Windows 10 Installation STOPS at SETUP.

[SamuelJacob]

I have a Hackintosh. High Sierra.

I used Boot Camp to load up my USB's with the latest WIN10.ISO download as well. Chose to boot upon my secondary SSD.

The installation of Windows has gotten as far as selecting the SSD and it's about to install (setup), yet it gives me an error message saying that I need to restart my installation process and that a problem occurred.

As I repeat the process, I have yet to find a solution. Could this have something to do with my settings in Clover or BIOS?

 

[cmn699]

I have a Hackintosh. High Sierra.

I used Boot Camp to load up my USB's with the latest WIN10.ISO download as well. Chose to boot upon my secondary SSD.

The installation of Windows has gotten as far as selecting the SSD and it's about to install (setup), yet it gives me an error message saying that I need to restart my installation process and that a problem occurred.

As I repeat the process, I have yet to find a solution. Could this have something to do with my settings in Clover or BIOS?

• My approach is using no other software for dual booting except Clover EFI from the MacOS system disk as the bootloader for Windows and if you have Linux in the mix, for that too.
• Since you have a running MacOS with Clover as a boot loader, the following are my steps [and theses are basically Going Bald has described in his Guide.]
  • Connecting the Blank Target SSD for Windows to the SATA port 1 (SATA port 0 being MacOS High Sierra) , boot into your current macOS HS desktop.
  • Using Disk Utility, Erase the Target Disk For Windows 10 ( calling it Windows 10) as if you were going to use it for a Mac.
    • This is to get an EFI Partition similar in size (200+MB) at the beginning of the disk like the HS System disk (because Windows' Automatic partitioning during its installation makes it less user-friendly for Clover controlled Dual Boot)
  • Now you have a GPT partitioned disk with an EFI that is perfect on the Windows 10 Target disk .
  • Optionally, shutting down and disconnecting MacOS System Disk's Power or SATA cable is the next best step to avoid any conflicts from MacOS System Disk during boot with Windows USB Installer Flash drive for Windows Installation. I suggest this to first time Multi-booters)
  • Insert your Windows 10 UEFI USB installer Disk (I've presumed you have already created it and not intending to use the DVD Disc for Windows 10 Installation) and reboot
  • Go to F12 Boot Device Selection screen ( or BIOS with del key if needed) to choose Windows UEFI USB Installer Disk to boot.
  • Choose to Custom Install
  • DO NOT Delete the 210 MB FAT formatted EFI Partition.
  • Delete the Rest of the HFS+J system partition you had created in mac's DU as a sham to make free space to install Windows 10
  • Now, start the installation on the "freed up space" for Windows 10 Installer USB to create an NTFS formatted system partition and eventually install Windows Boot Manager in the 210MB EFI.
  • After all the usual Automatic Reboots, (you can even update and install all other Apps you need to make your Windows 10 the way you want) and completion of Win10 Installation, Shut Down the PC.
  • Remove Win10 USB Installer Disk.
  • Reconnect disconnected MacOS System Disk to SATA Port 0
  • Repower >Reboot>Del >BIOS
  • Make sure macOS High Sierra UEFI Disk is #1 on Boot Priority.
  • Disable any and all other Disks in that Boot Option list
  • Make Sure All other BIOS menu are selected to boot MacOS HS Disk as in your originally working Hackintosh
  • F10 to Save BIOS setup and reboot
  • To ensure Selecting MacOS HS disk to enter CLOVER, press F12 and Select HS Disk
  • Find both HS and Win10 System Disks in Clover Boot Manager.
  • Boot HS and confirm it is still working OK
  • Reboot and from CBM screen , launch Win10 and make sure everything is OK
• ****In my systems with macOS HS SSD in APFS formatting , I edit HS CLOVER>config.plist>Gui> Hide Volume section as in uploaded image hiding "Preboot" to reduce Clutter and Confusion of CBM screen from unnecessary APFS partitions.
• **** I also edit the EFI from booting macOS System Disk to add an edited Microsoft Folder to the EFI Partition to prevent any future Windows Disk Boot issue[see image]

 

[SamuelJacob]

