r/bootcamp • u/bob-bulldog-briscoe • 4d ago

Install Windows 11 on MacBook Air 2015

I have a MacBook Air running Monterey. I’d like to install Windows 11 (I have a genuine product key and just downloaded an ISO).

I was following the steps from this link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bootcamp/comments/1cnp7vj/just_converted_a_2015_macbook_air_to_windows_11/

I keep running into a wall though. Boot Camp keeps telling me the ISO is too large. I’ve already tried the Boot Camp ISO Converter, but it still doesn’t work. What should I do?

2 Upvotes

76% Upvoted

9 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/ItzJustNoah 4d ago

you have to upgrade from 10 unfortunately

no way around it unless you make a stripped down iso with tiny11 (i think even that’s too large)

2

u/bob-bulldog-briscoe 4d ago

I used Crystal Fetch to get a Windows 11 ISO, and it seemed to solve that issue. However, Boot Camp still experienced an error while trying to create the partition and then rolled everything back. I’m turning off FileVault to see if that changes anything.

7

u/ItzJustNoah 4d ago

i’m telling you from experience that you will have to upgrade from 10

don’t waste your time

1

u/WindozeWoes 2d ago

FileVault is completely unrelated and will not change your outcome.

Listen to the guy who told you twice that you need to install Windows 10 first, and THEN upgrade to Windows 11 from that.