WammieOne

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Q: Bootcamp can't create bootable usb stick.

After started bootcamp and selected the win8.1 iso file, bootcamp started to copy the files to a empty usb stck.

After waited 10 min at least, there is an error. I have tried several usb stick.

What could be the error here?

p.s. the message

USB boot can't be created. There is an error copy windows files.

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on May 7, 2015 10:45 AM

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by Loner T,

Loner T May 7, 2015 10:58 AM in response to WammieOne
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May 7, 2015 10:58 AM in response to WammieOne

1. Please use a USB2 flash disk.
2. Can you check if Apple.com does not have invalid entries in /etc/hosts and /private/etc/hosts?
3. Please also see and verify that you can get to these servers/URLs.
OS X: Server addresses used by Software Update - Apple Support
OS X Server: About the Software Update service - Apple Support
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by WammieOne,

WammieOne May 7, 2015 11:06 AM in response to Loner T
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May 7, 2015 11:06 AM in response to Loner T

I don't know what you mean by flash disk. I have a 64Gig Kingston data traveler.

I have checkes the domeins: swcdn.apple.com, swdownload.apple.com, swquery.apple.com, swscan.apple.com.
And add them to bypass. I was not able to connect to them in my safari browser.
Let's reboot and try again.
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WammieOne May 7, 2015 11:21 AM in response to WammieOne
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May 7, 2015 11:21 AM in response to WammieOne

No luck. I do think that no files are downloaded for what reason I don't know. The server url's are added to the proxy.
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by Loner T,

Loner T May 7, 2015 11:37 AM in response to WammieOne
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May 7, 2015 11:37 AM in response to WammieOne

Are you able to ping these URLs or trace route to them?
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WammieOne May 7, 2015 11:39 AM in response to Loner T
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May 7, 2015 11:39 AM in response to Loner T

Ping to:

swcdn.apple.com, swdownload.apple.com, swquery.apple.com, swscan.apple.com.

First url ping worked.
Second one time-out
Third unknown host
Last one time-out
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by Loner T,Helpful

Loner T May 9, 2015 7:58 AM in response to WammieOne
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May 9, 2015 7:58 AM in response to WammieOne

Can you try again?
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by WammieOne,

WammieOne May 9, 2015 8:01 AM in response to Loner T
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May 9, 2015 8:01 AM in response to Loner T

Wel, i have a corrupted version of windows. At the end i did manage to get win on my mac with a different version.
Thanks for the help.
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