I don't have a Windows 10 option to install windows after using Boot Camp Assistant

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I don't have a Windows 10 option to install windows after using Boot Camp Assistant

I've used Boot Camp Assisant, installed the proper file from the Microsoft page, Windows 10 22H2 x64, created a USB via the assistant, yet when I go to install Windows after the computer automatically restarts, I choose my language, say I don't have a key because I want to make sure this works before I buy a key, and the only options I have are all Windows 11. Clicking on them says something like "This PC can't run Windows 11."

My computer is late 2013 iMac 21.5" running Catalina 10.15.7. I have verified I've done all the steps right, as far as I know, and even redownloaded the ISO to ensure it was the correct one multiple times now.

Posted on Jan 2, 2024 4:55 AM

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Answer 1

Rudegar

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Jan 2, 2024 6:04 AM in response to IAmntInevitable

don't think that any macs has official support for win11, think it's unlikely they ever will being that bootcamp died with apple m series cpu's

best bet would be to try to install windows 10 and update from inside windows, though some drivers for the apple hardware may not work that well, had the same issues when I had a imac 2011 and installed win7 on it and then updated from inside windows to 8->8.2->win10 all using the only bootcamp drivers released for the model which were the win7 ones

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Answer 2

Jan 2, 2024 6:24 AM in response to Rudegar

As much as I appreciate the help, I'm having a different problem than I believe you're trying to solve. I don't want windows 11, but it's the only option that appears in Windows Setup after going through the process of bootcamp. I have windows 10 on a USB drive thats formatted correctly, yet I don't get the option to install it

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Answer 3

Jan 2, 2024 8:05 AM in response to IAmntInevitable

For those who have the same problem, I seem to have fixed it. I used boot camp assistant to create the bootable USB drive, but unchecked the box that said to install windows 10 or later. That way, it didn’t try to install it automatically, just created the bootable. From there, restarting manually and holding alt allowed me to boot from that drive, labeled efi, and install Windows 10 rather than attempting (and failing) to install Windows 11.

I can’t seem to mark this as solved, so if someone would tell me how that would be great, but to anyone else, I fixed the problem using the above steps.

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I don't have a Windows 10 option to install windows after using Boot Camp Assistant

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