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Bootcamp Error: "Your disk could not be partitioned". Windows 10 installation

Hi,


I have been trying to install Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro Retina 13 2017 running Mojave 10.14 with no success.


I get the error: "Your disk could not be partitioned".


After some research on the web, I have already tried:

- Check that FileVault is disabled (it was).

- Disable Time Machine.

- Delete Time Machine local snapshots with DaisyDisk.

- Delete Time Machine local snapshots with Terminal > tmutil thinlocalsnapshots / 9999999999999999

- Reboot in Single User Mode (Cmd + S) and /sbin/fsck -fy

- Reboot in Single User Mode (Cmd + S) and fsck_apfs -s -o -y /dev/rdisk1


When I run Terminal > "diskutil list", I see a "4: APFS Volume VM 1.2 GB disk1s4". See output below. I deleted Parallels when I decide to switch to Bootcamp. Does "APFS Volume VM" (VM = Virtual Machine?) mean that I haven't uninstalled Parallels correctly? Can/should I delete disk1s4? How?


When I run Terminal > "sudo fsck_apfs -n -l /dev/rdisk1", I get a "warning: found orphan file extents (id 328, size 85159936)". See output below. How can I fix this?



# Terminal > "diskutil list" output is:

/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 500.0 GB disk0s2


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +500.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume 1_LAPTOP 512GB 389.2 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 81.4 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.5 GB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.2 GB disk1s4



# Terminal > "diskutil cs list" output is:

No CoreStorage logical volume groups found



# Terminal > "sudo fsck_apfs -n -l /dev/rdisk1" output is:


** Checking the container superblock.

** Checking the EFI jumpstart record.

** Checking the space manager.

** Checking the space manager free queue trees.

** Checking the object map.

** Checking volume.

** Checking the APFS volume superblock.

** The volume 1_LAPTOP 512GB was formatted by newfs_apfs (748.77.8) and last modified by apfs_kext (945.200.129).

** Checking the object map.

** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.

** Checking the snapshot metadata.

** Checking the extent ref tree.

** Checking the fsroot tree.

** Checking volume.

** Checking the APFS volume superblock.

** The volume Preboot was formatted by newfs_apfs (748.77.8) and last modified by apfs_kext (945.200.129).

** Checking the object map.

** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.

** Checking the snapshot metadata.

** Checking the extent ref tree.

** Checking the fsroot tree.

** Checking volume.

** Checking the APFS volume superblock.

** The volume Recovery was formatted by newfs_apfs (748.77.8) and last modified by apfs_kext (945.200.129).

** Checking the object map.

** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.

** Checking the snapshot metadata.

** Checking the extent ref tree.

** Checking the fsroot tree.

** Checking volume.

** Checking the APFS volume superblock.

** The volume VM was formatted by newfs_apfs (748.77.8) and last modified by apfs_kext (945.200.129).

** Checking the object map.

** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.

** Checking the snapshot metadata.

** Checking the extent ref tree.

** Checking the fsroot tree.

warning: found orphan file extents (id 328, size 85159936)

** Verifying allocated space.

** Performing deferred repairs.

** The volume /dev/rdisk1 appears to be OK.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 7, 2019 1:40 AM

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Posted on Jul 8, 2019 3:27 AM

Apologies for the late reply. Before partitioning, I wanted to re-activate Time Machine backups, and it took the whole night to complete a new backup from zero.


I have tried to partition at the device level (not at the container level). See picture below:


My internal SSD hard drive has 500,3 GB capacity. Currently 103.4 GB of free space. However, I am informed that the maximum amount for the new partition is 0.062 GB.


As a test, I go ahead and I create the partition. Just to see if it is possible to complete the process successfully. It is.


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Jul 8, 2019 3:27 AM in response to Loner T

Apologies for the late reply. Before partitioning, I wanted to re-activate Time Machine backups, and it took the whole night to complete a new backup from zero.


I have tried to partition at the device level (not at the container level). See picture below:


My internal SSD hard drive has 500,3 GB capacity. Currently 103.4 GB of free space. However, I am informed that the maximum amount for the new partition is 0.062 GB.


As a test, I go ahead and I create the partition. Just to see if it is possible to complete the process successfully. It is.


Jul 7, 2019 6:37 AM in response to Loner T

Thanks for your help Loner T.


I don't have a picture of the first execution, so I did it a second time.

I have rebooted in Single User Mode (Cmd + S) and fsck_apfs -s -o -y /dev/rdisk1


This is my input:

(I just noticed that the first line in the picture above mentions "applejack", another tool I tried yesterday).


This is the output:


After rebooting in normal mode, I have done # Terminal > "sudo fsck_apfs -n -l /dev/rdisk1" again, and the output still is:

> warning: found orphan file extents (id 328, size 85159936)

Jul 7, 2019 4:56 AM in response to ModernGlauco

ModernGlauco wrote:


- Reboot in Single User Mode (Cmd + S) and fsck_apfs -s -o -y /dev/rdisk1

Can you post the photo of this execution?

When I run Terminal > "diskutil list", I see a "4: APFS Volume VM 1.2 GB disk1s4". See output below. I deleted Parallels when I decide to switch to Bootcamp. Does "APFS Volume VM" (VM = Virtual Machine?) mean that I haven't uninstalled Parallels correctly? Can/should I delete disk1s4? How?

The APFS volume VM is unrelated to Parallels. It should not be manipulated by a user in any way.

When I run Terminal > "sudo fsck_apfs -n -l /dev/rdisk1", I get a "warning: found orphan file extents (id 328, size 85159936)". See output below. How can I fix this?

This should be corrected when you use the Single-User Mode fsck_apfs.

Bootcamp Error: "Your disk could not be partitioned". Windows 10 installation

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