• My approach is using no other software for dual booting except Clover EFI from the MacOS system disk as the bootloader for Windows and if you have Linux in the mix, for that too.
• Since you have a running MacOS with Clover as a boot loader, the following are my steps [and theses are basically Going Bald has described in his Guide.]
  • Connecting the Blank Target SSD for Windows to the SATA port 1 (SATA port 0 being MacOS High Sierra) , boot into your current macOS HS desktop.
  • Using Disk Utility, Erase the Target Disk For Windows 10 ( calling it Windows 10) as if you were going to use it for a Mac.
    • This is to get an EFI Partition similar in size (200+MB) at the beginning of the disk like the HS System disk (because Windows' Automatic partitioning during its installation makes it less user-friendly for Clover controlled Dual Boot)
  • Now you have a GPT partitioned disk with an EFI that is perfect on the Windows 10 Target disk .
  • Optionally, shutting down and disconnecting MacOS System Disk's Power or SATA cable is the next best step to avoid any conflicts from MacOS System Disk during boot with Windows USB Installer Flash drive for Windows Installation. I suggest this to first time Multi-booters)
  • Insert your Windows 10 UEFI USB installer Disk (I've presumed you have already created it and not intending to use the DVD Disc for Windows 10 Installation) and reboot
  • Go to F12 Boot Device Selection screen ( or BIOS with del key if needed) to choose Windows UEFI USB Installer Disk to boot.
  • Choose to Custom Install
  • DO NOT Delete the 210 MB FAT formatted EFI Partition.
  • Delete the Rest of the HFS+J system partition you had created in mac's DU as a sham to make free space to install Windows 10
  • Now, start the installation on the "freed up space" for Windows 10 Installer USB to create an NTFS formatted system partition and eventually install Windows Boot Manager in the 210MB EFI.
  • After all the usual Automatic Reboots, (you can even update and install all other Apps you need to make your Windows 10 the way you want) and completion of Win10 Installation, Shut Down the PC.
  • Remove Win10 USB Installer Disk.
  • Reconnect disconnected MacOS System Disk to SATA Port 0
  • Repower >Reboot>Del >BIOS
  • Make sure macOS High Sierra UEFI Disk is #1 on Boot Priority.
  • Disable any and all other Disks in that Boot Option list
  • Make Sure All other BIOS menu are selected to boot MacOS HS Disk as in your originally working Hackintosh
  • F10 to Save BIOS setup and reboot
  • To ensure Selecting MacOS HS disk to enter CLOVER, press F12 and Select HS Disk
  • Find both HS and Win10 System Disks in Clover Boot Manager.
  • Boot HS and confirm it is still working OK
  • Reboot and from CBM screen , launch Win10 and make sure everything is OK
• ****In my systems with macOS HS SSD in APFS formatting , I edit HS CLOVER>config.plist>Gui> Hide Volume section as in uploaded image hiding "Preboot" to reduce Clutter and Confusion of CBM screen from unnecessary APFS partitions.
• **** I also edit the EFI from booting macOS System Disk to add an edited Microsoft Folder to the EFI Partition to prevent any future Windows Disk Boot issue[see image]

Awesome! I’m almost fully installed! The Win10 works and I’m in, but I can’t quite get my NVIDIA driver to be read/connected. I tried updating the drivers even. This picture is what is giving me the error of connection.

I’ve downloaded steam to test a game/program, but they are all slow and choppy, which is odd because on the Mac side it runs Uber fast for the same game (in-game). The arrow lags about 1 full second, too (in-game). Did I not install properly?

 

[jaminwang2386]

hi,
i'm also having problem installing window 7 on my hackintosh. I have already created window 7 USB installer disk using disk utility and formatting it as FAT32. I used UNetbootin to create my USB disk. I tried booting both USB: KINGSTON USB and UEFI:KINGSTON USB but it shows the error message: "Please insert a bootabledisk"
My motherboard is Asrock Extreme4 z370 and it has a BIOS setting in UEFI. I have another SSD that has clover OSx high sierra 10.3.6 installed.
Is there another way to create Windows 7 USB installer disk on macosx high sierra?
Or is windows 7 32bit not supported in UEFI anymore?

need help....I'm stuck for a day searching for resolutions...
Thanks

 

[SamuelJacob]

hi,
i'm also having problem installing window 7 on my hackintosh. I have already created window 7 USB installer disk using disk utility and formatting it as FAT32. I used UNetbootin to create my USB disk. I tried booting both USB: KINGSTON USB and UEFI:KINGSTON USB but it shows the error message: "Please insert a bootabledisk"
My motherboard is Asrock Extreme4 z370 and it has a BIOS setting in UEFI. I have another SSD that has clover OSx high sierra 10.3.6 installed.
Is there another way to create Windows 7 USB installer disk on macosx high sierra?
Or is windows 7 32bit not supported in UEFI anymore?

need help....I'm stuck for a day searching for resolutions...
Thanks

Follow the directions above precisely, also you'll need to take out your MAC harddrives when you're about to reboot and install Windows for the first time.

