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Issue getting Windows 8.1 on MBP Mid 2010

Hi,

This question is aimed at you Loner T.

I followed the instruction in one of your previous post to manually partition and instal Windows 8.1 on my Mid 2010 MBP.

Previous posts "How to get Windows 8.1 on Mid 2010 MBP?"

I have downloaded GDisk and attempted to create hybrid MBR in line with your previous set of instruction however my MBR has less partitions then in the previous post and I am concerned that may be affecting the behaviour.

I'm hopeful this terminal output will be a good starting point.

MacBook-Pro:~ BenDunlop$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

Password:

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=250059350016; sectorsize=512; blocks=488397168

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 488397167

start size index contents

0 1 MBR

1 1 Pri GPT header

2 32 Pri GPT table

34 6

40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

409640 194756592 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

195166232 264168

195430400 292966400 3 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

488396800 335

488397135 32 Sec GPT table

488397167 1 Sec GPT header

Thank you for your help.

Cheers

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Jul 4, 2015 5:20 PM

57 replies

Loner T

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Jul 8, 2015 5:18 AM in response to dunlop.03

Rebuild MBR to match the new GPT information thus resetting the Hybrid MBR. Use defaults for other questions (like partition codes). The only values that need modifications are the Boot flags and step 10. Accept all other defaults that Gdisk offers. Please see thesample Q&A as an example. These steps can be repeated if you make a mistake before you get to Step 12, otherwise start from Step 1 for these steps. Step 6 has numbers which are typed with a space between the numbers.

Sudo gdisk /dev/rdisk0
P (Print list of parts)
R (Recover)
O (print current Hybrid MBR)
H (chooses Hybrid)
Partitions numbers to be hybridized: 2 3 4
Y (Good for GRUB question)
N (part 2 boot flag)
N (part 3 boot flag)
N (part 4 boot flag - Windows Installer will mark it appropriately)
O (print current Hybrid MBR)
W (Write the new MBR)
Y (Yes! write the new MBR)
Reboot

Here is sample Q&A for this section. Please notice the Press Enter/Return.

Place EFI GPT (0xEE) partition first in MBR (good for GRUB)? (Y/N): Y

Creating entry for GPT partition #2 (MBR partition #2)

Enter an MBR hex code (default AF): Press Enter/Return

Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): N

Creating entry for GPT partition #3 (MBR partition #3)

Enter an MBR hex code (default AB): Press Enter/Return

Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): N

Creating entry for GPT partition #4 (MBR partition #4)

Enter an MBR hex code (default 07): Press Enter/Return

Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): N

dunlop.03 Author

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Jul 8, 2015 3:35 PM in response to Loner T

So, apologies, I jumped ahead last night and rebuilt the MBR before I got your reply.

I rebuilt as in your reply above however I selected 'Y' at step 10 for the part 4 boot flag. Following this I have been able to install Windows and get it running, although with limited functionality due to driver issues.

Will I run into any problems down the track because of selecting 'Y' and step 10 instead of 'N' as you recommend?

Loner T

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Jul 8, 2015 3:50 PM in response to dunlop.03

No worries. The Windows installer makes it Y anyway, so you should be fine.

dunlop.03 Author

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Jul 8, 2015 4:37 PM in response to Loner T

Great,

So I guess the last thing is getting some of the drivers to work.

I've found this discussion MacBook Pro 13'' (mid 2010) Windows 8 support which has a lot of good points but it is a couple of years old. I looked to follow the steps in that discussion by 'Swoffa' on the first page to install the BootCamp5.0.5033 as a few people in that thread said that set of drivers got everything working, however I note that is not the most recent bootcamp version.

I also see from the previous thread of yours How to get Windows 8.1 on Mid 2010 MBP? you had recommended BootCamp 4.0.4033 drivers.

As I understand, since I did the the install and partition manually only the drivers that are native are running at the moment. Which set of bootcamp drivers is going to be best to get the rest of the functionality running?

