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BootCamp Install button is greyed out

I need to install a Windows 7 on my MacBookPro but the installation button is actually greyed out.


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I first managed to install a first windows but i needed it to be bigger, so i deleted the BootCamp partition with a live GParted USB and here it is, impossible to get this again.



Here are the `diskutil list` and `diskutil cs list`


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And here is what my disk looks like actually

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Please help me, i don't know what to do ... I got a live USB of GParted if needed.


Thanks in advance !


PS: I'm on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), with Yosemite 10.10.5

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Aug 27, 2015 12:45 AM

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Sep 12, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Kawabounga

I have the same problem trying to install Windows 7 on iMac 10,1 (late 2009) running OS X 10.11.5 whose optical drive is not working.

The "Install or remove Windows 7" option is greyed out in the Select Tasks screen of boot camp assistant.

Here are my outputs:

akays-iMac:Contents akay$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 3.0 TB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

akays-iMac:Contents akay$ diskutil cs list

No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

akays-iMac:Contents akay$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

Password:

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 5860533167

start size index contents

0 1 PMBR

1 1 Pri GPT header

2 32 Pri GPT table

34 6

40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

409640 5858853952 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5859263592 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860533128 7

5860533135 32 Sec GPT table

5860533167 1 Sec GPT header

akays-iMac:Contents akay$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 97451/255/63 [1565565872 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

Starting Ending

#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 4294967294] <Unknown ID>

2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused


Does anyone have any comment?

Thanks.

BootCamp Install button is greyed out

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