Bootcamp boots Windows 10, but then I get a black screen

[rogerjohnsam]

I installed Windows 10 into bootcamp and everything worked fine. Left it alone for a few days and now when I try to boot into it, I see the Windows logo and then a black screen. I tried holding a flashlight to the screen to see if its a brightness issue related to adaptive brightness, but its not. Any idea how to fix it?

I'm running a mid 2012 macbook pro with High Sierra

 

[Computer Bloke]

I'm running a mid 2012 macbook pro with High Sierra

Again, is this your own computer or a client's? And why is it still on High Sierra when it should be able to run Catalina?

 

[rogerjohnsam]

Both are clients computers, I just thought it would be easier to ask if it was my own...

High Sierra is still supported so there is no "should be" and Catalina is full of bugs and runs poorly on older machines. Its a very buggy OS and many expects agree. That's irrelevant to the issue though.

Again, is this your own computer or a client's? And why is it still on High Sierra when it should be able to run Catalina?

 

[Computer Bloke]

Both are clients computers, I just thought it would be easier to ask if it was my own...

An unusual approach, but let's stipulate to that and move on.

High Sierra is still supported so there is no "should be" and Catalina is full of bugs and runs poorly on older machines. Its a very buggy OS and many expects agree.

It's likely that support for High Sierra will end when Big Sur is released, and that could be as soon as early October - you know, a couple of weeks from now. Also I didn't say that you "should" be using Catalina (though you probably should), just that the hardware should be capable of running it; I was wondering why you were troubleshooting using an old operating system when a current one is readily and freely available. There can be good reasons for sticking with High Sierra (mostly to do with support for 32-bit applications) and that could be relevant to your, or your client's, problem.

You can probably find "experts" to agree on anything. My experience, and that of my clients, is that Catalina is perfectly stable and runs well on any supported hardware. If this were your own computer (or you had your client's full confidence and a good backup) then I'd recommend upgrading to Catalina and retesting; clearly that's not an option you'd be prepared to consider, so we'll leave it at that.

But thank you for the additional information anyway.

 

[overburnz]

What’s the hardware on that machine? Is high Sierra fully updated? Did you update windows
10 to version 20004?

 

[overburnz]

An unusual approach, but let's stipulate to that and move on.



It's likely that support for High Sierra will end when Big Sur is released, and that could be as soon as early October - you know, a couple of weeks from now. Also I didn't say that you "should" be using Catalina (though you probably should), just that the hardware should be capable of running it; I was wondering why you were troubleshooting using an old operating system when a current one is readily and freely available. There can be good reasons for sticking with High Sierra (mostly to do with support for 32-bit applications) and that could be relevant to your, or your client's, problem.

You can probably find "experts" to agree on anything. My experience, and that of my clients, is that Catalina is perfectly stable and runs well on any supported hardware. If this were your own computer (or you had your client's full confidence and a good backup) then I'd recommend upgrading to Catalina and retesting; clearly that's not an option you'd be prepared to consider, so we'll leave it at that.

But thank you for the additional information anyway.

I always recommend catalina on ALL machines that support it, as long as they have (at least) 8GB RAM, preferably 16GB, and an SSD , unless they have 32 bits applications that he needs to use and does not have any other options