Mac Mini mid 2011 with High Sierra and Windows 10 1709 (Bootcamp v5). Freezing at boot menu

I have the forementioned config. It worked flawlessly for a while, but has stopped booting in Windows about a week ago and the boot menu has kept freezing when i choose Win10. Yesterday I installed ReFind and it finally booted again into Windows, but the this morning did the usual boot menu freeze...! BTW I can't afford reinstalling everything from scratch, because i have a lot of work data in the Windows 10 partition which i need for an urgent job i have to finish in a few weeks.

Mac mini, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Mar 5, 2018 5:52 AM

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iibosshog Author

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Mar 10, 2018 5:09 PM in response to Loner T

Yes, it has.

iibosshog Author

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Mar 11, 2018 3:58 AM in response to Loner T

Disk Drill's S.M.A.R.T. monitor says that the disk is "healthy".

iibosshog Author

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Mar 11, 2018 5:02 PM in response to Loner T

I'm sorry, but I can't afford that as much as a new external drive. I have work to do on the Windows side as soon as I can.

Loner T

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Mar 11, 2018 5:26 PM in response to iibosshog

iibosshog wrote:

I have work to do on the Windows side as soon as I can.

One option to consider then, is to leave the Mac booted in Windows permanently, and switch to macOS, only if necessary.

Loner T

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Mar 10, 2018 9:20 PM in response to iibosshog

You have a mechanical HDD which is about 7 years old and may have issues. From the macOS side, can you check the SMART status?

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Mac Mini mid 2011 with High Sierra and Windows 10 1709 (Bootcamp v5). Freezing at boot menu