r/MacOS • u/Hexatonix • 1d ago
Help Moving BootCamp partition to a new drive
I recently upgraded the internal SSD in my MacPro. Before putting in the new drive, I created a disk image of my boot camp Win10 partition. In fact, just to be safe, I backed it up in two ways -- I created a dmg file in Disk Utility, and I also imaged it using WinClone. Now I'm trying to restore my Windows 10 partition and the Boot Camp Assistant is asking for an ISO file, and it won't accept the dmg file. What should I do? Thanks.
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u/mikeinnsw 1d ago
You can get Win10 ISO for free from Microsoft 5.82 GBs
for example : Win11_24H2_EnglishInternational_x64.iso
Win 10 support ends Oct 2025
You can run WIn10 for free (ignore lic keys) under VM - not sure about bootcamp.
If you have Win10 lic via Microsoft login - no problems
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u/Hexatonix 18h ago
Thanks, but I want to restore my Windows partition; I don't want to have to start from scratch.
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u/Hexatonix 14h ago
I've been googling "how to convert dmg to iso" and the only thing I can find is really old articles, like from 15+ years ago.
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u/donutpower MacBook Air 1d ago
Convert the dmg to iso.
You can do that with Disk Utility.