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This error comes up when selecting a partition to Install Windows on. The partition is formatted NTFS.
Apple support said it might be because there are other USB devices plugged in but I get the same error even if the only USB is the Windows Install. Any other possible solutions?
Thanks,
JoeShmoe
MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Boot Camp 5.1.2
Read and follow the Boot Camp instructions located here: http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
You can not install Windows onto an already formatted drive. You have to follow the Boot Camp instructions.
i can't see it in the finder but i can see it in disk utility. it shows up in the windows install but when i try to click next i get the original error.
Are you using an EFI boot selection? BA seems to do the partitioning correctly. What year is the MBA?
1. Using BA delete Bootcamp partition.
2. Remove all peripherals except the USB stick.
3. Recreate the USB, start W8.1 installation.
4. Let it reboot (the last attempt at interruption can cause problems).
5. Post a screen shot/image of the screen before you get the error. (You may have to use a camera/iPhone/iPod/iPad to take a photo. Please remove any personal information as you see fit).
No EFI. Mid 2011 MBA.
After Format:
With the Disk0:4 Bootcamp highlighted, if you click on Format, does it let you format it? If yes, after formatting, do you still see the same error? If not, click on Next.
Yes. The last picture is after I formatted it. The error comes when I try to click next. Going around in circles now!
Can you run the dd command, since the installation was retried? It should still return the "R.NTFS" for the rdisk0s4.
Can you post the output of the four commands (diskutil, gpt, fdisk, dd) as text?
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Untitled 180.1 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data 70.0 GB disk0s4
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
Password:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=251000193024; sectorsize=512; blocks=490234752
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 490234751
start size index contents
0 1 MBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 351836784 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
352246424 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
353515960 1608
353517568 136716288 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
490233856 863
490234719 32 Sec GPT table
490234751 1 Sec GPT header
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 351836784] HFS+
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 352246424 - 1269536] Darwin Boot
4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 353517568 - 136716288] HPFS/QNX/AUX
sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C
00000000 eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.R.NTFS .....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 40 12 15 |........?....@..|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 ff 1f 26 08 00 00 00 00 |..........&.....|
00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 41 2f 63 b8 49 63 b8 8e |........A/c.Ic..|
00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07 |.....3.....|.h..|
00000060 1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e |..hf......f.>..N|
00000070 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb |TFSu..A..U..r...|
00000080 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 dd 00 1e 83 ec |U.u.....u.......|
00000090 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13 |.h...H..........|
000000a0 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3 |.....X.r.;...u..|
000000b0 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8 |........Z3... +.|
000000c0 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8 |f...............|
000000d0 4b 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d |K.+.w......f#.u-|
000000e0 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75 24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16 |f..TCPAu$....r..|
000000f0 68 07 bb 16 68 52 11 16 68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 |h...hR..h..fSfSf|
00000100 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 0e 07 cd 1a 33 c0 bf |U...h..fa....3..|
00000110 0a 13 b9 f6 0c fc f3 aa e9 fe 01 90 90 66 60 1e |.............f`.|
00000120 06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00 |.f...f.....fh...|
00000130 00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e |.fP.Sh..h...B...|
00000140 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f |.......fY[ZfYfY.|
00000150 0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff |....f...........|
00000160 0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a1 f6 01 e8 09 00 |...u...fa.......|
00000170 a1 fa 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb fd 8b f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 |............<.t.|
00000180 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 64 69 |............A di|
00000190 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 6f 63 |sk read error oc|
000001a0 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 |curred...BOOTMGR|
000001b0 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d | is compressed..|
000001c0 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b |.Press Ctrl+Alt+|
000001d0 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a |Del to restart..|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 8a 01 a7 01 bf 01 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
Your Macintosh HD is called "untitled", which is bit strange, otherwise it looks good. The NTFS header also is correct.
What Mac year/model do you have (your signature says MBA)?
I took it to the Genius Bar today and they told me it was a Windows problem and sent me over to the Microsoft store. Then I spent an hour and a half at the Microsoft store while they tried to get it working then they told me they thought something was wrong with the SSD. Back at the Genius Bar they ran all kinds of tests on it and couldn't find anything wrong. The Microsoft store offered to take it in and do it for me for $50 but I said no. However I still can't figure it out so I might just take it back to them.
It's a mid 2011 13" Macbook Air with factory upgrades
256gb SSD
4gb RAM
1.8ghz i7
There is nothing wrong with your SSD, since it creates the Bootcamp partition and the MBR looks correct.
Apart from the USB and the MBA, do you have any other disks connected during the installation?
No it's the only disk. Maybe is there a way to install it over a network connection?
If you can execute a TM backup, then re-install OS X and restore, and then try to partition and install Windows.
I've tried this with no luck :/
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I tried this a couple times already :/
I just tried installing rEFInd and installing Windows through that and when I try to format the partition this way I get the message "Windows might need to create additional partitions.." and then it does. When I select the largest partition I still get the same error (We couldn't create an additional partition or locate an existing one)
Do not use rEFInd. There is another option, if you want to try it. W8.1 has much better EFI support than W7 or W8.
1. Delete the current Bootcamp partition via BA.
2. Create a partition via Disk Utility and format it as Free Space. An EFI install may have issues due to graphics, but this may tell us why it is failing.
3. Using the USB that you built using W8.1 ISO and BA, it should have an EFI Boot. Power cycle and using the Alt key select EFI boot.
4. Point to the partition that was created in step 2 and see how far you can get. It will get partitioned again into an MSR (~200MB) and MS Data partitions.
Caveat: I have had issues with a 2012 13" MBP and having some keyboard/boot issues.
Error: "We couldn't create a new partition or locate and existing one" installing Windows 8.1 via Bootcamp
