Boot Camp/Windows 10 on 2014 13" MacBook Air

I even tried a plain Windows 10 Installer created in Windows with none of the Boot Camp stuff, on a USB 2 drive and it didn't work. I want to stress that making and using the bootable USB drive is not the problem, I was in fact able to install Windows 10 on an unsupported 2010 WMB with no problem. The problem starts after Windows 10 does it's initial boot from the SSD, after the USB is no longer needed.

There is no Bootcamp.xml file on the BCA created drive, there is the AutoUnattend.xml which I will paste here:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">

<settings pass="windowsPE">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<UserData>

<ProductKey>

<WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>

</ProductKey>

</UserData>

</component>

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<DriverPaths>

<PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1" wcm:action="add">

<Path>$WinPEDriver$</Path>

</PathAndCredentials>

</DriverPaths>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="specialize">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<RunSynchronous>

<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">

<Order>1</Order>

<Path>cmd /c "FOR %i IN (X F E D C) DO (FOR /F "tokens=6" %t in ('vol %i:') do (IF /I %t NEQ "" (IF EXIST %i:\BootCamp\BootCamp.xml Reg ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /v AppsRoot /t REG_SZ /d %i /f )))"</Path>

</RunSynchronousCommand>

</RunSynchronous>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="oobeSystem">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<FirstLogonCommands>

<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">

<Description>BootCamp setup</Description>

<CommandLine>%AppsRoot%:\BootCamp\setup.exe</CommandLine>

<Order>1</Order>

<RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>

</SynchronousCommand>

</FirstLogonCommands>

</component>

</settings>

</unattend>

Wait I found the Bootcamp.xml file in the Bootcamp folder.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<?xml-stylesheet type='text/xml' href='test.xsl'?>

<!--Information on Boot Camp build-->

<BuildInfo BuildNumber="6136" ProductName="Boot Camp">

<MsiInfo>

<ProductManufacturer>Apple Inc.</ProductManufacturer>

<ProductVersion>6.0.6136</ProductVersion>

<ProductCode>{FCFFE6B6-BAE8-490E-88D0-097A9DA1C43D}</ProductCode>

<Component Name="AppleOSSMgr.exe" GUID="*" SharedDLL="yes">

<File Name="AppleOSSMgr.exe">

<KeyPath>yes</KeyPath>

<FileVersion>5.1.5.0</FileVersion>

</File>

<Registry>

<Key>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Apple Inc.\Boot Camp</Key>

<Name>Build Version</Name>

<Type>string</Type>

<Value>[BUILDVERSION]</Value>

</Registry>

<Registry>

<Key>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Apple Inc.\Boot Camp</Key>

<Name>VersionNT</Name>

<Type>string</Type>

<Value>[WINDOWSVERSION]</Value>

</Registry>

<Registry>

<Key>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Apple Inc.\Boot Camp</Key>

<Name>ModelID</Name>

<Type>string</Type>

<Value>[SYSTEMMODELNAME]</Value>

</Registry>

I'm on Mojave 10.14.5.

I also have a 2013 rMBP. I can't remember what Windows 10 version I have on it, I'm sure the original install was 1709, since that's all I would install for the longest time, same with the PC's I work with.

Loner T, I just wanted to tell you I finally got it it work, and I what you said in mind. Here is the formula that was successful. USB2 drive, Windows 10 1511, built with BCA. Thank you for working with me! Whatever worked on other machines, this one seemed to require a more picky lineup. Cheers!

Either will work, but both have yielded the same result, the initial install is fine, then after the reboot it gets stuck on "Getting Started".

I don't even have Windows 8 or 8.1, I've always refused to deal with it. Is there a different driver I can try?

$WinPEDriver$ -> APPLESSD64 -> AppleSSD.cat, AppleSSD.inf, AppleSSD.sys