Boot Camp does not let me do anything

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Boot Camp does not let me do anything

Hello everyone,

I am writing here because I need assistance with Boot Camp. As shown in the picture below:

When I press the button "Continue" Boot Camp show me that error. I'll provide you an English version of that error by a pic downloaded by the internet located at the bottom of that post. My request is to help me with that error in order to create a Mac compatible bootable Windows USB installer filled with Boot Camp drivers.

My system specs are:

Mac mini 2014, the "basic" version with 4th generation i5.

Four gigabytes of soldered central memory.

As mass memory I use an external connected with USB 3.0 Samsung SSD 840 with 128 gigabytes of capacity where macOS Catalina is installed (APFS) and the original Apple internal HDD drive formatted in exFAT where I want to install Windows 7/10 at 32-bit because I don't need to use more than four gigabytes of central memory and because pointers in 64-bit systems are wider and consume more central memory. I know already that exFAT is an incompatible filesystem for installing Windows into it, my intent is to format it correctly in the installation phase.

English version of the error:

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 30, 2019 5:08 AM

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Dec 3, 2019 7:29 AM in response to The_Wraith98

The_Wraith98 wrote:

I don't have any of the different windows visible in the link, this issue let me stuck in the window that you see in the pic I sent on first post.

This is expected behavior due to your disk layout, which is non-standard - two physical disks in a non-Fusion configuration.

I can only download Boot camp drivers.

Again, this is expected behavior.

Anyway, I'll try with the Windows tool you mentioned with a friend's computer. Since I have all the rest of computers with Linux I tried with WoeUSB and didn't work.

You can use Rufus and Brigadier to build the installer on a Linux machine.

Do you know if is possible to install Windows 7 32-bit too? For what I need to do I don't care about software updates that are supposed to be terminated.

W7 32-bit will create additional issues, due to lack of drivers. The last Mini to support W7 32-bit via Bootcamp is a 2011 model as noted in Install Windows 7 on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support.

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Loner T

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Nov 30, 2019 6:18 AM in response to The_Wraith98

From macOS Terminal, post the output of

diskutil list

Do you have an installation of macOS on the internal disk?

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The_Wraith98 Author

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Nov 30, 2019 8:35 AM in response to Loner T

Here is the output you require:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Microsoft Basic Data Windows 10 499.9 GB disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *120.0 GB disk1

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 119.8 GB disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +119.8 GB disk2

Physical Store disk1s2

1: APFS Volume macOS SSD - Dati 89.6 GB disk2s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 82.3 MB disk2s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 528.5 MB disk2s3

4: APFS Volume VM 3.2 GB disk2s4

5: APFS Volume macOS SSD 10.7 GB disk2s5

/dev/disk3 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *393.9 GB disk3

1: Windows_NTFS S9 393.8 GB disk3s1

/dev/disk4 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk4

1: Windows_NTFS FILMUSICA 500.1 GB disk4s1

Picture version if text one is not visible good:

I forgot to mention that I have attached two external memory mass: one HDD of 500 gigabytes and a microSDXC of 400 gigabytes but even if both are detached the problem is still alive. There is nothing into the internal disk except a "void" exFAT partition that I called Windows 10.

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Loner T

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Nov 30, 2019 10:22 AM in response to The_Wraith98

Disconnect the SD card - disk3
Disconnect the HDD - disk4
Your layout is for macOS Catalina on 120Gb external disk
My assumption is that you want to install Windows on the whole 500GB internal disk
In BC Assistant, how many options do you have? See Bootcamp User Interface - Apple Community for reference.

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The_Wraith98 Author

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Dec 3, 2019 1:16 AM in response to Loner T

I don't have any of the different windows visible in the link, this issue let me stuck in the window that you see in the pic I sent on first post. I can only download Boot camp drivers. Anyway, I'll try with the Windows tool you mentioned with a friend's computer. Since I have all the rest of computers with Linux I tried with WoeUSB and didn't work. Do you know if is possible to install Windows 7 32-bit too? For what I need to do I don't care about software updates that are supposed to be terminated.

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The_Wraith98 Author

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Dec 2, 2019 11:36 AM in response to Loner T

I have the options that you see in the screenshot. External non-necessary hardware has been detached and the issue still. Your assumption is correct.

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Loner T

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Dec 2, 2019 12:41 PM in response to The_Wraith98

The_Wraith98 wrote:

I have the options that you see in the screenshot.

In the link, there are three different 'styles'. Which one do you have?

External non-necessary hardware has been detached and the issue still.

Good.

Your assumption is correct.

Your 2014 Mini is a UEFI Mac. You do not need Bootcamp Assistant to install W10.

If you have a PC, download the W10 installer using Media Creation Tool to a USB2 Flash drive
Download W10 BC drivers using BC Assistant -> Action -> Download and copy the all the top-level folders of the driver package to the root of the USB2 Flash drive
Disconnect all external storage
Connect the USB2 Flash drive
Reboot and hold Alt/Option
Choose EFI Boot and install W10 on the 500GB disk

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