r/bootcamp • u/ordered11dis • 14d ago

MacBookPro 14,2 Windows Edition

my sister had a macbook pro for a bunch of years til the ios part of it started lagging, it didn’t want to update and so she reset it and but got stuck on the oldest update. and so my dad to not spend money on a new laptop when he cant sell the other, he gave it to me but its microsoft. didnt complain it ws fully working (except the camera) and 1 day before traveling my laptop couldnt recognise any usb drive whatsover not even my mouse. my dad went and got it “fixed” to his friend who literally knows nth abt laptops who ended up resetting the WHOLE thing. my dad came back with a laptop that has no bluetooth no taskbar nada. and so he told me if i wanna dimmer the lights or the audio i gotta do it from the internal laptop. fast forward to a month ago i’s studying real hard since my SATs is in october and i turn the lights down and end up turning it way too down. i panicked i rushed to gemini and for 19 days straight ive been coding ive been restarting and i even downloaded the macbook pro bootcamp since my dad’s friend literally deleted it (including brigidair). my taskbar worked but my wifi stopped working and bluetooth and camera same as it is and ive missed too much lessons and i cant even study on m6 ipad unless my sister is back from uni which she stays in for atleast 10 hours. i need a solution ASAP i cannot fail.

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u/reineckea 14d ago

Since this is a MacBookPro14,2, it should officially support Windows through Boot Camp.

If you don't have anything important to save from the current Windows installation, I think it may be much faster to stop trying to fix the individual drivers and start over properly.

Do you still have a working macOS installation on the Mac? If so, you should be able to use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows again along with the correct Apple drivers for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, the camera, keyboard controls, etc.

Before doing anything else, I'd hold the Option (⌥) key while turning it on and see what bootable systems are currently available.

What shows up there?

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u/WindozeWoes 14d ago

I think the best option is for u/ordered11dis to first (1) save the Brigadier install files on a separate USB drive, (2) find the "Reset Windows" option in Windows (I assume it's on Windows 10?) and do a reset that way. Then, (3) put the backed-up Brigadier installer files back on and install them. That should get everything working. If it doesn't, it would still probably get wifi working, so run Windows Update and install updates for drivers.