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

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  • by Skidgy,

    Skidgy Skidgy Jan 27, 2016 7:13 PM in response to Loner T
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    Jan 27, 2016 7:13 PM in response to Loner T

    OK! So I followed those instructions earlier in the day and the issue remained. However, when I did it, I still had an external drive connected. This time, with the drive disconnected, it fixed the issue. I still had to select "Format" on the BC partition within the Windows installer, but instead of receiving a second error, the installation started!

     

    Now I'm just wondering what the SMC and NVRAM had to do with it?

     

    Thanks Loner T!

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Jan 27, 2016 8:15 PM in response to Skidgy
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    Jan 27, 2016 8:15 PM in response to Skidgy

    Depending on the error message, the NVRAM contains variables used by Bootcamp which control the installation of Windows across several reboots as needed by Windows. If these are not set, removing the storage will fix the issue, but if they are set, you will need to do both, remove the external storage and run NVRAM reset. SMC reset will rebuild the hardware database which will help with drivers installation after the base Windows installation.

  • by Vorcyon,

    Vorcyon Vorcyon Feb 5, 2016 3:57 PM in response to Plysovej_Kaktus
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    Feb 5, 2016 3:57 PM in response to Plysovej_Kaktus

    This was the piece I was missing. Loner T got me started with his general information about disk structure and volumes and in particular his instructions on how to rebuild my 3TB Fusion drive, but I still couldn't get Windows 10 installed. I tried many things, even downgrading to Yosemite, but it still wouldn't work. Reset the PRAM and boom! Everything is great now. Thanks to both of you!

  • by vizi0n,

    vizi0n vizi0n Mar 3, 2016 10:06 PM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 3, 2016 10:06 PM in response to Loner T

    THe PRAM reset can be done at any time, but in my case if I was doing it without the drive being 1 partition it wouldn't do a thing and the same error would come back again and again.

     

    Making the drive 1 partition again using the bootcamp assistant then resetting the PRAM and rerunning the bootcamp assistant to partition the drive and launch the installer worked every time. It even did last week when I reinstalled Win8. I had forgotten what the "magic trick" was. I had to Google for my nickname and Bootcamp lol

  • by __RobberBarron__,

    __RobberBarron__ __RobberBarron__ Mar 7, 2016 9:06 AM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 7, 2016 9:06 AM in response to Loner T

    Hi Loner T, Have a similar issue here whereby the installation of Bootcamp was unsuccessful.

     

    Having booted mac to OS X and attempting to remove the Bootcamp partition, the option was not there.

     

    Booted the Mac into local recovery and there were four partitions present, Mac OS X, Bootcamp, 1.16GB partition and a 16BG partition.

     

    Ran first aid on the Mac HD and Erased the Bootcamp Drive Partition - 16GB partition diappeared once the Boot Camp partition  was removed.

     

    The drive was set back to Mac HD (one partition)

     

    Checked with diskutil cmd to see if LVG is okay -> no LVG found


    Tried /sbin/fsck -fy -> getting: volume is mounted with write access. Rerun with -l to freeze volume


    Rebooted the mac and now the Mac Pro has a flashing question mark and will not boot.


    Single user mode is not working either.

     

    Any suggestions most welcome.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Mar 7, 2016 4:39 PM in response to __RobberBarron__
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    Mar 7, 2016 4:39 PM in response to __RobberBarron__

    Can you boot into Internet Recovery and post the output of

     

    gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

     

    You can also use the Safari in Recovery Console to post a screen shot.

  • by __RobberBarron__,

    __RobberBarron__ __RobberBarron__ Mar 8, 2016 10:11 AM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 8, 2016 10:11 AM in response to Loner T

    Hi Loner T and thanks for the help.

     

    The output from the cmd is as follows:

     

    Screen Shot 2016-03-08 at 18.05.22.png

     

    Not sure what this cmd actually means?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Mar 8, 2016 6:21 PM in response to __RobberBarron__
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    Mar 8, 2016 6:21 PM in response to __RobberBarron__

    How many disk drives are connected in your Mac Pro?

     

    You will need to unfreeze the volume. Fsck should be run in Internet Recovery, otherwise, the Recovery HD being mounted will interfere with fsck.

  • by notsteveb,

    notsteveb notsteveb May 3, 2016 1:08 PM in response to Skidgy
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    May 3, 2016 1:08 PM in response to Skidgy

    Hopefully you've fixed this by now, but this is happening because you're loading the ISO from an external drive.

     

    I had this issue and it drove me totally crazy, but it turns out that newer models can install windows with the ISO just loaded from the boot drive's downloads folder. In hindsight I don't know why I thought I had to be using an external HD, or something other than the boot drive, but I did.

     

    Once I ran Bootcamp and had the ISO in my regular Downloads folder, it worked fine. Within Windows setup I had to select the BOOTCAMP partition and format it using the wizard in the setup interface (takes like 15s), but after that it finished installing and it works like a dream.

     

    Apple should TOTALLY update the Bootcamp instructions to make it clear that you shouldn't use anything external in the process unless you have to via prompt. Would have saved me weeks of hassle and a decent chunk of money I spent on now (to be returned) El Capitan-compatible audio hardware.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T May 3, 2016 7:31 PM in response to notsteveb
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    May 3, 2016 7:31 PM in response to notsteveb

    It is documented - Boot Camp: "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one" alert during Windows 8 install - Apple Support .

     

    Disconnect all Thunderbolt and USB storage devices, except for the USB media which contains the Windows ISO installer.

  • by Noel Chong,

    Noel Chong Noel Chong May 23, 2016 2:33 AM in response to madirishman
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    May 23, 2016 2:33 AM in response to madirishman

    the issue happen is due to others storage device like memory card or other usb drive still plugged in to your mac, please only connect the installation stick to yr mac and perform the installation again

  • by Zeno Lee,

    Zeno Lee Zeno Lee Jun 2, 2016 11:10 PM in response to madirishman
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    Jun 2, 2016 11:10 PM in response to madirishman

    PRAM rest did it for me.

     

    I had bookmarked this discussion because I had the problem where I could not install into the bootcamp partition.

     

    I had started from scratch recreating all the partitions from recovery still no dice.

     

    Then I did a PRAM reset and I've been able to go back to windows on bootcamp again after a 5 month break.

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