Bootcamp partition not showing up on Disk Utility

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Bootcamp partition not showing up on Disk Utility

Model: Macbook Pro 15'' (retina,late 2013) El Captain 10.11.1

SSD: 256GB

trying to install Windows 7 Professional

After partioning my HD, BootCamp Assistant automatically restarted my Mac, and after full restart, an error appeared "Your computer was restarted because of a problem" (kinda like that). Then, i went to check my HD, and thats what i saw:

So, the thing is, my HD was partitioned, but BootCamp partition does not show up, neither in system info nor in Disk Utility

Then i went trying to install windows, restarted and selected my external drive, but, after it boots, my mouse and keyboard does not work (despite of me putting all apple's support software inside of the flash drive). I searched for it, and some people say it's a glitch when you don't install windows on the first attempt. So, i went to my BCA to try redoing all steps.

And this is what happened:

Now, i can't install windows (because my mouse don't work) and can't put my drive back again (because it doesn't have a bootcamp partition)

What should i do?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 4, 2015 2:30 PM

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Nov 4, 2015 3:05 PM in response to renanguillen

1. Did you manually partition your HD or was it done by BC Assistant?

2. Is the external drive a USB Installer flash drive created by BC Assistant? Do not use an external USB HDD.

3. If the Windows installer never asked you where to install Windows, you do not have a working Windows installation.

Are you using How to install Windows using Boot Camp - Apple Support as guide to install Windows?

Reference - Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support

https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/assistant/6.0/

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Answer 2

renanguillen Author

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Nov 4, 2015 4:41 PM in response to Loner T

1- It was done by BCA

2- Yes, it is an flash drive

3- I get to windows installation, but neither my keypad/mouse/trackpad works

Yes i am using Apple's guide

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Answer 3

Loner T

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Nov 4, 2015 4:49 PM in response to renanguillen

Can you verify that your USB is a USB2 flash drive? You may also want to run the following two procedures before the next attempt

Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

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renanguillen Author

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Nov 4, 2015 4:50 PM in response to Loner T

Do i erase anything running that 2 procedures?

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renanguillen Author

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Nov 4, 2015 4:53 PM in response to renanguillen

And yes, 2.0

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Loner T

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Nov 4, 2015 4:57 PM in response to renanguillen

renanguillen wrote:

Do i erase anything running that 2 procedures?

You are changing the underlying hardware information and rebuilding the Audio and System hardware structures with probes for available devices. The NVRAM reset removes state information stored in it, which is maintained for BC/Windows installation.

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renanguillen Author

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Nov 4, 2015 4:58 PM in response to Loner T

After i do those, should I try to install windows or check if bootcamp is back?

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Loner T

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Nov 4, 2015 5:00 PM in response to renanguillen

renanguillen wrote:

And yes, 2.0

Just to be certain, this is what it should look like.

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renanguillen Author

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Nov 4, 2015 5:06 PM in response to Loner T

This is how mine looks. BootCamp partition still not appeared since I've done both procedures

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Loner T

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Nov 4, 2015 5:13 PM in response to renanguillen

renanguillen wrote:

After i do those, should I try to install windows or check if bootcamp is back?

If you have the option to remove Windows, then please do that first to ensure you have a clean single-partition disk, then run BCA again. These two procedures will not bring your partition back, only BCA can.

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renanguillen Author

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Nov 4, 2015 5:27 PM in response to Loner T

But i still don't have the option to remove windows in BCA, i believe that is because there's no bootcamp partition

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Answer 12

Loner T

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Nov 4, 2015 5:42 PM in response to renanguillen

Run BCA and since you already have a USB2 with the Installer built, just use the last option (Install...) and continue.

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Answer 13

renanguillen Author

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Nov 4, 2015 5:45 PM in response to Loner T

The last option is not available (see 3rd image on 1st post) since there is las than 50GB available on my HD.I'll try cleaning things to get this much space, gimme some min

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