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Q: Bootcamp assistant not working

I have an iMac 21 mid 2010 and Im running OSX 10.11.2

When I open Bootcamp assistant it has grey out the option to install or remove Windows 7 or later (See attach image). Any clue as to why is this happening?

Screen Shot 2015-12-16 at 11.43.09 PM.png

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Dec 16, 2015 10:48 PM

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 17, 2015 2:12 AM in response to Moonwreck
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    Dec 17, 2015 2:12 AM in response to Moonwreck

    You need a physical DVD to be inserted in the Optical drive (CD/DVD drive) for the Install/Remove check box to be enabled.

  • by Moonwreck,

    Moonwreck Moonwreck Dec 17, 2015 4:51 AM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 17, 2015 4:51 AM in response to Loner T

    Thanks Loner T!

    Will there be any other issues/limitations once I get the Optical Drive (CD/DVD drive)? My iMac has an internal Optical Drive (CD/DVD drive) but apparently its not working. Or how to perform a Hardware test on my actual internal optical drive to see if its working?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 17, 2015 5:55 AM in response to Moonwreck
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    Dec 17, 2015 5:55 AM in response to Moonwreck

    Can you insert a CD and DVD and test your built-in Optical drive? There should be not other issues/limitations. What version of Windows do you want to install?

  • by Moonwreck,

    Moonwreck Moonwreck Dec 17, 2015 6:11 AM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 17, 2015 6:11 AM in response to Loner T

    I have inserted DVD's and none of them works. The last time the DVD/cd drive worked was probably 2 years ago, then i bought a new mac and this old imac never got used. Now i want to install Windows 7 home premium 64 and i got and iso file. I've been trying for days with no luck with differente options that I have found over the internet. Options that allows to install Windows 7 without DVD and/or witout Bootcamp. None of them have worked so far. A couple of days back I rolled back to Yosemite from El Capitan and I had the same problem. I was trying to go back to the OSX that I had 2 or so yeyars ago when the DVD/CD was working. I had no luck with Yosemite and now im back on El Capitan. So apparently the only solution is to buy an external DVD/CD drive? I dont wnat to make that investment and find out that it dosent work either.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 17, 2015 6:18 AM in response to Moonwreck
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    Dec 17, 2015 6:18 AM in response to Moonwreck

    An external CD/DVD will also not work. You can try http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=20584499#post20584499 . This uses VMware and Winclone.

  • by Moonwreck,

    Moonwreck Moonwreck Dec 17, 2015 6:24 AM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 17, 2015 6:24 AM in response to Loner T

    Nope. I did that yesterday with no luck. This step didn't work:

    Step 4 Clone the VMware installation files into the BOOTCAMP partition

     

    1. Get Winclone / I Bought it.

    2. Start Winclone and now you can Clone the Windows Drive you just mounted to your BOOTCAMP partition selecting Restore

    Winclone gives this error message.

    Screenshot 2015-12-16 07.50.38.png

    You can check my comment at the end of that thread.


  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 17, 2015 6:28 AM in response to Moonwreck
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    Dec 17, 2015 6:28 AM in response to Moonwreck

    This is easy to fix.

     

    1. Please download GPT Fdisk - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/ .

    2. Post the output of the following commands.

         diskutil list

         sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

         sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    3. If you are using El Capitan, we also need to disable SIP.

  • by Moonwreck,

    Moonwreck Moonwreck Dec 17, 2015 8:50 AM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 17, 2015 8:50 AM in response to Loner T

    Loner T,

    Not sure if I need to post this info?

     

    1. Please download GPT Fdisk - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/ .

    Done and installed

    2. Post the output of the following commands.

         diskutil list

     

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0

       1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk0s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            150.4 GB   disk0s3

       3:                 DOS_FAT_32 BOOTCAMP                349.5 GB   disk0s4

    /dev/disk1 (external, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *62.8 GB    disk1

       1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              62.8 GB    disk1s1

         sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]

    Signature: 0x0

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

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

    1: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

     

         sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

     

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500107862016; sectorsize=512; blocks=976773168

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: MBR not found at sector 0

          start       size  index  contents

              0  976773168        

     

    3. If you are using El Capitan, we also need to disable SIP.

    csrutil is disabled.

     

    After doing all the above Winclon still refuses to clone the mounted Windows 7 into BOOTCAMP.

    Is the order correct?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 17, 2015 8:57 AM in response to Moonwreck
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    Dec 17, 2015 8:57 AM in response to Moonwreck

    How did you manage this?

     

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0

       1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk0s1

     

    This is an APM disk, not a GPT disk. Did you upgrade to El Capitan from OSX Tiger or Snow Leopard?

  • by Moonwreck,

    Moonwreck Moonwreck Dec 17, 2015 9:03 AM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 17, 2015 9:03 AM in response to Loner T

    I have upgraded progressively since I bought this iMac in 2010 via Apple, no other way, to El Capitan 10.11.2 that I have now. Yesterday I rolled back to the most old version that I had in my time capsule and it was Yosemite 10.10. Then again upgraded via App store to el Capitan today.

    So basically, all the upgrades have come from Apple.

    My DVD hardware have been broken since 2012 at least so I cannot remember any systems upgrades via DVD.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 17, 2015 9:08 AM in response to Moonwreck
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    Dec 17, 2015 9:08 AM in response to Moonwreck

    Do you have a Time Machine backup of this iMac? I would highly recommend a non-TM file-level back of all your important files. We will need to erase your internal disk and rebuild it as a GPT disk and migrate the back up from TM.

  • by Moonwreck,

    Moonwreck Moonwreck Dec 17, 2015 9:10 AM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 17, 2015 9:10 AM in response to Loner T

    Yes, all important files are in Time Machine so I don't have worries loosing anything.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 17, 2015 10:50 AM in response to Moonwreck
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    Dec 17, 2015 10:50 AM in response to Moonwreck

    Can you use How to install OS X on an external drive connected to your Mac - Apple Support and install OSX on an external disk? This will allow us to boot from it and erase the internal disk and restore from TM to a GPT disk.

  • by Moonwreck,

    Moonwreck Moonwreck Dec 17, 2015 12:40 PM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 17, 2015 12:40 PM in response to Loner T

    Did erase the disk. Below is the result. Would this work now?: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=20584499#post20584499

     

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS HQII                    499.2 GB   disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

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