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A dual boot Windows PC containing Windows 10 and macOS is not that hard to create. Fondly called a Hackintosh, such a setup allows you to enjoy the best of both operating systems on a single computer, hence the phrase dual boot. One of the biggest reasons that people want to create Hackintoshes is that they have the freedom to choose from two different desktop app sources. On a dual boot, you can enjoy popular Windows applications from the Microsoft Store as well as the best nuggets from the Mac App Store - all on a single computer.

Both of the boot managers available to use can handle the dual-booting process; they can even handle more than two OSes, but the Mac's boot manager won’t recognize the Ubuntu OS without a bit of fiddling, and the GRUB boot manager isn't particularly easy to use. Installing macOS Sierra 10.12. To dual boot Windows 10 and macOS Sierra on PC, it is better to install macOS Sierra first. If you install Windows 10 first then while installing macOS Sierra, it might create a problem for you and you will be a little in trouble. In this article, I will guide you to dual boot Ubuntu 20.04 with Windows 10 by creating a bootable USB. This is an in-depth article, so sit back and read every step to install Ubuntu Linux.

The easiest way to do this is to get a Windows 10 PC and then partition the drive so you can install macOS on that partition. Each OS requires its own partition or its own drive. In this article, we'll show you how to create a partition and install the Mac operating system alongside the existing copy of Windows 10 on your PC.

Currently this tutorial is applied to macOS Mojave and High Serria, Mac OS X Serria, EI Capitan and Yosemite

  1. Dual-Boot macOS on a drive with Windows 10 already installed (Shared Drive) Guides March 14, 2018 One of the things holding back a potential hackintosher from trying to hackintosh or install macOS on their PC is that they have only one hard drive and that hard drive already has Windows installed on it with no secondary backup or second drive to.
  2. On a hackintosh it’s possible to dual boot macOS and Windows on the same hard drive disk, which I will explain how to here. Although it’s recommended that macOS be installed on a separate drive than Windows, it’s perfectly possible to dual boot Windows and macOS on the same drive for those that don’t have multiple hard drives to spare.

Preparations before Making a Dual Bootable (Win 10 & macOS) PC

There are a few things to keep in mind at this point. First, you don't need a secondary drive to do this. The shared drive method of dual booting will work just fine as long as you have enough space on the disk for an additional partition for your copy of macOS.

The second requirement is that the disk needS to be already partitioned as GUID Partition Table, or GPT. Otherwise, you will need to first delete Windows, install macOS after formatting the disk, and then install Windows 10 at the end. The reason Windows 10 comes last is that certain errors might occur if you try installing Windows first.

P.S if the current OS is not Windows 10, then you have to create a bootable Windows 10 USB and install it on the computer first.

Third, you will need to create a macOS USB installer before attempting the dual boot. You can do this on a Mac by getting the installation files via the App Store and then burning the DMG file inside to a USB drive using Disk Utility app.

Dual Boot Windows 10 and Mac OS on PC without Erasing Windows

To start off, you will need a disk partition utility to help you allocate the required space. A free tool like MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition is more than adequate. Once you have the software, follow the steps shown below.

Step 1: Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard and look for the EFI system partition. If not EFI partion found, then create a new partition with GPT.

Step 2: If the EFI partition is less than 200MB, you will need to expand it by taking space from the partition before or after it. This is usually the case when the disk is formatted for Windows, which only allocates 100MB for the EFI partition. You can right-click on the partition to resize it.

Step 3: Now right-click on the new partition and select Split to create a new partition for the macOS installation. The size can be specified on this page. Click OK to apply the changes.

Step 4: The next step is to format this partition. To do this, right-click on the macOS partition and select Format. Set the file system to FAT32 and confirm by clicking OK.

Step 5: You will now need to boot your PC from the macOS USB installer. In Windows, you can do this by hitting the F2 during the startup process. This takes you to the BIOS Setup Utility, where you can change the boot priority so the computer boots from your macOS USB installer instead of the existing Windows files. Once the PC boots up from the installer, open Disk Utility from Applications >Utilities. Select the partition inside Disk Utility and hit Erase. Set the format to APFS (macOS High Serria and Mojave) or Mac OS Extended (journaled) for OS X 10.12 and below. After that, click the Erase button to start the partition process.

Step 6: The next thing is to merge the EFI folders from Windows EFI boot drive and the USB installer, and for this, you can use an EFI mounter like Clover Configurator. The purpose of this step is so that your macOS can boot from the partition instead of from the USB installer.

Step 7: Restart Windows 10 PC and boot from macOS install USB. Follow the prompt to start the macOS installation process.

