
The original Win 10 installation via the first run of the P15 worked fine until I activated a legacy P7 VM running Win XP, ported over from my laptop, which runs just fine but made Win 10 dysfunctional due to to an apparent permissions corruption on the Win 10 container. Third time trying to install P15 on an iMac 27" (late 2915) running Mojave.

Please let us know if the issue reoccurs." It looks like that is all it took to get Installation Assistant unhung. The spinning wheel in the Windows 10 section of Control Center disappeared, replaced with the Windows 10 logo. If you have slow or inconsistent Internet, you should go to some place that has a strong connection and follow the instructions for creating a USB install disk you can use at home.With nothing to loose I clicked the "finish installation manually" option in Control Center menu and Installation Assistant closed, releasing Windows 10 in its own window. Though you can walk away for large portions of the process, you can expect all the downloading and file copying to take at least 60 minutes and, in our case, closer to two hours on a fast Internet connection.

Show the full folder path in File Explorer on Windows 10įinally, make sure you have 1 to 2 hours free to run the install.If you don't have a system restore disk already, it's a good idea to make a full system backup using disk imaging software such as Macrium Reflect, which makes a bit-by-bit copy of your hard drive. Before you begin the process, make sure you have all of your data files backed up, preferably to a cloud service such as Microsoft's own One Drive (opens in new tab), where you can download them again if your computer crashes.

Windows 10 should install without a hitch, but driver problems are a possibility and, during any system update, there's always a chance something will go wrong.
