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adam9c1

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I have a cMP 2010 with macOS Mojave on a nvme drive.

I have a Win 10 installer media on a SSD (in one of the 4 internal bays)
I have a blank SSD (in one of the 4 internal bays)

I power on the computer and hold the option key to select the boot source. I go through the initial install where I enter the Windows key.
The computer restarts and I get

RECOVERY
Your PC needs to be repaired...

Help.
 
Pretty sure classic Mac Pros need to install Windows 10 from a DVD, in order to install in legacy mode. Are you able to burn the installer to a blank DVD?

Unless you want to use OpenCore in which you can install from a USB but that's a bit more complicated.
 
Move your mac pro to open core and then you should be able to use the installer. Also just erase your SSD to exFAT just to see if it'll do anything
 
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