Noah

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Q: Windows 8 or 10 (Tech preview) on older macs

Can i install Windows 8 or 10 (Tech Preview) on older macs? Or is it impossble.

MacBook, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), Macbook7,1

Posted on Feb 28, 2015 7:17 PM

I have this question too

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Can you look at

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392?wa=wsignin1.0

https://neosmart.net/wiki/bootrec/

This usually indicates BCD corruption.

Posted on Mar 1, 2015 12:11 PM

Q: Windows 8 or 10 (Tech preview) on older macs

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by Loner T,

Loner T Feb 28, 2015 7:45 PM in response to Noah
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Feb 28, 2015 7:45 PM in response to Noah

How old is the Mac?

W8 as the previous OS is the most likely to allow W10 - Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems - Apple Support.
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Noah Mar 1, 2015 6:39 AM in response to Loner T
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Mar 1, 2015 6:39 AM in response to Loner T

It's a 2010 model
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Loner T Mar 1, 2015 6:54 AM in response to Noah
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Mar 1, 2015 6:54 AM in response to Noah

Install W7/W8 using BCA. Upgrade to W10 TP. You may run into driver issues.
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Noah Mar 1, 2015 11:07 AM in response to Loner T
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Mar 1, 2015 11:07 AM in response to Loner T

I did that, and a few hours later, the BSOD came up and the error was "BAD_POOL_HEADER" so i just deleted boot camp.
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Loner T Mar 1, 2015 12:11 PM in response to Noah
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Mar 1, 2015 12:11 PM in response to Noah

Can you look at

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392?wa=wsignin1.0
https://neosmart.net/wiki/bootrec/

This usually indicates BCD corruption.
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