Step 8: There's still one more step required to make sure the dual-booting works, and that is to modify one single file so that both partitions are visible as boot sources. This is important because, otherwise, you will have to boot to macOS from the installer each time, which is a complex and unnecessary task. The steps in the image below show you how it's done:

Step 9 : The final step, which is optional, will make your computer boot into Clover instead of Windows. This allows you to choose which OS to boot into, and it's a very convenient thing to set up. You can also do this when your drive name fails to show up despite following Step 6. See the steps shown in the image below.

The process is now complete. When you restart your PC, you will see two boot options in the Clover interface - one for Windows and one for macOS. Select the OS you want to work on and resume the boot process. You will need to restart to access the other OS, which is a minor inconvenience, but that's a trade-off you're going to have to be willing to make if you want a dual boot computer with both Windows 10 and macOS.

Another way is to use separate drives so each OS has its own drive and own EFI system partition. This can be done when your original Windows drive is not formatted for GPT. If it is, then you can follow the steps described in this article to do a dual-boot on a shared drive.

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In this Post, we will cover How to Dual boot macOS Mojave and Windows 10 on PC on Single Drive. If you think it that really possible because Windows 10 and macOS Mojave partition types are totally different, it’s like east and west. MacOS Mojave runs on Mac Extended Journaled with other partition type and windows runs on MS-DOS or another type of partitions. That’s the reason why I’m asking this question.

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So anyway still it is possible to Dual boot macOS Mojave and Windows on PC on Single Hard Drive. So, let’s get started.

Required Files:

  • Download TransMac
  • Download macOS 10.14 Mojave Dmg file
  • Download Clover Configurator
  • Download Rufus
  • Download Windows 10
  • Download macOS 10.14 Mojave Kexts

How to Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on PC?

Step 1. Prerequisites of macOS Mojave to Dual Boot

The very first thing you have to prepare the required files in order to dual boot macOS 10.14 and Windows 10. Since We are about to Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on PC first, you need to Prepare A bootable USB of macOS Mojave.

Creating a Bootable USB of macOS Mojave takes time, and most importantly you have to prepare a 16 GB USB Flash Drive and macOS 10.14 Mojave dmg file.

Dual Boot Macos And Windows 10

Once the required files are ready it is time to deploy creating bootable USB for macOS Mojave.

If you are a Mac User and want to create a bootable USB for macOS 10.14 Mojave on mac, then click on the below link and follow the instructions on How to Create a Bootable USB for macOS 10.14.

Well, if you are a windows user you can also create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows too. Actually, there are two ways, such as the Transmac and VMware Workstation Pro. So, it is your decision which one you are interested to use.

Step 2. Install macOS Mojave on PC

Once you are ready to Attach the USB Flash Drive to your Computer and Hit the Boot key of your Computer.

After that wait until you reach the Clover Boot Manager and from their select the USB Flash Drive and move to the next step.

Well if you are using a Nvidia Graphic on your PC then certainly you have to check the Nvidia, if not leave it as it is.

Use Nvidia Web Driver

Once you check the Nvidia Web Driver, select boot macOS with selected options and hit enter on the keyboard.

Once you reached the Disk Utility window you have to select Disk Utility to partition that for macOS 10.14 Mojave.

Disk Utility

When all the drives are listed you have to select the drive where you want to install macOS 10.14 Mojave and Erase that with any name which you wish but with partition type of Mac OS X Extended (Journaled).

Once the drive is partitioned close the disk utility and you will be back to the main window. From their select Install macOS.

Install macOS Mojave

After this step the Installation process is so simple, that’s why I have not provided any screenshot.

  1. To setup macOS Mojave Click Continue.
  2. Agree to the terms and conditions and click continue.
  3. Select the Drive which you just partitioned and click continue.
  4. After that, you have to Wait until the installation is complete, once it is done it will restart.

Once the System restarts, again hit the boot key of your computer and select the USB Flash Drive. After that again select Nvidia Web Driver and select boot macOS with selected options and hit enter on the keyboard just like before.

After that it will be on apple logo completing the Installation process, just don’t do anything and wait until it restarts the system once again.

After restart again enter the boot key and this time select the UEFI OS and hit enter. It means that macOS 10.14 Mojave is installed on your system but some configuration is still remaining.

You can also select the UEFI Option too but further you will also select this option called boot from HDD.

Boot from Hard Disk

Once you select the UEFI OS, then you will be headed to the Clover Boot Manager, there you have to select the Boot From HDD. Basically, HDD is the Name which was given while partitioning the Drive.

