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SrKarlSr Author

Level 1

6 points

Boot Camp only supports Windows 7 or later installation on this platform. Please use an ISO file for Windows 7 or later installation.

Hello,

I have tried solving this for hours on end, hopefully someone can help me out.

I have downloaded the ISO file "Win10_1607_English_x64.iso" (4.29GB) and with it came an "info.plist" (2KB), so both of them are on my 64GB USB Drive (in format: MS-DOS (FAT32)) named "WINSTALL".

I have the ISO file on the USB, and it is selected as the ISO image in Boot Camp. I also have the USB selected as the destination disk, yet I get this error:

Your bootable USB drive could not be created

Boot Camp only supports Windows 7 or later installation on this platform. Please use an ISO file for Windows 7 or later installation.

I am currently running OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6 on my iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) which is compatible with Windows 10.

If someone can help me I'd honestly love you so much, I've tried contacting Apple Support staff via phone, they said they can't do anything, I've tried contacting their Live Chat, but none of that helped fix the issue, and I've tried looking online, but can't find too much.

Thank you for any replies in advance!!

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 12, 2016 6:56 AM

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qsszb

Level 4

1,227 points

Posted on Aug 12, 2016 7:08 AM

What Version of OSX do you have?? This site gives the Bootcamp requirements: System requirements to install Windows on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support. And did you do a upgrade?? It might of been that the upgrade didnt go correctly for the OS?

Looking at the Windows 10 version you have downloaded, its the anniversay update, which was released less than a month ago. It could be that Apple is not reconisgin the Windows version when reading the disk, as it is too new. Dont know if you have access to download the previous build and do a Windows update??

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Aug 13, 2016 7:38 AM in response to Loner T

They are the exact same as the last time...

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Aug 13, 2016 7:43 AM in response to SrKarlSr_

Are they the same as what I posted, or are they the same as what you had last time before we started the download?

Downloads from Microsoft do not check for block corruption. If the MD5sums are identical, then your ISO is not an issue.

What USB brand/size/type drive are you using for the USB Installer?

How is the USB connected to the Mac?

Aug 13, 2016 7:58 AM in response to Loner T

It's the same as mine before, I'll post my MD5 below:

3679bbb8373a6cd8b77e31fdd1ff661a

The USB is a SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB, an is just plugged in the back of my Mac via the USB port.

Aug 13, 2016 7:59 AM in response to SrKarlSr_

I've looked around and people talk about cleaning a drive, or something along them lines. I can get up to the bit where you choose the OS image to install, it's just nothing is there, and says make sure it's accessible.

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Aug 13, 2016 9:29 AM in response to SrKarlSr_

Do you have a USB2 flash drive which 8-16GB? Can you mount the ISO and check the ISO for a ".wim" file and the size of the file. This should be your WIM file.

With the USB3 64 GB connected, can you post the output of

diskutil list

VTPete

Level 1

10 points

Aug 23, 2016 10:06 AM in response to SrKarlSr

It's August 23rd, 2016. I just had this identical problem. I came here to help find a solution, but ultimately solved the problem by deleting the ISO file I had downloaded and simply downloading it again. The second time it worked fine. Thought you might want to try that.

Dec 15, 2017 7:32 PM in response to SrKarlSr_

Re-installing OS X is not worked. I'm trying to find another solution.

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Dec 16, 2017 6:46 AM in response to kwangjoon

If your ISO md5sum is incorrect, re-installign macOS will not help.

Boot Camp only supports Windows 7 or later installation on this platform. Please use an ISO file for Windows 7 or later installation.