Casperelli
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Q: Windows installer won't start after bootcamp creates partitio

Pulling my hair out, cannot get the windows installer to start after bootcamp creates a partition and restarts, sm installing Windows 8.1 from a sub drive on el cap

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Oct 22, 2015 12:42 PM

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Q: Windows installer won't start after bootcamp creates partitio

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Oct 22, 2015 12:55 PM in response to Casperelli
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    Oct 22, 2015 12:55 PM in response to Casperelli

    Assuming "sub" is intended to be a USB, is your USB a  USB2 flash drive or some other kind of USB? Do you have any external storage connected other than the USB?

  • by Casperelli,

    Casperelli Casperelli Oct 22, 2015 12:59 PM in response to Loner T
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    Oct 22, 2015 12:59 PM in response to Loner T

    Yes forgive my autocorrect. It's quite possibly a USB2 Cruzr Blade, I have an external drive but it's very old so wouldn't think it would be USB3. I don't have a superdrive unfortunately.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Oct 22, 2015 1:03 PM in response to Casperelli
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    Oct 22, 2015 1:03 PM in response to Casperelli

    Your 2015 iMac will create a USB installer (if necessary) on a USB2 flash drive using a Windows ISO. Do you see an OSXRESERVED partition during your installation attempts?

     

    You may looked at this already but please see How to install Windows using Boot Camp - Apple Support .

     

    At what stage does the problem occur? Black screen when Windows boots up, BCA cannot create USB, etc... ?

  • by Casperelli,

    Casperelli Casperelli Oct 22, 2015 1:09 PM in response to Loner T
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    Oct 22, 2015 1:09 PM in response to Loner T

    Doesn't even get that far, also doesn't seem to install the windows support software. It has created the bootcamp partition which has nothing on it, when it re-started it had a prohibited symbol and wouldn't do anything. Tried restarting and pressing option but it does give me any options other than macintosh hd. Am going to try a difference USB