Bootcamp Error “Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unattended answer's file” - iMac Ventura 13.3.1

I cannot install Microsoft Bootcamp due to the message - “Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unattended answer's file”.


Can anyone help? Images attached below of the error message. Disk utility info included after factory reset and bootcamp partition made - then and auto restarts back to the Mac after error message.


I have been installing from an ISO, no file vault, no Time Machine snapshots


iMac Ventura 13.3.1

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Posted on Apr 12, 2023 1:58 PM

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Apr 13, 2023 2:26 AM in response to dialabrain

EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.1 (68024)

Report generated: 2023-04-13 10:24:37

Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 2:13


Performance: Excellent


Problem: No problem - just checking

Description: 

Bootcamp


Major Issues: None


Minor Issues:

    These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement. 


    No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

    Heavy RAM usage - Apps are using a large amount of RAM.

    Limited permissions - More information may be available with Full Disk Access.


Hardware Information:

    iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)

        Status: Supported

        Under warranty: Yes

        Warranty expiration: 2024-04-09

    iMac Model: iMac20,1

    3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7 (i7-10700K) CPU: 8-core

    32 GB RAM - Upgradeable


Video Information:

    AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT - VRAM: 8 GB

        iMac (built-in) 5120 x 2880


Drives:

    disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0512N 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

    Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x4 NVM Express

        disk0s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB

        disk0s2 [APFS Container] 499.96 GB

            disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 499.96 GB (Shared by 6 volumes)

                disk1s1 (APFS) [APFS Container] (9.08 GB used)

                    disk1s1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (9.08 GB used)

                disk1s2 - Macintosh HD - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (35.61 GB used)

                disk1s3 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (1.81 GB used)

                disk1s4 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (1.14 GB used)

                disk1s5 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (20 KB used)

                disk1s6 - Update (APFS) (2 MB used)


Mounted Volumes:

    disk1s1s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot]

        Filesystem: APFS

        Mount point: /

        Read-only: Yes

        Used: 9.08 GB

        Shared values

            Size: 499.96 GB

            Free: 452.16 GB


    disk1s2 - Macintosh HD - Data [APFS Virtual drive]

        Filesystem: APFS

        Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data

        Encrypted

        Used: 35.61 GB

        Shared values

            Size: 499.96 GB

            Free: 452.16 GB


    disk1s3 - Preboot [APFS Preboot]

        Filesystem: APFS

        Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot

        Used: 1.81 GB

        Shared values

            Size: 499.96 GB

            Free: 452.16 GB


    disk1s5 - VM [APFS VM]

        Filesystem: APFS

        Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM

        Used: 20 KB

        Shared values

            Size: 499.96 GB

            Free: 452.16 GB


    disk1s6 - Update

        Filesystem: APFS

        Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update

        Used: 2 MB

        Shared values

            Size: 499.96 GB

            Free: 452.16 GB


Network:

    Interface en0: Ethernet

    Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

    Interface en1: Wi-Fi

        802.11 a/b/g/n/ac


System Software:

    macOS Ventura 13.3.1 (22E261) 

    Time since boot: About 12 hours


Security:

    Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers

    System Integrity Protection: Enabled


    Antivirus software: Apple


Applications:

    416 apps

    6 x86-only apps

    2 unsigned apps


System Launch Daemons:

    [Not Loaded] 40 Apple tasks

    [Loaded] 183 Apple tasks

    [Running] 165 Apple tasks

    [Other] One Apple task


System Launch Agents:

    [Not Loaded] 22 Apple tasks

    [Loaded] 182 Apple tasks

    [Running] 192 Apple tasks


User Login Items:

    [Loaded] StartUpHelper (Spotify - installed 2023-04-12)

        Modern Login Item

        /Applications/Spotify.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/StartUpHelper.app


App Extensions:

    QuickLook Previews:

        EtreCheckQuickLook - ~/Downloads/EtreCheckPro.app

            com.etresoft.etrecheck4 *.etrecheck



Apr 13, 2023 2:27 AM in response to bakerstlondon

Part 2


Backup:

    Time Machine Not Configured!


Performance:

    System Load: 1.16 (1 min ago) 1.29 (5 min ago) 1.39 (15 min ago)

    Nominal I/O usage: 2.24 MB/s

    File system: 13.28 seconds

    Write speed: 2462 MB/s

    Read speed: 2123 MB/s


CPU Usage Snapshot:

    Type Overall

    System: 1 %

    User: 2 %

    Idle: 97 %


Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:

    Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

    ApplicationsStorageExtension 23.80 % (Apple)

    EtreCheckPro 11.74 % (Etresoft, Inc.)

    WindowServer 7.26 % (Apple)

    mobileassetd 6.34 % (Apple)

    axassetsd 4.76 % (Apple)


Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:

    Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)

    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (17) 3.98 GB (Apple)

    MTLCompilerService (33) 1.61 GB (Apple)

    EtreCheckPro 994 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)

    Preview 490 MB (Apple)

    com.apple.WebKit.Networking 409 MB (Apple)


Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:

    Process Input / Output (Source - Location)

    com.apple.WebKit.Networking 18 MB / 235 KB (Apple)

    nsurlsessiond 12 MB / 84 KB (Apple)

    mDNSResponder 2 MB / 1 MB (Apple)

    Spotify 2 MB / 133 KB (Spotify)

    apsd 42 KB / 224 KB (Apple)


Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use:

    Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location)

    WindowServer 4 (Apple)

    coreaudiod 3 (Apple)

    ApplicationsStorageExtension 3 (Apple)

    Spotify 1 (Spotify)

    nsurlsessiond (2) 1 (Apple)


Virtual Memory Information:

    Physical RAM: 32 GB


    Free RAM: 2.18 GB

    Used RAM: 15.07 GB

    Cached files: 14.75 GB


    Available RAM: 16.93 GB

    Swap Used: 0 B


Software Installs (past 60 days):

    Install Date Name (Version)

    2023-04-12 XProtectPlistConfigData (2167)

    2023-04-12 MRTConfigData (1.93)

    2023-04-12 XProtectPayloads (95)

    2023-04-12 BootCamp (1.0)


Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):

    2023-04-13 08:21:22 photoanalysisd - High CPU Use (2 times)

        Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PhotoAnalysis.framework/Versions/A/Support/photoanalysisd


    2023-04-12 19:53:34 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/recoverylogd-2023-04-12-195334.ips - Crash (2 times)


    2023-04-12 19:53:06 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/recoverylogd-2023-04-12-195306.ips - Crash (2 times)


    2023-04-12 19:52:47 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/recoverylogd-2023-04-12-195247.ips - Crash (2 times)


    2023-04-12 19:52:34 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/recoverylogd-2023-04-12-195234.ips - Crash (2 times)


    2023-04-12 19:52:20 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/recoverylogd-2023-04-12-195220.ips - Crash (2 times)



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