moghees007

Q: can't install windows on my mac. help!

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Everytime i try to install Windows it shows this window, when i click ok, then on the main window behind it doesn't select install Windows.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 15, 2015 11:21 PM

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 17, 2015 2:31 AM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 17, 2015 2:31 AM in response to moghees007

    Run BC Assistant, and click on Options 1 (Create USB Installer...) and 2 (Download Software). Point to the Windows ISO location when prompted. Do not use the last option (Install/remove windows...).

     

    Run Disk Utility and create a FAT partition of the size you want Windows to be. Download a tool called GPT Fdisk (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/) and install it.

     

    Please post back when you have completed these two steps.

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 17, 2015 12:17 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 17, 2015 12:17 PM in response to Loner T

    Thank you for your serious concern, but by the time i received your message i had already deleted the partition on my mac, so out of 2 partition i have only 1 left, now and in the BCA it shows the 3rd option as well i.e. install the window. So i m going to install it soon, but i have a question. The partition I deleted is free space now, if after installing windows if i create a partition again of that free space, will there be any complexity .?? or any other thing i have to take care of ..?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 17, 2015 12:30 PM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 17, 2015 12:30 PM in response to moghees007

    moghees007 wrote:

     

    So i m going to install it soon, but i have a question. The partition I deleted is free space now, if after installing windows if i create a partition again of that free space, will there be any complexity .?? or any other thing i have to take care of ..?

    You should absorb the free space back into OSX using Time Machine backup/restore before you start a Windows installation. If you create a new partition after Windows is installed, Windows will stop booting to issues with more than two user-visible partitions.

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 17, 2015 10:20 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 17, 2015 10:20 PM in response to Loner T

    How to do it, please detail it.?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 18, 2015 7:24 AM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:24 AM in response to moghees007

    Can you post the output of the following Terminal commands?

     

    diskutil list

    diskutil cs list

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

     

    The "sudo" commands will prompt for your password, and it will not be echoed back. You may also see a warning about improper use of "sudo" and potential data loss due to "abuse" of the command.

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 18, 2015 7:27 AM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:27 AM in response to Loner T

    mogheess-MacBook-Pro:~ mogheesahmad$ diskutil list

    /dev/disk0

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         249.6 GB   disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

    /dev/disk1

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *249.3 GB   disk1

                                     Logical Volume on disk0s2

                                     4DD8463A-DC86-4C50-9ED3-C494AD3D16E6

                                     Unlocked Encrypted

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 18, 2015 7:29 AM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:29 AM in response to moghees007

    mogheess-MacBook-Pro:~ mogheesahmad$ diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 142F268D-2425-4654-A4BB-9365EA7497D1

        =========================================================

        Name:         Macintosh HD

        Status:       Online

        Size:         249624051712 B (249.6 GB)

        Free Space:   18923520 B (18.9 MB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume 82430380-1F28-45F7-80D6-A8B2D7294DD4

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    0

        |   Disk:     disk0s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     249624051712 B (249.6 GB)

        |

        +-> Logical Volume Family F9437868-5805-4D61-A2E8-55127FCF647C

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

            Encryption Status:       Unlocked

            Encryption Type:         AES-XTS

            Conversion Status:       Complete

            Conversion Direction:    -none-

            Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes

            Fully Secure:            Yes

            Passphrase Required:     Yes

            |

            +-> Logical Volume 4DD8463A-DC86-4C50-9ED3-C494AD3D16E6

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

                Disk:                  disk1

                Status:                Online

                Size (Total):          249252806656 B (249.3 GB)

                Conversion Progress:   -none-

                Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)

                LV Name:               Macintosh HD

                Volume Name:           Macintosh HD

                Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 18, 2015 7:32 AM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:32 AM in response to moghees007

    mogheess-MacBook-Pro:~ mogheesahmad$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    Password:

    Sorry, try again.

    Password:

    Sorry, try again.

    Password:

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 18, 2015 7:35 AM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:35 AM in response to moghees007

    mogheess-MacBook-Pro:~ mogheesahmad$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    Password:

    Sorry, try again.

    Password:

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 18, 2015 7:37 AM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:37 AM in response to moghees007

    We need the GPT and Fdisk output. . You need to enter the password correctly and press Return/Enter.

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 18, 2015 7:41 AM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:41 AM in response to Loner T

    mogheess-MacBook-Pro:~ mogheesahmad$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    Password:

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500107862016; sectorsize=512; blocks=976773168

    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 976773167

          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  487546976      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      487956616    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      489226152  487546983        

      976773135         32         Sec GPT table

      976773167          1         Sec GPT header

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 18, 2015 7:44 AM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:44 AM in response to moghees007

    mogheess-MacBook-Pro:~ mogheesahmad$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

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

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

    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  976773167] <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

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 18, 2015 7:53 AM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:53 AM in response to moghees007

    1. Please disable File Vault2 temporarily and backup OSX to Time Machine or tool of your choice.

    2. Check the output of diskutil cs list. If you see any output, then check for the following line in the output

    Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)

         If you see this line, run the following command

              diskutil cs revert 4DD8463A-DC86-4C50-9ED3-C494AD3D16E6

     

    3. Once you get here, please post the output of the GPT command and then we can proceed further.

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 18, 2015 12:30 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 18, 2015 12:30 PM in response to Loner T

    i have disabled the vault, i ran backup when i had 2 partition, when i deleted the partition the backup was also deleted as it was saved in that partition. now the output of diskutil cs list is

    mogheess-MacBook-Pro:~ mogheesahmad$ diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 142F268D-2425-4654-A4BB-9365EA7497D1

        =========================================================

        Name:         Macintosh HD

        Status:       Online

        Size:         249624051712 B (249.6 GB)

        Free Space:   18923520 B (18.9 MB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume 82430380-1F28-45F7-80D6-A8B2D7294DD4

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    0

        |   Disk:     disk0s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     249624051712 B (249.6 GB)

        |

        +-> Logical Volume Family F9437868-5805-4D61-A2E8-55127FCF647C

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

            Encryption Status:       Unlocked

            Encryption Type:         AES-XTS

            Conversion Status:       Complete

            Conversion Direction:    -none-

            Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes

            Fully Secure:            No

            Passphrase Required:     No

            |

            +-> Logical Volume 4DD8463A-DC86-4C50-9ED3-C494AD3D16E6

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

                Disk:                  disk1

                Status:                Online

                Size (Total):          249624051712 B (249.6 GB)

                Conversion Progress:   Complete

                Revertible:            No

                LV Name:               Macintosh HD

                Volume Name:           Macintosh HD

                Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

  • by moghees007,

    moghees007 moghees007 Sep 18, 2015 12:32 PM in response to moghees007
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    Sep 18, 2015 12:32 PM in response to moghees007

    mogheess-MacBook-Pro:~ mogheesahmad$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    Password:

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500107862016; sectorsize=512; blocks=976773168

    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 976773167

          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  487546976      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      487956616    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      489226152  487546983        

      976773135         32         Sec GPT table

      976773167          1         Sec GPT header

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