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INSTALL WIN 10 ON A1708

hello. i am trying to instal win 10 from usb. i am not using bootcamp. (will use it next to instal drivers) i got message at the momen when i need to shoose in wich drive to install and the message is WE COULDNT FIND ANY DRIVES. TO GET A STORAGE DRIVE. CLICK LOAD DRIVE.


were can i find the drive driver


thank you

MacBook

Posted on Oct 1, 2019 11:38 PM

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Oct 2, 2019 11:03 PM in response to HWTech

Hello again. 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 So as you suggested I am asking that if I make a Boot Camp with windows 10 in my old MacBook Air model a1466 will it work on my newest model a 1708 Thank you for your time

Oct 3, 2019 8:48 PM in response to kyriakos16

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.



Oct 4, 2019 12:21 AM in response to Loner T

Hello and thank you for your reply.


You were right I don’t have a keyboard or MacBook touchpad are use external mouse and keyboard to navigate through installation my screen work fine the only thing that I cannot find is the hard drive at the moment when windows ask me in which drive I would like to install windows 10 this is my only issue I used the same USB stick with my older‘s Mac and it was fine and with all my other Macs. I had a problem only with this one a 1708 I need to have driver for this hard drive model I want to install only Windows 10 on this MacBook pro 13 2usbc 2016 a1708. And I want to install windows 10 fresh clean installation without Boot Camp of course I I will use both come after installation for the drivers. do you know somehow or somewhere I can find the driver for the specific hard drive that this Mac has.

Oct 3, 2019 11:19 AM in response to kyriakos16

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.

Oct 5, 2019 7:48 AM in response to kyriakos16

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.

Oct 5, 2019 10:36 AM in response to kyriakos16

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.

INSTALL WIN 10 ON A1708

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