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  I want to use Windows 10 (for games) on my 2013 MacBook Air (13 ", 128GB flash, 1.3 GHz Intel i5, 4 GB of RAM), but I want to install it on my external hard drive because I am almost out of space SSD (34 GB remaining), and I know how large windows is. I have an external 1 TB harddrive that I use for my backups Time Machine, and I was wondering if I could transfer my copy of Windows hard disk external and implemented via Boot Camp. Is there a way to partition my drive so that my backup and Windows can both be there? And is there a way to trick Windows in race (start) from the external hard drive?

  Lol as the second partition on the boot volume. None of the other partitions will be allowed thereafter.

• 10 Windows run with boot camp to an external hard drive

  Hello

  I have a MBP 13 "2015 i5 8 GB of Ram and 128 GB of storage, and I want to run windows 10 (for games) with boot camp (so if I'm right, OS X is off and Windows is on). I have parallels desktop and I can run windows 10 (located hard ext on my drive) but it is impossible to play with a virtual machine. So, I wonder if I can start and run windows 10 of my drive hard ext? I have only 128GB one my Mac using windows and OS X on it is impossible. Thanks for your help! (just to be clear: If you the solution works, if I disconnect my HDD ext all windows will be bug (or something like that)).

  -Parallels Desktop (PD) is an application that manages a VirtualMachine (VM): this is a large file. PD can run at the same time as the OSX.

  -Bootcamp is another partition on your hard drive where your Windows is running: it may not work with OSX, you start on the Windows partition or in the partition oSX; you do this partition and install Windows in there with the BootcampAssistant application. The BootcampAssitant can't do a Bootcamp Partition on an external drive as far as I know.

• 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.

• Merge cannot make Boot Camp virtual machine: perhaps too many places of the VM?

  I get the error message, well known in the VM library window "Bundle" & lt; pathname & gt; "" / Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot partition.vmware.vm Camp "is damaged and cannot be opened."   However, my problem is not solved by the solutions proposed elsewhere in this forum.

  At the bottom of this post, I listed my host config and invited desired config.

  Here is a brief history, followed by what happened when I tried the solution of WoodyZ published here.

  • I had Windows XP Pro SP2 on my Boot Camp partition, but somehow ended up 'inaccessible' SigmaTel audio device and the Leopard installation DVD could not repair it.  I imported this partition to Boot Camp in the Fusion as a virtual machine.  This virtual machine is now stored on the external hard drive in "/ Volumes/ExternHFS/_CCCnonBackup/virtualMachines/Boot partition.vmwarevm"+ Camp.»  This virtual machine still works when loading in the merger, but the sound does not work, nor made a called M-audio Transit USB connector.  That's why I decided to create a new partition in Boot Camp with a SigmaTel audio device cool.

  • There are Kubuntu and NetBSD virtual computers stored in another default folder: yangguizi/Users / / Documents/Virtual Machines /

  • Using wizard Boot Camp in Leopard, I erased my Boot Camp partition and then recreated with a new installation of Windows XP Pro SP2.  (By the way, I've formatted this partition in NTFS.)  This Boot Camp partition is the device of SigmaTel installed and accessible from the control panel.

  So I wanted to make a virtual machine of the new Boot Camp partition.  When I opened the merger, I highlighted the new Boot Camp partition down and clicked on the arrow of comments are starting to the right.  A window saying "Vmware Fusion prepares your Boot Camp partition to run as a virtual machine.  This may take a few minutes.  This will be possible once. "That window remained open for 45 minutes.  Finally, I closed merge by clicking the choice of menu to quit Vmware Fusion.

  Thereafter, whenever I opened the merger, I saw the message "Bundle" / Users/yangguizi/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Machines virtuelles/Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Boot Camp partition.vmware.vm "is damaged and cannot be opened.' " next to the new Boot Camp partition.

  When I highlighted this new Boot Camp partition in the VM library and you press the delete key, absolutely nothing changed, that I could see.  Right click on the list of this score showed that the menu choice 'delete' is gray.

  Then I closed the merger, and then manually moving the file to the trash "/ Users/yangguizi/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines / Boot Camp / '.

  The next time I opened the merger, a new icon for the Boot Camp partition has been displayed at the bottom, with the subtitle "Powered Off".  When I clicked on the icon start Guest, a new folder/Boot Camp / was created in the same place, and the never-ending open window showing "Vmware Fusion prepares your Boot Camp partition to run as a virtual machine.  This may take a few minutes.  This will be possible once. " Blah, blah, blah.  If the cycle turned up.

