Bootcamp does not launch Windows installation (partitioning never finishes)

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Bootcamp does not launch Windows installation (partitioning never finishes)

I'm trying to install Windows 10 on Mojave 10.14.6 and cannot get beyond the partitioning stage in Bootcamp (basically Windows installation doesn't launch. I have tried several times with two different Windows ISO files. I have tried setting the partition to 100, 200 and 303GB.

Can you please help me? I have attempted various methods from the web but nothing seems to work.

Thank you!

Diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 697.0 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_APFS Container disk3 303.0 GB disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +697.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh SSD 456.7 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 45.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 510.4 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *8.2 GB disk2

1: Windows_NTFS WinInstall 8.2 GB disk2s1

/dev/disk3 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +303.0 GB disk3

Physical Store disk0s3

1: APFS Volume BOOTCAMP 643.1 KB disk3s1

iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 30, 2020 2:43 PM

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Answer 1

CaracolTulus Author

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Mar 31, 2020 10:08 AM in response to Loner T

Container disk3 FA2B521D-94D8-43B3-9441-34AB64218C14

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

APFS Container Reference: disk3

Size (Capacity Ceiling): 302994100224 B (303.0 GB)

Capacity In Use By Volumes: 143249408 B (143.2 MB) (0.0% used)

Capacity Not Allocated: 302850850816 B (302.9 GB) (100.0% free)

|

+-< Physical Store disk0s3 151C53A3-2F9E-4B10-B096-00EF6398B4F3

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

| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s3

| Size: 302994100224 B (303.0 GB)

|

+-> Volume disk3s1 4456C45A-170A-4A75-920C-91D4158F5368

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

APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk3s1 (No specific role)

Name: BOOTCAMP (Case-insensitive)

Mount Point: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP

Capacity Consumed: 643072 B (643.1 KB)

FileVault: No

Clean up what, and how?

Thanks again

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Answer 2

CaracolTulus Author

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Apr 1, 2020 4:02 AM in response to Loner T

Started APFS operation on disk3

Deleting APFS Container with all of its APFS Volumes

Unmounting Volumes

Unmounting Volume "BOOTCAMP" on disk3s1

Deleting Volumes

Deleting Container

Wiping former APFS disks

Switching content types

Reformatting former APFS disks

Initialized /dev/rdisk0s3 as a 282 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume with a 24576k journal

Mounting disk

1 new disk created or changed due to APFS operation

Disk from APFS operation: disk0s3

Finished APFS operation on disk3

Diskutil list now gives this:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 697.0 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_HFS Untitled 302.9 GB disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +697.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh SSD 453.7 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 45.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 510.4 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *8.2 GB disk2

1: Windows_NTFS WinInstall 8.2 GB disk2s1

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Answer 3

CaracolTulus Author

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Apr 4, 2020 5:00 AM in response to Loner T

Thank you again Loner T! That worked! How should I proceed?

diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 1000.0 GB disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +1000.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh SSD 462.5 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 45.5 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 510.4 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4

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Answer 4

Loner T

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Apr 4, 2020 7:38 AM in response to CaracolTulus

Re-run BCA and try to install Windows normally.

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Answer 5

Loner T

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Apr 3, 2020 5:55 PM in response to CaracolTulus

Run

diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BOOTCAMP disk0s3

If you do not see any errors, Remove Windows from your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support.

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Answer 6

CaracolTulus Author

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Mar 31, 2020 5:25 AM in response to Loner T

Hey Loner T, thanks for your answer:

iMac Retina 5k, 27-inch, Mid 2015
Mojave 10.14.6
I'm not sure why. I've tried different methods... happy to delete it and start from the beginning...

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Answer 7

Loner T

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Mar 30, 2020 5:25 PM in response to CaracolTulus

What is the year/model of your Mac (do not post the serial number)?

What is the current macOS version?

Why do you have an APFS Container containing the Bootcamp volume?

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Answer 8

Loner T

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Mar 31, 2020 9:56 AM in response to CaracolTulus

Can you post the output of

diskutil apfs list disk3

and we can clean up?

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Answer 9

Loner T

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Mar 31, 2020 9:20 PM in response to CaracolTulus

Run

diskutil apfs deleteContainer FA2B521D-94D8-43B3-9441-34AB64218C14

and post the output.

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Answer 10

CaracolTulus Author

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Apr 2, 2020 2:27 PM in response to Loner T

please help!

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Answer 11

CaracolTulus Author

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Apr 4, 2020 2:17 PM in response to Loner T

Thank you so much! 😘

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Answer 12

Loner T

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Apr 4, 2020 2:30 PM in response to CaracolTulus

Excellent!

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