bootcamp won't create partition - no error

Hi everyone! I have a MacBook Pro 13" early 2011. Recently I've changed my HDD for a SSD drive. I have the latest macOs High Sierra 10.13.3 and I'm trying to install Windows 8.1 via BootCamp Assistant, but when I set the Windows partition size (100GB) it says "Status: Partitioning disc..." and it stays like this forever. It doesn't return any errors messages and it doesn't freezes the computer. Any ideas of what can I do? Thanks in advance for your help! (sorry for the bad English)

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Feb 6, 2018 2:30 PM

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Posted on Feb 8, 2018 6:41 AM

Dear Loner T.


I've been able to make work everything I've needed, but in a slightly different way.


I've formatted de SSD via internet recovery and reinstalled the Mac OS X Lion, wich was the option given to me. Then I've made the BootCamp Partition in BCA on Mac OS Lion, installed Windows 8.1 and upgraded to OS X El Capitan and than to High Sierra. Everything works now. I don't know exactly why.


There's something I can leave it here that may help another people?


Thank you so much for your patience and for your willingness to help on my issue.

Best regards!

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Feb 8, 2018 6:41 AM in response to Loner T

Dear Loner T.


I've been able to make work everything I've needed, but in a slightly different way.


I've formatted de SSD via internet recovery and reinstalled the Mac OS X Lion, wich was the option given to me. Then I've made the BootCamp Partition in BCA on Mac OS Lion, installed Windows 8.1 and upgraded to OS X El Capitan and than to High Sierra. Everything works now. I don't know exactly why.


There's something I can leave it here that may help another people?


Thank you so much for your patience and for your willingness to help on my issue.

Best regards!

Feb 6, 2018 4:48 PM in response to Loner T

Yes, the output is the following:


MacBook-Pro-de-Francisco-Cenzi-De-Re:~ fcenzi$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *240.1 GB
disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB
disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 239.8 GB
disk0s2


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +239.8 GB
disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh SSD 71.6 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 20.0 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 509.8 MB
disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 3.2 GB disk1s4


/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: IR5_CCSA_X64FRE_PT-... *4.3 GB disk2


MacBook-Pro-de-Francisco-Cenzi-De-Re:~ fcenzi$

Feb 6, 2018 5:42 PM in response to Loner T

If I run "diskutil repairDisk disk0" it asks me this:

"Repairing the partition map might erase disk0s1, proceed? (y/N)"


Should I run?


I've installed Mac OS X Snow Leopard, witch was the original one, from de original DVD, than the Lion, to upgrade to Yosemite, I think, and than to High Sierra. I've did nothing but upgrade from one to another before trying the BootCamp process.

Feb 6, 2018 5:46 PM in response to Loner T

The result is the following:


MacBook-Pro-de-Francisco-Cenzi-De-Re:~ fcenzi$ diskutil repairDisk disk0

Repairing the partition map might erase disk0s1, proceed? (y/N) y

Started partition map repair on disk0

Checking prerequisites

Checking the partition list

Adjusting partition map to fit whole disk as required

Checking for an EFI system partition

Checking the EFI system partition's size

Checking the EFI system partition's file system

Checking the EFI system partition's folder content

Problems were encountered during repair of the partition map

Error: -69715: Couldn't create temporary directory

MacBook-Pro-de-Francisco-Cenzi-De-Re:~ fcenzi$

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