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I have a MacBook Pro. Created a new boot camp partition and installed Win 7 Pro. Performed all updates. Upgraded to Win 10. Seemed to work fine.
I saw there was an update so I updated and it asked me to reboot. Now, when I reboot I get a BLACK SCREEN (no cursor, etc). Any solutions you can think of? I heard a little "Windows" start chime when the screen was black but I can't see or do anything.
I tried hitting ENTER and logging in, but couldn't get anywhere with that.
Searching online I see alot of links about black screen with seeing the cursor but that is not the case here. Also I don't think it matters, but I am running boot camp, but this is a separate partition on my MBP drive.
***** UPDATE ***** Running: MacBook Pro 8,1 (13 inch, early 2011; 2.3 Ghz Intel Core i5); OSX El Capitan Version 10.11.1; Bootcamp Assistant 6.0.0; Summary: Win 7 Pro installed & activated fine. Win 10 upgraded fine. The UPDATE seemed to work but upon reboot screen is BLACK.
Thanks
The update to what exactly? What was the update precisely? Have you tried Safe Mode? – Ramhound – 2015-11-13T18:57:34.510
2011 MBP is not supported for Win 10 - see https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204990
– Tetsujin – 2015-11-13T19:17:57.133Strictly speaking if Windows 8.1 x64 works then Windows 10 x64 will work the system requirements if I am not mistaken are identical. The problem described also does not sound like a hardware incompatibility. Windows 8.1 x64 was indeed supported. The only possible reason this happens would be because of a display driver problem, which goes back to, Boot Camp display drivers supporting or not supporting your hardware. Be sure Boot Camp and OS X are the current version.
– Ramhound – 2015-11-13T19:46:12.367I think you're right. Early 2011 is not supported. BUT, Win 10 did install ok and boot up fine. It was when I did the UPDATE and then rebooted that I got the black screen. :( – WebDevGuy – 2015-11-13T23:00:56.783