Hi all
Currently banging my head against the wall after 6 hours hours of failing immensely at getting this to work.
I currently have a USB3 external HDD running Windows 10 bootcamp successfully, including the Bootcamp Drivers from Apple - however it's incredibly slow. With the Thunderbolt 3 features of my mbp I wanted to take advantage of those speeds so I purchased a 1TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD and have been attempting to install Windows on it using the same method I used before following this guide:
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I get through the initial installation successfully, however when I need to reboot my mac to continue the installation I get the Windows loading screen and then it enters a boot-loop. After about three attempts I get a blue screen saying my PC/Device needs to be repaired. I can successfully re-boot back into Big Sur. I have wiped the SSD/re-started the Windows install about four times trying to isolate where I might be making a mistake, alas I get the same result every time.
I figured it could be a Thunderbolt 3 issue, so I boot into my original USB3 Windows installation to see if it will recognize the T3 SSD connected. It does not. However, when I connect/disconnect the drive I hear Windows make a sound which seems to acknowledge a device is there, but nothing appears nor does the Device Manager note any changes. I have tried to install the Intel Thunderbolt 3 drivers and the installation quits with an error. I thought perhaps I could clone my Windows HDD assuming the thunderbolt features worked.
Any ideas or thoughts are very much appreciated.
Currently banging my head against the wall after 6 hours hours of failing immensely at getting this to work.
I currently have a USB3 external HDD running Windows 10 bootcamp successfully, including the Bootcamp Drivers from Apple - however it's incredibly slow. With the Thunderbolt 3 features of my mbp I wanted to take advantage of those speeds so I purchased a 1TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD and have been attempting to install Windows on it using the same method I used before following this guide:
Install Windows 10 on an external HDD or SSD with Boot Camp under macOS Catalina (10.15)
There are a couple guides out there describing this process, yet I could not find one that was applicable to the current macOS versions…
I get through the initial installation successfully, however when I need to reboot my mac to continue the installation I get the Windows loading screen and then it enters a boot-loop. After about three attempts I get a blue screen saying my PC/Device needs to be repaired. I can successfully re-boot back into Big Sur. I have wiped the SSD/re-started the Windows install about four times trying to isolate where I might be making a mistake, alas I get the same result every time.
I figured it could be a Thunderbolt 3 issue, so I boot into my original USB3 Windows installation to see if it will recognize the T3 SSD connected. It does not. However, when I connect/disconnect the drive I hear Windows make a sound which seems to acknowledge a device is there, but nothing appears nor does the Device Manager note any changes. I have tried to install the Intel Thunderbolt 3 drivers and the installation quits with an error. I thought perhaps I could clone my Windows HDD assuming the thunderbolt features worked.
Any ideas or thoughts are very much appreciated.
