Installing windows

[citizenship]

So after a long and toxic relationship with apple mac i am building my first computer in 15 years, everything is fine until i try to start installing windows.

 

I have downloaded the ISO and put is on a  240gb wd SSD, i turn the computer on and get into the BIOS and select the drive and then reset only to be told i need to insert the correct media.

 

I thought funk it and tried to just install Ubuntu but can't even do that as it needs the RUFUS boot-load program which will only run on windows and i am on a mac.

 

I guess my question is how the hell do install windows on a new system, i have tried both down loading the ISO to my desktop on moving it to the drive and downloading it to the drive, do i need to create a boot loader like the Ubuntu one and if so how can i do that on a mac.

 

Maybe it is just me but this stuff should be a lot easier that this and it certainly was when i last did this.

 

System is a b550 aorus MB with a ryzen 9 5900x 32gb ram and a GT 1030

 

Any help appreciated.

 

 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

5 minutes ago, citizenship said:

So after a long and toxic relationship with apple mac i am building my first computer in 15 years, everything is fine until i try to start installing windows.

 

I have downloaded the ISO and put is on a  240gb wd SSD, i turn the computer on and get into the BIOS and select the drive and then reset only to be told i need to insert the correct media.

 

I thought funk it and tried to just install Ubuntu but can't even do that as it needs the RUFUS boot-load program which will only run on windows and i am on a mac.

 

I guess my question is how the hell do install windows on a new system, i have tried both down loading the ISO to my desktop on moving it to the drive and downloading it to the drive, do i need to create a boot loader like the Ubuntu one and if so how can i do that on a mac.

 

Maybe it is just me but this stuff should be a lot easier that this and it certainly was when i last did this.

 

System is a b550 aorus MB with a ryzen 9 5900x 32gb ram and a GT 1030

 

Any help appreciated.

 

You can't just copy and paste the ISO onto the USB drive as that doesn't make the drive bootable. You should be able to create a bootable Windows 10 Install USB using Bootcamp: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468 / https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-windows-10-installer-usb-drive-mac

[citizenship]

4 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

You can't just copy and paste the ISO onto the USB drive as that doesn't make the drive bootable. You should be able to create a bootable Windows 10 Install USB using Bootcamp: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468 / https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-windows-10-installer-usb-drive-mac

Thanks, i feared this was the case, this is 2022 so why should i expect simplicity when complexity is king.

 

Unfortunately i have an M1 and thus can't run boot camp.

[ZROCK]

On 2/12/2022 at 3:15 PM, citizenship said:

So after a long and toxic relationship with apple mac i am building my first computer in 15 years, everything is fine until i try to start installing windows.

 

I have downloaded the ISO and put is on a  240gb wd SSD, i turn the computer on and get into the BIOS and select the drive and then reset only to be told i need to insert the correct media.

 

I thought funk it and tried to just install Ubuntu but can't even do that as it needs the RUFUS boot-load program which will only run on windows and i am on a mac.

 

I guess my question is how the hell do install windows on a new system, i have tried both down loading the ISO to my desktop on moving it to the drive and downloading it to the drive, do i need to create a boot loader like the Ubuntu one and if so how can i do that on a mac.

 

Maybe it is just me but this stuff should be a lot easier that this and it certainly was when i last did this.

 

System is a b550 aorus MB with a ryzen 9 5900x 32gb ram and a GT 1030

 

Any help appreciated.

 

 

 

you can buy a bootable windows usb drive off of amazon for like 10 bucks. Ive used mine during plenty of builds. Make it easy on yourself

[citizenship]

11 hours ago, ZROCK said:

you can buy a bootable windows usb drive off of amazon for like 10 bucks. Ive used mine during plenty of builds. Make it easy on yourself

Not in the UK they do have them but all are not in stock.