Eamon N.
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Q: Boot camp is stuck copying Windows files.

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I've quit Boot Camp and re-opened it. I've restarted my computer. I have no updates available. I've reinstalled Maverics and also downloaded Boot camp from a third party. Nothing seems to work. I have a MacBook Pro (Retina Late 2013) and have OSX 10.9 installed.
I've also followed many other threads that have been "resolved" but non of which actually fix this problem.
PLEASE HELP!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Late 2013

Posted on Dec 7, 2013 10:41 PM

by Eamon N.,Solvedanswer
Eamon N. Eamon N.
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A:

I came back after an hour since I started boot camp and it had finished. Sorry to waste your time mende1. For anyone who needs help I'd give it a while because windows is a big OS. (ISO is around 4GB and uncompressed is around 20GB) Good luck to anyone who had this problem.

Posted on Dec 8, 2013 12:16 AM

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  • by mende1,Helpful

    mende1 mende1 Dec 7, 2013 10:44 PM in response to Eamon N.
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    Dec 7, 2013 10:44 PM in response to Eamon N.

    Are you trying to install Windows from a USB drive or DVD? If you have got the USB drive or DVD with Windows, make sure the option to create a USB drive is unticked when you open Boot Camp Assistant.

     

    The Late 2013 MacBook Pro needs special Boot Camp drivers that can only be downloaded from Boot Camp Assistant, so remove the drivers you downloaded, close Boot Camp Assistant, open it again and start the download again. This process may take up to an hour, depending on your Internet connection.

     

    Then, the installation should start. Follow these steps > http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1636/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_ 10.8.pdf

  • by Eamon N.,Solvedanswer

    Eamon N. Eamon N. Dec 8, 2013 12:16 AM in response to mende1
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    Dec 8, 2013 12:16 AM in response to mende1

    I came back after an hour since I started boot camp and it had finished. Sorry to waste your time mende1. For anyone who needs help I'd give it a while because windows is a big OS. (ISO is around 4GB and uncompressed is around 20GB) Good luck to anyone who had this problem.

  • by mende1,Helpful

    mende1 mende1 Dec 8, 2013 12:17 AM in response to Eamon N.
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    Dec 8, 2013 12:17 AM in response to Eamon N.

    Glad you have fixed your issue

  • by icestorm91,

    icestorm91 icestorm91 Jun 8, 2014 11:32 AM in response to Eamon N.
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    Jun 8, 2014 11:32 AM in response to Eamon N.

    Hi,

     

    Can someone help me my bootcamp assistant is stucked at 75%. I waited for hours still no progress, I also cancel the progress, restart my mac and reprocess the download and it is still stucking at 75% after waiting for several hours.

     

    Any Help ????

  • by ertn,

    ertn ertn Jul 31, 2014 1:49 PM in response to icestorm91
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    Jul 31, 2014 1:49 PM in response to icestorm91

    trying the same, already the 2nd time now. Its not moving since 10 minutes.

    Screen Shot 2014-07-31 at 22.42.43.png

    Is it only about patience?

    Since this is a 'utility', i'd appreciate a geek mode, which shows some activity information inline, i.e. what files are being copied, so one can see there is stuff happening.

     

    Thanks apple!

  • by dino355,

    dino355 dino355 Oct 19, 2014 3:44 PM in response to ertn
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    Oct 19, 2014 3:44 PM in response to ertn

    I have the same issue but instead after around 30 mins being stuck at around 50% I get this:Screen Shot 2014-10-19 at 23.42.40.png

    I have tried several times to no avail.  At first I thought it was a fault of the ISO but I have tried 3 different ISOs (Win7, Win8 and Win8.1) and I get the same issue.  

     

    I am running Yosemite official release (not beta)

  • by dino355,

    dino355 dino355 Oct 19, 2014 5:32 PM in response to dino355
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    Oct 19, 2014 5:32 PM in response to dino355

    I've solved my issue now,  I was using an external SSD to run OS X Yosemite but switched back to the Internal Mac HDD running OS X Mavericks and ran Boot camp from there and it worked!

     

    A random solution for me but at least it worked.

  • by joshLynader,

    joshLynader joshLynader Oct 28, 2014 4:54 AM in response to Eamon N.
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    Oct 28, 2014 4:54 AM in response to Eamon N.

    good day sirs. im planning to install windows 8.1 and yosemite on mac. ill just ask if there is any risk in dojng this? thanks so much

  • by TheTimeTraveller,

    TheTimeTraveller TheTimeTraveller Feb 6, 2015 10:47 PM in response to Eamon N.
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    Feb 6, 2015 10:47 PM in response to Eamon N.

    "windows is a big OS". Whats your humor setting @Eamon!

  • by halat1,

    halat1 halat1 Sep 15, 2015 7:43 PM in response to Eamon N.
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    Sep 15, 2015 7:43 PM in response to Eamon N.

    I've done this process twice and both times it took 2+ hours but finally completed. It looks like it is not moving, but files are still transferring. I would recommend plugging in the power cord and letting it finish overnight. BTW, having both Windows and OSX installed has made this my favorite computer ever!

  • by nick_holt_nz,Helpful

    nick_holt_nz nick_holt_nz Jan 20, 2016 1:17 AM in response to Eamon N.
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    Jan 20, 2016 1:17 AM in response to Eamon N.

    If anyone is still on this thread then I found that you can view how far it really is done by going to Applications>Utilities>Activity Monitor>Disk then find Boot Camp Assistant among the list and under bytes written tab compare that to the iso size and for example it is a 4GB iso and the bytes written are 3GB then it would be 75% done the part of coping the windows files to the usb. This as expected takes ages so just be patient

  • by Apple Issue NR 999999999999,

    Apple Issue NR 999999999999 Apple Issue NR 999999999999 May 30, 2016 2:44 AM in response to nick_holt_nz
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    May 30, 2016 2:44 AM in response to nick_holt_nz

    You are a legend. Thanks