MacOS – Windows installation through bootcamp and SSD error

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I have a Macbook Pro 2017, and I've been trying to install Windows 10 on it for quite a while through Bootcamp, but I was advised to purchase an SSD (Samsung T7 500 GB). However, that also did not solve my issue. Every time I try to install Windows, the first time the Mac boots from the external startup disk, I am faced with a BSOD error saying 'your computer ran into an error, please restart'. I have tried multiple Windows 10 ISO's 1909, 1809, 1607, and the current version 20H2 available on Microsoft (30th October 2020). I also reset PRAM before every installation.

To install Windows, I followed this 9to5Mac tutorial, as well as the accepted answer to this question.

Can someone PLEASE HELP ME :(((

Best Answer

At time mark 11:49 in the 9to5Mac video the author is about to turn off the virtual machine. However, before turning off, a command needs to be entered to copy the drivers from the $WinPEDriver$ folder to the drivers store on the USB drive. This can be accomplished by executing the following steps.

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  1. From the Start Menu, open a Command Prompt window by selecting Run as administrator, as shown below.

    When the popup windows shown below appears, click on the Yes button.

  2. In the Command Prompt window, enter the following command, as shown in the image below. The external USB drive letter in the video was F. If your external USB drive has been assigned a different letter, then make the appropriate substitutions when entering the command shown below.

    dism /Image:F:\ /Add-Driver /Driver:F:\WindowsSupport\$WinPEDriver$ /Recurse /ForceUnsigned

    Note: Some drivers are not meant to be installed this way. If such a driver is encountered, then you may see a warning message. You can ignore these messages.

  3. When the dism command is finished, you can enter the exit command to close the Command Prompt window.

  4. Proceed with the instructions given in the video.

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