INSTALL WIN 10 ON A1708

You need to use Bootcamp Assistant to create the bootable Win10 USB drive. Bootcamp Assistant will provide the necessary drivers Win10 requires for your computer and it will help in creating space on the drive for Windows.

kyriakos16 wrote:

Problem is that I already formatted the drive on a1708 so it’s completely empty. But I have an older MacBook Air a 1466 so can I make Boot Camp USB drive with windows 10 and load it on my newest MacBook 13 My problem is not to find drivers such as touchpad sound card VGA Wi-Fi another’s My problem is when I start to choose in which Drive should I install windows in my a1708. computer cannot find any hard drive to install

A1708 (MacBook Pro 2016-2017) and A1466 (MacBook Air 2012-2017) are used on models across years and are not specific models.

You should not mix MBA and MBPs.

If you plan to use the A1708 as a Windows-only computer, you will run into issues. The standard W10 installer will not recognize any Apple hardware, including storage. BC Assistant builds a WinPE (Pre-boot Environment) in ($WinPEDriver$) on a USB or OSXRESERVED (depending on year/model), which helps the W10 installer recognize Apple-specific hardware. Without these drivers, even if your installer boots, your keyboard/mouse/trackpad may not function. Your screen may not work due to lack of GPU drivers.

Current Macs use Install Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp Assistant - Apple Support steps. Older Macs use Install Windows on your older Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support. You cannot mix the two.

Besides creating the bootable Win10 USB installer, Bootcamp Assistant also properly resizes your drive to provide a partition for Win10. If don't have Bootcamp Assistant prepare the destination drive, then you will need to use open the Terminal in the Win10 installer (Shift + F10 I believe) and run "diskpart clean" to remove the Apple CoreStorage container and volumes. I have no idea if this will any side effects when booting Win10 as I don't use Windows or BootCamp.

Since you do not have macOS on the Mac you are trying to install Windows on, you will need to use Brigadier (https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier) on the A1466, and provide the Model identifier of the A1708. See the description of the '-m' qualifier on the Brigadier page.

kyriakos16 wrote:

I am sorry but I’m confused from all those instructions I don’t understand why Apple makes so hard and this is an easy process

Removing macOS from a Mac and using it as a Windows-only computer is not supported. If you have macOS on the Mac, this is a very easy process.

Anyway thank you for your time

NP. Post back, if you have any further questions or run into any issues.

kyriakos16 wrote:

I am sorry but I’m confused from all those instructions I don’t understand why Apple makes so hard and this is an easy process

Anyway thank you for your time

A Mac is not a normal PC as a Mac contains custom proprietary bits only supported by Apple. You must follow Apple's rules and instructions on these matters. Apple has made it possible to install Windows only when you follow Apple's instructions. It is only hard when you think a Mac is like any other PC out there. A Mac is not like every other PC.

FYI, you want to make sure to back up both your macOS and Windows partitions. And do NOT resize these partitions after installing Windows or you may make both Windows and macOS unbootable or even inaccessible so data will be difficult or impossible to retrieve.