Where are the Boot Camp Drivers?

Loner T,

Thank you so much for your patience and your help.

I went to bed last pm and church this am, so just now getting back to it. I have made progress. The BCA problem, as usual, was a dumb user. I did not see the menu across the top, so focused on the main window where the BCA some editions ago used to have all of the options. I was able to download the drivers to a jump drive, but that did not solve the problems.

I found that if I let the installed drivers run without the jump drive, that there was no connectivity, and no external video, and no way to resolve the problem. So I reinstalled Win 10 Pro (for the fifth time!) and this time did not allow the default driver install to run, instead running the driver installation from my jump drive after finding that the connectivity was present prior to the default drivers installation. So I am up and running, except that neither my Apple SuperDrive nor a third party DVD player are recognized. Both work fine in MacOS.

I guess that is progress, and I appreciate your perserverance with me. I will call Apple to try to determine why the SuperDrive isn't functional in Windows 10 Pro in Boot Camp.

Thanks!

Thank you for taking the time to respond.

As I stated in my original post, I have consulted this help source, and it does not correlate with my MacBook Pro 2018 running MacOS 10.14.3.

When I launch the Boot Camp Assistant within MacOS 10.14.3, the referenced screen for downloading drivers is never available, rather it goes directly to the option to remove the Boot Camp partition. I am never presented with the option to download the drivers as pictured in the help screen.

I am unable to read or write a jump drive in the Boot Camp Windows 10 installation, so it is a somewhat moot point as to whether I can download the drivers to a jump drive in MacOS.

After having reinstalled Boot Camp and Windows 10 Pro three times, I am receiving quite consistent outcomes.

It still appears to me that the drivers are not being installed properly for some reason, and that I have no ability to download the drivers.

Thanks....

Thank you again for taking the time.

I have read the support section to which you refer, and it does not appear in my Boot Camp Assistant as described in the support document. The only option in Boot Camp Assistant (after performing the Win 10 Pro installation) which is presented is the removal of the partition.

The problem with the jump drive is not a formatting problem. The FAT formatted jump drive (and the SuperDrive) are not recognized when connected to the thunderbolt connector through an apple TB3 => USB adapter. It is not a formatting issue.

Thanks...

I am not presented with the same Boot Camp Assistant which you are. The problem is not the FAT formatted jump drive which works perfectly for both read and write using the same connecter in MacOS.

There is no line of options at the top of the screen in my Boot Camp Assistant such as your screen shot displays.

It does sound like I need the AppleODDinstaller.exe. I don't where to find it, and simply googling it did not bring up any obvious sources. Perhaps Apple customer service will have it, although they are not terribly forthcoming in supplying Microsoft drivers for their hardware. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Got it!

And my SuperDrive now works; even better.

Begs the question of why the appropriate drivers did not install with the original process, or why the drivers loaded onto the partition failed, but alls well that ends well, and I am finally there. I won't be messing with it anymore, just using it.

Thank you so much!

I have spent enough of my life in the past four days on this issue!

Will let Apple troubleshoot their own problems....

Thanks again for all your help!