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Q: 2015 iMac Boot Camp not working giving "We couldn't create a new partition error..."

Trying to format a partition for Windows Bootcamp. Ran through the Sudo gdisk process but got an error saying it couldn't access rdisk1 at the end.

 

When trying to install on the windows side, I get the We "couldn't" create a new partition or locate an existing one... error

 

Read outs from terminal below.

 

Disk /dev/rdisk0: 236978176 sectors, 113.0 GiB

Logical sector size: 512 bytes

Disk identifier (GUID): A3A67371-BA13-49FC-B8E2-0E1A6EAE308D

Partition table holds up to 128 entries

First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 236978142

Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries

Total free space is 13 sectors (6.5 KiB)

 

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name

   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System Partition

   2          409640       236715991   112.7 GiB   AF05  Internal Drive

   3       236715992       236978135   128.0 MiB   AB00  Booter

 

 

 

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Recovery/transformation command (? for help): O

 

Disk size is 236978176 sectors (113.0 GiB)

MBR disk identifier: 0x00000000

MBR partitions:

 

Number  Boot  Start Sector   End Sector   Status      Code

   1                     1    236978175   primary     0xEE

 

 

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iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Apr 14, 2016 11:48 AM

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Q: 2015 iMac Boot Camp not working giving "We couldn't create a new partition error..."

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Apr 14, 2016 7:41 PM in response to ccwoodside
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    Apr 14, 2016 7:41 PM in response to ccwoodside

    1. During Windows installation, only the Installer USB should be connected. All other storage should be disconnected. If you have any USB hubs, disconnect them. The USB Installer must be directly plugged into the back of the iMac USB port.

    2. Re-create the MBR on disk1, reset SMC/NVRAM, connect your USB, and use the USB Windows icon and try to install Windows.

  • by ccwoodside,

    ccwoodside ccwoodside Apr 14, 2016 7:57 PM in response to Loner T
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    Apr 14, 2016 7:57 PM in response to Loner T

    1) The only thing plugged into the computer is the boot USB drive. All the other ports are empty. The Mouse and Keyboard are bluetooth so they aren't taking up any slots either.

     

    2)I tried installation from both "Windows" and "USB" and the "Windows" icon is giving me the same era, in fact faster then the EFI one.

     

    Thank you for the help but I seem to be hitting a wall with this. I don't know what i'm doing wrong but I think it might be best to call it quits. Thank you for the help and sorry for taking up so much of your time.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Apr 14, 2016 8:40 PM in response to ccwoodside
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    Apr 14, 2016 8:40 PM in response to ccwoodside

    Let us not quit, yet. Do you have a back up of OS X?

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