The end of Windows 10's free upgrade bonanza is 7 weeks away and despite my harsh experience with it, I decided to jump on board again seeing as most of the bugs it had at launch had been fixed BUT most of all because I would be required to drop a 'whooping' $120 if at anytime in the future after July 29th, I suddenly decided to upgrade.

1. Restarting Boot Camp From Mac To Windows 10
2. Restarting Boot Camp From Mac To Windows Vista
3. Restarting Boot Camp From Mac To Windows 10

1. Jun 17, 2008  I have been a loyal Microsoft user for many years, but decided with my new desktop purchase to make the jump to a Mac for many different reasons. My new iMac is arriving later this week (24', 2.8 ghz, 2 GB RAM, 500 GB HD, GeForce 8800 512 MB Video card) along with a copy of Fusion on.
2. In the Startup Disk, choose the 'Windows on BOOTCAMP' partition, and click 'Restart.' Then, confirm your choice to reboot to Windows and give the computer about a minute to make the switch. If the Mac was powered off, you can choose which partition to boot before the Mac.
3. Sep 22, 2015 How to Start Boot Camp Without Restarting Your Mac with Parallels Desktop 11 Guest blog by Dhruba Jyoti Das, Parallels Support Team One of my co-workers has previously written about the general procedure on how to set up a Windows virtual machine in Parallels Desktop based on your Boot Camp partition.
4. Oct 16, 2015  Having a hard time going back to OS X from Windows 10 on your mac? Here is how to return to OS X from boot camp.

Sep 22, 2015  Set Parallels Desktop to use Boot Camp, as described above. Right-click on the Parallels Desktop icon on your Mac dock and open the Control Center. Right-click on the Boot Camp-based Windows and select Import Boot Camp. Locate where you would like to store Windows and your data and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the import.

One of the major issues I had with Windows 10 was that it crashed a lot. After 3 crashes, I gave up and switched back to Windows 8.1. As always I did a little bit of snooping around and discovered I wasn't alone, and that something like a WMI provider host can fix this issue.

Loads of peeps have complained about Windows 10 crashing on their Macs when installed via bootcamp (it seems to play nice on virtual machines like Parallel Desktop) and Intel's Iris Graphic driver seems to be the culprit.

So here's how I installed Windows 10 on my October 2013 Macbook Pro with Retina display without it crashing (it's been 4 days now and no drama).

Restarting Boot Camp From Mac To Windows 10

Step 1

Backup your bootcamp files then delete the bootcamp partition. Download the latest Windows 10 ISO file, launch bootcamp assistant, create a windows 10 installation flash drive complete with bootcamp drivers and reinstall windows again.

NOTE: You can't download a Windows 10 ISO directly if you're on the Windows platform. You'd be required to use the media creation tool. To get the ISO download instantly, you have to access the link above in Mac OS X environment or any other.

Step 2

Once your windows 10 and bootcamp drivers installation is done, connect to the internet via WiFi and set that connection to a metered connection so as to prevent Windows update from automatically running.

Step 3

Run Apple software update and install any available bootcamp driver updates. See How To Install Boot Camp 6 For Windows 10 On Mac OS X.

Step 4

Go to Control Panel >>System and Security >>System. In the left hand side click on Advanced System Settings.

Restarting Boot Camp From Mac To Windows Vista

Switch to the hardware tab, click on Device Installation Settings and set the download of manufacturer apps and updates to No as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 5

Reboot your Mac

Step 6

Download and run Window 10Â 'Show or hide updates' troubleshooter package. Select Hide Updates and the utility will automatically scan for available windows updates.

Once it's done, scan the available updates for any instances of an Intel driver update and tick them for deactivation. As previously indicated the main culprit is Intel Iris Graphics but to be safer, disable any update with Intel in its' name.

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Step 7

Restart your Mac

Step 8

Runs Windows update and check through the list of available updates. There should be no Intel driver updates in sight. To install available windows update, turn off metered connection setting and run updates again.

That's all there is to it.

With Intel driver updates blocked, the only updates you'll be relying on are those pushed by Apple via their Apple Software Update utility.

Overall, everything appears pretty stable though the trackpad doesn't work as fluidly as it did with Windows 10 and also the battery life on Windows 10 is nothing to write home about compared to Windows 8.1. 😡

If you've got issues, simply use the comment form and I'll help if I can.

Have a great weekend.

UPDATE 13th June 2016: Windows 10 battery life is as good as it is on Windows 8.1. Silly me forgot to configure the system to switch to power saving mode when running on battery. With Battery saver turned on, the power savings is much better too.

