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Have been trying to install Windows using boot camp. For some reason after it creates the boot camp partition and starts the windows installation process - it will not show the Boot Camp Partition. Have tried removing all usb devices please help

Using the boot camp utility to install windows. It formats my Mac so there is a boot camp partition. When windows starts to install it does not show the boot camp partition as an option....have even tried to set up my boot camp partition to be 299gb so it would be easily identifiable. Have called applecare and have spoken to geniuses and have had not luck. Even reinstalled mac OS X on my computer to start fresh. Please help.....had windows boot camp on this machine before....windows was updating and lost power. Had to delete my boot camp partition and have not been able to recreate it since.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Oct 25, 2015 10:28 AM

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Oct 25, 2015 3:57 PM in response to Rdimick

From OS X Terminal, please post the output of the following commands.


diskutil list

diskutil cs list

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

sudo fdisk /dev/disk1


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.

Nov 29, 2015 11:29 AM in response to Rdimick

Sorry it took so long to get these done! Ran all the commands in terminal - below are the results. Really would like to get this working so I could install Windows again before the upgrade to windows 10 is not free!!









#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0

1: EFI NO NAME 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive 121.0 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk1

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive 2.2 TB disk1s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3

4: Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive 801.4 GB disk1s4

5: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD +3.1 TB disk2

Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2, ...

CD57CF57-5ED3-4A99-9686-17793882BB3D

Unencrypted Fusion Drive

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk3

1: EFI NO NAME 209.7 MB disk3s1

2: Apple_HFS New Thunderbolt 3 TB... 3.0 TB disk3s2

/dev/disk5 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk5

1: Apple_HFS Retina Imac Time Mac... 3.0 TB disk5s1




CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group DD9B25E1-241F-4776-AD18-037A9DEC06FB

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

Name: Internal Drive

Status: Online

Size: 3120587857920 B (3.1 TB)

Free Space: 110592 B (110.6 KB)

|

+-< Physical Volume B0F3FA36-3A4A-4F50-8078-672359DB1117

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

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

|

+-< Physical Volume C53E3AC8-707E-4C96-BEC9-485BC95294BF

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

| Index: 1

| Disk: disk1s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 2198162464768 B (2.2 TB)

|

+-< Physical Volume 5278CEDD-6276-4A4D-B8CC-CEA223FF0237

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

| Index: 2

| Disk: disk1s4

| Status: Online

| Size: 801436540928 B (801.4 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family 0A78B302-223F-42FF-9ADB-C6BE07C42ED9

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

Encryption Type: None

|

+-> Logical Volume CD57CF57-5ED3-4A99-9686-17793882BB3D

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

Disk: disk2

Status: Online

Size (Total): 3114447142912 B (3.1 TB)

Revertible: No

LV Name: Macintosh HD

Volume Name: Macintosh HD

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

LVG Type: Fusion, Sparse



gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176

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 236978175

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 236306352 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236715992 262144 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236978136 7

236978143 32 Sec GPT table

236978175 1 Sec GPT header



gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176

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 236978175

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 236306352 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236715992 262144 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236978136 7

236978143 32 Sec GPT table

236978175 1 Sec GPT header

RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

Starting Ending

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

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

1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 236978175] <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


RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: 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 4293286064 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4293695704 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4294965240 1565305744 4 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860270984 262144 5 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860533128 7

5860533135 32 Sec GPT table

5860533167 1 Sec GPT header




gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: 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 4293286064 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4293695704 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4294965240 1565305744 4 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860270984 262144 5 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860533128 7

5860533135 32 Sec GPT table

5860533167 1 Sec GPT header

RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

Disk: /dev/disk1 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

Nov 29, 2015 11:32 AM in response to Loner T

Posted to your post from a month ago....a little slow!!! Hoping you can take a look at the results.




Sorry it took so long to get these done! Ran all the commands in terminal - below are the results. Really would like to get this working so I could install Windows again before the upgrade to windows 10 is not free!!









#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0

1: EFI NO NAME 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive 121.0 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk1

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive 2.2 TB disk1s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3

4: Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive 801.4 GB disk1s4

5: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD +3.1 TB disk2

Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2, ...

