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My BootCamp is not working

Hello Apple community,

I would like to report this issue I am having a on my Late 2009 imac using the El Capitan mac OS system. I recently am trying to attempt to download windows with no success. The problems I had involved 1. When initiating the download it would say " disc not found " even though it is not required on El Capitan. 2. when inserting a usb with iso downloaded in it the computer would download the support software and automatically quit with no prior warning. But when doing the exact same thing again progress would stop at 80% and nothing else. 3. When inserting the usb/disc with the windows iso inside it nothing happens and no indication of installing the actual OS is found.

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Posted on Jul 31, 2022 9:59 PM

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Aug 2, 2022 6:38 PM in response to The_CheesyReaper874

Bootcamp has given me many challenges in the past on many different computers. A few suggestions:


Try just selecting the USB option to download Windows files and not the partition part first. Don't plug the USB with the ISO file in and just have the USB that you plan to have the Bootcamp files.


Then go through and make the Windows partition and don't download the Windows file.


I notice that you have Windows 10 and it looks like 32-bit. I think Bootcamp requires a 64-bit version to work, and according to the article I'll link at the bottom, Windows 10 wasn't supported on iMacs until 2012 versions. You can try to get Windows 10 running on your iMac, but you may run into some driver issues.


Install Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp Assistant - Apple Support


My BootCamp is not working

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