Upgrade to Windows 10

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Upgrade to Windows 10

Hi

I'm trying to upgrade Windows 7 service pack 1 (64 Bit) to Windows 10, running in Bootcamp 5 on my Mac Mini (late 2014), with OSX 10.10.5.

I have updated OSX to where I have a message that no updates are available in the App Store, I've also run Apple Software Updater in Windows 7 till there are no updates available.

When I run the Windows 10 upgrader, I get a message that the update can proceed because 'Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 5100, this device is not supported'.

I downloaded and ran Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5769 from the Apple Support Site in Windows 7, and now Apple Software Update installs version 2.2.150, checks and wants to install 2.2.150 again. I've downloaded the the update using 'Tools' and run it locally, but that's not helped.

I've also run Brigadier using the .exe file, it runs and downloads data into a folder it creates, says it has downloaded it's stuff, but the folder is empty.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Posted on Jun 2, 2016 8:14 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 3, 2016 1:15 AM in response to pnutz

When the online update from w7 to w10 does not work, get a win 10 iso and install / upgrade this.

https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/software-download/windows10ISO

But be cautious with bootcamp win 7 supplement driver under win 10. Maybe they disturb win 10 disk i/o, so you cant check ntfs file system integrity, cannot add, restore, delete system restore points.

When problems occur, make a clean reinstall without bootcamp supplement at all.

When you have a win 10 bootcamp supplement, install it AFTER upgrading to 10.

greetings form germany

Chris

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Answer 2

Loner T

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Jun 3, 2016 3:28 AM in response to pnutz

Did you execute Brigadier on the OSX side or Windows? W10 has some challenges with OSX GPU drivers.

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pnutz Author

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Jun 3, 2016 3:56 AM in response to Loner T

Hi, thanks for the response, I ran Brigadier in Windows 7. I couldn't see instructions to run it in OSX, is it straight forward?

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Loner T

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Jun 3, 2016 5:55 AM in response to pnutz

Yes. Please see this log...

MyName-rmbp:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -h

Usage: brigadier [options]

Options:

-h, --help show this help message and exit

-m MODEL, --model=MODEL

System model identifier to use (otherwise this

machine's model is used). This can be specified

multiple times to download multiple models in a single

run.

-i, --install After the installer is downloaded, perform the install

automatically. Can be used on Windows only.

-o OUTPUT_DIR, --output-dir=OUTPUT_DIR

Base path where the installer files will be extracted

into a folder named after the product, ie.

'BootCamp-041-1234'. Uses the current directory if

this option is omitted.

-k, --keep-files Keep the files that were downloaded/extracted. Useful

only with the '--install' option on Windows.

-p PRODUCT_ID, --product-id=PRODUCT_ID

Specify an exact product ID to download (ie.

'031-0787'), currently useful only for cases where a

model has multiple BootCamp ESDs available and is not

downloading the desired version according to the post

date.

MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -m MacBook8,1 -o Bootcamp-MacBook8,1

Output directory Bootcamp-MacBook8,1 that was specified doesn't exist!

MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ mkdir Bootcamp-MacBook8.1

MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -m MacBook8,1 -o Bootcamp-MacBook8.1

Using Mac model: MacBook8,1.

Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/28/26/031-24514/qx7ph7k6mewtcf4eyhxmiil gc7r2ikjgud/031-24514.English.dist.

Distribution 031-24514 supports the following models: MacBook8,1, MacBookAir5,1, MacBookAir5,2, MacBookAir6,1, MacBookAir6,2, MacBookAir7,1, MacBookAir7,2, MacBookPro9,1, MacBookPro9,2, MacBookPro11,1, MacBookPro11,2, MacBookPro11,3, MacBookPro11,4, MacBookPro11,5, MacBookPro12,1, MacPro6,1, Macmini6,1, Macmini6,2, Macmini7,1, iMac13,1, iMac13,2, iMac13,3, iMac14,1, iMac14,2, iMac14,3, iMac14,4, iMac15,1.

Making directory Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/BootCamp-031-24514..

Fetching Boot Camp product at URL http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/28/26/031-24514/qx7ph7k6mewtcf4eyhxmiil gc7r2ikjgud/BootCampESD.pkg.

100.0% 1633591296 / 1633586781 bytes

Expanding flat package...

Extracting Payload...

Extracted to Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/BootCamp-031-24514/WindowsSupport.dmg.

Done.

MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ cd Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/

MyName-rMBP:Bootcamp-MacBook8.1 MyName$ ls -lt

total 0

drwxr-xr-x 3 MyName staff 102 Aug 13 11:57 BootCamp-031-24514

MyName-rMBP:Bootcamp-MacBook8.1 MyName$ cd BootCamp-031-24514/

MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ ls -lt

total 3188544

-rw-r--r-- 1 MyName staff 1632530665 Aug 12 00:59 WindowsSupport.dmg

MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ pwd

/Users/MyName/Documents/brigadier-master/Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/BootCamp-031-24514

MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ ls

WindowsSupport.dmg

MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ openssl md5 WindowsSupport.dmg

MD5(WindowsSupport.dmg)= a3d3e4f4a950fe6b47c4cb55f7cd7e02

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pnutz Author

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Jun 10, 2016 2:43 AM in response to Loner T

Hi Loner T, many thanks for your input, apologies for the slow response, I've had issues with my Apple ID, which is another story, but back online now.

