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MacBook Pro (Late 2011) Installing Windows 10 Issue

Hello,

Trying to install Windows 10 manually via Disk Utility and i have run into a wall with it (I am aware Apple doesn't support my MacBook Pro Late 2011 with W10 via BootCamp)

I have tried and failed to install many times via USB (met with 'No Audio Driver' issue when fully installed).

I have tried and failed to install it many times via CD (met with GPT Partition Issue, formatting of drive no use).

I have recently had my MacBook refurbished with a 1TB SSD replacing the original 500gb drive it was supplied with and had Windows 10 up and running on the 500gb as a partition. The only other difference now is that i am installing this on High Sierra now rather than whatever the OS was when i previously installed W10 on the 500gb drive a few years ago.

Things i have to install with:

-Official Windows 10 USB (with key)

-Bootcamp Drivers on (FAT) flash drive

-Windows 10 (x64) on a CD

I have searched and searched for answers but nothing seems to be working. I'm trying to avoid my purchase of the Windows 10 USB being useless. But it once worked so i am confused!

Could anyone help?

Posted on Mar 29, 2018 7:07 AM

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Mar 29, 2018 8:26 AM in response to royaltmusic

Your 2011 Mac is a preUEFI Mac, so you will need to use the DVD. You can bypass BC Assistant. You will need to

Create a FAT32 partition manually using Disk Utility
Create a Hybrid MBR using GPT Fdisk
Insert the W10 DVD and use Alt/Option to boot from it, and select the FAT32 partition as the destination. Format this as NTFS, when the Installer comes up.

Do not use Diskpart, otherwise you will have a new set of problems.

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Mar 29, 2018 9:35 AM in response to royaltmusic

See the Rebuild MBR section of Re: El Capitan has deleted my bootcamp windows partition .

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royaltmusic Author

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Mar 29, 2018 7:34 AM in response to royaltmusic

Must add that i also attempted entering command prompt (at the GPT point) and tried to do the diskpart method but could only find the whole 1TB hard drive as one option and not the partitions.

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royaltmusic Author

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Mar 29, 2018 8:22 AM in response to Loner T

Thank you! Would you be able to go into more depth regarding the Hybrid MBR, i have tried following instructions here: http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html but i am lost!

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