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madirishman Author

Level 1

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Windows 10 Boot Camp install won't let me install on BOOTCAMP partition on Mac Pro with SSD drive

Clean install of El Capitan, I have downloaded the Windows 10 x64 ISO and run Boot Camp installer. Once you get to the screen where you select a partition, the BOOTCAMP partition can't be installed on. If I format it and try again, still no luck. Anyone have experience with this problem or a workaround for this?

Thanks,

Patrick

Mac Pro (Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), 256 GB SSD, 12 GB RAM

Posted on Nov 26, 2015 8:08 PM

119 replies

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Dec 3, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Plysovej_Kaktus

After disk0s5 has been created and before the installer starts, do you have the ability to run the following command on the disk0s5

diskutil eraseVolume free Free disk0s5

and then select it from the Windows installer.

You may have to time the erase appropriately.

Dec 3, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Loner T

So you mean before windows installer starts?

Sure, I made watch command in terminal listing files in OSXRESERVED as you requested which blocked automatic restart.

I do now and then try install again.

Before install:

Filips-iMac:Volumes plysovejkaktus$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 1.7 TB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data OSXRESERVED 8.0 GB disk0s6

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk1

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 121.0 GB disk1s2

3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s3

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD +1.8 TB disk2

Logical Volume on disk1s2, disk0s2

C63A2632-ED74-4AEB-998E-3265C2333025

Unencrypted Fusion Drive

/dev/disk3 (disk image):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: J_CCSA_X64FRE_EN-GB... +4.0 GB disk3

/dev/disk4 (disk image):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Boot Camp +1.1 GB disk4

Dec 3, 2015 10:16 AM in response to Loner T

didn't create partition, just pressed next so windows created it automatically, short after copying began, popup window throwing error appeared:

"Windows detected that the EFI system partition was formatted as NTFS. Format the EFI system partition as FAT32, and restart the installation."

Is it possible to manually create windows partitions and install windows entirely via command line? Do you have experience doing that?

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Dec 3, 2015 10:18 AM in response to Plysovej_Kaktus

You need to format it as Free Space not NTFS. Did you use Shift+F10 in the installer? What year/model is your Mac?

Dec 3, 2015 10:30 AM in response to Loner T

Sorry don't follow. I run exact command you wrote: diskutil eraseVolume free Free disk0s5. Volume was erased, resulted in unallocated space (see diskutil just after i run the command in my previous post).

I rebooted into installer (didn't use shift+f10, sorry, not aware about this functionality) and 250~ gigs unallocated space was displayed in installer. I only pressed next button so windows created partitions automatically - apparently wrong because what is installer ranting about is partition the very same installer prepared, formatted and selected just before.

My Mac is late 2015 27'' iMac@2TB Fusion drive running El Capitan (iMac17,1, ROM: IM171.0105.B04)

Dec 4, 2015 2:49 AM in response to Loner T

Hello,

thanks for all, it works perfect.
The Problem was the ext. Hard disk via USB

danke

Dec 4, 2015 2:56 AM in response to BobMcKenzie

Can you please post your

diskutil cs list

and

diskutil list

what is your exact specs, what windows did you install and how did you install the windows?

thank you

Dec 4, 2015 3:15 AM in response to Plysovej_Kaktus

cs list

+-- Logical Volume Group 4403246E-B5EC-4FA8-90A0-1DB5775DA67F

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

Name: Festplatte

Status: Online

Size: 1821855764480 B (1.8 TB)

Free Space: 438272 B (438.3 KB)

+-< Physical Volume 39F73FA5-B75C-43EF-BC8B-E1F901D2505F

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

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 1700866912256 B (1.7 TB)

+-< Physical Volume 63D1E1A2-1CA6-4C42-82E1-3DA14A2FB496

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

| Index: 1

| Disk: disk1s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

+-> Logical Volume Family 0990F5EC-EB0B-4DA9-B607-FCD574CD5403

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

Encryption Type: None

+-> Logical Volume 7ADEF1DB-0010-4B37-A348-645815B6D36C

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

Disk: disk2

Status: Online

Size (Total): 1816000069632 B (1.8 TB)

Revertible: No

LV Name: Macintosh Fusion Drive

Volume Name: Macintosh Fusion Drive

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

LVG Type: Fusion, Sparse

diskutier list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Festplatte 1.7 TB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s6

4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 298.7 GB disk0s5

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk1

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage Festplatte 121.0 GB disk1s2

3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s3

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Macintosh Fusion Drive +1.8 TB disk2

Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2

7ADEF1DB-0010-4B37-A348-645815B6D36C

Unencrypted Fusion Drive

please disconnect all extern drives before you start des windows installer setup.
no usb drives no ext. harddisks. This was the Problem.

