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Windows 10 Bootcamp on 2012 MacBook Pro

I have just spent the past 5 hours trying to get a windows 10 partition working on my Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. The official bootcamp help page says that my modal should work with windows 10 so that isn't the issue. I follow the steps: Download the ISO file from Microsoft, plug in a 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive in my computer. I follow these steps until it tells me I do not have enough space on my disk. My hard drive has about 410 GB left and my 16GB USB 2.0 is empty. Can anybody please help me as I am really determined to get windows 10.

Also, I think it has something to do with the fact that the ISO file I am downloading is 4.38GB in size. I have heard the maximum is 4GB but cannot find how to decrease the size.

Thanks

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12.6), Mid 2012 MacBook Pro

Posted on Sep 30, 2017 12:34 AM

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Loner T

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Posted on Sep 30, 2017 7:54 PM

If you are asking about the size of the designated Windows partition, 100GB should be fine. Smaller partitions can cause issues later as the Windows usage increases.

You mention 410GB free. On larger SSDs, I use 50% of the SSD as the size of Windows partition. If I need more space beyond this size, I use an external disk.

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