I recently replaced the hard disk in my iMac (Early 2013 21.5'). Reloaded Mac OS 10.8.5, and now I am trying to install Windows 7 with BootCamp.
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However, Windows 7 refuses to install from the USB drive that BootCamp Assistant created. If I install manually from my Windows 7 DVD and then try to run Boot Camp 'setup.exe' in Windows 7 I am greeted with a message that this version of BootCamp won't work on this computer.
I was able to install the old BootCamp drivers I saved from 3 years ago when I first installed Windows 7. Everything seemed to work OK with that, Ethernet, video card, etc. except no USB.
Boot Camp Assistant ColorSync Utility Console Digital Color Meter Disk Utility Grab Grapher. Or iPad mini; a Mac computer with OS X Lion v10.7.5 or later; or a PC with Windows 7 or Windows 8 (Outlook 2007 or later or an up-to-date browser is required for accessing email, contacts, and calendars). FQC-08930 Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit System.
I have followed Apple's instructions very carefully: Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support
It does not seem to work.
So I decided to start over: I re-installed OS X (this was needed due to some kernel panics I experienced last week), quickly imported all the files and apps I needed (Dropbox and the Mac App Store are great for this) and installed Hazel. The desktop becomes cluttered with all those.png files; my Downloads folder is imploding with.DMGs and.pdf files and I don’t remember to empty the Trash. The problem: I take a lot of screenshots every day, download lots of documents and install many different apps and, most of the times, I forget to clean everything up. Other applicationgs like hazel for mac. In fact, until a few days ago my MacBook wasn’t minimal or uncluttered at all.
I cannot make sense of the whole mess. Same computer, same hardware, same software, and it worked a couple years ago. Is the setup program checking the current Mac OS version on the Mac partition from within Windows and then refusing to run?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), Early 2013 21.5' iMac
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Hi, I've been trying to install Windows 10 (64-bit) via the BCA on my MBA (late-2017). After being prompted to select a partition size, the BCA proceeded to partition the disk but was unfortunately stuck at this phase for an unusually long period of time. The progress bar indicated that it had completed the process but with no sign of progressing to the next step. I quit the BCA and tried to restart the process on BCA but was greeted with the following message:
'The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.
The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.'
Boot Camp Assistant Mac 10.13.6 Windows 7 64 Bit Full Soft
Chloes-MacBook-Air:~ chloe.txt$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 168.0 GB disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data OSXRESERVED 8.0 GB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 74.8 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +168.0 GB disk1
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Physical Store disk0s2
1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 40.7 GB disk1s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 20.8 MB disk1s2
Boot Camp Assistant Mac 10.13.6 Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1
3: APFS Volume Recovery 519.0 MB disk1s3
4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk1s4
/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
Chloes-MacBook-Air:~ chloe.txt$
MacBook Air, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)
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