalledtoBIOSorUEFIboot? – DavidAnderson Jan2at15:53 Itdepends,butunlessyourPCisveryolditcanuseUEFI,butWindowsusuallyrequiresanMBRbootschemeforolderversions. – JordanDavid Jan8at12:36 Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. 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