
- #OLD MAC WITH WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#
- #OLD MAC WITH WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 10#
- #OLD MAC WITH WINDOWS 10 PRO#
Windows 10 will endlessly reboot, entering automatic repair etc.
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In UEFI mode, they are BOTH enabled and this will kill your Windows installation when you eventually install the graphics drivers. First is the integrated Intel graphics and then you also have a discrete nVidia graphics card.
#OLD MAC WITH WINDOWS 10 PRO#
If you purchased your Macbook Pro with the graphics card upgrade, you actually have TWO graphics cards inside. From there, your Mac can proceed into either native UEFI or switch to legacy BIOS (actually it’s UEFI simulating a BIOS via the EFI-CSM module). When you power on your Mac, it first runs the UEFI firmware. Some additional notes if you want to deviate from the above or want to learn more UEFI or Legacy BIOS – avoid endless reboots Their presence kills Windows System Restore functionality.
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Boot the Windows 10 DVD in legacy BIOS mode.Disk encryption: Windows Bitlocker encryption.Boot mode: Legacy BIOS (not UEFI, else endless reboots with nVidia).Operating system(s): Only Windows 10 – no MacOS or Linux.Hardware: Macbook Pro (mid-2009) (with nVidia GeForce 9600M GT).But mostly because I wanted to learn a bit more about UEFI systems and their boot-up sequence. Why? Because science! And because I like Windows 10 and because Apple stopped OS support on that machine sometime back. There are the steps I took to get Windows 10 on my spare mid-2009 15″ Macbook Pro.
