5/21/2023 0 Comments Apple boot camp not workingI have been running Windows 10 through a Mac Mini Bootcamp partition for the past 3 years. I was unlucky that this happened during the midst of classes, but fortunately was able to recover all files and user data. If your external hard drive is NTFS formatted and cannot be written to, install the free trial of paragon NTFS drivers for mac.įrom hereon, if you do need Windows, you can either try to repair the Windows partition using Disk Utility or delete the existing Windows partition and create a new partition using bootcamp and fresh copy of Windows drivers. Backup by either connecting an external hard drive or by copying files from the windows partition to the mac partition. In particular, backup the Users/ Name folder, which contains your desktop, documents, and downloads. These can be found in the devices tab through the Finder application on the mac taskbar (probably named Windows or Windows partition). From there, make a backup of all your files on the Windows partition. If you are unable to see the boot menu, try connecting another wired keyboard (if this still does not work, it could be due to a hard drive failure). Select Mac OS using the keyboard arrow keys and press Enter. Hopefully, you will be presented with a boot menu asking you whether you would like to boot in Mac OS or Windows. Continue to hold the Options/Alt key until the mac has fully booted. Press and hold the Options key (apple) or Alt key (windows) while simultaneously powering on the mac by pressing on the power button. Shutdown the mac by holding the power button for ~10 seconds. Solution to anyone else having the same problem of a bootloop in the Windows partition of a mac bootcamp:Ĭonnect an external wired keyboard (can be apple or other brand - I used an old acer KU-0355) to a working USB port (I tested power to the port using a USB led lamp). More information about causes can be found here: Tip: to avoid this problem, we highly recommend updating your Boot Camp using the Brigadier app before updating Windows to 1903.So it appears that the Windows partition / system files required for boot has most likely been corrupted - Apparently it can happen for no obvious reason and without any warning upon reboot. Msiexec /i BootCamp-041-55643\BootCamp\Drivers\Apple\BootCamp.msi for mid-2010 iMac), in this case we recommend downloading Boot Camp for another model using the –model parameter:Īnd run the Boot Camp installer manually (run your command prompt as administrator): Sometimes it may still download a faulty old version (e.g. Run the latter to download and install the latest official Boot Camp from Apple for your machine. Macs Fan Control is able to work without the Boot Camp driver but slowly. Both apps are commercial but have a trial period.Īfter that you can boot Windows 10, but Apple Boot Camp Utility won’t work. (from macOS) Install Tuxera NTFS or Paragon NTFS for Mac to allow write access to Windows drive/partition and rename the driver file.(from Windows) Boot up in safe mode (holding the F8 key) and rename the file.The driver file located at c:\windows\system32\MacHALDriver.sys must be renamed, e.g. Solution: Basically you need to update to Boot Camp 6 or later.įirst you need to disable the old driver to allow Windows to boot normally. On some machines crash happens only if you try to start our Macs Fan Control app.Ĭause: older versions of the MacHALDriver.sys driver supplied with the Boot Camp Utility are not compatible with Windows 10 1903. This tool is responsible for controlling screen brightness, volume, functional keys, backlit, etc with Apple keyboard. This fatal failure occurs when Windows is already loaded and system tries to start Apple Boot Camp Utility (BootCamp.exe). Problem: the latest Windows 10 update 1903 runs into BSOD (Blue screen of death) with error message WDF_VIOLATION on some mac models (MacBook Pro 2010/2011, MacBook Air 2011, Mac Mini 2012, iMac 2010/2011 and some others).
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