Bootcamp "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition" error.

diskutil apfs list

APFS Container (1 found)

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+-- Container disk2 F45CA7DA-C0A3-4530-9E23-9D24838DACAA

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APFS Container Reference: disk2 (Fusion)

Size (Capacity Ceiling): 957700972544 B (957.7 GB)

Capacity In Use By Volumes: 709502414848 B (709.5 GB) (74.1% used)

Capacity Not Allocated: 248198557696 B (248.2 GB) (25.9% free)

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+-< Physical Store disk1s2 614E360D-8585-49F7-AC5C-C9C95E52ADE5

| -----------------------------------------------------------

| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk1s2 (Main)

| Size: 27685384192 B (27.7 GB)

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+-< Physical Store disk0s2 59B3F715-3E0A-4FD2-A23F-C519350CADFD

| -----------------------------------------------------------

| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s2 (Secondary, Designated Aux Use)

| Size: 930015588352 B (930.0 GB)

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+-> Volume disk2s1 8B05F43D-A73D-3F01-AA27-C9ABB2735DD6

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s1 (No specific role)

| Name: Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: /

| Capacity Consumed: 701213003776 B (701.2 GB)

| FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk2s2 B515A283-080F-4BC0-9B38-2C432433D693

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s2 (Preboot)

| Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: Not Mounted

| Capacity Consumed: 43515904 B (43.5 MB)

| FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk2s3 B397AC33-EE61-45C8-81E3-AD1D4EB171AD

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s3 (Recovery)

| Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: Not Mounted

| Capacity Consumed: 512385024 B (512.4 MB)

| FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk2s4 9614400D-F17F-460E-B1F4-E40D31E92660

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APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s4 (VM)

Name: VM (Case-insensitive)

Mount Point: /private/var/vm

Capacity Consumed: 3222441984 B (3.2 GB)

FileVault: No

diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 930.0 GB disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 28.0 GB disk1

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 27.7 GB disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +957.7 GB disk2

Physical Stores disk1s2, disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 701.2 GB disk2s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 43.5 MB disk2s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 512.4 MB disk2s3

4: APFS Volume VM 3.2 GB disk2s4

Loaner T,

I deleted my windows partition via disk utility. However, upon restarting my computer, i saw the "windows recovery" screen. are you able to tell me what command to run based on these logs? I appreciate any insight.

Last login: Tue Apr 10 16:07:41 on console

Bretts-MacBook-Pro:~ brettkime$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 251.0 GB
disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB
disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 250.2 GB
disk0s2

3: Windows Recovery 499.1 MB
disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +250.2 GB
disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 67.1 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 21.7 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 509.8 MB
disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4

Hi Loner T,

I'm getting the same error message as the thread heading. trying to install windows and it suddenly stopped, saying my drive can't be partitioned. I'm not at all tech savvy, so please bear with me! I took a screen shot of what seems to be useful to you judging from the other posts. thanks so much!

Hello I have the same problem I want to restore the startup disk as a single partition

Here is the diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB
disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB
disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 141.4 GB
disk0s2

3: Microsoft Basic Data 650.0 MB
disk0s3

4: Apple_HFS BOOTCAMP 100.2 GB
disk0s4

5: Windows Recovery 471.9 MB
disk0s5

/dev/disk1 (disk image):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme +735.1 MB
disk1

1: Apple_HFS FL Studio 735.0 MB
disk1s1

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk3

1: Windows_NTFS WD Nicolas 1.0 TB disk3s1

Thank you for your help!

nicojbn wrote:

Hello I have the same problem I want to restore the startup disk as a single partition

Here is the diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB
disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB
disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 141.4 GB
disk0s2

3: Microsoft Basic Data 650.0 MB
disk0s3

4: Apple_HFS BOOTCAMP 100.2 GB
disk0s4

5: Windows Recovery 471.9 MB
disk0s5

Can you start a new discussion in Boot Camp? The 650MB disk0s3 should be your local Recovery HD, but it is incorrectly formatted? Were the partitions modified in any way before you arrived at this state?