  I am at a loss what to try next.  Here are three assumptions about the problem:

  1. Fusion has been confused by the three communities during which I virtual machines.

• Fusion has been confused by the fact that I have, potentially, two virtual machines called "Boot Camp partition".  The older is actually a virtual machine hard disk external.

• When I installed XP in the Boot Camp partition, the external Firewire drive was running. Then installing Windows saw much more of partitions on which XP could in theory have been installed.  This may have confused merge somehow, even if I successfully installed XP on partition C, which was 32 GB.

Did fix you this problem?  Even if you haven't, what do you suggest me I try next?

Thank you, Yang Guizi

Host hardware: 17 "MacBook Pro; 2.33 GHz cpu; 3 GB of ram; Boot Camp 32 GB partition formatted in NTFS. external hard drive with Firewire 800 interface, partitioned in an HFS volume + and an NTFS volume.
Host software: OS X Leopard 10.5.5; running VMware Fusion 2.0.1 build 128865; Tracks of partition Boot Camp newly installed Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2.
Software comments: I would like to convert the Boot Camp XP Pro SP2 in a VMware virtual machine.        Running VMs with Kubuntu and NetBSD since the hd internal.

You can just get rid of the all/Users/lincoln/Library/Application Support / directory / Machines/virtual VMware Fusion; It should all be recreated. The virtual machine to help naos is than the pretreatment of Boot Camp. You don't want to get rid of all the of them, the only one in the specified directory. For example, there is a blank template in Applications/VMware Fusion.app whence that of your home folder.

• Issue of boot camp

  If I install Bootcamp on my iMac will I still have my mac files it can change between iOS and windows?

  And can I install boot camp on an HDA disk extern?

  Bootcamp take a portion defined by you to your hard drive in my case, I had a 2 to hd and divided into 1 TB for windows and 1 TB for osx

  When I press option or with my windows left the keyboard down Alt key when it starts up I get a list where I can choose if I want to start osx and windows

  Windows we see the mac part of your hard drive read-only and even OSX with the part of windows

  Windows itself is not officially supported running on an external hard drive so I would say no, but people usually find ways and I don't know if windows see love at first sight connected external drive as it would a usb connected.

• issue drivers assistant boot camp win10

  Hello everyone, I managed to install win10 without boot camp in an external drive, I have downloaded the software to support 5.1.5769, but when I try to install using the setup.exe it tells me that the version of the installer is too old, where I can find the correct drivers? is the 5.1.5769 later?

  If your Mac supports W10, Wizard BC download BC6 drivers (drivers FC5 will not work on W10). He is El Capitan. FC5 Assistant has similar functions.

  

• End of 2011 MBP El Capitan Windows 7 Boot Camp without optical drive internal (LOSING MY MIND, Please HELP)

  What I have:

  • Original disc Windows 7 Pro from Microsoft as to
  • Downloaded ISO exact copy of Microsoft as well if need be
  • DVD player Samsung external optics
  • USB drive (s)

  What I don't have:

  • Optical drive internal and original; the Bay is empty.
  • Patience to use VM and WinClone and all that BS.

  Sorry for the harsh tone, but I'm losing my mind edition .plists and restart a hundred times a day. erasure of the USB drives when all this used to work years ago.

  I was sure it was possible to install Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro 2011 delay, an external optical drive. I not even asking to use a USB key.

  Why do I have all official records of Microsoft and a USB/DVD drive, but am forced to use an other intern, that is broken for like 90 percent of Mac owners.

  I see a black screen with a cursor on startup or a black screen saying no boot device... After using Boot Camp Assistant. I tried to not use the wizard and make a Fat32 partition on my USB on and implemented to date, but this method failed as well for some reason any illogical.

  Please help me or at least explain certain restrictions that I can never get about in what concerns my machine and Boot Camp.

  Thank you!

  Can you extract the the Samsung SATA connector and connect to the SATA internal optical drive connector?

  The EFI on your Mac version works partially with a USB Flash drive, but the file info.plist mounting is required. The VM/Winclone method also works.

• Drive external DRIVE with Boot Camp Win8.1 only recognized by a Mac?

  I need to create a HARD drive containing Windows 8.1 for a retina 2015 13 "MacBook Pro with a small SSD.

  If I understand correctly, Boot Camp wouldn't install Windows on what be it external. I used a 2012 MacBook Pro 13 "and the Boot Camp Assistant used to partition the internal drive and 8.1 Windows Installer from a DVD. I then removed the freshly Boot Camp a HARD drive internal, put it in a caddy and replaced the HARD internal drive with a new installed OSX one, and all is well. When I hold Alt 2012 the MacBook Pro at the start with my new external (the Boot Camp'd HARD drive in a caddy) plugged, I offer the 1) internal drive, 2) external OSX partition and finally 3) partition Windows 8.1. Windows starts successfully and works very well.

