Question

This problem is very similar to How to install Windows 10 into a 2011 iMac without using the Boot Camp Assistant, an optical (DVD) drive or third party tools? - Ask Different, with the following additional limitations,

• Mac OS X v10.6.x Snow Leopard must not be upgraded.
• Because of old Mac OS X or otherwise, Boot Camp Assistant does not function properly.
• Because of old Mac OS X, old version of Boot Camp or Boot Camp Assistant, old/poorly supported hardware, old/poorly supported firmware, or otherwise, your Mac crashes in Windows GUI setup (or even in EasyBCD BIOS Extender, “if your PC doesn’t support booting from USB.”)
• Because of old Mac OS X or otherwise, custom boot managers don’t function properly - with Windows failing to perform the boot into any GUI, before or after installation.

This Q&A answers how to install Windows 7 (and beyond, e.g. Windows 10) onto a mid-2010 Mac mini with Mac OS X Snow Leopard without Boot Camp or an optical (DVD) drive.

This is a question with specific constraints (pertinent to Mac OS X Snow Leopard compatibility). If these additional limitations don’t apply to you, then you should likely follow: How to install Windows 10 into a 2011 iMac without using the Boot Camp Assistant, an optical (DVD) drive or third party tools? - Ask Different

I would desire to perform the installation without any of the following.

• No third-party software (Third-party software, if any, should be minimal, and it should work with Mac OS X Snow Leopard)
• No optical (DVD) drive
• No Boot Camp Assistant or it cannot be used properly.

Answer

Tim Abdiukov