Boot Windows® PE Media on a Mac® without Boot Camp®
The following methods should be used when booting a Windows® Preinstallation Environment™ or Windows® PE (WinPE) image using a WinPE USB / CDROM built with the WinPE Image Creator build tool.
USB Booting
Do not insert the Eurosoft WinPE USB Program Device before booting.
Reboot. Hold down the Alt/Option key during reboot.
Clean boot. Hold down the Alt/Option key during boot.
When the graphical boot menu appears, insert your Eurosoft USB Program device. The Apple® Mac® Start-up Manager will update as needed.
If an EFI Boot USB icon does not appear, reboot and hold down Alt/Option during reboot.
When the EFI Boot USB icon appears in the graphical boot menu, hit Enter to select it.
Proceed through the Windows PE boot and run Pc-Check Windows when Prompted.
Note:
The Mac Start-up Manager works well if you have a number of boot options from which to choose, but your Mac also recognizes a few additional start-up keys that direct it to boot immediately from a specific source. These keys include holding the C key during boot to boot directly from an inserted CD, DVD, or bootable USB drive.
CDROM Booting
Do not insert Eurosoft WinPE CDROM yet.
Note: A Eurosoft USB Program device plug will need to be inserted when booting from CDROM.
Reboot. Hold down the Alt/Option key during reboot.
Clean boot. Hold down the Alt/Option key during boot.
When the graphical boot menu appears, insert your Eurosoft WinPE CDROM. The Mac Start-up Manager will update as needed.
If an EFI Boot CDROM icon does not appear, reboot and hold down Alt/Option during reboot.
When the EFI Boot CDROM icon appears in the graphical boot menu, hit Enter to select it.
Proceed through the Windows PE boot and run Pc-Check Windows when Prompted.
Note:
The Mac Start-up Manager works well if you have a number of boot options from which to choose, but your Mac also recognizes a few additional start-up keys that direct it to boot immediately from a specific source. These keys include holding the C key during boot to boot directly from an inserted CD, DVD, or bootable USB drive.
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