  My problem is that when I plug the external HDD bootcamp in the 13 "2015 MacBook Pro of the retina, which I did because the Windows partition is not given as an option at startup. It offers only the internal SSD flash disk and partition OSX from the outside. The same is true when I plug it into a 2010 27 "iMac, a 15 2105" MacBook Pro or a 2011 13 "MacBook Pro.

  I plugged on an any other MacBook Pro 2012 with a technique that is identical to the one I did the Boot Camp disk on and it works fine! Then why will offer to boot Windows on the computers of an identical to the technique that I have created the disk on? After, that means the only way I can create an external bootable Windows drive uses the same method, but with a PCIe SSD and it can be created in the machine, I want to use it with?

  Anyone with any experience of this or any idea that I would appreciate your thoughts! Thank you.

  1 Windows-to-Go is part of Windows Enterprise, which is not supported on your Mac.

  2. the drivers on the Windows installation are specific to a MBP 2012. Unless you create a generic Windows without specific hardware drivers, it will not work across different HW Macs.

  3. moving W8.1 with EFI Boot and the MBR are two different scenarios. You can also alter your BCD that leads to new problems.

• Boot camp with external dvd drive

  How it is possible to install Windows 7 on my old MacBook Pro Mid 2009 using an external DVD drive?

  Because my SuperDrive drive is broken.

  Yes, there is a way, I remember that when I swapped my Superdrive for a disk hard while my old Macbook could not start Windows USB.

  you need vmware Fusion and refined installed

  It's a little tricky because not apple USB drives do not work when booting the operating system, but it works if you read carefully. basically the process starts as usual, put the DVD in the DVD USB drive and start to Boot Camp, let to create the BootCamp partition, instead of restarting create a VM with the mapping of physical disk, begin the installation, restart Windows and finish using DVD USB.

  Here is the guide, a bit outdated but might help. Be sure just to what disk you format in the virtual machine, because you are working with the physical disk where you have installed OS X:

  http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/2011/2156

• Is it possible to install Boot Camp and use window only with an external hard drive, so it doesn't take much space on my Mac?

  Is it possible to install Boot Camp and use window only with an external hard drive, so it doesn't take much space on my Mac?

  No. Windows cannot be installed on an external drive, or start from a.

• Can I install Boot Camp/Windows 7 completely on an external drive?

  My MBP has an inside 128 GB SSD, and insists on the creation of a 50 GB partition on it in order to install Boot Camp Boot Camp.  This would force me to erase most of what I have installed.

  Is it possible to force the Boot Camp Assistant to install on an external USB3 Western Digital 1 TB Passport drive I have?

  Thank you!

  N ° Microsoft does not allow for Windows must be installed on external drives, which is the reason why Boot Camp requires you to create a partition for Windows on the SSD.

• boot camp and windows 10

  I'm trying to install 10 Windows with Boot Camp Assistant. I'm exactly as shown in all directions. I have a 2012 end iMac 21.5 ". It has a 1 terabyte internal hard drive. I've updated to the latest version of Mac OS x. I downloaded a legal Windows 10 professional image, although it seems not matter since I can't install it. Anyway. I followed all the instructions of the Boot Camp Assistant. I use an external hard drive for WININSTALL. Wizard Boot Camp works very well until it's time to create the partition on the hard disk called Bootcamp. It creates the partition, but does not do anything in this partition. Wizard Boot Camp attempts to boot from the new partition, but obviosly, there is nothing there. I tried to start the WININSTALL disc, who starts and wants to install Windows 10, but he cannot or will not be installed on the Bootcamp partition. You know what says the error message, because others have told you what he said, so I won't repeat. Obviously, Boot Camp Assistant does not use GPT, but rather of MBR to create the Bootcamp partition. I have tried many, many, many times to use Boot Camp Assistant to install 10 Windows internal hard disk, but each time he did exactly the same thing. I guess I'm crazy for trying to do the same thing so many times. Of course, there is something wrong with my iMac, because it seems that others are able to install Windows 10 on their iMac. So, would someone please tell me how to fix the problem so that I can install 10 Windows internal hard disk from the iMac?

  fronw wrote:

  I use an external hard drive for WININSTALL.

  You need a USB2 Flash 8 + GB drive. You may use an external HARD disk, it is still problematic.

  It creates the partition, but does not do anything in this partition.

  BCA is not supposed to, until the Windows Installer starts and copies the files to the internal drive to put Windows on the internal drive. WININSTALL contains all the files needed to install Windows.