Hi Loner,

I would appreciate if you could help me out. I tried deleting my windows 10 partition to increase my mac disk space using BC assistant. BC assistant froze during the process and now I cannot locate/recover the partition. Please advise on how to reclaim the lost partition for my mac. I would like to get all 121.3 GB back for my mac. Below is my disktutil list output. Thank you.

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB
disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB
disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 81.0 GB disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +81.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 66.8 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 22.4 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 519.0 MB
disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4

** Reply to earlier post**

This is my output after the command diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk1 0g

Started APFS operation

Aligning grow delta to 40,106,962,944 bytes and targeting a new physical store size of 121,123,069,952 bytes

Determined the maximum size for the targeted physical store of this APFS Container to be 121,122,041,856 bytes

Resizing APFS Container designated by APFS Container Reference disk1

The specific APFS Physical Store being resized is disk0s2

Verifying storage system

Using live mode

Performing fsck_apfs -n -x -l /dev/disk0s2

Checking volume

Checking the container superblock

Checking the EFI jumpstart record

Checking the space manager

Checking the object map

Checking the APFS volume superblock

Checking the object map

Checking the fsroot tree

Checking the snapshot metadata tree

Checking the extent ref tree

Checking the snapshots

Checking the APFS volume superblock

Checking the object map

Checking the fsroot tree

Checking the snapshot metadata tree

Checking the extent ref tree

Checking the snapshots

Checking the APFS volume superblock

Checking the object map

Checking the fsroot tree

Checking the snapshot metadata tree

Checking the extent ref tree

Checking the snapshots

Checking the APFS volume superblock

Checking the object map

Checking the fsroot tree

Checking the snapshot metadata tree

Checking the extent ref tree

Checking the snapshots

Verifying allocated space

The volume /dev/disk0s2 appears to be OK

Storage system check exit code is 0

Growing APFS Physical Store disk0s2 from 81,016,107,008 to 121,123,069,952 bytes

Modifying partition map

Growing APFS data structures

Finished APFS operation

gmatsumo wrote:

** Reply to earlier post**

Growing APFS Physical Store disk0s2 from 81,016,107,008 to 121,123,069,952 bytes

Modifying partition map

Growing APFS data structures

Finished APFS operation

Verify that you can see all the disk space.

Last login: Mon Oct 29 11:31:05 on ttys000

Ibrahims-MacBook-Air:~ ibrahimmakhijani$ diskutil apfs list

APFS Containers (2 found)

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+-- Container disk1 D8461E5F-8E15-454D-A43B-F70315ECA440

| ====================================================

| APFS Container Reference: disk1

| Size (Capacity Ceiling): 35495325696 B (35.5 GB)

| Capacity In Use By Volumes: 83750912 B (83.8 MB) (0.2% used)

| Capacity Not Allocated: 35411574784 B (35.4 GB) (99.8% free)

| |

| +-< Physical Store disk0s5 974723A6-E016-4CF6-B1D0-85A82F392C12

| | -----------------------------------------------------------

| | APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s5

| | Size: 35495325696 B (35.5 GB)

| |

| +-> Volume disk1s1 D6BB2577-F757-475E-B585-87460A1884ED

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk1s1 (No specific role)

| Name: BOOTCAMP (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP 1

| Capacity Consumed: 856064 B (856.1 KB)

| FileVault: Yes (Unlocked)

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+-- Container disk2 6DE48407-59CE-4085-92E9-30A39A0AD661

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APFS Container Reference: disk2

Size (Capacity Ceiling): 77000060928 B (77.0 GB)

Capacity In Use By Volumes: 58514219008 B (58.5 GB) (76.0% used)

Capacity Not Allocated: 18485841920 B (18.5 GB) (24.0% free)

