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  1. nwbryslm

    Macbook Pro gets hot on Bootcamp

    I have a MacBook Pro (Late 2013), Iris Pro Graphics, 8 GB RAM, Intel i5 processor. I need some help. I'm no computer whiz, but I've noticed that my MacBook gets hotter when I'm using my Windows 10 partition and I'm not even doing any heavy duty stuff. I planned on installing and running some...
  2. H

    Black Screen of Death

    Hello! I recently bootcamped my mac with windows 10. (about a month or two ago). One day my son knocked my mac off of my counter and it fell. When I turned on the comp. it looked like the screen was cracked. I was able to still see (kinda) and I was able to reset the display driver (at least I...
  3. S

    Black screen no matter what I do.

    Hey folks I own a MacBook Pro Retina 15" from late 2013, it worked just fine untill now. What happened: I tried to Install Windows 10 with bootcamp. The first try didn't work, so I did some research and in a German forum a guy said that when you make an ExFat partition yourself, that error...
  4. M

    Windows 10 on External Thunderbolt Drive (Bootcamp)

    Hello! I am looking to install Windows 10 on an external drive to avoid taking up space on my internal Flash drive on my iMac (27-inch, Late 2013). I know Windows cannot boot off USB (at least not without some major tinkering), so Thunderbolt is the way to go. Can anyone who's done just that...
  5. Z

    40GB missing on Harddrive?

    Hi. After an unfinished install of BootCamp Windows I seem to be missing 40GB of space on my hard drive, that I can't manage to recover... Pls see screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/54vj7ofz7r0g9yr/Screenshot%202017-05-26.png?dl=0 I have a 256GB drive but system HD is only 200GB. Anyone...
  6. zed1291

    Reading/Writing Bootcamp Partition

    Prior to installing macOS 10.12.5 I had enabled reading AND writing my Bootcamp partition (formatted NTFS) with terminal. For those who aren't familiar sudo nano /etc/fstab [ENTER] LABEL=BOOTCAMP none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse [control-o] [ENTER] [control-x] [ENTER] Then use "open /Volumes" to...
  7. Steve McPeterson

    Macbook pro 2012 bootcamp drivers

    dear friends this is a great forum for everthing mac i have win7 x64 installed on my mbp 2012 but the bootcamp drivers are installing saying the bootcamp setup is not compatible with this system. i have managed to download all 2012 versions but no luck. then i individually installed each...
  8. L

    Delete OSX Partition, Run Windows only

    Hi, I need to install Windows 10 on my 2016 Macbook Pro for a project. Unfortunately, I can't free up enough space as I will most likely need for it and my external drives are too slow, so I made a TimeMachine backup of macOS. There seems to be little information online to this: How can I...
  9. Mitch S

    Bootcamp usb not enough, blank 32gb

    Hi all, quite irritated by the fact that I am trying to bootcamp my mac, I have bought a 32gb usb stick, and apparently it is not enough to create a install disk from by bootcamp manager? I was under the impression windows 10 only needed 8gb as an install disk. Any ideas?
  10. W

    Win10 on a 5,1

    Two quick questions: 1) was I not supposed to install Bootcamp setup once I made it to the Win10 desktop? I installed all the other drivers one by one, then double clicked on the Bootcamp Setup software and ran through that. And that was about when things got wonky. Few graphics glitches and...
  11. alhazred823

    Win 10 on Mac Pro with Non Flashed GPU (GTX 970)

    Hi All, I have another question for you all. I have a Windows 10 machine, and now that i have my cMP up and running with the GTX 970 using web drivers, i was wondering if i could clone my windows machine and install it on a spare PCIe SSD in my cMP? Anyone have recommendation on software for...
  12. B

    Restart into OS X

    Hi, Recently I've installed Windows 10 via Bootcamp. The issue I have is when I try to restart into OS X using Bootcamp tray icon in Windows it does reboot my computer into recovery partition not into OS X one. And that forces me to manually change boot partition again. Do anyone experience...
  13. PhightinPhils26

    Bootcamp Issue: MBP Rebooted during partition.

    As the title says, my Late 2013 13" MBP rebooted itself during the partition and now the space allocated (250 GB) is gone. It's not seen under disk utility and it's not part of my MacOS boot volume. Any suggestions on how to find it? Edit: I think I found it using diskutil in the terminal...
  14. T

    Unable to boot to windows after deleting linux partition

    Hi. I have a macbook pro, which I had tripplebooted. After deleting my linux partition I was unable to boot into windows. Windows is installed using bootcamp. When I try to boot to windows it only shows a blinking cursor in the top left screen. I have tried the /Bootrec.exe /FixMbr, Bootrec.exe...
  15. M

    Buying new MBP, Questions about Bootcamp

    Hi all, So I had a 2012 MBP that broke so now I am filling in with a 2008 MBP. Definitely time to switch to the 2016 15" model. I think I will be opting for the 512Gb, but I am also considering doing 256 and using OneDrive or Google Drive to let me access my files across the partition a bit more...
  16. M

    Bootcamp won't recognize SD Card

    Help! I've searched far and wide for a solution to my MacBook Pro Retina 13" (mid 2015) not being able to see any of my SD cards (in bootcamp, Windows 10). Some people say look in the device manager, but I cannot even find the Broadcam SD Drive there! Agh! Please help if you know how to solve...
  17. superparati

    Bootchamp - what are the other alternatives

    Hi, With my Nvidia GT 120 unrecognised it is time to find an alternative solution. If with El Capitan I was able to boot easily under Windows with the help of Bootchamp, today the same software doesn't work anymore under Sierra. The command line bless is not supported due to SIP as far as I...
  18. R

    Increasing Bootcamp partition size

    Hello, i'm trying to increase the size of my window 10 bootcamp. I'm using a macos sierra and i created a new partition in disk utility and restarted into my windows 10 and tried using minitool partition wizard to extend my windows 10 bootcamp partition but it gives me an error saying theres not...
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    MacBook Pro 2015 does not boot Windows

    Hello, I have got a MacBook Pro 2015 Retina. About a week ago I created myself a external HDD with Windows To Go. The HDD booted perfectly on my older MacBook Air (2014) and MacBook Pro (2012 non-retina), but it didn't boot on my MacBook Pro (2015). Today I checked that my MacBook Pro does not...
  20. G

    Can't start my MacBook by any circumstances

    hi folks first of all sorry for my english I have Retina macbook pro 15 2013 early and I am in big trouble and here is the situation: - it worked pretty fine till today. - Then I decided to install win10 on the 2nd partition just by installing it like a typical windows laptop (I created 2nd...