Upgraded to Windows 10 but bootcamp is at version 4?

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Upgraded to Windows 10 but bootcamp is at version 4?

I recently upgraded to Windsows 10 on my Macbook Pro Retina (mid 2012) but I did not upgrade bootcamp first. It shows it as ver. 4

I downloaded the appropriate drivers from this link http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1720/en_US/BootCamp5.1.5621.zip

I unzipped the file to a USB drive and when I run the setup, it gets partial through and then up pops an error message. You must have Windows 7

How can I get around that? Do I really need to roll back to Windows 7 or is there another way??

Thanks

Posted on Aug 15, 2015 11:50 AM

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Aug 15, 2015 12:37 PM in response to ccices

You can get W10 drivers for your Mac which are BC version 6 drivers. Please see Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support .

The 5.1.5621 drivers are BC version 5.1.

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ccices Author

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Aug 15, 2015 2:12 PM in response to Loner T

This is the article I followed.. but this step..

After installation is complete, open Apple Software Update for Windows again and install available updates to make sure the Windows Support Software (drivers) for Boot Camp are up to date. As part of driver installation, your Mac might restart one or more times.

never showed any updates and boot camp still shows as version 4.0

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Loner T

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Aug 15, 2015 2:52 PM in response to ccices

Using System requirements to install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support as a guide, if you are still on BC 4.0, you were running Windows 7 32-bit. If you upgraded to W10, it was 32-bit W10 which was installed. The BC 6 drivers are 64-bit only.

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ccices Author

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Aug 16, 2015 7:37 AM in response to Loner T

nope.. I upgraded win7 ultimate 64 bit to win10 64 bit. The system is currently on Win10 64 bit but it still shows boot camp ver 4. So, back to my original question.. Whats the best way to upgrade it to the appropriate boot camp version?

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Rudegar

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Aug 16, 2015 7:44 AM in response to ccices

download and manually install the content of the bootcamp driver zip file

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ccices Author

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Aug 16, 2015 8:43 AM in response to Rudegar

So, that was where I started. I downloaded the drivers but when I went to install, I got an error saying I needed Win7 installed. Since it is already upgraded I seem to be stuck.

I tried to use Boot Camp Assistant to download the required drivers, but that does not work as there is an error saving it to a USB drive.

I do have the zip downloaded from the link I first posted and those are the ones that say require win7.

Totally in a catch 22 here.

All I want to do is upgrade my bootcamp to work with win10. Doesn't seem possible at this time. I can still boot into windows or Mac at startup but track pad is not working, no usb 3.0 etc.

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Rudegar

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Aug 16, 2015 9:30 AM in response to ccices

is it the latests bootcamp driver zip ?

and have you tried to rather then running the root setup.exe navigating the sub dirs and manually running the various drivers install exe file ?

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