Loner T

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Jul 8, 2015 4:54 PM in response to dunlop.03

From Boot Camp Support Software 5.0.5033,

Post Date: Mar 14, 2013

File Size: 553.62 MB

System Requirements

MacBook Air (Mid 2011) and (Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)
* MacBook Pro 13 inch-Mid 2010 is not supported
MacBook Pro (Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (Late 2011)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro (Retina, Late 2012)
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
Mac mini (Late 2012)
iMac (Mid 2011)
iMac (Late 2011)
iMac (Late 2012)
Windows 7 and 8, 64 bit only

From Boot Camp Support Software 4.0.4033,

Post Date: Mar 14, 2013

File Size: 601.76

System Requirements

MacBook (13-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2007)
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2007)
MacBook (13-inch, Early 2008)
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009 & Mid 2009)
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) *
MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010) *
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2008)
MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2008 & Mid 2009)
MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Late 2010) *
MacBook Pro (15-inch & 17-inch, Core 2 Duo)
MacBook Pro (15-inch & 17-inch, 2.2 & 2.4GHz)
MacBook Pro (15-inch & 17-inch, Early 2008) *
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) *
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009 & Mid 2009) *
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2009) *
MacBook Pro (13-inch and 15-inch, Mid 2009) *
MacBook Pro (13-inch,15-inch, and 17-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (13-in, 15-inch, and 17-inch, Early 2011 & Late 2011)
Mac Pro (Mid 2006)
Mac Pro (Early 2008) *
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Mac Pro (Early 2007)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Mac Pro (15-inch and 17-inch, 2.2 & 2.4GHz)
Mac mini (Mid 2007)
Mac mini (Early 2009 & Late 2009)
Mac mini (Mid 2010) *
iMac (17-inch, Late 2006)
iMac (20-inch, Late 2006)
iMac (24-inch, Late 2006)
iMac (20-inch & 24-inch, Mid 2007)
iMac (20-inch & 24-inch, Early 2008)
iMac (20-inch, Early 2009 & Mid 2009)
iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2009) *
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) *
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010) *
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011 & Late 2011)
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)

all these drivers support Windows 7, 32 bit

* drivers that support Windows 7, 32 and 64 bit

You can try both versions as long as you create a System Restore point before you start and after each version. 5.0.5033 does not really support 13-in Mid 2010 MBP.

dunlop.03 Author

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Jul 8, 2015 7:03 PM in response to Loner T

I've downloaded both but I gave the 4.0.4033 version a go first.

I wasn't actually sure how to install so I did the following.

1. Open CMD as Admin

2. Entered msiexec -i "C:\Users\Ben Dunlop\BootCamp4.0.4033\BootCamp\Drivers\Apple\BootCamp64.msi" and hit enter

3. The installer ran but then said it could not continue as I was not running windows 7

Have I done this right or do you suggest a different process?

Loner T

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Jul 8, 2015 7:16 PM in response to dunlop.03

If you unzip the .zip file onto a formatted USB, there is a setup.exe in the Bootcamp folder. Run the setup.exe. It works the same way on all such downloaded files.

dunlop.03 Author

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Jul 8, 2015 7:22 PM in response to Loner T

When I plug my USB in with the extracted files Windows freezes and I can't do anything. That's why I downloaded the files straight onto the machine.

I tried opening the setup.exe straight from the unzip folder on the computer. I get the same errors though, first the 'Program Compatibility Assistant" pops up and says "This program has compatibility issues" and offers to get help online or continue without getting help.

When I click 'continue without getting help' the next pop up says "BootCamp requires that your computer is running Windows 7"

Loner T

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Jul 8, 2015 7:31 PM in response to dunlop.03

Try the 5.0.5033 drivers.

dunlop.03 Author

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Jul 8, 2015 9:41 PM in response to Loner T

Hi LonerT,

I think we are nearly there.

I installed the 5.0.5033 drivers and have some functionality. I've read that the 5.1.5621 drivers work even better but now the 5.0.5033 drivers are installed I can't update/add the 5.1.5621. Neither can I uninstall the 5.0.5033 drivers?

dunlop.03 Author

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Jul 12, 2015 6:13 PM in response to Loner T

Hi LonerT,

Thank you for your help. As a final update I tried running Windows 8.1 with both the 5.0.5033 and 5.1.5162 drivers. Both sets were prone to crashed and freezes and had some functionality issues.

In the end it became to annoying so I have gone back to Windows 7.

I appreciate all your time and help.

Cheers

Loner T

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Jul 12, 2015 6:54 PM in response to dunlop.03

W7 is much more stable. Please remember to disable sleep/hibernate, which causes quite a bit of grief during wake with drivers.

Issue getting Windows 8.1 on MBP Mid 2010