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Q: disk utility error code 3 when creating windows image for bootcamp

I have an iMac and am trying to install windows via bootcamp. I have an complete windows 7 installation disk and am using disk utility to create an image. The process appears to be working with the dialogue box saying it is reading the windows file and the progress bar takes about 10 minutes to reach about 75% and then stops saying " Operation Failed" and a supplementary dialogue box appears saying "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.diskutility error 3.)"

I have tried with 2 different destination drives with the same result.

Does anybody have any suggestions or know where I can find out what the error code signifies please?

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 11, 2015 5:10 PM

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 24, 2015 3:20 PM in response to davefromhythe
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    Nov 24, 2015 3:20 PM in response to davefromhythe

    Boot into Local Recovery (Command+R) and run

     

    diskutil repairVolume disk2

    diskutil repairdisk disk0

    diskutil repairdisk disk1

     

    Please ensure the disk numbers are correct, because Recovery console may re-order the disks.

  • by davefromhythe,

    davefromhythe davefromhythe Nov 24, 2015 3:49 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 24, 2015 3:49 PM in response to Loner T

    repairVolume disk2 fails,..invalid request -69886

    repairdisk disk0 returns "Repairing the partition map might erase disk0s1, proceed? (y/N)

    Do I proceed?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 24, 2015 4:02 PM in response to davefromhythe
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    Nov 24, 2015 4:02 PM in response to davefromhythe

    Your CS volume contains disk0s2 and disk1s2. Disk0s1 is the EFI. It should not impact your CS volume. Will you be able to post a screen shot/image of the screen after it completes the repair. It should put the Free Space back into the CS volume.

     

    Is Disk2 still your CS volume?

  • by davefromhythe,

    davefromhythe davefromhythe Nov 25, 2015 6:01 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 25, 2015 6:01 AM in response to Loner T

    I proceeded with diskutil  repairdisk disk2 which seems ok. I did another diskutil cslist and disk2 now seems to be disk3, is that correct?

     

    -bash-3.2# diskutil repairVolume disk2

    Error starting file system repair for disk2: Invalid request (-69886)

    -bash-3.2# diskutil repairdisk disk0

    Repairing the partition map might erase disk0s1, proceed? (y/N) y

    Started partition map repair on disk0

    Checking prerequisites

    Checking the partition list

    Adjusting partition map to fit whole disk as required

    Checking for an EFI system partition

    Checking the EFI system partition's size

    Checking the EFI system partition's file system

    Checking the EFI system partition's folder content

    Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces

    Checking booter partitions

    Checking booter partition disk0s3

    Reviewing boot support loaders

    Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions

    Verifying storage system

    Checking volume

    disk1s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk1s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    Logical Volume Group 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247 spans 2 devices

    disk0s2+disk1s2: Scan for Metadata Volume

    Logical Volume Group has a 24 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy

    Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint

    Load and verify Segment Headers

    Load and verify Checkpoint Payload

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Incorporate 0 newer non-checkpoint transactions

    Load and verify Virtual Address Table

    Load and verify Segment Usage Table

    Load and verify Metadata Superblock

    Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees

    Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume

    Load and verify 41C80A87-B7EA-4C3D-9269-FE818EDBEB47

    Load and verify 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26

    Load and verify Freespace Summary

    Load and verify Block Accounting

    Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses

    Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid

    Load and verify Segment Cleaning

    The volume 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247 appears to be OK

    Storage system check exit code is 0

    Repairing storage system

    The volume disk1s2+disk0s2 cannot be repaired when it is in use

    Checking volume

    disk1s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk1s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    Logical Volume Group 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247 spans 2 devices

    disk0s2+disk1s2: Scan for Metadata Volume

    Logical Volume Group has a 24 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy

    Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint

    Load and verify Segment Headers

    Load and verify Checkpoint Payload

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Incorporate 0 newer non-checkpoint transactions

    Load and verify Virtual Address Table

    Load and verify Segment Usage Table

    Load and verify Metadata Superblock

    Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees

    Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume

    Load and verify 41C80A87-B7EA-4C3D-9269-FE818EDBEB47

    Load and verify 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26

    Load and verify Freespace Summary

    Load and verify Block Accounting

    Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses

    Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid

    Load and verify Segment Cleaning

    The volume 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247 appears to be OK

    Storage system check exit code is 0

    Updating Windows boot.ini files as required

    The partition map appears to be OK

    Finished partition map repair on disk0

    -bash-3.2# diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247

        =========================================================

        Name:         Mac SSD

        Status:       Online

        Size:         368337891328 B (368.3 GB)