UPDATE 13th October 2016: It looks like some people are still having issues with their Windows crashing despite applying the hack above. If you're one of them, you can try Mirko's method which is unfortunately in Italian. If it solves the problem finally, do let us know.

Recently my macbook drive crashed and had to be replaced so I reinstalled windows and tried Mirko's hack and when that 'didn't work', I went back to my own method and it's been a week without any crashes.

UPDATE 17th November 2016: Mirko's Guide is the way to and I'll try to reproduce it in English when I get the chance. I say this 'cause an update for the driver still managed to pop up during Windows update and it required me running Window 10 'Show or hide updates' troubleshooter package all over again to hide it.

With Mirko's method, the driver update still appears in windows update BUT NEVER gets installed. It's the best method.

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Restarting Boot Camp From Mac To Windows 10

What you need to install Windows 10 on Mac

• MacBook introduced in 2015 or later
• MacBook Air introduced in 2012 or later
• MacBook Pro introduced in 2012 or later
• Mac mini introduced in 2012 or later
  

• iMac introduced in 2012 or later¹
• iMac Pro (all models)
• Mac Pro introduced in 2013 or later
  

The latest macOS updates, which can include updates to Boot Camp Assistant. You will use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows 10.

64GB or more free storage space on your Mac startup disk:

• Your Mac can have as little as 64GB of free storage space, but at least 128GB of free storage space provides the best experience. Automatic Windows updates require that much space or more.
• If you have an iMac Pro or Mac Pro with 128GB of memory (RAM) or more, your startup disk needs at least as much free storage space as your Mac has memory.²

An external USB flash drive with a storage capacity of 16GB or more, unless you're using a Mac that doesn't need a flash drive to install Windows.

A 64-bit version of Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro on a disk image (ISO) or other installation media. If installing Windows on your Mac for the first time, this must be a full version of Windows, not an upgrade.

• If your copy of Windows came on a USB flash drive, or you have a Windows product key and no installation disc, download a Windows 10 disk image from Microsoft.
• If your copy of Windows came on a DVD, you might need to create a disk image of that DVD.
  

How to install Windows 10 on Mac

To install Windows, use Boot Camp Assistant, which is included with your Mac.

1. Use Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows partition

Open Boot Camp Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Then follow the onscreen instructions.

• If you're asked to insert a USB drive, plug your USB flash drive into your Mac. Boot Camp Assistant will use it to create a bootable USB drive for Windows installation.
• When Boot Camp Assistant asks you to set the size of the Windows partition, remember the minimum storage-space requirements in the previous section. Set a partition size that meets your needs, because you can't change its size later.

2. Format the Windows (BOOTCAMP) partition

When Boot Camp Assistant finishes, your Mac restarts to the Windows installer. If the installer asks where to install Windows, select the BOOTCAMP partition and click Format. In most cases, the installer selects and formats the BOOTCAMP partition automatically.

3. Install Windows

Unplug any external devices that aren't necessary during installation. Then click Next and follow the onscreen instructions to begin installing Windows.

4. Use the Boot Camp installer in Windows

After Windows installation completes, your Mac starts up in Windows and opens a ”Welcome to the Boot Camp installer” window. Follow the onscreen instructions to install Boot Camp and Windows support software (drivers). You will be asked to restart when done.

• If the Boot Camp installer never opens, open the Boot Camp installer manually and use it to complete Boot Camp installation.
• If you have an external display connected to a Thunderbolt 3 port on your Mac, the display will be blank (black, gray, or blue) for up to 2 minutes during installation.

How to switch between Windows and macOS

Restart, then press and hold the Option (or Alt) ⌥ key during startup to switch between Windows and macOS.

Learn more

If you have one of these Mac models using OS X El Capitan 10.11 or later, you don't need a USB flash drive to install Windows:

• MacBook introduced in 2015 or later
• MacBook Air introduced in 2015 or later³
• MacBook Pro introduced in 2015 or later³

• iMac introduced in 2015 or later
• iMac Pro (all models)
• Mac Pro introduced in late 2013
  

To remove Windows from your Mac, use Boot Camp Assistant, not any other utility.

For more information about using Windows on your Mac, open Boot Camp Assistant and click the Open Boot Camp Help button.

1. If you're using an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) or iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) or iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) with a 3TB hard drive and macOS Mojave or later, learn about an alert you might see during installation.

2. For example, if your Mac has 128GB of memory, its startup disk must have at least 128GB of storage space available for Windows. To see how much memory your Mac has, choose Apple menu  > About This Mac. To see how much storage space is available, click the Storage tab in the same window.

3. These Mac models were offered with 128GB hard drives as an option. Apple recommends 256GB or larger hard drives so that you can create a Boot Camp partition of at least 128GB.