Dual Boot Mac Os X And Windows 10

After that once again select the Nvidia Web Drivers with selected boot options to move to the next step.

Options for Boot From HDD

After that, the system will restart once again and you will be on the actual installation of macOS 10.14 Mojave.

  1. Select Your Country and click continue.
  2. Select your keyboard and click continue.
  3. Agree to Data & Privacy and click continue.
  4. Select Don’t Transfer any information to this mac and click continue
  5. Decide to add an Apple ID or no, and select continue.
  6. Once again agree to the terms and conditions and click continue.
  7. Enter your name and password and click continue.
  8. Click agree to express and setup and click continue.
  9. Choose your look dark or light and click continue.
  10. Wait until the desktop should be ready for first use.

Step 3. Post Installation

Post Installation is really important, if it is installed and fixed then you will certainly hate the macOS. So Click on the below link and download the Clover Configurator.

  • Download Clover Configurator

After downloading the Clover Configurator open it and move to the mount UFEI Section and mount the UEFI by entering your password.

Also, Please mount the UEFI the other drive too which is from mac os.

Before getting to any confusion, I will call the white EFI Drive EFI 1 and another one EFI 2.

Ok Now open the EFI Drive and copy all the three items and move to the EFI 2 and delete that, instead of them paste these ones which you copied from EFI 1.

Paste 3 items

Once you have configured the bootloader, it is time to restart your system.

Well, sometimes it may happen that it may not work for configuring the bootloader then that I recommend you to Install the Multibeast and configure all the Kext. Without the Multibeast you can also try the Clover bootloader too.

For Sound Problem you have to install the Voodoohda.

Here is the other Kexts where you need to Install them in case the clover configurator doesn’t work.

  • AppleIntelE1000e.kext
  • AtherosE2200Ethernet.kext
  • FakeSMC.kext
  • IntelGraphicsFixup.kext
  • IntelMausiEthernet.kext
  • Lilu.kext
  • NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
  • NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext
  • RealtekRTL8111.kext
  • Shiki.kext
  • USBInjectAll.kext
  • VoodooPS2Controller.kext

Download macOS 10.14 Mojave Kexts.

Create Empty Storage for Windows 10

Now that you have installed and configured the MacOS Mojave is time for you to install windows 10. But Before Installing Windows 10 you have to make at least 12 GB Free storage for windows in order to Install their the windows 10.

I know Windows 10 only requires 12 GB Storage, but depending on your work you have to decide How much amount of storage you are going to add.

To create an empty amount of storage for Windows 10, first, open Disk Utility by searching in the spotlight. Spotlight Can be accessed by holding the Windwos+Space button or simply click on the search logo at the right side of the menu.

Once you have Opened the Disk utility Select the Drive from the left pane then select Partition.

After that click on the Plus icon, then on the right side specify the amount of storage, Partition type and Name of the Volume.

Create a New Volume

Once you are done with the settings, simply select Apply> Partition> Continue> Done.

After that, you have to need to format the partition type to MSDOS, to do that, select the Windows 10 Volume and erase that. While erasing you have to change the partition type from Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to MS-DOS.

In order to install windows 10 on over the macOS 10.14 Mojave, first, you have to prepare a bootable USB of Windows 10. Creating a bootable USB of Windows 10 really Simple, all you need is an 8GB USB Flash Drive, Windows 10 iSO and Rufus.

However, you can also create a bootable USB of Windows 10 with CMD too but I suppose it is hard for you. that’s why I recommended you to use the Rufus.

OKAY! let’s dig into the Installation of Windows 10.

  1. Step 1. Insert the USB Flash Drive.
  2. Step 2. Press the boot key of your computer.
  3. Step 3. Select the USB after pressing the boot key.
  4. When you reached the windows setup page simply click next. Because there they will ask you to select your language, country keyboard language.
  5. Then select Install.
  6. Select a Windows 10 version and click next.
  7. Agree to the license and agreement by checking the box.
  8. Then select Custom: Install Windows only.
  9. Once you reached the partition section, select the windows 10 drive and delete it.

Delete the Windows 10 Volume

Once the drive is deleted, scroll down and select empty space and simply select next. The empty space will create a new drive of Windows 10.

Now, wait until the installation process is complete.

Once the windows 10 restarts, press boot key of your computer and select the Windows Boot manager. After that, you have to set up the basic stuff, like username, password and more.

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That’s all with How to Dual Boot macOS Mojave and Windows 10 on PC. I hope it was helpful and understandable. if you have any question don’t hesitate from asking them.

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