Q: NTFS format for Boot Camp doesn't work

I have this pesky issue. When I formating the Boot Camp partition with the Windows installation utility (on a disk) to NTFS will the installation utility mess up the partition. First obvious is that it changes the name of the Boot Camp partition to "untitled". And then Windows installation utility says Windows can't be installed since it's not the right format (not NTFS).

When I go reboot back to OS X is the partition named "untitled". When I check the Boot Camp partition with the disk utility does it says it is now in NTFS format and not MS-DOS (FAT) as it was before I reformated the partition with the Windows installation utility.

I have removed all Thunderbolt wires. I have tried with the Flash that has the Boot Camp drivers both connected and removed during the whole process. I got the same result each time regardless if the Flash is connected or not.

I have OS X 10.7.5. I don't want to upgrade to 10.10 (I have just downgraded from 10.10 to get rid of that ***** OS) or 10.9 (I'm not too keen over this OS either). I have ordered OS X 10.8, maybe that will help unless some one here can tell me what to do. It is a really strange issue since I have used BootCamp on all available versions of OS X.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5), iMac 2010

Posted on May 10, 2015 1:03 PM

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by Rank Xerox,

Rank Xerox May 10, 2015 1:08 PM in response to Rank Xerox
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May 10, 2015 1:08 PM in response to Rank Xerox

The Windows disk I use is Windows 7 Enterprise version.
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Loner T May 10, 2015 1:16 PM in response to Rank Xerox
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May 10, 2015 1:16 PM in response to Rank Xerox

OSx cannot create NTFS. It creates FAT format, which the installer will convert to NTFS . After that you Click Next and continue.
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by RIFerrarr,

RIFerrarr May 10, 2015 1:19 PM in response to Rank Xerox
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May 10, 2015 1:19 PM in response to Rank Xerox

Are you using Bootcamp Assistant to setup your Bootcamp partition?

https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
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Rank Xerox May 10, 2015 2:10 PM in response to Loner T
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May 10, 2015 2:10 PM in response to Loner T

I wrote: "When I formating the Boot Camp partition with the Windows installation utility (on a disk) to NTFS…". Not sure I can be any clearer then that.
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Rank Xerox May 10, 2015 2:09 PM in response to RIFerrarr
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May 10, 2015 2:09 PM in response to RIFerrarr

Yes I use the Boot Camp-Assistant to set up the Boot Camp Partition. It looks fine and dandy. The disk utitlity says it is a MS-DOS (FAT32) partition and is called BOOTCAMP as it should do.
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Loner T May 10, 2015 2:45 PM in response to Rank Xerox
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May 10, 2015 2:45 PM in response to Rank Xerox

What happens after you format it? Are you able to click Next? Please post a screen shot, if possible.
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RIFerrarr May 10, 2015 2:47 PM in response to Rank Xerox
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May 10, 2015 2:47 PM in response to Rank Xerox

Ok, I thought you were trying to format it with Disk Utility and having this issue.

When using BA, your iMac downloads the required drivers and puts them onto a USB and then starts to install windows off the DVD, correct?

I just found this, It looks like you need Boot Camp 4 to install Windows 7, is this the version of Boot Camp you are running?

System requirements to install Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp - Apple Support
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