MDonkers
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Windows 10 will only install with floppy drive disconnected

I've got a mid 2015's iMac (3,3 GHz Intel Core i5) with a AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 MB running MacOS 10.12.3. I installed VMware Fusion Version 8.5.3 without any trouble.

Then I tried to install Windows 10, but I kept getting the message "No images available" in the first screen of the setup wizard. At first I thought the image was corrupted, but it still wouldn't work after several downloads. Then, by accident, I found out that the setup will continue just fine if I disconnect the floppy drive (even though it tells you explicitly not to).

That at least means the iso image is not corrupted, but I seem to run into a host of other problems after the installation has finished.

The main problem is the same as this problem OpenGL Version 3.x?  , with the exact same software (Delftship). It says it needs OpenGL v3.x and says I have OpenGL v1.1.

There are a couple of tips in the mentioned discussion, three of which I have questions about:

  1. Hardware: Intel: HD4000 or newer Nvidia: 650M or newer AMD: HD 5770 or newer: the AMD Radeon should be fine as well, no?
  2. Virtual Hardware set to version 12: I'm not sure what this means? Is this a setting somewhere? I'm probably looking in alle the wrong places...
  3. VMware Tools updated to the latest: I can't even install VMware tools. The option is greyed out in the menu.

Or is the problem with OpenGL a result of the installation without the floppy drive? In which case, how do I get around the no images available?

I'm new to all this and I basically bought Fusion 8 to run Delftship and nothing else, so I probably might need a little more hand-holding than most here.

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wila
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Hi,

1) yes that should be fine.

2) If you created the Windows 10 virtual machine on Fusion 8.5.3 then your virtual hardware is already set to 12

3) Your virtual machine must be running in order to install VMware Tools

FWIW, it is VMware Tools that will enable openGL 3.x so that step is crucial.

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MDonkers
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Thanks Wil, that certainly clears things up.

Turns out though that my main problem was trying to install windows 10 N with a regular Windows 10 license.  After downloading the correct image everything worked like a charm.

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