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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

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Plysovej_Kaktus

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Posted on Dec 4, 2015 4:49 PM

I'm somewhere!

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307408-cant-install-windows-with-bootcamp -fusion-drive/

kudos to Vizi0n, also thank everyone here, especially you Loner T. I tried to install windows 8, 8.1 and 10. All unsuccessfully. My solution was PRAM reset (cmd+option+r+p on mac boot, wait for second chime) when mac was in default state (only one partition not split !!!). Then I installed windows 8.1 as I was able to very first time. Important point was, after the PRAM reset, SSD (swap) was no longer visible in windows installer. Only disk0: 4 partitions:

EFI

Mac

Mac Recovery

OSXRESERVED with windows installer

goodbye endless nights

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madirishman Author

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Nov 27, 2015 4:25 PM in response to Loner T

I appreciate your attempts to help, Loner T!

This seems to be another one I worked out. The Windows Support stuff had previously hung on the Realtek Audio...and although I had manually run that installer afterwards, I found that only after I followed the steps here (boot camp installation hangs at realtek audio stepSearch or ask a question) did I successfully get line out working with Apple keyboard volume adjustments and Magic Mouse scrolling. Shouldn't have to jump through this many hoops to get this stuff working, but for now, everything seems to be copacetic.

Cheers,

Patrick

Dec 2, 2015 2:40 AM in response to larspj

I found "solution" to remove SSD partitions in windows install partitioning part which both works and dehybridises iMac from "fusion" to silly 7200K. Just for the record, don't do this unless someone knows how to reconnect SSD again to both systems. And if someone does know, please let us know here.

Dec 2, 2015 4:31 AM in response to madirishman

Hello from Germany,

i've got the same problem.
Bootcamp creates the "bootcamp" Partition. In Windows 10 Installer i choose the "Bootcamp" Partition.
I can't install on in. If i try to format the Partition, still the same Problem.

Can anyone help please?

My Configuration
iMac late 15 5K
2 TB Fusion Drive

Thanks

larspj

Level 1

13 points

Dec 2, 2015 5:28 AM in response to Plysovej_Kaktus

Its funny that back when i had Mavericks(or Yosemite can't remember) installed on my IMac i had no issues installing Windows 8 on my on my fusion drive.

Bootcamp worked perfect. and i could get Windows install to work

But now with El Capitan i have the same issue as everyone, get same error as madrishmanwhen i try to install Windows 8 or 10 to the partition.

I wrote to apple telling them to fix it. But nothing yet.

Dec 2, 2015 7:18 AM in response to Loner T

How would you disconnect fusion's drive swap drive? (drive 1) Fusion drive is hybrid HDD + SSD. Only way which might be an approach is to run diskutil from windows install in commandline and perform installation in comandline. I wouldn't dare, too scared about messing up my mac.

larspj

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Dec 2, 2015 9:29 AM in response to Loner T

I just did a full rebuild of my Fusion drive in Recovery mode. and Disk util rebuild it as per apple default with SSD as disk 1 and my 3TB as disk 0

So i wouldn't recommend above from Loner. as i dont think Disk util will rebuild it in any other way.

Dec 2, 2015 9:44 AM in response to Loner T

If what you're saying is correct, howto I just wrote is incorrect. I was instrued by official Apple senior support and this is the result. It's not easy for me to wipe everything now. Can anyone please post correct post how to rebuild fusion drive correctly? I bought this iMac with exactly this setup (dev0 HDD, dev1 SSD) so it was default configuration.

Loner T

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Dec 2, 2015 9:51 AM in response to larspj

larspj wrote:

I just did a full rebuild of my Fusion drive in Recovery mode. and Disk util rebuild it as per apple default with SSD as disk 1 and my 3TB as disk 0

So i wouldn't recommend above from Loner. as i dont think Disk util will rebuild it in any other way.

A CS PV at index 0 is fast disk designed to off-load LRU blocks to disks at index 1...n. If you have it any other way. it is invalid. Please see the IO tests at http://jolly.jinx.de/teclog/2012.10.20.fusion-drive-on-older-macs-yes.html .

Diskutil will rebuild a CS anyway you want it to. Please also see OSX and Bootcamp discussion .

Dec 2, 2015 10:50 AM in response to Loner T

I tried to understand both links you sent but I still don't follow why SSD should be always the first. Can you please write a little howto how we can rebuilt partitions so the SSD will be first? I'll try.

Dec 3, 2015 8:14 AM in response to Loner T

Filips-iMac:Contents plysovejkaktus$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Password:

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 243201/255/63 [3907029168 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

Starting Ending

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

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

1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 3907029167] <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

While bootcamp is installing iso onto OSXRESERVED before automatic restart. Volume is mounted while bootcamp is filling it with data which are then being used for installation:

Filips-iMac:Contents plysovejkaktus$ df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on

/dev/disk2 1.6Ti 29Gi 1.6Ti 2% 7757849 426080037 2% /

devfs 188Ki 188Ki 0Bi 100% 651 0 100% /dev

map -hosts 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /net

map auto_home 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /home

/dev/disk0s4 7.4Gi 4.2Gi 3.2Gi 57% 0 0 100% /Volumes/OSXRESERVED

/dev/disk4 1.1Gi 1.1Gi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /Volumes/Boot Camp

After automatic restart and unsuccessfull windows installation, I can't longer the partition (even it's there, I can access it via bootloader and run again):

Filips-iMac:/ plysovejkaktus$ df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on

/dev/disk2 1.6Ti 29Gi 1.6Ti 2% 7745063 426092823 2% /

devfs 185Ki 185Ki 0Bi 100% 641 0 100% /dev

map -hosts 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /net

map auto_home 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /home

/dev/disk0s5 307Gi 131Mi 307Gi 1% 27 321810333 0% /Volumes/Untitled

ls /dev/disk*

/dev/disk0 /dev/disk0s2 /dev/disk0s5 /dev/disk1s1 /dev/disk1s3

/dev/disk0s1 /dev/disk0s3 /dev/disk1 /dev/disk1s2 /dev/disk2

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?

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 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.

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 ?

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