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Black screen after partitioning disk

Specs:

500 GB MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

OS X El Capitan 10.11.1

Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory: 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB


I am trying to install Windows 10 using Boot Camp with a USB 2.0 16GB SanDisk Cruzer Glide and a 64-bit ISO file I got directly from Microsoft, but I'm unable to.


I successfully get through the Mac part of the Boot Camp Assistant. It finishes setting up the drives on the USB, and it finishes partitioning the disk. As soon as you would expect it to boot into Windows to start the installation process, it boots into a black screen with no words on the screen and no cursor. From what I can tell, Boot Camp properly reboots the computer using the Windows partition. I tried shutting it down and restarting, but every time I try to go to the Windows partition, I still only get the black screen. I've tried multiple times with multiple ISO files, and I still get the same problem.

The Mac OS works fine. To get back to Mac OS X, I've had to hard reset and then hold down alt/option to choose the Mac OS X partition instead.


I've tried chatting with Apple support, but they couldn't help.


The ISO file doesn't seem to be the problem. Just to test it, I ran the file on a virtual machine (VirtualBox), and it worked fine. I didn't bother going very far into the installation process on the VM, but I think it's safe to say that the Windows file itself works as intended.


What is going on, and how do I fix it?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), 13", Mid-2012

Posted on Nov 6, 2015 2:13 PM

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Jan 4, 2016 8:29 PM in response to vichea75

vichea75 wrote:


Please help me my bootcamp disappear and show operation system is missing. Please give me Skype or where can I contact you.

Please start a new discussion and post the output of following OSX Terminal commands.


diskutil list

diskutil cs list


What caused Bootcamp/Windows to stop working? Software Update? Partitioning? Resizing of disk space?

Jan 6, 2016 4:25 AM in response to Jester186

Can you try a different brand of USB2 flash drive? Lexars work very well in my experience.


Your specific model supports both USB and DVD booting. DVD is another option.


1. What is the source of the ISO? What is the size of the ISO file?

2. Can you connect the USB and post a one-level Finder screen shot of the directory structure?

Black screen after partitioning disk

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