Hello community,
I've run into some problems while installing Windows 10 on my iMac 11.1.
I already had Windows 10 up and running on my Mac with BootCamp and it worked kinda well. But some day I ran into some issues with my Mac and then i reinstalled the whole machine and deleted Windows in that process.
While I tried reinstalling Windows I noticed that my Super Drive isn't working properly. It is able to read some discs, but none of my Installation disks anymore. Cleaning it didn't help. So, I can't use BootCamp to install windows.
Then I tried installing Windows natively via USB-Drive. It worked like a charm and was extremely fast. But then I ran into other issues.. While installing the drivers i noticed some strange behaviour in Windows. After installing the Display driver the internal display didn't work anymore. Also the Apple keyboard and mouse don't work correctly. Scrolling isn't possible and the Keyboard-function-keys aren't working.
I installed Windows countless times on this Mac before and I never had any issues like that before. I read that it has something to do with some legacy 'drivers' the Mac is using in UEFI-Mode which aren't compatible with Windows running in UEFI. I also read that there is a method to change the problematic settings/drivers by using rEFIt or rEFInd.
But there are two issues with the guide I found:
1. Some of the terminal commands didn't work for me, but I couldn't figure out why
2. I can't find the guide anymore
So I thought you could help me with installing Windows natively on my Mac. Did someone accomplish a Windows 10 native installation on an iMac 11.1?
I would really appreciate your help!
Oh, and i don't really want to use an external DVD-drive because now I'm curious if I'm able to get it work natively.
Greetings
Pet2k
P.S.: Sorry for my bad English, didn't write in English for a long time.