CD57CF57-5ED3-4A99-9686-17793882BB3D

Unencrypted Fusion Drive

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk3

1: EFI NO NAME 209.7 MB disk3s1

2: Apple_HFS New Thunderbolt 3 TB... 3.0 TB disk3s2

/dev/disk5 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk5

1: Apple_HFS Retina Imac Time Mac... 3.0 TB disk5s1




CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group DD9B25E1-241F-4776-AD18-037A9DEC06FB

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

Name: Internal Drive

Status: Online

Size: 3120587857920 B (3.1 TB)

Free Space: 110592 B (110.6 KB)

|

+-< Physical Volume B0F3FA36-3A4A-4F50-8078-672359DB1117

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

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

|

+-< Physical Volume C53E3AC8-707E-4C96-BEC9-485BC95294BF

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

| Index: 1

| Disk: disk1s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 2198162464768 B (2.2 TB)

|

+-< Physical Volume 5278CEDD-6276-4A4D-B8CC-CEA223FF0237

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

| Index: 2

| Disk: disk1s4

| Status: Online

| Size: 801436540928 B (801.4 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family 0A78B302-223F-42FF-9ADB-C6BE07C42ED9

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

Encryption Type: None

|

+-> Logical Volume CD57CF57-5ED3-4A99-9686-17793882BB3D

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

Disk: disk2

Status: Online

Size (Total): 3114447142912 B (3.1 TB)

Revertible: No

LV Name: Macintosh HD

Volume Name: Macintosh HD

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

LVG Type: Fusion, Sparse



gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176

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 236978175

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 236306352 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236715992 262144 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236978136 7

236978143 32 Sec GPT table

236978175 1 Sec GPT header



gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176

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 236978175

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 236306352 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236715992 262144 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236978136 7

236978143 32 Sec GPT table

236978175 1 Sec GPT header

RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

Starting Ending

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

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

1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 236978175] <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


RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: 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 4293286064 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4293695704 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4294965240 1565305744 4 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860270984 262144 5 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860533128 7

5860533135 32 Sec GPT table

5860533167 1 Sec GPT header




gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: 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 4293286064 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4293695704 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4294965240 1565305744 4 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860270984 262144 5 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860533128 7

5860533135 32 Sec GPT table

5860533167 1 Sec GPT header

RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

Disk: /dev/disk1 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

Nov 29, 2015 12:45 PM in response to Rdimick

1. Are your trying to install W8.1 for the eventual W10 upgrade?

2. Your current partitioning shows that Bootcamp was tried at some point (hence the disk1 has two separate chinks - 2.2TB and 800Gb). Either the BC partition was removed to reformatted.

3. W8.1 and your UEFI-Mac support a W8.1 and W10 EFI installation which can address some of these limitations, which are inherent in a legacy BIOS/MBR installation.

4. Do you have a current OS X Backup?

Nov 29, 2015 5:32 PM in response to Loner T

Yes - have tried multiple times. Have iso for windows 10 also. Every time that I try using the boot camp assistant it does not show the windows partition I set up. Have tried setting up the windows partition to be something memorable like 360gb but it never shows as one of the available partitions to install windows. I have a windows 8.1 CD - and Windows 10 ISO. Have pictures in previous comments showing the hard drive.....very frustrating that it seems to be doing the partition for windows...goes through all the steps ....then when I am installing windows the boot camp partition is not there. Have a Fusion Drive - 27inch 3TB Drive

Nov 29, 2015 5:45 PM in response to Rdimick

Can you disconnect all external storage and post the output of


diskutil list

diskutil cs list

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

sudo fdisk /dev/disk1


During Windows installation, all external storage, USB hubs and other peripherals, except the USB installer, Keyboard/Mouse should be disconnected.

Dec 5, 2015 2:30 PM in response to Loner T

RonMac:~ RonDimick$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0

1: EFI NO NAME 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive 121.0 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk1

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive 2.2 TB disk1s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3

4: Apple_CoreStorage Internal Drive 801.4 GB disk1s4

5: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD +3.1 TB disk2

Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2, ...

