Windows would then have produced an error message and halted. After using Safe Mode, you can shut down your Mac and then boot into Recovery Mode to see whether the. So at some point later in the boot sequence, Windows would have determined the computer was an iMac instead of the MacBook Pro. Select your installation disk and press Enter.
Windows is licenced on a per computer basis. To learn the complete process, continue reading the article. Connect one Mac to another Mac and you can access its files in the Finder. There is no solution to this problem, but even if there was, Window still would fail to boot. Macs can boot into a Target Disk Mode that causes them to function like an external hard drive. So you may see Windows start to boot but in the end Windows can not read additional files from the MacBook Pro.
The executing program from Microsoft now running on the iMac has no idea what Target disk mode is and no idea how to communicate with the MacBook Pro using the cable connecting the two computers together. This file is loaded into the memory on the iMac and executed. The iMac reads the necessary file from the hidden EFI partition on the MacBook Pro. The 'boot-args' variable can be used for setting the above modes.
The iMac recognizes the MacBook Pro as an external drive and determines the default operating system to boot is on this drive. On the Mac you want to use as the external drive, go to System Preferences > Startup Disk, and click the Target Disk Mode button at the bottom. It only works for the next start-up, and cant be unset.
At this point, the iMac is also running software (firmware) stored on the logic board. That will set the machine to boot in target disk mode at its next start-up. At this point, the MacBook Pro is running software (firmware) stored on the logic board. The MacBook Pro is put in Target disk mode.