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I'm trying to install windows 10 64 bit on my 2010 Mac Mini. Once finished, I installed the NVIDIA VGA Driver by downloading it on the NVIDIA website page. but after I installed it, there was a black screen. and no matter how many times I turn on my mac Mini, it remains the same.
I tried reinstalling Windows 10 again, then I used the VGA driver from the Mac High Sierra Boot Camp download.
I thought, maybe the driver was different from the series I was looking for on the NVIDIA website, but in reality, if I used the driver downloaded via boot camp, it couldn't be run via setup, and I was forced to install the driver via Windows Device Manager. And it turns out the result is the same. Blank Screen again.
So now I want to try installing Windows 10 via my External DVD Drive. because I have used the internal DVD to install the HDD, so I have to try using the external DVD first.
Actually, I have installed Windows 7 64 Bit and Windows 10 Bit before, and I didn't use USB as the installer media. and both succeeded. I installed Windows by taking over all the HDD/SSD. In essence, I got rid of MacOS, I just wanted to know whether it had to be partitioned into two disks before Windows could be installed or whether it could control all the disks.
To format the disk, I went to the Refair your computer menu in Setup install windows, then I clicked Advaced options, and chose Command Prompt as the execution tool. by using the command in the DISKPAT Command Prompt.
by typing:
diskpart (enter)
list disk (enter)
select disk 0 (enter, disk used for System on my computer)
clean (enter)
type again:
list disk (enter)
select disk 0 (enter)
create partition primary (enter)
list partition (enter)
select partition 1 (enter)
active (enter)
format fs=ntfs label=windows quick (enter)
assign (enter)
and exit the command prompt window.
then click Turn off your PC
restart the mac mini, and select USB disk EFI boot
oh.. I forgot, that I installed Windows 10 64 Bit which is black screen. Please install it using a USB drive, by using the unebootin application.
and when I installed it, Windows asked for a GPT disk format, so when I continued to create a disk using the installation menu from Windows.
and the difference between installing using a DVD and USB lies in the monitor screen space. If you use USB the screen will be Full with 1080 resolution, but if you use DVD it will look small. visible on the bezell of the frame.
So, if you want to install Windows 7 or Windows 10, you have to use a DVD drive. It sounds old-fashioned, but that's all that works for installing a VGA driver. and you also need to pay attention, the disk format must be MBR, otherwise GPT will not work on Mac Mini 2010, I don't know if this also applies to devices above it or not.
I tried reinstalling Windows 10 again, then I used the VGA driver from the Mac High Sierra Boot Camp download.
I thought, maybe the driver was different from the series I was looking for on the NVIDIA website, but in reality, if I used the driver downloaded via boot camp, it couldn't be run via setup, and I was forced to install the driver via Windows Device Manager. And it turns out the result is the same. Blank Screen again.
So now I want to try installing Windows 10 via my External DVD Drive. because I have used the internal DVD to install the HDD, so I have to try using the external DVD first.
Actually, I have installed Windows 7 64 Bit and Windows 10 Bit before, and I didn't use USB as the installer media. and both succeeded. I installed Windows by taking over all the HDD/SSD. In essence, I got rid of MacOS, I just wanted to know whether it had to be partitioned into two disks before Windows could be installed or whether it could control all the disks.
To format the disk, I went to the Refair your computer menu in Setup install windows, then I clicked Advaced options, and chose Command Prompt as the execution tool. by using the command in the DISKPAT Command Prompt.
by typing:
diskpart (enter)
list disk (enter)
select disk 0 (enter, disk used for System on my computer)
clean (enter)
type again:
list disk (enter)
select disk 0 (enter)
create partition primary (enter)
list partition (enter)
select partition 1 (enter)
active (enter)
format fs=ntfs label=windows quick (enter)
assign (enter)
and exit the command prompt window.
then click Turn off your PC
restart the mac mini, and select USB disk EFI boot
oh.. I forgot, that I installed Windows 10 64 Bit which is black screen. Please install it using a USB drive, by using the unebootin application.
and when I installed it, Windows asked for a GPT disk format, so when I continued to create a disk using the installation menu from Windows.
and the difference between installing using a DVD and USB lies in the monitor screen space. If you use USB the screen will be Full with 1080 resolution, but if you use DVD it will look small. visible on the bezell of the frame.
So, if you want to install Windows 7 or Windows 10, you have to use a DVD drive. It sounds old-fashioned, but that's all that works for installing a VGA driver. and you also need to pay attention, the disk format must be MBR, otherwise GPT will not work on Mac Mini 2010, I don't know if this also applies to devices above it or not.
