I'm running El Capitan, 10.11.6. Can I install Win 10 using Bootcamp on my Mac? I have run Win 7 for 12 years, but can't move to Win 10. Bootcamp install seems to hang and say the Win 10 ISO image to too big to fit on 128GB flash drive. Not sure how to get the Win 10 ISO image onto the flash drive, as when I downloaded it from MS, I wasn't offered the flash drive, it just went into my Downloads folder.
MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.11
Windows 10 requires an MBP 2012 or later to run. See here Install Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp Assistant - Apple Support
Maybe if you install Windows 7 and then update to 10, but be careful, you can have problems with drivers.
Windows 10 requires an MBP 2012 or later to run. See here Install Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp Assistant - Apple Support
Maybe if you install Windows 7 and then update to 10, but be careful, you can have problems with drivers.
Bob Canuck wrote:
My problem then was my keyboard appears dead, and I can't login to Win 10. Ctrl-Alt-Del does nothing, so the Win half of my Mac is a brick.
If you did not install Bootcamp drivers after W7 was installed, then W10 would cause issues. If you correctly installed BC drivers from Install Windows 7 on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support, then the in-place upgrade to W10 will grandfather the W7 drivers.
The drivers must be installed when you are booted in Windows, not when booted in macOS. macOS only allows the download of the drivers.
On your Mac, to get to W10, the steps are
W10 1903 and later ISOs require macOS Mojave or later. Your 2009 Mac does not support W10 natively. You will need to install W7/W8.1 first, and then run an in-place upgrade to W10 as recommended by Rafael Scheid. Once you upgrade to W10, there is no method to repair the installation which is easy.
I did an upgrade to Win 10 from Win 7. It all appeared to work fine and appeared to boot to Win 10 (at least with a nice opening screen). My problem then was my keyboard appears dead, and I can't login to Win 10. Ctrl-Alt-Del does nothing, so the Win half of my Mac is a brick. It appears my only solution is to revert back to Win 7 and re-install it via Bootcamp and rebuild my Win 7 half of my Mac. Ugly, but should work.
I did an upgrade to Win 10 from Win 7. It all appeared to work fine and appeared to boot to Win 10 (at least with a nice opening screen). My problem then was my keyboard appears dead, and I can't login to Win 10. Ctrl-Alt-Del does nothing, so the Win half of my Mac is a brick. It appears my only solution is to revert back to Win 7 and re-install it via Bootcamp and rebuild my Win 7 half of my Mac. Ugly, but should work.
I have downloaded the latest Windows support software via Bootcamp to my flash drive while I'm running Mac-OS. The problem now seems to be I can't run the setup program on the flash drive, as it is a Windows program and I'm stuck in Mac-OS. I can't "get to" (i.e. Boot) Windows to run anything on the flash drive. So I have all the drivers (dated June 29, 2011) on the flash drive, but I either can't run them or don't know if there is a Bootcamp program on the drive that will run on Mac-OS and updated all my Bootcamp drivers. After the download completes to my flash drive, I get the message "Install this Windows support software after installing Windows". Not clear on how/when to do this install and the timing (under Mac-OS, under Windows?). Exe files fail as they're Windows files, and not sure if here is a Mac on the flash drive that will do the install. Or can/should I just transfer the files from the flash drive to the appropriate Mac folder, reboot to Windows, and pray keyboard magically becomes unfrozen. I'm thinking I need to find my Win7 install software and set up Win7 all over again via Bootcamp on my Mac. Ugly, but seems to be my last chance.
Bootcamp Win 10 with El Capitan, 10.11.6 on a 2009 MacBook Pro
