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craig
craig asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 1 year ago

How to use iPhone to install windows?

Ok so I jailbroke my XS max on 13.1.3, ironically I restarted my pc and bam, hard drive completely died. Won’t spin, nothing. So I swapped the drive, all is good. But, no operating system. I downloaded a windows ISO to my iPhone, now how do I mount it, or use my iPhone as a “mass storage device” to reinstall Windows? Hours of googling haven’t helped, so, please?

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  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Google hasn't helped because it can't be done.

  • Master Of Puppets
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    That won't work at all. The iPhone cannot be used as a bootable medium to install an OS on your PC. You will need a working computer to transfer that ISO and burn it to a DVD or create a bootable flash drive. Only then will you be able to install Windows on your PC.

  • adam3k3
    1 year ago

    I don't believe an iPhone would be detected in PC bios. The best thing to do is move the IOS file and burn it to DVD or USB drive. If you don't have another PC at home, visit Apple or Microsoft stores and use their computers to move the file to USB. Good Luck.

  • Marvinator
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    You won't be able to use any device that is not connected and BOOTABLE from the PC itself.  The Iso will only work once it has been 'burned' to a USB or a DVD.  Your PC will only recognize USB or DVD bootable devices. 

    Some laptops will boot to SD cards, if there is a built in SD port and the BIOS will recognize it as a source device.  If you can get into teh BIOS of the laptop you can check this in the BOOT section for the list of devices it will allow to boot. 

    So, again, you need to take your phone to another PC/Laptop which will know what to do with the ISO you have downloaded.  Move the ISO to the PC/Laptop and then use the PC/Laptop to install the ISO properly on a USB or DVD disk.  THEN you can take this to your Laptop and use it to install.  

    No, your PS3/4 will not boot the PC, nor will it burn the ISO properly, so they cannot be used at this point.  

  • David
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    Without an operating system the drive on the PC won't have any suitable drivers so you won't be able to use the iPhone to reinstall windows.

    Go to a friends house and download the iso again and burn it to a DVD or USB and proceed from there

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