Boot camp did not reboot into Windows installer

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Boot camp did not reboot into Windows installer

Hi. I'm attempting to install Windows 10 on my early 2015 13" Macbook Pro, El Capitan. The boot camp assistant went through partitioning and rebooted, however it rebooted into OS X and not into the Windows Installer. The ISO was downloaded straight from the Windows website without issue (Win10_1511_2_EnglishInternational_x64, 4,46GB file). When holding down the option key while booting only the Macintosh HD shows, no sight of the BOOTCAMP partition even though it's visible under storage.

My Macbook is the most expensive thing I own and I'd like to avoid bricking it if possible, so I'd appreciate if someone could walk me through this. I desperately need Windows installed so simply not fixing this is not an option. I've attached a screenshot of the partition under storage, though I don't know if that would be any help.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jun 8, 2016 5:35 AM

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bootcampwyd Author

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Jun 8, 2016 8:11 AM in response to bootcampwyd

View in disk utility:

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bootcampwyd Author

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Jun 8, 2016 3:11 PM in response to bootcampwyd

I've done some searching and according to several forum threads across the internet FileVault should be disabled when going through this process. Could having FileVault enabled have caused this issue?

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bootcampwyd Author

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Jun 9, 2016 7:27 AM in response to bootcampwyd

I have solved my problem. What caused this was FileVault. I did this to fix my partition and get my proper Windows installation, so if someone encounters the same problem simply follow these steps.

1. Disable FileVault.

2. Boot into recovery and erase the BOOTCAMP partition.

3. Resize Macintosh HD into its default partition.

My computer was now ready for another attempt at installing Windows through Boot Camp. With FileVault disabled this went smoothly and quickly without error.

Lesson for me: Disable FileVault.

Request for Apple: Make sure the Boot Camp assistant tells you to disable FileVault before proceeding with partitioning.

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