Similar Questions

• Boot Camp - boot disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition

  Hello

  Would really appreciate some help on this!

  I tried to install Windows 7 on my iMac 2015 but during the installation of windows it guests that the partition must be formatted in a different way.

  Now when I try to use Boot Camp once again, I get this message:

  The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  The startup disk must be formatted in a single volume in Mac OS extended (journaled) or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.

  The problem is that I can't erase the Boot Camp Partition in any way using disk utility.

  If it's any help - it is the diskutil list:

  haraldsiMac: ~ the haralddegraaf list $ diskutil

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * TB 2.0 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage fusion 1.7 to disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Apple_HFS bootcamp 252.8 GB disk0s6

  / dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 121,3 disk1

  1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

  2: Apple_CoreStorage fusion 121.0 GB disk1s2

  3: disk1s3 Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134,2 MB

  / dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS TB Fusion + 1.7 disk2

  Logical volume on disk1s2, disk0s2

  0D7254CA-C937-4A69-A2AA-AC689844B16F

  Fusion unencrypted drive

  / dev/disk3 (disk image):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: boot Camp + 1,2 GB disk3

  haraldsiMac: ~ haralddegraaf$

  haraldsiMac: ~ haralddegraaf$ sudo TPG - r show/dev/disk0

  start index size summary

  0 1 PMBR

  1 1 Pri GPT header

  2 32 table GPT Pri

  34 6

  40 409600 1 part TPG - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

  409640 3394638832 2 part TPG - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  3395048472 1269536 3 part TPG - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  3396318008 16782536

  3413100544 493666440 4 part TPG - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  262151 3906766984

  3907029135 32 table dry GPT

  3907029167 1 dry GPT header

  haraldsiMac: ~ haralddegraaf$

  The Macs listed to install Windows 7 and previous versions on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple supported support W7. 2015 macs don't support W7.

  The only supported method to remove Windows from a Fusion using Mac drive is Boot Camp: Remove Windows from your Mac . Do not use disk utility.

  You seem to have tried a deletion of THE (not deleting a partition), at least once. Your BC partition is now a HFS partition. Convert it back into a FAT32 partition on THE and then try to remove it by using the link provided.

  If you are unable to remove using BCA, then use the steps of the Re: doesn't have windows via bootcamp 8.1 installation .

• Boot Camp error - the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  I use an iMac (retina 5K, 27 inches, end of 2014), the Version of OSX EL Capitan 10.11.1.

  I tried to install windows via bootcamp, but failed. And then, when I'm trying to use Boot Camp Assistant to remove the existing Windows Partition.

  Below will error was triggered.

  The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  The startup disk must be formatted in a single volume in Mac OS extended (journaled) or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.

  I want to just delete the Windows Partition and reinstall, can someone help me please

  Here are my details to disc...

  List of $ diskutil

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 121,3 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 121.0 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134,2 MB

  / dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * 1.0 TB disk1

  1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 895.8 GB disk1s2

  3: disk1s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650,1 MB HD

  4: NO NAME 104.9 MB disk1s4 EFI

  5: NO NAME 104.9 MB disk1s5 EFI

  6: EFI No. 104.9 MB disk1s6 NAME

  7: EFI No. 104.9 MB disk1s7 NAME

  8: disk1s8 NO NAME 104.9 MB EFI

  / dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD + 1.0 TB disk2

  Logical volume on disk1s2, disk0s2

  6F4F36AE-BEB3-43EA-8390-C5E7F46574B6

  Fusion unencrypted drive

  List of cs $ diskutil

  CoreStorage groups of logical volumes (1 found)

  |

  + Logical Volume - Group 7C72C890-404F-4CE8-AA74-3AAD4B71D773

  =========================================================

  Name: Macintosh HD

  Status: online

  Dimensions: 1016788279296 B (1.0 TB)

  Free space: 114688 B (114.7 KB)

  |

  +-< physical="" volume="">

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 0

  |   Disc: disk1s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 895799427072 B (895,8 GB)

  |

  +-< physical="" volume="">

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 1

  |   Disc: disk0s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

  |

  +-> EB5AF0A2-99C5-41DB-B58F-D98B3589AC65 family of Logical Volume

  ----------------------------------------------------------

  Encryption type: no

  |

  +--> Logical Volume 6F4F36AE-BEB3-43EA-8390-C5E7F46574B6

  ---------------------------------------------------

  Disc: disk2

  Status: online

  Size (Total): 1010932908032 B (1.0 TB)