The installer couldn't great a ntfs Partition on Bootcamp Partition.
When ist disconnected alle ext. drives it Works.

Dec 4, 2015 4:28 AM in response to BobMcKenzie

Did you install windows 10?

downloaded here? https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO

partitioned with boot camp assistant 6.0.0 (519)?

just formatted partition and pressed next?

or different apprach like partitioning via diskutil and used retail windows DVD

...because I've got nothing connected to my mac either.

Can you please boot into Mac and run some disk tests? https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/blackmagic-disk-speed-test/id425264550?mt=12

What results does this give to you? (referring to order of SSD/HDD as discussed previously here)

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Dec 4, 2015 4:33 AM in response to BobMcKenzie

Excellent. Please create appropriate backups.

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Dec 4, 2015 4:37 AM in response to Plysovej_Kaktus

The Installer is correct. The FAT Partition (MSR) is what it is having issues with. What is the exact error screen? Your issues and BobMcKenzie issues are unrelated.

Dec 4, 2015 5:05 AM in response to Loner T

When I prepare partition by boot camp and just format it in windows installer, then press next:

"We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files."

Are they? Seemed to me very similar.

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Dec 4, 2015 5:19 AM in response to Plysovej_Kaktus

This error message can result from two different scenarios. One is Bob's case, where this is an external device connected, or, the second where the Bootcamp partitioning is incorrect. In his case, he did not manually use the EFI Boot from the installer. This can lead to different scenarios.

In your case, if you let the BC run normally, without modifying any partitions, you get this error, or manually using EFI Boot and two different disk partitioning schemes, Free Space and regular FAT partitions. Can you check both the SSD and HDD EFI for any Microsoft directories?

Dec 4, 2015 5:42 AM in response to Loner T

Just after unsuccessful native BC way, both efi partitions displays very similar structure:

/Volumes/efissd/

/Volumes/efissd//EFI

/Volumes/efissd//EFI/APPLE

/Volumes/efissd//EFI/APPLE/EXTENSIONS

/Volumes/efissd//EFI/APPLE/EXTENSIONS/Firmware.scap

/Volumes/efissd//EFI/APPLE/CACHES

/Volumes/efissd//EFI/APPLE/CACHES/CAFEBEEF

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/p sid.db

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/t mp.SnowLeopard

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/t mp.Lion

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/L ion.created

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/t mp.Cab

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/C ab.created

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/i ndexState

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexHead

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexIds

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexGroups

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexPostings

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexTermIds

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexPositions

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexPositionTable

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexDirectory

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexCompactDirectory

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexArrays

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .indexUpdates

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .directoryStoreFile

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexHead

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexIds

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexGroups

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexPostings

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexTermIds

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexPositions

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexPositionTable

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexDirectory

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexCompactDirectory

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexArrays

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.indexUpdates

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.directoryStoreFile

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/s tore.db

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/. store.db

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/r everseDirectoryStore

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/t mp.spotlight.state

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournalAttr.1

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/s tore_generation

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.corespotlight

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.live

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.live_system

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.live_user

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.live_priority

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.assisted_import_pre

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.assisted_import_post

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.health_check

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.migration

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.migration_secondchance

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournalExclusion

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.scan

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/j ournals.scan/retire.8

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/s hutdown_time

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/r everseDirectoryStore.shadow

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .shadowIndexHead

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .directoryStoreFile.shadow

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/0 .shadowIndexGroups

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.shadowIndexHead

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.shadowIndexTermIds

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.shadowIndexPositionTable

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.shadowIndexArrays

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.shadowIndexCompactDirectory

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.shadowIndexDirectory

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.directoryStoreFile.shadow

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/l ive.0.shadowIndexGroups

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/s tore.updates

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/r everseStore.updates

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/A6E6420D-CABE-4E5F-B366-80F1142AC6AB/t mp.spotlight.loc

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/VolumeConfig.plist

/Volumes/efissd//.Spotlight-V100/VolumeConfiguration.plist

/Volumes/efissd//.fseventsd

/Volumes/efissd//.fseventsd/fseventsd-uuid

manually using EFI boot... do you mean use BC only to create EFI boot flash-key windows installer, and create 1) free space using diskutil 2) fat partition using diskutil ?

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Dec 4, 2015 7:17 AM in response to Plysovej_Kaktus

1. You have two EFI partitions, the SSD and HDD. We should check both.

2. You currently have disk0s5 as the designated BC partition. It is FAT. To use EFI Boot, we want to erase it as Free Space and see if it will create an MSR and MSD. One issue is most likely related to the MSR being later after OSX and Recovery HD.

Windows 10 Boot Camp install won't let me install on BOOTCAMP partition on Mac Pro with SSD drive