        Free Space:   248874012672 B (248.9 GB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume D9EA3398-0524-4307-9146-DE2B0D0EA8C0

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    0

        |   Disk:     disk0s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     119197646848 B (119.2 GB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume DBEE813F-F777-4CC6-8EBC-751CBB1B5D07

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    1

        |   Disk:     disk1s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     249140244480 B (249.1 GB)

        |

        +-> Logical Volume Family 41C80A87-B7EA-4C3D-9269-FE818EDBEB47

            ----------------------------------------------------------

            Encryption Type:         None

            |

            +-> Logical Volume 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26

                ---------------------------------------------------

                Disk:                  disk3

                Status:                Online

                Size (Total):          118826336256 B (118.8 GB)

                Revertible:            No

                LV Name:               Mac SSD

                Volume Name:           Mac SSD

                Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

    -bash-3.2#

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 25, 2015 6:45 AM in response to davefromhythe
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    Nov 25, 2015 6:45 AM in response to davefromhythe
    The volume disk1s2+disk0s2 cannot be repaired when it is in use

    Are you booted in Internet Recovery or Local Recovery? You should be in Internet Recovery.

     

    In Internet Recovery, run

     

    diskutil cs resizeVolume 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26 0g

     

    This is the man page.

    diskutil cs resizeVolume

    Usage:  diskutil coreStorage resizeVolume

            lvUUID|MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode size

    Resize a logical volume, which is one of one or more disks that consume storage

    out of a logical volume group. The logical volume group will have more or less

    available space after this operation, if it was a shrink or grow, respectively.

    Specifying zero as the size asks for an "automatic" fit-to-fill-LVG operation.

    Example: diskutil coreStorage resizeVolume

             11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555 10g

     

    Once complete, re-run the diskutil repairDisk disk0 command.

  • by davefromhythe,

    davefromhythe davefromhythe Nov 25, 2015 7:19 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 25, 2015 7:19 AM in response to Loner T

    I rebooted in Internet recovery and ran "diskutil cs resizeVolume 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26 0g"

    message returned was "Error resizing CoreStorage Logical Volume: Not avalid CoreStorage Volume UUID (-69776)"


    I retyped again with the same result. I am confident I typed all the digits correctly.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 25, 2015 7:29 AM in response to davefromhythe
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    Nov 25, 2015 7:29 AM in response to davefromhythe

    The UUID came from your diskutil cs list output. Can you run diskutil cs list and verify that I did not cut/paste the incorrect value?

     

    This was also the reason to post the syntax page, in case I had a typo.

  • by davefromhythe,

    davefromhythe davefromhythe Nov 25, 2015 8:04 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 25, 2015 8:04 AM in response to Loner T

    I actully typed the sequence from the cs list output rather than your message to eliminate any typo's.Everthing looks right.

  • by davefromhythe,

    davefromhythe davefromhythe Nov 25, 2015 8:35 AM in response to davefromhythe
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    Nov 25, 2015 8:35 AM in response to davefromhythe

    I ran diskutil cs list again and have got a different output see below

     

    -bash-3.2#

    -bash-3.2# diskutil cs resizeVolume 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26 0g

    Error resizing CoreStorage Logical Volume: Not a valid CoreStorage Logical Volume UUID (-69776)

    -bash-3.2#  diskutil cs resizeVolume 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26 0g

    Error resizing CoreStorage Logical Volume: Not a valid CoreStorage Logical Volume UUID (-69776)

    -bash-3.2#  diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247

        =========================================================

        Name:         -none-

        Sequence:     0

        Free Space:   0 B (0 B)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume D9EA3398-0524-4307-9146-DE2B0D0EA8C0

            ----------------------------------------------------

            Index:    0

            Disk:     disk0s2

            Status:   Incompatible

            Size:     -none-

    -bash-3.2#

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 25, 2015 10:04 AM in response to davefromhythe
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    Nov 25, 2015 10:04 AM in response to davefromhythe

    davefromhythe wrote:

     

     

    -bash-3.2# diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247

        =========================================================

        Name:         Mac SSD

        Status:       Online

        Size:         368337891328 B (368.3 GB)

        Free Space:   248874012672 B (248.9 GB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume D9EA3398-0524-4307-9146-DE2B0D0EA8C0

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    0

        |   Disk:     disk0s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     119197646848 B (119.2 GB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume DBEE813F-F777-4CC6-8EBC-751CBB1B5D07

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    1

        |   Disk:     disk1s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     249140244480 B (249.1 GB)

        |

        +-> Logical Volume Family 41C80A87-B7EA-4C3D-9269-FE818EDBEB47

            ----------------------------------------------------------

            Encryption Type:         None

            |

            +-> Logical Volume 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26

                ---------------------------------------------------

                Disk:                  disk3

                Status:                Online

                Size (Total):          118826336256 B (118.8 GB)

                Revertible:            No

                LV Name:               Mac SSD

                Volume Name:           Mac SSD

                Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

    -bash-3.2#

     

    You had this layout when we started, but now you have...