  Reversible: no

  Name: Macintosh HD

  Volume name: Macintosh HD

  Content indicator: Apple_HFS

  LVG Type: Fusion, sparse

  $ sudo fdisk/dev/disk0

  Disk: geometry / dev/disk0: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]

  Signature: 0xAA55

  From end

  #: cyl hd s - cyl hd s id [Start - size]

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1: EA 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1-236978175]

  02:00 0 0 0-0 0 0 [0-0] unused

  03:00 0 0 0-0 0 0 [0-0] unused

  04:00 0 0 0-0 0 0 [0-0] unused

  Delete disk1s4-disk1s8 using disk utility, run

  Reset the management system (SCM) controller on your Mac - Apple Support

  How to reset the NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

  and try again Deputy BC.

• Try to install Windows 8.1 and get error message: boot disk cannot be partitioned

  I am trying to reinstall Windows on my Mac 8.1 and get the message error "boot disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.  I ran across the 'bugs' usual suggested, that I found online with no luck.  Attached are the screenshots that can help.

  

  

  

  

  How have you managed to get two HDs of recovery on the same disc? You have two versions of OS X installed on this drive in the past?

• Unable to overcome error - "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  Hello!

  I'm trying to install Windows on my iMac (late 2013, running 10.11.6) without success.  I created the ISO to a flash drive, but when I try to use the Assistant Boot camp, I am referred to the following screen:

  

  I did my best to study solutions. The cause, by apple support discussions, is that there is another partition of pre-empting (stop) the wizard boot camp partitioning the hard drive.  I studied the partitions on my HDD after unplugging all devices and found this:

  

  This shows the main partition: Macintosh HD, the bootcamp partition: BOOTCAMP; and 2 unknown partitions: "Apple HDD ST100DM003 Media" and the same * M004.  I was able to delete the first Apple ST100DM003 HARD disk partition and ran first aid on the fusion drive after that the second he would not remove.  Also, I can't delete the boot camp partition.  I keep getting the same message when I try to install windows on a partition of the fuser unit using Boot Camp Assistant - "Startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition".

  Any suggestions?

  Please after the release of the following OSX Terminal commands.

  diskutil list

  Cs diskutil list

  A reader of merger should have underlying EFI, OSX, Recovery HD on each of the physical disks. If your previous Windows installation attempts have failed, the disks can leave in a State where BCA use/will not change them.

• Uninstall the bootcamp partition: the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  A few months ago, I created a Windows 8 bootcamp partition, and then, I updated for Windows 10 without any problem. But I no longer need and I would attribute this space to OS X. The problem is when I try to remove it from the app of Bootcamp, I get this message: "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted in a single volume in Mac OS extended (journaled) or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows. »

  It comes to the current state of the hard drive:

  

  You have an idea? Thanks for the help.

  I finally solved it. It seems that I had a not mounted partition which it has not been used. I removed it and it solved all the problems:

• Bootcamp error: "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition" and Windows recovery partitions

  I have Setup with Bootcamp Windows 8 and then upgrade to Windows 8.1, and then upgrade to Windows 10.

  When I want to restart the training camp that I got the error message: "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  According to this page, it is because of Windows recovery partitions added during the 8 to 8.1 migration and 8.1 to 10.

  I check with diskutil and I found 2 partitions of Windows Recovery:

  diskutil list

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 500,3 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 419,4 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Microsoft database BOOTCAMP 79.1 GB disk0s4

  5: Windows Recovery 471.9 MB disk0s5

  6: Windows Recovery 472,9 MB disk0s6

  / dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD GB + 419,0 disk1

  Logical volume on disk0s2

  C961E459-1E0D-4060-A467-3B4A705264AA

  Unencrypted

  I tried to delete the Windows Recovery 2 partitions with disk utility tools but the button "-" to remove them were leaving is disabled.

  Is it a good idea to remove these partitions? If yes how?

