Bootcamp not booting in Big Sur using Macbook Pro Late 2014

Bootcamp can be frustrating to install. It took me several tries. However, if you want Windows on your MBP without any hassle there's an excellent programme from VMware, link here https://www.vmware.com/products/desktop-hypervisor.html which will do just that. It's similar to Parallels but it's absolutely FREE. Not just a free download but a free license also. Hope this helps.

Similar issue. MBP late 2013. Removed Bootcamp to make space for Big Sur install. Tried to restore through BCA. It all seemed to go well and Win 10 went through its paces. However it never actually installed. No boot into Win option on restart and the Bootcamp icon on the Desktop was empty. Have tried it twice but no luck. Reverted to Catalina.

This worked for me:

Boot windows as described above (option key ...).

Once windows is running, goto Boot Camp in Taskbar System Tray. Use Control Panel to select windows as your boot drive and you're done.

I've this issue too. Try to solve as the replies suggested, nothing can help me. Pressing "Option" key and change the startup disk returned to MACOS, after changing startup disk, pressed and hold the "Option" key until Windows finish booting.

Same deal exactly. Had it lost it and now don’t have it. I even tried Parallels 16 trial and that actually installed and booted into Windows. However as soon as I tried an internet search on Win 10 it threw a wobbly and went into a play suspended loop. I think Big Sur is leaving a little bit of itself on the MAC HDD. I’m trying again with a brand new .iso Win10_20H2. I’ll let you know!

I am actually happy to see this. If they have stopped problematic models from updating, its actually good. Instead of bricking one's mac, its better to wait for more stable release. Yes, I can access app store and by searching, it shows it right there but it doesn't show in system preferences --> software update.

Possible. Though it was all available in software update and its from there I installed it first time. Oh, by all means. If you recall, I upgraded to Big Sur and then had to delete it and undertake a fresh install of a Catalina. Now, I am not heading towards Big Sur anytime soon. Additionally, I observed Big Sur to have lags during some operations. Catalina seems to work a lot better.

MAK787 wrote:

Now, I am not heading towards Big Sur anytime soon. Additionally, I observed Big Sur to have lags during some operations. Catalina seems to work a lot better.

Wait till 11.0.7, before you consider Big Sur. 😜

Same issue here. This is my second time, first time was during the Big Sur beta. Second time is after I reinstalled Win10 a second time and about a month later it has now disappeared from my bootable drives at startup.

Cleared NVRAM. Disk still doesn’t show at boot when I hold down option.

I set Win10 as the default boot option again in System Preferences Startup Disk.

on boot I get the spinning white wheel of doom for about 20 seconds and then it defaults back to MacOS again.

I’m going to try rebooting multiple times in a row.

z3thon wrote:

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/53c93bb7-c794-4312-8811-9f972ee35edb

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/ff3c20d3-3760-4b6f-b801-d57f66a24812

Please start a new discussion. Your 2019 Mac is not the same as OP (2014 Mac).

I guess we all find ourselves in the same predicament because we applied the update.

Same story. Mac OS X Catalina full update before upgrade. Bootcamp to Windows 10 superb and flawless. No issues whatsoever.

Then, as I went and login to Windows 10 for the last time since update. I got into Windows 10 Desktop before I ran into some issues with the Mac keyboard and trackpad setting so I did some research using Chrome in Windows 10 before going back to Big Sur.

That's when I went to check and noticed the Windows 10 Bootcamp option in Startup Disk was no longer there. I tried to hold down the Option Key as I powered up but the moment I released it Big Sur appeared.

I could tell the partition was there, using Disk Utility, as the partition was present and mounted in Read-only Mode but there was no way around it.

I still need to file my reports by Monday and I ran into these laundry list of issues everybody else was getting.

I had that sinking feeling before I clicked update, but I want to keep Big Sur and meet my WFH deadlines before noon next day.

Hopefully this CloverLeaf and Terminal bit works, or else. I may have to pull out my other Dell laptop to save the day.

Hoping for a miracle this season...

I have the same issue on my 2018 I7 MacBook Pro. Since the Big Sur update, the little safe in the lower left corner doesn't recognize my password. Neither my Admin password and my Apple ID'. There is no mistake in it! I can actually boot in windows if I instantly hold option key when I reboot. But do you why's that safe problem?

PeppeReDragon wrote:

I have the same issue on my 2018 I7 MacBook Pro. Since the Big Sur update,

This is not the same as OP - 2014 Mac.

the little safe in the lower left corner doesn't recognize my password. Neither my Admin password and my Apple ID'. There is no mistake in it! I can actually boot in windows if I instantly hold option key when I reboot. But do you why's that safe problem?

Please start a new discussion and post a screen shot of the 'safe' that you are referring to. Are you using Bitlocker?