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'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 9:14 PM in response to Loner T

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

Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces

Checking booter partitions

Reviewing boot support loaders

Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions

The partition map appears to be OK

Finished partition map repair on disk0

Jul 15, 2018 10:14 AM in response to Loner T

** 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.

** The volume /dev/rdisk1 appears to be OK.

Jul 15, 2018 10:45 AM in response to Loner T

Started APFS operation

Aligning shrink delta to 36,123,070,464 bytes and targeting a new physical store size of 84,999,999,488 bytes

Determined the minimum size for the targeted physical store of this APFS Container to be 39,182,127,104 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

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 84,999,999,488 bytes

Shrinking APFS data structures

Shrinking partition

Modifying partition map

4096 bytes per physical sector

/dev/rdisk0s3: 70532224 sectors in 1102066 FAT32 clusters (32768 bytes/cluster)

bps=512 spc=64 res=32 nft=2 mid=0xf8 spt=32 hds=255 hid=166426624 drv=0x80 bsec=70549504 bspf=8616 rdcl=2 infs=1 bkbs=6

Mounting disk

1 new disk created or changed due to APFS operation

Disk from APFS operation: disk0s3

Finished APFS operation

Jul 15, 2018 11:54 AM in response to Loner T

/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 85.0 GB disk0s2

3: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 36.1 GB disk0s3


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +85.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Mac 34.9 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 38.0 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 519.0 MB
disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4


/dev/disk2 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *8.0 GB disk2

1: DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL 8.0 GB disk2s1


/dev/disk3 (disk image):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US... +4.7 GB disk3


/dev/disk4 (disk image):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Boot Camp +2.8 GB disk4



Do I now boot in EFI Boot and check if it works?

Jul 15, 2018 8:50 PM in response to Loner T

/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 80.0 GB disk0s2

3: Microsoft Basic Data 41.1 GB disk0s3


/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +80.0 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Mac 31.5 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 38.0 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 519.0 MB
disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4


/dev/disk2 (external, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *8.0 GB disk2

1: DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL 8.0 GB disk2s1

Jul 16, 2018 8:38 PM in response to UltFireSword

UltFireSword wrote:


Still showed the black screen, the choice of which volume didn't show up.

Which implies that Windows installer is providing a bad GPU driver.


UltFireSword wrote:


The black screen showed after it finished installing and restarted.

I assume the reboot to start the Windows installer, not the completion of Windows installation, correct?


Do you have a Time Machine backup of your macOS installation?

Jul 16, 2018 10:13 PM in response to Loner T

Loner T wrote:


Which implies that Windows installer is providing a bad GPU driver.


I did turn off my wifi, unless I'm supposed to do something else.


Loner T wrote:


I assume the reboot to start the Windows installer, not the completion of Windows installation, correct?


Wait, what? The black screen showed after it asked to restart the computer, also after the W10 said it restarted, and after the windows logo showed up a second time to start up the computer.

Loner T wrote:


Do you have a Time Machine backup of your macOS installation?


Um, if you mean a backup of my mac version of the computer on Time Machine, then yes. But what do you mean by backup of my macOS installation?

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?

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

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