I've gotten my Windows 10 installed, I'm just not sure about why my computer is so slow when I have decent graphic cards. That's the part I'm waiting on an answer on.

 

[remix0120]

• My approach is using no other software for dual booting except Clover EFI from the MacOS system disk as the bootloader for Windows and if you have Linux in the mix, for that too.
• Since you have a running MacOS with Clover as a boot loader, the following are my steps [and theses are basically Going Bald has described in his Guide.]
  • Connecting the Blank Target SSD for Windows to the SATA port 1 (SATA port 0 being MacOS High Sierra) , boot into your current macOS HS desktop.
  • Using Disk Utility, Erase the Target Disk For Windows 10 ( calling it Windows 10) as if you were going to use it for a Mac.
    • This is to get an EFI Partition similar in size (200+MB) at the beginning of the disk like the HS System disk (because Windows' Automatic partitioning during its installation makes it less user-friendly for Clover controlled Dual Boot)
  • Now you have a GPT partitioned disk with an EFI that is perfect on the Windows 10 Target disk .
  • Optionally, shutting down and disconnecting MacOS System Disk's Power or SATA cable is the next best step to avoid any conflicts from MacOS System Disk during boot with Windows USB Installer Flash drive for Windows Installation. I suggest this to first time Multi-booters)
  • Insert your Windows 10 UEFI USB installer Disk (I've presumed you have already created it and not intending to use the DVD Disc for Windows 10 Installation) and reboot
  • Go to F12 Boot Device Selection screen ( or BIOS with del key if needed) to choose Windows UEFI USB Installer Disk to boot.
  • Choose to Custom Install
  • DO NOT Delete the 210 MB FAT formatted EFI Partition.
  • Delete the Rest of the HFS+J system partition you had created in mac's DU as a sham to make free space to install Windows 10
  • Now, start the installation on the "freed up space" for Windows 10 Installer USB to create an NTFS formatted system partition and eventually install Windows Boot Manager in the 210MB EFI.
  • After all the usual Automatic Reboots, (you can even update and install all other Apps you need to make your Windows 10 the way you want) and completion of Win10 Installation, Shut Down the PC.
  • Remove Win10 USB Installer Disk.
  • Reconnect disconnected MacOS System Disk to SATA Port 0
  • Repower >Reboot>Del >BIOS
  • Make sure macOS High Sierra UEFI Disk is #1 on Boot Priority.
  • Disable any and all other Disks in that Boot Option list
  • Make Sure All other BIOS menu are selected to boot MacOS HS Disk as in your originally working Hackintosh
  • F10 to Save BIOS setup and reboot
  • To ensure Selecting MacOS HS disk to enter CLOVER, press F12 and Select HS Disk
  • Find both HS and Win10 System Disks in Clover Boot Manager.
  • Boot HS and confirm it is still working OK
  • Reboot and from CBM screen , launch Win10 and make sure everything is OK
• ****In my systems with macOS HS SSD in APFS formatting , I edit HS CLOVER>config.plist>Gui> Hide Volume section as in uploaded image hiding "Preboot" to reduce Clutter and Confusion of CBM screen from unnecessary APFS partitions.
• **** I also edit the EFI from booting macOS System Disk to add an edited Microsoft Folder to the EFI Partition to prevent any future Windows Disk Boot issue[see image]

Using Disk Utility, Erase the Target Disk For Windows 10 ( calling it Windows 10) as if you were going to use it for a Mac.

For this step what type of format should i use ? APFS? exFat?

 

[cmn699]

Using Disk Utility, Erase the Target Disk For Windows 10 ( calling it Windows 10) as if you were going to use it for a Mac.

For this step what type of format should i use ? APFS? exFat?

Mac Os Extended (Journaled)

 

[remix0120]

Mac Os Extended (Journaled)

Hi thanks for replying, and does it work for mojave?

thank you so much!

 

[Gigamaxx]

Follow the directions above precisely, also you'll need to take out your MAC harddrives when you're about to reboot and install Windows for the first time.

I've gotten my Windows 10 installed, I'm just not sure about why my computer is so slow when I have decent graphic cards. That's the part I'm waiting on an answer on.

Is your monitor connected to the Nvidia card? Do you also have a monitor connected to the motherboard?

 

[remix0120]

**** I also edit the EFI from booting macOS System Disk to add an edited Microsoft Folder to the EFI Partition to prevent any future Windows Disk Boot issue[see image]

I couldnt find it. now im boot into macOS, but my EFI dont have windows inside.