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Bootcamp issue I am not able to install windows through boot camp at all

Hello

I am using my MacBook Air since a year. I installed windows 10 on my MacBook previously using bootcamp and it worked perfectly fine. 4 days before I had to remove windows from my MacBook due to some driver issues. but I used disk utility to erase it. After that somehow I managed to restore my MACINTOSH drive through bootcamp. But now I am not able to install windows through boot camp at all. Every time I try to install it says can't be partitioned. Check Disk Utility to fix the errors. I have tried lot of times but same issue.

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Please help .....what to do?

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Posted on Apr 20, 2018 4:02 AM

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Apr 20, 2018 2:12 PM in response to debadutta18

On High Sierra, you may have local Time Machine snapshots, which consume disk space.

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debadutta18 Author

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Apr 20, 2018 10:06 PM in response to Loner T

I tried deleting those snapshots too. But still its the same. I even disconnected back up drive.(Time Machine). I need windows in my Mac.please help what to do/

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Apr 20, 2018 11:15 PM in response to debadutta18

why i cont install wifi bootcamp for windows7

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Apr 21, 2018 5:34 AM in response to debadutta18

Can you post the output of

sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

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Apr 21, 2018 9:12 AM in response to debadutta18

As a test, can you manually create a FAT partition using Disk Utility, of the size you want Windows to be?

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Apr 21, 2018 10:31 AM in response to debadutta18

Remove these FAT partitions - W and Windows, and retry using BC Assistant.

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Apr 24, 2018 10:46 PM in response to Loner T

When I try to use internet recovery it shows to install High sire. But my Mac came actually with El Capitan. Should I go with High sera again?

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Apr 25, 2018 9:35 AM in response to debadutta18

Are you able to get to the Recovery Console in Internet Recovery? If yes, check what is the offered macOS version?

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debadutta18 Author

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Apr 25, 2018 11:00 PM in response to Loner T

Its offering only High Sierra. What to do?

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debadutta18 Author

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May 14, 2018 12:26 AM in response to Loner T

I tried to install Sierra. But it showed not able to install OS and the volume containing Mac OS or OS X is damaged. Please Restart.

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May 14, 2018 4:40 AM in response to debadutta18

Was Sierra being installed on a separate external disk, or on the internal disk containing High Sierra?

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debadutta18 Author

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May 14, 2018 4:44 AM in response to Loner T

I tried booting from an external drive.

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May 14, 2018 5:37 AM in response to debadutta18

Is it not able to install Sierra on the external disk? What type of an external disk was used? How was it formatted?

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May 14, 2018 10:45 AM in response to debadutta18

Are you booted from the external disk? Post the output of

diskutil info /

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May 15, 2018 1:32 AM in response to debadutta18

According to the output you have posted, your root file system "/" is the 120Gb Internal disk.

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Bootcamp issue I am not able to install windows through boot camp at all

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