'Install or remove windows 7 or later version' option greyed out

I have a macOS 10.13.6, and I'm trying to use bootcamp to install Windows 10, and the install or remove windows 7 or later version option is greyed out. Bootcamp Assistant version is 6.1.0.

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I made some mistakes the first time trying to install windows 10, and accidentally erased my MacBook Air, and restored it 3 months ago. It was around 2015 when I first got my laptop.


diskutil list and diskutil cs list:


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This is what the disk utility looks like:


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Can anyone help me on this?

Thanks in advance.

MacBook Air, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Jul 12, 2018 2:19 PM

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Jul 14, 2018 2:23 PM in response to UltFireSword

Since you posted an image, I cannot copy/paste the exact command, so you will need to fill in the blanks with the full container UUID.


diskutil apfs resizeContainer 5F2DFF8B-... 80g fat32 BOOTCAMP r


This command reduces the APFS to 80g and uses the freed-up disk space to create a BOOTCAMP partition which is fat32. Please post the terminal session.

Jul 17, 2018 2:45 PM in response to UltFireSword

That video is very helpful. Can you boot in macOS and see Windows files in macOS Finder? If yes, there is a log file called setupapi.dev.log. It is large file and contains entries for every device driver installed. We need to look for Intel GPU driver errors.


Also, on the USB, you should have a Bootcamp.xml file. Can you post the Product Version line from that file?

Jul 27, 2018 4:03 PM in response to Loner T

Ok, sorry for being inactive for a while, but I used VM and WinToUSB and installed it successfully. I booted it up just fine, and the internet drivers or something was broken, so I went back to mac, downloaded Windows support software from BootCamp Assistant, and put it on the external drive. Then I ran setup.exe, and it restarted, then the screen went black...

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Aug 3, 2018 4:48 AM in response to UltFireSword

You may want to use the drivers in Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640 , instead of BC6 .6136 drivers which BCA will provide.


Post Date: Feb 11, 2014

File Size: 925.6 MB

System Requirements

  • MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Early 2014)
  • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch & 15-inch, Mid 2014)
  • MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2013)
  • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch & 15-inch, Late 2013)
  • Mac Pro (Late 2013)
  • iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2013)
  • Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, 64 bit

Aug 14, 2018 8:32 PM in response to Loner T

Ok, I had to redo the process, since I partitioned my hard drive back, and I got this:


Started APFS operation

Aligning shrink delta to 41,123,069,952 bytes and targeting a new physical store size of 80,000,000,000 bytes

Determined the minimum size for the targeted physical store of this APFS Container to be 76,063,088,640 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

warning: Overallocation Detected on Main device: (19608111+1) bitmap address (6e77)

The volume /dev/disk0s2 appears to be OK

Storage system check exit code is 0

Shrinking APFS Physical Store disk0s2 from 121,123,069,952 to 80,000,000,000 bytes

Shrinking APFS data structures

APFS Container Resize error code is 49187

Error: -69606: A problem occurred while resizing APFS Container structures

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