14 DAY TRIAL // Clean-installing the Windows 10 Creators Update on Apple Mac computers isn’t possible right now due to an error experienced at the beginning of the process, Microsoft acknowledged earlier today.
The company explains that this is a known issue and, while it’s working on a fix, users trying to install Windows 10 in Boot Camp need to first install the Anniversary Update and then perform the update to the Creators Update manually.
Users trying to clean-install the Creators Update on a Mac with Boot Camp are getting error 0xc000000f in winload.efi, Microsoft confirms.
“Mac customers using Boot Camp: Instead of performing a new install of Creators Update, download and install Windows 10 Anniversary Update ISO. Then install the Creators Update via the normal Windows update process,” Microsoft explains.
“For a new installation of Windows 10 Creators Update on an Apple Mac using Boot Camp, you must first install the Windows 10 Anniversary Update using the ISO file, and then update to Windows 10 Creators Update.”
It goes without saying that installing the Anniversary Update and then updating to the Windows 10 Creators Update is not the most convenient workaround for Mac users, but at this point it’s the only way to get it running in Boot Camp. Once the Anniversary Update is installed, users can start the Creators Update install by going to this site and clicking the “Update Now” option.