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+-< Physical Store disk0s2 070862A6-1472-4702-818C-C80F9EC9C067

| -----------------------------------------------------------

| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk0s2

| Size: 77000060928 B (77.0 GB)

|

+-> Volume disk2s1 1F9F002C-BDA5-435B-AACA-C56BB85C21A0

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s1 (No specific role)

| Name: Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: /

| Capacity Consumed: 56761155584 B (56.8 GB)

| FileVault: Yes (Unlocked)

|

+-> Volume disk2s2 207C9258-8BEF-4EC7-90E2-B3018580DA4A

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s2 (Preboot)

| Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: Not Mounted

| Capacity Consumed: 44556288 B (44.6 MB)

| FileVault: No

|

+-> Volume disk2s3 A2490563-DE24-4F8F-926C-4670A92E4519

| ---------------------------------------------------

| APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s3 (Recovery)

| Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

| Mount Point: Not Mounted

| Capacity Consumed: 512421888 B (512.4 MB)

| FileVault: No

|

+-> Volume disk2s4 830CB4B3-AF50-480D-9E8B-0029BD49AFFD

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APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk2s4 (VM)

Name: VM (Case-insensitive)

Mount Point: /private/var/vm

Capacity Consumed: 1073762304 B (1.1 GB)

FileVault: No

Loner T, can you please help me as well? When I run diskutil list I have:

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 500.3 GB
disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB
disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 354.0 GB
disk0s2

3: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 145.5 GB
disk0s3

4: Windows Recovery 489.7 MB
disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +354.0 GB
disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 65.0 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 68.7 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.0 GB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4

If you need the diskutil apfs list output it is:

APFS Container (1 found)

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+-- Container disk1 8D55775C-8369-4863-8117-46F7E41C8736

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APFS Container Reference: disk1

Size (Capacity Ceiling): 354000281600 B (354.0 GB)

Capacity In Use By Volumes:
67316830208 B (67.3 GB) (19.0% used)

Capacity Not Allocated: 286683451392 B (286.7 GB) (81.0% free)

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+-< Physical Store disk0s2 FAB8F542-4839-47B5-B134-B4C9970A9088

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APFS Physical Store Disk:
disk0s2

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Size: 354000281600 B (354.0 GB)

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+-> Volume disk1s1 5326EE7D-9C9F-4462-A2A2-3276C95B82F0

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APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk1s1 (No specific role)

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Name: Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)

|
Mount Point: /

|
Capacity Consumed: 64995942400 B (65.0 GB)

|
FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk1s2 A70F2457-6A98-46D0-BA7C-A348D344DD90

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APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk1s2 (Preboot)

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Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

|
Mount Point: Not Mounted

|
Capacity Consumed: 68661248 B (68.7 MB)

|
FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk1s3 54BA13C0-61F3-4188-AA97-4F0370309425

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APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk1s3 (Recovery)

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Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

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Mount Point: Not Mounted

|
Capacity Consumed: 1030492160 B (1.0 GB)

|
FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk1s4 CF81D0C3-6A7A-4D6E-85B0-1D11CC0578CB

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APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk1s4 (VM)

Name: VM (Case-insensitive)

Mount Point: /private/var/vm

Capacity Consumed: 1073762304 B (1.1 GB)

FileVault: No

Hey Loner T

Can you help me with this issue. At first, I had the Windows Partition and a Windows Recovery, so I did the "diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s3" as mentioned on one of the earlier posts. But I couldn't do the disk0s4 because it doesnt exist. I end up with these instead.

Loner T,

I am trying to install windows and am getting the error referenced in this thread when I ran BCA. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 443.0 GB disk0s2

3: Microsoft Basic Data OSXRESERVED 8.0 GB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 49.0 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +443.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 53.1 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 25.7 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 519.0 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4

So now just do that last function? erase volume fat32....?

/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 443.0 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_HFS BC1 56.8 GB disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +443.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 53.2 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 25.7 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 519.0 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4