I have downloaded the WindowsSupport.dmg using Brigadier in OSX. It contains windows drivers and a setup.exe file in it. Do I now reboot in Windows 7 and run the exe file?

I was avoiding updating to 10.11 as I thought I'd loose my bootcamp partition. Am I wrong on that, and would moving up to El Capitan solve the problems I'm having or is it best to persist with Yosemite?

Thanks for your patience, I may not get back to you quickly I'm in and out a lot over the next week.

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Loner T

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Jun 12, 2016 7:19 PM in response to pnutz

I suggest staying with Yosemite. Using Disk Utility, create a USB flash drive by restoring the .DMG to it. Once you have the USB, run setup.exe from the USB.

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pnutz Author

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Jun 20, 2016 7:05 AM in response to Loner T

Hi Loner T

I keep hitting brick walls :/. I ran Brigadier in OSX terminal which downloaded WindowsSupport.dmg OK. When I use DU to restore it to a USB flash drive I get 'invalid argument' either '254' in Yosmite or '22' in El Capitan. DU will verify the dmg and the dmg will open in OSX, but scanning the image for restore in DU fails with 'invalid argument'.

I've tried double clicking the dmg file in the DU pane and then using restore, with the same error.

I've used

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pnutz Author

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Jun 20, 2016 7:17 AM in response to pnutz

Sorry clicked too early!

In Terminal I used:

sudo dd if=WindowsSupport.dmg of=/dev/disk2s1 bs=1m

1539+1 records in

1539+1 records out

1613846904 bytes transferred in 889.815426 secs (1813687 bytes/sec)

But the flash drive is unreadable afterwards in OSX. I tried using 'rdisk2' which was a lot quicker but got an 'invalid argument' message after 81 seconds.

Do you have any thoughts? I'm not a programmer by the way...

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Loner T

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Jun 20, 2016 12:04 PM in response to pnutz

If you double click on the .dmg, does it mouth properly and can you see files in it? If yes, format the USB to a FAT/MBR disk, and then copy the contents inside the .dmg to the USB root folder. Run setup.exe from the USB when booted in Windows.

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pnutz Author

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Jun 23, 2016 2:14 AM in response to Loner T

I've run the setup.exe file in windows from the flash drive and got an message 'This version of Boot Camp is not intended for this computer'. When Brigadier downloaded the dmg is said (from memory) it was getting the 7,1 version, which is the Mac Mini's version.

Apple Software Update in Windows still installs update 2.2 successfully, checks for updates and wants to install 2.2 again.

Is it time to wipe and reinstall? This is a spare Mac running mostly in Windows so I can erase both if needed relatively painlessly. Or move up to El Capitan and see how that goes?

Some background info: At one point a few months ago on starting Windows, I'd get a message that required a scan (checkdisc??) of the drive before Windows started that could not be completed because some software was corrupt. Go back to a restore point and restart, or something along those lines. If I pressed any key, Windows would start and run OK. I don't get the message anymore and don't think I did anything to make it go away.

Many thanks for your patience.

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Loner T

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Jun 24, 2016 8:56 PM in response to pnutz

I have seen some cases of Apple Software repeatedly offering the same update. 7,1 is you Mac Mini model identifier. Brigadier defaults to using the model identifier of the machine it is running on.

Are you currently on W7 SP1 or W10?

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pnutz Author

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Jun 27, 2016 1:46 AM in response to Loner T

Currently on W7 Home Premium SP1, trying to get to W10.

I went through the Brigadier process (Brigadier did downloaded the Macmini7,1 version) from scratch over the weekend with the same results 'This version of Boot Camp is not intended for this computer'.

I checked for updates and Windows found no essential updates but 10 optional updates which I'm currently installing to see if that helps. Will let you know if that makes any difference.

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Loner T

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Jun 27, 2016 4:24 AM in response to pnutz

If you are on W7, then you need to download the W7 package from Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support.

If you are on W10, use BC Assistant and download BC6 drivers.

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pnutz Author

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Jun 28, 2016 3:30 AM in response to Loner T

That worked, in so far as the W7 package installed thank you, but W10 still fails to upgrade as 'the video is not supported'.

I've got all the windows updates installed now (I had to clean boot in windows and delete the contents of \SoftwareDistribution folder to get the updates to run). I tried the upgrader from the task bar and downloaded Windows10Upgrader9194 from MS, both failed with the same message.

The Apple Software updater still keeps wanting to install update 2.2.

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Loner T

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Jun 28, 2016 4:07 AM in response to pnutz

Which specific Intel GPU do you have in the Mini?

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