EARLY 2011 MACBOOK PRO BOOTCAMP WINDOWS 10 INSTALL
EARLY 2011 MACBOOK PRO BOOTCAMP WINDOWS 10 DRIVERS

EARLY 2011 MACBOOK PRO BOOTCAMP WINDOWS 10 INSTALL

and then install rEFInd into that EFI system partition.

Older Macbooks cannot boot from a USB drive (!). So if you have two graphics cards then you MUSTВ pick the legacy BIOS path.

EARLY 2011 MACBOOK PRO BOOTCAMP WINDOWS 10 DRIVERS

I think this is a bug in the nVidia drivers and 99.99% they wonвЂ™t fix it. Windows 10 will endlessly reboot, entering automatic repair etc. In UEFI mode, they are BOTH enabled and this will kill your Windows installation when you eventually install the graphics drivers. First is the integrated Intel graphics and then you also have a discrete nVidia graphics card. If you purchased your Macbook Pro with the graphics card upgrade, you actually have TWO graphics cards inside. From there, your Mac can proceed into either native UEFI or switch to legacy BIOS (actually itвЂ™s UEFI simulating a BIOS via the EFI-CSM module). When you power on your Mac, it first runs the UEFI firmware. Some additional notes if you want to deviate from the above or want to learn more UEFI or Legacy BIOS вЂ“ avoid endless reboots Their presence kills WindowsВ System Restore functionality. CD into BootCamp/BootCamp/Drivers/Apple.Run CMD or PowerShell as Administrator (Use the combination Shift + Fn + F10 for right-click).I suggest this specific version () since I triedВ another version () and it didnвЂ™t work well Once inside Windows 10, download Boot Camp Drivers.When everything installs, you should boot right into the Windows desktop. Nothing special here, regular installation process. exitВ (this leaves the command prompt, back to the setup).cleanВ (this will delete all partitions or volumes on the disk).list diskВ (note your diskвЂ™s number вЂ¦ like a 1 or 2 etc.).At the Windows setup hit Shift+F10В for a command prompt.WARNING: Backup all existing data because it will be deleted! If youвЂ™re already in pure MBR (not hybrid) mode, skip this entire section. Convert your hard drive to an MBR style hardВ drive.At your MacвЂ™s bootup screen pick the DVD icon with вЂWindowsвЂ™В under it (do not pick the DVD icon with EFI under it).Put it in the drive and power up your Mac withВ Alt/OptionВ pressed.Boot the Windows 10 DVD in legacy BIOS mode.Disk encryption: Windows Bitlocker encryption.

Boot mode: Legacy BIOS (not UEFI,В else endless reboots with nVidia).

Operating system(s): Only Windows 10 вЂ“ no MacOS or Linux.

Hardware: Macbook Pro (mid-2009) (with nVidia GeForce 9600M GT).

But mostly because I wanted to learn a bit more about UEFI systems and their boot-up sequence. Why? Because science! And because I like Windows 10 and because Apple stopped OS support on that machine sometime back.

There are the steps I took to get Windows 10 on my spare mid-2009 15вЂі Macbook Pro.

Early 2011 macbook pro bootcamp windows 10