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Jul 11, 2014  Boot Camp does not support booting from an external drive in any system, especially not in a notebook. You could try to use a different EFI boot loader (like rEFIt, or rEFInd) but then you will run into the next major hurdle. Until very recently, Microsoft did not support booting any version of Windows from a removable media. Jun 04, 2013  By default bootcamp will install a HFS driver into Windows. If none of the options above work I would assume your hard drive is formatted using the old Apple Partition Map scheme which is solely supported by Mac OS and OS X.

By default, your Mac starts up from its built-in hard disk, but a startup disk can be any storage device that contains an operating system compatible with your Mac. For example, if you install macOS on an internal or external drive, your Mac can recognize that drive as a startup disk. You can then follow the steps in this article to start up from it.

Use Startup Disk preferences

When you use Startup Disk preferences to select a startup disk, your Mac starts up from that disk until you choose a different one.

Apr 09, 2020  If you’re familiar with using an external graphics card in Windows 10 via Boot Camp, proceed to the summarized setup procedure. Step 1: Install DDU & Restore Point As of Spring 2020, the best version of Windows 10 to use with an eGPU is 1903, specifically OS Build 18362.295 (KB4512508). First boot and driver installation Plug the external hard drive into your Mac. Start your Mac and hold the ALT (⎇) key to choose the Windows Drive you just installed. Windows will boot, and then will reboot the computer. Once on the Windows desktop appears, plug in your Apple Windows Drivers USB.

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Startup Disk.
  2. Click the lock and enter your administrator password.
  3. Select your startup disk, then restart your Mac.

If you see a message that your security settings do not allow this Mac to use an external startup disk, check the External Boot setting in Startup Security Utility.

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Use Startup Manager

When you use Startup Manager to select a startup disk, your Mac starts up from that disk once, then returns to using the disk selected in Startup Disk preferences.

  1. Press and hold the Option (Alt) key immediately after turning on or restarting your Mac.
  2. Release the Option key when you see the Startup Manager window.
    If your Mac is protected by a firmware password, you can release the key when you're asked to enter the password.
  3. Select your startup disk, then click the arrow under its icon, or press Return.
    If you press and hold the Control key during this step, your selection is saved in Startup Disk preferences, so it persists until you change it.

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If your Mac is using OS X Lion 10.7.3 or later, you can also use this method to start up from your Time Machine backup disk. Antares auto tune efx 3. Startup Manager identifies your Time Machine backup as ”EFI Boot.”

If you can't select your startup disk or start up from it

Check for these possibilities if you can't see your disk in Startup Disk preferences or Startup Manager, or your Mac won't start up from it.

Check for a compatible operating system on the startup disk

Make sure that your startup disk is using a version of macOS that is compatible with your Mac.

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To start up from an external disk with macOS Catalina 10.15 or later, the disk must connect via USB-A, USB-C, or Thunderbolt, not FireWire.

Check startup security settings

If you're using a Mac that has the Apple T2 Security Chip, check the settings in Startup Security Utility. These settings determine whether your Mac can start up from another disk.

Check for Option ROM firmware

If you're in Startup Manager and can't see a third-party startup disk, the startup disk could be using Option ROM firmware. To enhance system security, Mac computers with up-to-date software don’t show devices that use Option ROM firmware until you load their firmware. To do that, press Option-Shift-Command-Period while in Startup Manager. If your startup disk appears, do that each time you want to start up from it or from another disk connected to it.

If you're using a firmware password, the ability to load Option ROM firmware is disabled as an additional security protection.

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I have an Seagate 1TB backup plus portable drive (SRD0SP0). It works perfectly on my Mac. However, I can’t open it when I use Bootcamp or any Windows laptop. HELP!

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  1. If the drive is not formatted in HFS+ as suggested by the others you might find the USB cable is on the verge of failing. Also how old is the computer vs Mac? USB connectors wear out over time so it might also be the port used. So if the HFS tips don't help check the cables.

  2. I agree with the others. The most likely scenario is that the HD is formatted in HFS+. You could use special drivers, as suggested by others, or you could reformat the drive on the Mac (using Disk Utility) in FAT32 format. This will take a little time, as you'll need to copy the files from the HD to another location prior to formatting, and then copy them back to drive, but it will allow you to use the HD on both systems without additional software.

    The only major limitation of FAT32 that you should know about is that individual files can't be bigger than 4GB. This can be a nuisance with video files or DVD backups.

  3. Since you have been using the drive on a Mac it is most likely formatted as HFS+ which is not supported by Windows. As ha14 said you will need some driver or software which is capable of accessing that file system.

    one nice little tool is HFS Explorer
    http://www.catacombae.org/hfsx.html

    The one thing that does struck me a bit is that your Bootcamp Windows cannot access it. Did you use the Mac OS X Installation DVD to install the drivers within Windows? Have you checked for updates? By default bootcamp will install a HFS driver into Windows.

    If none of the options above work I would assume your hard drive is formatted using the old Apple Partition Map scheme which is solely supported by Mac OS and OS X. In that case you would have to backup all the files, repartition the drive using the Master Boot Record or GUID Partition table.

    • Sorry! My bootcamp able to access it. I had a lot of things going on in my mind when i typed the description so i got confused.

  4. Paragon HSF+
    http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/02/access-mac-os-x-partition-from-windows.html

    Macdrive
    http://www.mediafour.com/products/Macdrive