     

    -bash-3.2#  diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247

        =========================================================

        Name:         -none-

        Sequence:     0

        Free Space:   0 B (0 B)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume D9EA3398-0524-4307-9146-DE2B0D0EA8C0

            ----------------------------------------------------

            Index:    0

            Disk:     disk0s2

            Status:   Incompatible

            Size:     -none-

     

    Can you post the output of diskutil list?

  • by davefromhythe,

    davefromhythe davefromhythe Nov 25, 2015 11:14 AM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 25, 2015 11:14 AM in response to Loner T

    diskutil list output as requested

     

    -bash-3.2#

    -bash-3.2# diskutil cs resizeVolume 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26 0g

    Error resizing CoreStorage Logical Volume: Not a valid CoreStorage Logical Volume UUID (-69776)

    -bash-3.2#  diskutil cs resizeVolume 9B95CEA1-BCD9-41BD-8AF6-578044557A26 0g

    Error resizing CoreStorage Logical Volume: Not a valid CoreStorage Logical Volume UUID (-69776)

    -bash-3.2#  diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247

        =========================================================

        Name:         -none-

        Sequence:     0

        Free Space:   0 B (0 B)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume D9EA3398-0524-4307-9146-DE2B0D0EA8C0

            ----------------------------------------------------

            Index:    0

            Disk:     disk0s2

            Status:   Incompatible

            Size:     -none-

    -bash-3.2# diskutil list

    /dev/disk0

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         119.2 GB   disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

       4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                120.0 GB   disk0s4

    /dev/disk1

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.0 GB   disk1

       1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         249.1 GB   disk1s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk1s3

    /dev/disk2

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *1.4 GB     disk2

       1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk2s1

       2:         Apple_Driver_ATAPI                         2.0 KB     disk2s2

       3:                  Apple_HFS Mac OS X Base System    1.4 GB     disk2s3

    /dev/disk3

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk3

    /dev/disk4

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk4

    /dev/disk5

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk5

    /dev/disk6

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk6

    /dev/disk7

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk7

    /dev/disk8

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *6.3 MB     disk8

    /dev/disk9

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *2.1 MB     disk9

    /dev/disk10

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *1.0 MB     disk10

    /dev/disk11

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk11

    /dev/disk12

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk12

    /dev/disk13

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            untitled               *1.0 MB     disk13

    -bash-3.2# diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 18033EC1-89B6-4B33-9479-810A2051D247

        =========================================================

        Name:         -none-

        Sequence:     0

        Free Space:   0 B (0 B)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume D9EA3398-0524-4307-9146-DE2B0D0EA8C0

            ----------------------------------------------------

            Index:    0

            Disk:     disk0s2

            Status:   Incompatible

            Size:     -none-

    -bash-3.2#

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 25, 2015 11:27 AM in response to davefromhythe
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    Nov 25, 2015 11:27 AM in response to davefromhythe

    Notice disk0 and disk1 show up as CS disks, but diskutil cs list show incompatible. In your Recovery console (Internet Recovery) what is the OS icon look like for the Re-install OSX option. If you are booted from an older OSX version (older than 10.8.5), diskutil cs will cause issues.

     

    If this does not work, you may have to install Yosemite or install the original OSX that came with your Mac and upgrade the external disk to Yosemite and boot from it.

     

    Please see

     

    How to install OS X on an external drive connected to your Mac - Apple Support

    OS X versions and builds included with Mac computers - Apple Support

  • by davefromhythe,

    davefromhythe davefromhythe Nov 25, 2015 2:45 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 25, 2015 2:45 PM in response to Loner T

    The Re-install OSX icon is a lion.

    I think I upgraded from Yosemite to el Capitan on the HDD and did a clean install of el Capitan on the SSD.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 25, 2015 2:48 PM in response to davefromhythe
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    Nov 25, 2015 2:48 PM in response to davefromhythe

    Lion will not work. Can you install Lion on an external disk, and upgrade to at least Yosemite (or El Capitan)? I prefer Yosemite over El Capitan.

  • by davefromhythe,

    davefromhythe davefromhythe Nov 25, 2015 3:11 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 25, 2015 3:11 PM in response to Loner T

    I thought I was already using el Capitan, isn't the Lion because I have booted via internet recovery?

    I haven't got any installation disks.

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