Problem: Boot Camp Control panel on Windows 10 doesn’t display macOS drive/partition which you could select to boot into. Cause: The Boot Camp utility is not able to read APFS drive/partitions. The most recent Boot Camp version is currently available only for iMacPro1,1. Solution: Basically you need to update to Boot Camp 6.1 or later.
When attempting to create a Windows partition, Boot Camp Assistant might show the alert ”Your disk could not be partitioned. An error occurred while partitioning the disk. Please run First Aid from within Disk Utility to check and fix the error.”
Use Disk Utility to check for errors
- Install the latest macOS updates.
- Use Disk Utility to repair your startup disk.
- If Disk Utility found no errors or repaired all errors, try again to use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.
- If Boot Camp Assistant still gives the partitioning error, continue to the steps below.
- I found that my disk0 is Bootcamp. Feb 12, 2012 I am simply trying to install the (legal) Windows 7 partition on my Mac. I have gone through the whole process, burned the installer onto a dvd and I am up to the step where I allocate a certain amount of my computer to Windows and then I hit install and it says The Installer Disc Could Not Be Found.
- I found that my disk0 is Bootcamp. Feb 12, 2012 I am simply trying to install the (legal) Windows 7 partition on my Mac. I have gone through the whole process, burned the installer onto a dvd and I am up to the step where I allocate a certain amount of my computer to Windows and then I hit install and it says The Installer Disc Could Not Be Found.
Check for unallocated free space
- Open Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
- In the Disk Utility sidebar, select the name of your internal disk, container, or volume, such as Macintosh HD.
- Click Partition in the toolbar.
- If you see a message about Apple File System space sharing, click Partition to confirm that you want to partition instead of add a volume.
- If the pie chart shows a section labeled ”Free space,” click to select it. ”Free space” should now also appear in the Partition Information shown on the right.
- After selecting the ”Free space” section of the chart, click the remove (–) button beneath the chart. Removing this unallocated free space makes that space available for your use again. Then click Apply and quit Disk Utility.
- Try again to use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.
- If Boot Camp Assistant still gives the same partitioning error, continue to the steps below.
Bootcamp Windows Installer Disc Could Not Be Found
Turn off Time Machine temporarily
If you use Time Machine with macOS Mojave or High Sierra, either upgrade to macOS Catalina 10.15 or later, or follow these steps:
- Open Time Machine preferences from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Or choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Time Machine.
- Deselect ”Back Up Automatically” to turn off Time Machine.
- Wait a few minutes, then try again to use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.
- After installation is complete, you can turn on Time Machine again.
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