add windows section to exist/os #13
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luvaihassanali
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Nov 5, 2021
luvaihassanali
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- create separate pages for Linux/Windows sections (exist/linux.md and exist/windows.md)
- add content to windows.md
- update sidebar to reflect new pages
| Once there is enough free space after the EFI partition, extend it to at least 200MB. | ||
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I would recommend against Gparted when dealing with ntfs, you can use Minitool or other known tools to do the same thing and they support ntfs from the OS, which is safer than using linux's ntfs driver.
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Removed mention of Gparted and updated screenshots to Minitool instead
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| ## Create new exFAT partition |
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Change title to Create new partition for macOS
| If you have other drives you intend to use between both operating systems, now is a good time to format them too. Don't forget to unplug the other drives before proceeding with the macOS installation. | ||
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| If you moved partitions around, verify your Windows installation is still functioning before proceeding. If you cannot boot into Windows, restore your backup and try again using a reputable partition manager. | ||
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Same comment about using gparted on ntfs. ^
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| Plug your OpenCore USB in and copy contents of Open Core USB EFI into the mounted EFI partition. In File Explorer, you can see the EFI partition but will not be able to access it. An easy workaround is to just use [Explorer++](https://explorerplusplus.com/download). Right click and select Run as administrator to read and write to the EFI folder. | ||
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Add diskpart steps as the preferred method, instead of minitool (in case the user did not use minitool or chose not to).
| bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\OC\OpenCore.efi | ||
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| After this is complete, do a reboot of the system. If the OpenCore picker shows, then you can skip the next section. |
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| Add a boot entry to the path `EFI/OC/OpenCore.efi`. Verify that this entry has priority over Windows in the boot order. | ||
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This does not apply for a majority of devices, use shell, efibootmgr, Bootice (https://github.com/corpnewt/gibMacOS/blob/master/Scripts/BOOTICEx64.exe) or similar tools. Most of them will work for many devices (especially laptops that do not have adding entries to BIOSes), also the UI and menu names will differ wildly with different OEMs.
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@midi1996 I have edited based on your suggestions. Thank you |
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Can someone add this |