  1. What is the year/model of your Mac?

  2. you are trying to install a new copy of the W10 or remove the existing installation?

  3. do you have the W8 or installation/upgrade W8.1 had problems before the upgrade of the W10?

• Boot camp: drive could not be partitioned

  I tried to install win 7 on my Imac to 2013.

  When boot camp tried to partition my drive for the first time, it freezes and I had to reboot.

  When I got to the I tried it again, I get the message: disk cannot be partitioned.

  What can I do now?

  Tell us what the error message says.

• Unable to run bootcamp.  boot disk cannot be partitioned.  El capitan

  Hi, just finished loading my rMBP 2012 with el capitan and a single 750GB SSD.  I partitioned exfat 650 GB drive for windows and the 2nd partition 100 GB jfs for OS x.  He moved very well, connects to the apple ID, lowers the updates, etc.  all is well in the world

  until I want to launch the boot camp utility.  the only options are to create a windows 7 or later installation disc and download the latest windows support software.  These two work, but it won't let me proceed with the installation of windows.  It is said that it must be a single volume OSX or already partitioned by boot camp assistant.   Well, none of the options are available.  the windows partition present on/dev/disk0s2 as an "internal physical drive' and running OSX installation is on/dev/disk1 as an"internal virtual drive.  It doesn't seem to be a way to merge these 2 partitions without restarting (several hours process to make a recovery of the internet and re - download the updates/patches/etc).

  so is it possible to force the boot camp just use the partition I have already created or change something from a virtual disk to physics?  I would * love * just to install windows on the entire disk, but every time I tried with 8.1 it would blue screen randomly even with bootcamp drivers.  It seems to require that the OSX partition and boot camp initiated install to remain stable.

  If you manually partition the disk, you cannot use BCA. BCA needs to partition the drive, because there are other structures, it must be up-to-date. If you want to keep your partition, you will need to do elsewhere that BCA would do behind the scenes for you.

  Please see https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/assistant/6.0/ for reference.

• Boot Camp install fails: cannot create the partition

  512SSD i7 MacBook Pro late 2013

  Boot Camp Assistant 6.0

  O/S 10.11.2

  true (paid for!) Windows 10 home

  Create USB boot exactly according to the instructions of the Boot Camp Assistant (time consuming)

  Re-partition Mac SSD in Colombia-British Deputy with 60 GB for windows partition

  Restart the system and boot of Windows Setup

  Enter the key to victory, everything works fine

  When you choose which partition to install windows, select 60 GB

  Installer of Win said partition is not formatted correctly, so I use the formatting tool in the installer

  Formatting tool seems to work but removes the volume name: it was Boot Camp and becomes Untitled

  60 GB re partition - select an installer says "failed to create the partition" or something similar

  Installer refuses to go forward and the only way out is to leave the Setup program

  Mac to Mac o/s boots

  Tried a couple of times and always the same result.

  Someone has an idea what I am doing wrong? I'm just following the instructions of the Boot Camp Assistant...

  This is the case, if you have any other than the USB storage and storage internal connected.

• the startup disk cannot be partitioned USING BC

  So basically I can't remove my HD BOOTCAMP volume, and I can even boot from it. I tried first aid and formatting to different formats then put in shape in the journal. I don't want to lose my space and prefer not to reset my macbook. It doesn't recognize it as a bootable disk.

  You can remove only using the Boot Camp Assistant. The volume is not bootable until you install Windows on it.

  If you cannot delete the partition with the BCA, then you will need to repartition the disk. Don't forget to make a backup because Re-partitioning will wipe everything.

• Windows 10 anniversary + Boot Camp = Assembly is more Mac partition

  I have a MacBook Pro retina (end 2013) with Mac OS El Capitan, dual-boot with Windows with Boot Camp installed 10. Everything worked fine until I installed upgrading Windows 10 anniversary today. now Windows Monte is no longer the Mac partition. I reinstalled with success the latest Boot Camp drivers, but Windows still show me the Mac partition. (Starting in Mac OS works fine).

  Everyone knows about this problem? Anyone know of a solution or workaround?

