Your disk could not be partitioned. Win7 Bootcamp

Hi Guys,

I was trying to install Win10 using Bootcamp on MacOS sierra... something happened on the configuration and now i have a problem with my Hard Drive. my 1 Tb HD now it's showing up a division:

Apple HDD media... 1 TB, internal, Connection SATA, GUID partition map, Type Disk , Child count 0

and... APPLE SSD Media 121.33 GB (the bootcamp) Internal, Connection PCI, GUID partition map, Type Solid State, Child count 4.

What can I do to fix this problem and get back to my single 1 TB, Macintosh HD?

Thanks for your help.

I am getting the same error message - however - this is on a 2013 Mac Pro - The problem with this error is that the Apple dialog does not tell us WHY? So, on macOS High Sierra, I did the following to find more information as to why it might be happening:

1). open a terminal, make it as wide as possible

2) enter the following command to watch the logs go by in that window: "sudo log stream"

don't include the quotes above, I think you have to use sudo for permissions

3) try to get Boot Camp Assistant to try again. When it has the error, look for errors relating to partition creation or resizing.

In my case, I get the following errors - I do not know how to fix it yet but it is apparently related to APFS:

2017-12-02 20:36:54.799131+0000 0x1855a Default 0x0 0 kernel: (apfs) spaceman_is_block_out_range_free:5703: Free count in blocked-out range 52055711, sm objects size 0, out of 52055712

2017-12-02 20:36:54.799157+0000 0x1855a Default 0x0 0 kernel: (apfs) nx_block_out_physical_range_internal:2985: Blocked out range is not free after eviction

2017-12-02 20:36:54.799162+0000 0x1855a Default 0x0 0 kernel: (apfs) nx_block_out_physical_range_internal:3067: nx_block_out_physical_range failed with error 35

2017-12-02 20:36:54.801816+0000 0x1855a Default 0x0 0 kernel: (apfs) nx_resize:3461: block_out_physical_range failed, error 35

2017-12-02 14:36:54.815639-0600 0x18518 Default 0x2e0f0 1944 Boot Camp Assistant: (DiskManagement) DiskManagement: request for localized user error string for code -69606

2017-12-02 14:36:54.815684-0600 0x18518 Default 0x2e0f0 1944 Boot Camp Assistant: BCA: partition Error <A problem occurred while resizing APFS Container structures.> (-69606)

This doesn't solve the problem for me yet, but at least I have some information to go on.

Thank you Loner T. I ran the "tmutil thin... / 999...." thing and also did the whole single user fsck -fy thing as well - no dice. I wish I could just manually install the system using the bootcamp drivers, it seems like it would work if I could just get the bootcamp assistant to skip the parts we do manually. I guess I could remove the SSD maybe and install the MacPro on an external SSD using HFS ? Then it might work?

hi there, did you get this sorted ? i am having same issue

rwilson75 wrote:

I had to take it to a repair shop. From what was explained, the issue is that the partition from bootcamp doesn't format the partition in NTFS, which Win7 requires. They downloaded a driver to partition that drive in NTFS and installed Win7 in less than an hour. I don't know any more details, unfortunately. Good luck.

All of that is covered in the Boot Camp directions, I take t you did not read them?. No driver should have been downoaded, the Windows installer does it for you.I hope you didn't have to pay too much for them doing it for you.

Yes I have the same problem and I looked through the directions and found no way to fix the problem. any other ideas? would be greatly appreciated.

i managed to get this sorted. Had to reboot holing down Command - R and ran the disk utility repair. This sorted the problem out and boot camp and windows installed correctly

Step3 (PAGE 7) of the Boot Camp Instructions, did you miss it when you read them?

How much did the 'professional' take off you to do that?

Then what does this have to do with the issue?

I had to take it to a repair shop. From what was explained, the issue is that the partition from bootcamp doesn't format the partition in NTFS, which Win7 requires. They downloaded a driver to partition that drive in NTFS and installed Win7 in less than an hour. I don't know any more details, unfortunately. Good luck.

It is the standard method of setting up Boot Camp to use the Windows installer.

No drivers are required, you got taken, but it's working now (I hope) so it's done.

I also get this same problem, I just repaired my disk and its still not working...

But i also have to add that my harddrive is a SSD and i ended up not enabling trim right away. I enabled it around 2 weeks after installed it. Can someone help me out?