An Introduction and Challenge

[CompuGenetics]

Hello everyone!

 

I'm CompuGenetics, or Compu. I've been watching a lot of Linus's videos recently, and I'm really liking the atmosphere of this forum! My main reason for joining is because of a problem about my current Mac setup. I've decided to make it a challenge to fix, because it's so confusing. I'll state the issue here, but if it belongs in another section I'll gladly oblige.

 

Long Story Short (tl;dr):

Windows 10 stuck at black screen directly after Windows logo, cursor appears from center but disappears after a second of inactivity, can't log in, no drivers installed, external drive booting on a MacBook Air 2019, internal drive not partitioned, send help

 

Long Story Medium:

• Original Windows 10 drive created with WindowsSupport folder from MacBook Pro, Windows 10 successful on MacBook Pro external drive, internal drive left intact.
• Creation of Windows 10 environment on second external drive, addition of WindowsSupport folder from MacBook Pro
• First boot successful with creation of Windows login through MacBook Air using usb keyboard and mouse
• Opening of BootCamp driver setup fails; MacBook Pro drivers not compatible with MacBook Air
• Seeing what happens if you switch drives and computers, apparently causes black screen after Windows logo, force shutdown several times as the issue persists
• Original Windows 10 environment loads after multiple forced shutdowns, major graphical glitch where pixels are scattered across the screen. Logging in was possible, but everything was just obfuscated.
• Finally load original Windows 10 environment on MacBook Pro, able to delete WindowsSupport folder from second drive, placement of WindowsSupport folder from MacBook Air into drive
• Booting the second drive (with W.S. folder from Air) onto MacBook Air shows Windows logo, then black screen, apparently frozen. Continued issue, Apple logo now replaced with spinning white wheel when loading drives
• Usage of USB mouse reveals that after the Windows logo, you can move the cursor around, but it's very small, often with the blue circle, and after a second of inactivity it disappears and re-centers until you move it again.
• Reformatting of entire second drive, including EFI partition. Re-creation of Windows 10 environment onto the drive, WindowsSupport folder from MacBook Air obtained and placed onto drive.
• Attempt at a load of the second drive onto a MacBook Pro, but fails in the exact same way as on the Air
• Problem persists on MacBook Air, but the cursor has returned to normal size, and after the second hard boot, the Apple logo returns, no spinning wheel. More shutdowns and waiting prove ineffective
• MacBook Pro now has the same issue on the original drive, spinning wheel included. Attempting to show someone the issue after a forced shutdown stopped the glitch, but the pixelation returned.
• Pixelation glitch fixed exact same way as before: Win+X, U, R
• Original Windows 10 environment is perfectly normal now, but the problem persists on the second drive and computer.

 

And that's where we are. If you want the long story just ask details. I cannot seem to figure out what the issue is; it can't just be the computer; it can transfer from computer to computer via the drive. Yet it can't be the drive; I completely reformatted it and recreated all of Windows and the computer still froze! Now the question is, what exactly is going on, and what can be done? Thank you for reading this far, it means a lot, and thank you in advance for your help!