  I tried to start the WININSTALL disc, who starts and wants to install Windows 10, but he cannot or will not be installed on the Bootcamp partition. You know what says the error message, because others have told you what he said, so I won't repeat. Obviously, Boot Camp Assistant does not use GPT, but rather of MBR to create the Bootcamp partition.

  EFI boot needs a GPT disk, the BIOS legacy mode needs a hybrid MBR (collection on a GPT disk standard). Your Mac 2012 preUEFI supports only the MBR properly. EFI boot not work correctly and cause driver problems.

  I guess I'm crazy for trying to do the same thing so many times. Of course, there is something wrong with my iMac, because it seems that others are able to install Windows 10 on their iMac. So, would someone please tell me how to fix the problem so that I can install 10 Windows internal hard disk from the iMac?

  Run the wizard of BC and delete the current partition. Disconnect the external storage, perform the following two procedures

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

  How to reset the NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

  Run the BCA and use a flashdrive USB2 (not a HARD drive). The USB key will be erased/formatted. The content of the ISO or Windows 10 DVD will be copied on this flash drive with drivers Apple supporting restart environment that supports your keyboard and mouse and display. Do not interrupt the installation in any way using the Alt/Option key.

  See also https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/mac/5.0/help/ .

• Boot camp windows 7 without internet probs

  Hi, can someone help me please?

  I installed windows 7 64 bit, cd, everything seems ok part of I can't go on the internet.

  I downloaded bootcamp and tried to install the drivers but it says that they are not compatible for the mac.

  It's a macbook pro 13 "mid-2012, and I tried to install boot camp 5 and 4.

  any help appreciated.

  Hello lees220,

  Thanks for asking for help with Boot Camp here in Apple Support communities. I understand how it is important for the dual-boot option. Here's what I recommend.

  The first thing we want to make sure is that all your data is safe. You can perform a backup using Time Machine and an external hard drive. Some people recommend an external hard drive twice the size of your internal hard drive, because finally he fills with the backups, but as long as you have a car large enough to store all the data currently on your Mac that will suffice. Use this article to help make a backup of your Mac: use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac. This backup of your Mac partition only. You will need to use another method to back up the Windows partition if you need.

  Once you have a backup of your data, please see this help article: install Windows 7 and older versions on your Mac with Boot Camp. It shows in the picture that your model of Mac must use 5 Bootcamp with Windows 7 64-bit. There is also a link to the software support in the article, but I will also provide you with here: Boot Camp 5.1.5621. Support software

  If you want to try another version of Windows, use this help article to verify its compatibility with your model of Mac: minimum system requirements to install Windows on your Mac with Boot Camp.

  Once you have the software support, open Boot Camp and that there should be an option to repair Windows or install a supported software. If you don't see these options, it would be preferable to delete the current partition and start over using the information provided here to ensure that everything goes smoothly and in order.

  Thank you and have a wonderful rest of your day.

• Chaos of partition after you remove the boot camp partition

  Hello guys,.

  After that I was updating win10 with the new update... that was a bad idea... I tried to do a clean install of it.
  After failing to do so hard, im really stuck and don't know what to do:

  boot camp will not let me delete, they 3rd option is still grayed out. so I deletet with tool drive and tried to install win10 via boot camp several times - it does not work because that is always something worng with the partition I chose to install it.

  No, I think I really messed up my partitions and I don't really know what to do anymore, so I post this:

  / 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 GB internal drive 121.0 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 GB internal Drive 483,9 disk1s2

  3: disk1s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Microsoft Reserved 16.8 MB disk1s4

  5: Windows Recovery 471.9 MB disk1s5

  6: EFI No. 104.9 MB disk1s6 NAME

  7: Apple_HFS 123 514,7 GB disk1s7

  / dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD + 599,0 GB disk2

  Logical volume on disk0s2, disk1s2

  1D528A9D-C552-417B-BF2A-C9C6AA49B5FD

  Fusion unencrypted drive

  / dev/disk3 (external, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: FDisk_partition_scheme * disk3 16.0 GB

  1: DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL 16.0 GB disk3s1could help me

  Maybe someone can help me to get through this... I don't really know what it takes to "reset" my scores so I can again reinstall win10.

  iMac 5 k late 2014, 1 TB fusion drive, el capitan 10.11.6

  Disconnect external drives until Windows is completely installed.  If you are prompted for a USB key, use only a not a USB HDD, flash drive.

  You seem to have deleted the partition of BC using disk utility, which is not a good idea. Do not mix BC Assistant and disk utility.

  Perform the following two procedures after each failed attempt.

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

  How to reset the NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

  In the current state, disk1s4-disk1s7 should be merged into one FAT32 partition, if you want to re - use for BC/Windows.