I am trying to install bootcamp on my Early 2015 Macbook Air that is running High Sierra. But it has been stuck on this "please wait while boot camp assistant is removing the partitions it created"since an error. How can I get it unstuck. I may resort to just command + r to merge the partitions again if that is the only way.
MacBook Air, macOS High Sierra (10.13)
The simplest method to put your disk space back, is
diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s3
diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC2 disk0s4
diskutil mergePartitions jhfs+ BCMP disk0s3 disk0s4
diskutil list
If you only see disk0s3, then
diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BOOTCAMP disk0s3
and now run BCA and click on Restore/Remove.
The simplest method to put your disk space back, is
diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s3
diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC2 disk0s4
diskutil mergePartitions jhfs+ BCMP disk0s3 disk0s4
diskutil list
If you only see disk0s3, then
diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BOOTCAMP disk0s3
and now run BCA and click on Restore/Remove.
/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 62.0 GB disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data OSXRESERVED 8.0 GB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 51.1 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +62.0 GB disk1
Physical Store disk0s2
1: APFS Volume Untitled 1 25.9 GB disk1s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 19.3 MB disk1s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 519.9 MB
disk1s3
4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4
/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *31.7 GB disk2
1: Windows_FAT_32 NIKON 1 J1 31.7 GB disk2s1
/dev/disk3 (disk image):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: IR5_CCSA_X64FRE_EN-... +4.3 GB disk3
Hi there,
I also got stuck on "please wait while boot camp assistant is removing the partitions it created".
I quit the Bootcamp app, and restarted the mac. Than ran the Bootcamp assistant again and it prompt automatically to solve the issue of the partitions (I ended up not installing windows yet, and for now Ill leave like that). Though, Im still seeing several volumes on my drive when running "diskutil" from the terminal.
How can I set the partitions to the exact same way as it was before running the bootcamp?
(Im running an SDD, with High Sierra, mid 2015 macbook pro)
>> Could you tell me the EXACT command lines I should use for this?
Thanks in advance!
Best
Details:
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diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB
disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB
disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 500.1 GB
disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +500.1 GB
disk1
Physical Store disk0s2
1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 96.0 GB disk1s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 21.2 MB disk1s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 506.6 MB
disk1s3
4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: CD_partition_scheme *154.1 MB
disk2
Before you kill BC Assistant, from a Terminal window, post the output of
diskutil list
Post it here?
Yes, please.
Did BCA prompt you for an external USB drive? Is it still hung?
It didn't. And it was still hung so I deleted the partition and am trying again. So far it is going well but I am waiting for SOMETHING to mess up because I know it will
Your layout is correct for a High Sierra and APFS SSD layout. You have the full disk space. There is no need to change any of your partitions.
Thanks LonerT
Please post back and start a new discussion, if you run into any new issues.
Stuck on "please wait while boot camp assistant is removing the partitions it created"