  I wanted to offshore to see the cheers or boos... started Googling tonight and find that this Apple community and a Slashdot post in particular is disconcerting:

  https://Linux.Slashdot.org/story/16/08/03/1614223/Windows-10-anniversary-update-borks-dual-boot-partitions

  The report mentioned in the SlashDot is here:

  http://windowsreport.com/partition-disappears-Windows-10-anniversary-update/

  ... and he mentions a MiniTool Partition Wizard app. I'm looking on the site; the open air. I would try to download Windows and without committing to changes, driver changes, etc. he 'sees' the HFS partition +?

• The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  I got the classic error of bootcamp. Running the latest version of El Capitan on mid 2010 15 "@2.66 ghz i7 MBP

  Here is playback when you run diskutil list and list of cs

  Wherever it says x ssd, I replaced my name with X, just for the sake of anonymity.

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 256.1 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage x SSD 255,2 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  / dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS x SSD disk 1 GB + 254.8

  Logical volume on disk0s2

  3AE4B812-A8E6-4FED-9FD5-4B1B6AB40700

  Unencrypted

  / dev/disk3 (external, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: FDisk_partition_scheme * 1.0 TB disk3

  1: disk3s1 Windows_FAT_32 NO NAME 367.0 MB

  2: Apple_HFS BOOTCAMP 999,8 GB disk3s2

  CoreStorage groups of logical volumes (1 found)

  |

  + Logical Volume - Group 633709B1-57EB-42B5-8CC2-43B0D0312859

  =========================================================

  Name: X SSD

  Status: online

  Dimensions: 255200755712 B (255,2 GB)

  Free space: 18907136 B (18.9 MB)

  |

  +-Physical volume 40407EEF-0178-44C7-A7A8-175BA2C998B1

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 0

  |   Disc: disk0s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 255200755712 B (255,2 GB)

  |

  +--> Logical volume family 8B9DD7C6-8F6C-4C20-ABA5-F8448C865BE3

  ----------------------------------------------------------

  Encryption type: no

  |

  +--> Logical volume 3AE4B812-A8E6-4FED-9FD5-4B1B6AB40700

  ---------------------------------------------------

  Disc: disk1

  Status: online

  Size (Total): 254829527040 B (254.8 GB)

  Reversible: Yes (no required decryption)

  Name: X SSD

  Volume name: X SSD

  Content indicator: Apple_HFS

  What do I do? I found a possible solution to this problem on http://awesometoast.com/yosemite-core-storage-and-partition-woes/ but wanted to someone-who-knew-what-theyre-doing's advice on how to remedy. I have already backed up my system on the external drive using Time Machine, but I would avoid a clean reinstall if possible.

  applenoob92 wrote:

  / dev/disk3 (external, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: FDisk_partition_scheme * 1.0 TB disk3

  1: disk3s1 Windows_FAT_32 NO NAME 367.0 MB

  2: Apple_HFS BOOTCAMP 999,8 GB disk3s2

  What is the purpose of this disc?

• Your drive cannot be partitioned.

  Impossible to partition my disk via disk utility, assistant bootcamp or partition

  diskutil list

  Cs diskutil list

  sudo TPG - vv - r see the/dev/disk0

  sudo fdisk/dev/disk0

  

  

  Sorry I made a typing mistake in the previous

• Disk space lost because of the boot camp windows partition

  Hello world

  I have a problem with my macbook. Once a decide install windows via boot camp. Everything is ok, I'm going to star boot camp, create the windows (100 GB for windows) partition and start the installation of windows, in windows, I format partition windows by tutorial in the site of apple and windows install beginning... after that windows displays errors that can not install windows, so a cancel every thing a restart of the mac (I'm told that I can't live without windows) , so I started mac and I watch my drive. I have 500 GB SDD, mac shows me normally of 500 GB, but the tape drive shows me only 400GB. I understand that the missing 100 GB is the windows partition, but it is now. I can't find this partition, or disk utility, or normally. Boot camp can not boot because error boot camp startup disk cannot be partitioned etc..

  A few ideas how to run boot camp with this problem or how can run windows install without boot camp to try install new windwos? Sorry for my English and thank you for any response.

  After you delete the BootCamp partition, you must use the disk utility to resize the OS X partition.  The partitions will not resize itself automatically, you must open disk utility and manually resize the partition to use the full capacity of the drive.