I have not ascertained the exact cause of why my install was initially failing. I do not believe that the problem was caused by the fact that I was attempting to install from a DVD so much as the DVD image I had was an older one and was likely missing some drivers or something. I have finally managed to install Windows 10 on my NUC. Is there some not-so-obvious trick that I'm missing that's required to get Windows 10 to install on this latest generation of NUCs?

I am fairly experienced with computers (software developer, have built computers since the MS-DOS days) and have successfully installed Windows 10 on a 7th generation NUC but this has really stumped me. Also, when I boot from the DVD and use the recovery tools to launch a Command Prompt, I can see that the Windows executable files are on X: drive but not on the C: drive. What appears to have failed is copying over of the BCD information. Installation cannot proceed.'įrom what I can gather, the SSD has been partitioned properly by the Windows installer and various Windows files have been copied to the partitions. At this point, a check list of install steps that the Windows 10 installer goes through is shown.Įvery step passes until the final stage, 'Finishing up.' At this point, a message box is shown that says, 'Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. I boot from the Windows 10 DVD and begin the install process until I see the dialog box with the big 'Install Now' button which I click. I am having a terrible time installing Windows 10 (64-bit edition) from a DVD onto my recently purchased NUC10I5FNH with 32 GB of Crucial RAM (2, 16 GB SODIMMs) and a 512 GB Samsung 970 Pro SSD.

Cannot install windows 10 on ssd