Cannot install Windows 10 - Macbook Pro Retina 13

The original 128GB SSD on my Macbook Pro Retina 13 (Mid-2014 and running Mojave 10.14.4) was beginning to fill up and I therefore researched the issue and eventually bought a 1TB OWC Aura Pro X2 as a replacement.  After installation, the macbook works as well as the original and, indeed, even seems to be a little faster, albeit with a slight increase in generated heat (which I am not concerned about).


With almost 900GB of space now free, I tried to install Windows 10 Pro on a separate partition (obvs!). Using Bootcamp, an ‘official’ download of windows (Oct 2018 version) from Microsoft and a Sandisk USB3 stick, the whole process seemed to go smoothly,  I used a 128GB partition and the Windows set up all seemed to be OK following a restart and ‘getting ready’ screen when the following message appeared:


‘The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error.  Windows installation cannot proceed.  To install Windows, click “OK” to restart the computer and then restart the installation’


I therefore restarted the laptop (several times!) only to be greeted with the same message.


I went back to Mac OS via a reboot with the Option key (Windows 10 was there as an option but selecting it just went to a blank, black screen).  I then deleted the partition that had just been created by Bootcamp and, just in case, downloaded another copy of the Windows 10 Pro ISO file from Microsoft and used a different USB stick and started the whole Bootcamp process again with exactly the same end result.  


Can anybody say where things might be going wrong and suggest a solution please.  This is annoying me as one of the main reason why I bought the large and very expensive 1TB SSD was to install Windows and it just ain’t working. I am assured by OWC that I have the right SSD for my Macbook and, as mentioned above, everything else seems to work as it should.


Sorry for the long post but I thought it best to lay out the whole saga.  Thanks in advance for any help.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 7, 2019 12:48 AM

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Posted on Jun 13, 2019 11:36 PM

Hi Tony, The SSD that I successfully used was actually a pre-used 'original' Apple 512GB that I bought off eBay and which I understand was taken from another Macbook Pro. Yes, it was a lot smaller than the 1TB OWC but it works, I've now got Windows 10 installed and even with the 128GB partition, I've still got around 250GB free space. It was also a LOT less money (GB£170 compared with GB£500 for the OWC). As mentioned above, I found an entry on the OWC knowledge base which confirms that the Aura Pro X2 is not compatible with Bootcamp on my model Macbook Pro - it also specifically mentions your Macbook Air 6,2. Here it is again: https://eshop.macsales.com/Service/Knowledgebase/Article/12/776/Aura-Pro-X2-SSDs-Boot-Camp-Compatibility and it was all that I needed to get a full refund.


Hope this helps.



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