MP 1,1-5,1 Mac pro 2009

[vance09]

I have retired my macpro 2009 (el capitan 10.11.16) and installed windows 10 which is running very well
But the only way i can get windows 10 to come up is to hold the options key and select windows 10
and it then boots up in windows 10, if you don't touch the options key it defaults to apple el capitan
My question is there any way i can make this computer to default to windows 10
i want to use this computer on running a CO2 laser with windows 10
and its a wee bit of a bother to sit there and make sure it comes up windows 10
in the macpro setting if i choose to have windows re start it comes up with some graphic picture
and just sits there, so the only option i have to use windows 10 is to sit there holding the options key and select win10 to boot
Anyone have some experience with this to make it easier
Its an excellent computer

 

[mattspace]

You've tried physically removing the drive with macOS on it?

 

[vance09]

no , now thats an idea--
thanks will try that

 

[vance09]

wish I could shake your hand , its slow to boot but no option key required
Its now a windows 10 computer second chance and will be used on a CO2 laser
excellent...made my day

 

[mattspace]

wish I could shake your hand , its slow to boot but no option key required
Its now a windows 10 computer second chance and will be used on a CO2 laser
excellent...made my day

yeah, it will look for viable booting options - usb, optical, hard drives etc if it can't find one that is preconfigured. I haven't used bootcamp personally, but I would have thought the bootcamp manager, or startup disk prefs in macOS would lt you default to windows startup.

 

[vance09]

its great , my old macpro cannot be updated from el capitan but now it has a new good use
it not running windows 10 very fast but its ok