Q: BootCamp Stuck

I have done this before but I deleted the partition and windows but I want to do again my bootcamp keeps getting stuck while partitioning at the same exact spot I tried the smallest partition all the way up to 407 GB Please HELP!!! I also included the specs of my IMAC if that makes any diffrence

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 18, 2016 8:50 PM

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by Zane Wolfe,

Zane Wolfe Aug 19, 2016 3:13 PM in response to Loner T
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Aug 19, 2016 3:13 PM in response to Loner T

Windows 7 PREM
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by Loner T,

Loner T Aug 19, 2016 3:22 PM in response to Zane Wolfe
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Aug 19, 2016 3:22 PM in response to Zane Wolfe

Please see Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support and especially Step 11. The default Windows software downloaded from the Apple website does not support W7, but supports W8.1/W10.

Can you try the DU partitioning step and check?
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by Zane Wolfe,

Zane Wolfe Aug 19, 2016 3:40 PM in response to Loner T
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Aug 19, 2016 3:40 PM in response to Loner T

Windows 7 PREM
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by Zane Wolfe,

Zane Wolfe Aug 19, 2016 3:45 PM in response to Zane Wolfe
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Aug 19, 2016 3:45 PM in response to Zane Wolfe

Let me try again but already downloaded the drivers from internet but let me try again
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Zane Wolfe Aug 19, 2016 4:06 PM in response to Zane Wolfe
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Aug 19, 2016 4:06 PM in response to Zane Wolfe

I downloaded correct ones from website that bootcamp told me to and it froze here before the three dots i let it sit for 5 min and people say the longest it should take is 10 not even a budge
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by Loner T,

Loner T Aug 19, 2016 4:30 PM in response to Zane Wolfe
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Aug 19, 2016 4:30 PM in response to Zane Wolfe

With the correct drivers for W7 on the USB, if you boot from it, is that the first Windows Installer screen that you are waiting on, or is it a different screen?

A screen shot/photo would be helpful.
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by Zane Wolfe,

Zane Wolfe Aug 19, 2016 4:45 PM in response to Loner T
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Aug 19, 2016 4:45 PM in response to Loner T

i cant get them to make the partition
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Loner T Aug 19, 2016 4:52 PM in response to Zane Wolfe
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Aug 19, 2016 4:52 PM in response to Zane Wolfe

You are still in OS X and unable to make a partition and install Windows using the last option, correct? Can you run the Disk Utility and create a FAT32 partition of the size you want Windows to be?
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by Zane Wolfe,

Zane Wolfe Aug 19, 2016 5:10 PM in response to Loner T
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Aug 19, 2016 5:10 PM in response to Loner T

how do i do that
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by Loner T,

Loner T Aug 19, 2016 5:19 PM in response to Zane Wolfe
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Aug 19, 2016 5:19 PM in response to Zane Wolfe

Please see Disk Utility (El Capitan): Partition a physical disk .

Use the section labelled Add a volume to a device without erasing existing data.
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