Select the Boot Camp partition size (we recommend at least 64 GB) and click Install.Choose the Windows ISO file you’ve obtained earlier.

Read the introduction and click Continue to proceed.

Go to Applications > Utilities and launch Boot Camp Assistant.

If you meet all these requirements, then you can simply follow the instructions below. You also need 64 GB or more free storage space on your Mac startup disk, a Windows 10 disk image (see the How to Get Windows for Mac chapter), and a USB flash drive with a storage capacity of 16 GB or more (unless your Mac doesn’t need a flash drive to install Windows).

This list DOESN’T include Macs with Apple’s M1 chip because Boot Camp only works on Intel-based Macs. MacBook Pro introduced in 2012 or later.MacBook Air introduced in 2012 or later.You just need to verify that you meet the system requirements for installing Windows 10. Then, problem solved: admin account access with no password.The great thing about dual booting Windows on a Mac computer is that the software you need to make it happen (Boot Camp) is included in macOS. That was kind of scary, but I just went back to the HBCD and cleared the password for the account.

I tried changing the password directly from the HBCD tool, but that failed: when the computer restarted, the forgot-password account wasn’t even displayed on the screen. The password reset tool scrolls a bunch of text and asks a couple questions to which the defaults were mostly acceptable - the guide goes over most of the issues. The next steps were guessing at what function keys to press to get into the BIOS of Vizio’s Thin and Light series ( F2), a quick change to the boot order and a restart to get the bootable USB going. So, bootable USB created, password reset tool in hand, everything’s ready. exe with no install process the few options include making a bootable USB drive based off of a disc image, which was perfect. I forgot this until after I burned the iso to a CD-RW no big deal, just 15 minutes wasted waiting for the iso to burn.

The laptop in question unfortunately didn’t have a disc drive, as is the fashion these days. org page also had a quick guide on using the HBCD password reset tool on another site. I don’t know if that domain () is outdated or something, but I couldn’t find a download link there - I ended up downloading it from. I kind of vaguely assumed there was a way to do it with the Windows Recovery disc, but I don’t own one and I don’t know where hers is, so I found some alternate tools to do the job: Hiren’s Boot CD (HBCD) and rufus to create a bootable USB.Ī few google searches turned up some people referring to Hiren’s Boot CD, which is a bunch of utility freeware tools for Windows. I ran into this issue when Karen had forgotten her password to her work laptop. Reseting a Windows 7 Password with Rufus and Hiren’s Boot CD

Install windows 7 on mac with rufus