Have had trouble reinstalling Windows10 after a HD crash.
Tried reinstalling Fusion and Windows from backup but after multiple attempts kept getting this error:
So I deleted all Fusion and Windows and reinstalled Fusion... now get screen to choose Legacy BIOS or UEFI (default).
Based on my OS version, should I choose UEFI?
Did you do a full clean install? Delete fusion, empty trash, reboot, empty trash, reinstall from a fresh download?
yes, used Find Any File to delete all VM files, even hidden, now I'm at the install Win10_21H2_English_x64.iso screen showing a choice of Legacy BIOS or UEFI or UEFI Secure.
Which should I choose based on my OS.
Intel Mac 10.14.6
Thank you.
I would make sure in Advanced Settings that "Enable VBS" and Disable Side-Channel Mitigations" is checked. You can then do UEFI secure boot. Otherwise at least do UEFI with 64-bit Windows. You can also use NVMe storage. As an aside I have had a lot of problems with 32-bit Windows 10 being unable to upgrade major versions on UEFI and NVMe so for 32-bit I have stayed with BIOS booting and SATA drives.
Thanks for the suggestions.
No one has been able to say what this error means or how to avoid it. I kept getting this trying to install so I deleted everything and starting over. Any idea what this error is about? It showed when I selected the iso file and after selecting Firmware Type.
Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to
Exactly what version of Fusion are you installing?
Per the chart Fusion 10 is not supported on MacOS 10.14 and I have no ideas how to get around this - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2088571
Ugh... I use 10.14 because many apps won't yet run on the new Apple M1.
Thanks for the link.
Upon further review it seems there is a difference in processors in the Mac that I had VM/W10 on and the 10.14 Mac I'm trying to install on. UGH.
My workaround is to use my old MBPro 2016 that has VM and 5 year old Windows10...
Thanks to everyone for your help.