CD57CF57-5ED3-4A99-9686-17793882BB3D

Unencrypted Fusion Drive

RonMac:~ RonDimick$ diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group DD9B25E1-241F-4776-AD18-037A9DEC06FB

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

Name: Internal Drive

Status: Online

Size: 3120587857920 B (3.1 TB)

Free Space: 110592 B (110.6 KB)

|

+-< Physical Volume B0F3FA36-3A4A-4F50-8078-672359DB1117

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

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

|

+-< Physical Volume C53E3AC8-707E-4C96-BEC9-485BC95294BF

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

| Index: 1

| Disk: disk1s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 2198162464768 B (2.2 TB)

|

+-< Physical Volume 5278CEDD-6276-4A4D-B8CC-CEA223FF0237

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

| Index: 2

| Disk: disk1s4

| Status: Online

| Size: 801436540928 B (801.4 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family 0A78B302-223F-42FF-9ADB-C6BE07C42ED9

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

Encryption Type: None

|

+-> Logical Volume CD57CF57-5ED3-4A99-9686-17793882BB3D

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

Disk: disk2

Status: Online

Size (Total): 3114447142912 B (3.1 TB)

Revertible: No

LV Name: Macintosh HD

Volume Name: Macintosh HD

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

LVG Type: Fusion, Sparse


RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

Password:

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176

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 236978175

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 236306352 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236715992 262144 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

236978136 7

236978143 32 Sec GPT table

236978175 1 Sec GPT header


RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: 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 4293286064 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4293695704 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

4294965240 1565305744 4 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860270984 262144 5 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860533128 7

5860533135 32 Sec GPT table

5860533167 1 Sec GPT header



RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

Starting Ending

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

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

1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 236978175] <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


RonMac:~ RonDimick$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

Disk: /dev/disk1 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

Dec 5, 2015 2:39 PM in response to Loner T

Have tried to do the boot camp process with everything disconnected....even using the bluetooth keyboard and track pad - still had the same problem. Did what you requested above. Also attached what it looks like when I am brought to the screen to select the Boot Camp partition (that is created - but does not show up as an option).

User uploaded file

Dec 5, 2015 3:12 PM in response to Rdimick

The disk1s2 2.2 TB disk is meant to be resized into a BC partition for you to use. In the current state, BCA will give you an error about a single OSX Partition.


Can I suggest a manual diskutil command and we can check if the partitioning is done correctly? This will give you roughly 300GB (3.1TB - 2.8TB) for Bootcamp


diskutil cs resizeStack CD57CF57-5ED3-4A99-9686-17793882BB3D C53E3AC8-707E-4C96-BEC9-485BC95294BF 2800g fat32 BOOTCAMP 0g


The syntax of the command is ...

diskutil cs resizestack

Usage: diskutil coreStorage resizeStack

lvUUID|MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode [pvUUID] size

[part1Format part1Name part1Size part2Format part2Name part2Size

part3Format part3Name part3Size ...]

Resize both a logical volume and one of its underlying physical volumes in a

single operation. A single physical volume is always chosen for the underlying

shrink or grow, even if the logical volume's logical volume group is backed by

more than one physical volume. If you do not specify a particular physical

volume, then one is chosen for you. Note that if this is a grow operation,

this verb is limited by the physical volume's partition's room to grow.

Specifying zero as the size asks for an "automatic" grow-to-fill operation.

If this is a shrink operation, you can optionally request that new partitions

be created in the newly-formed free space gap in the partition map.

Again, note that this only resizes one of the underlying physical volumes; if

you need more sophistication in managing your topology, you should use the

separate physical and logical volume resize verbs.

Example: diskutil coreStorage resizeStack

11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555 10g JHFS+ New 1g


The alternative command using disks will be


diskutil cs resizeStack disk2 disk1s2 2800g fat32 BOOTCAMP 0g

Have been trying to install Windows using boot camp. For some reason after it creates the boot camp partition and starts the windows installation process - it will not show the Boot Camp Partition. Have tried removing all usb devices please help

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