Boot Camp Error - Erased Partition?

I erased windows partition as instructed, finished my work and restarted the computer... it opens up in windows. I search, and discover my OSX partition has been erased. All my files were on there, university work, music, photographs! Is there any way of getting that back? Preferably for free/cheeply.

I backed up the section I was supposed to be deleting, and followed the instructions provided using Boot Camp and Disk utility to erase the windows partition. Thanks for the info.
Edit: I also need something that will work on Windows to recover a Mac OS drive.
Message was edited by: Kittykat123123

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Boot Camp won't partition, files cannot be moved.

I'm sure this has come up more times than anyone can count. I've searched for answers but still haven't found the solution. Boot Camp won't partition because some files cannot be moved.
I have defragmented my computer, it is all just one partition. I have 150+ GB of free space. I am only trying to partition 5 GB for windows, honestly that is more than i will need. The error of course tells me to back up my computer and reformat it. I have not done this yet because I believe it will be a last resort and will be unlikely to actually solve my problem. I'm sure there is at least 5 GB of continuous free space on my computer that could be partitioned. I am wondering what else i can do?
Also, if it does come down to backing my computer up, is it possible to back it up to another macbook? I don't want to waste money on an external just because Boot Camp is being picky.

First, way too many people choose too small, and I though 10GB was the smallest for XP, and often was not enough to allow updates, patches, page, hibernation and temp space, let alone games, apps etc.
The only defrag I can think of that works are iDefrag and Drive Genius 2. But a backup + erase + restore is the best. Otherwise, your free space may still be fragmented or have files that prevent you, as is happening.
5GB for Windows doesn't sound like more than needed, or even enough.
External backup drives are never a waste. Even for just Mac OS.

Can´t install windows 8.1 because boot camp can't partition the disk. I´ve follow many tips but they did´t work

I can´t install windows 8.1 because boot camp can't partition the disk. I´ve follow many tips but they did´t work (backup, reinstall os, erase space, etc.)
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os x yosemite 10.10.2
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There are several possibilities.
1. You do not have contiguous free disk space.
2. BCA has failed, or you may have a Fusion drive which is causing problems.
3. You have incorrect permissions on the disk.
4. Can you boot in OS X Safe Mode - OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? - Apple Support?

Boot camp error loading operating system

when i hit restart and held down option, i clicked on windows but it loaded a black screen saying error loading operating system. I am running Os X 10.9.4. Does anyone know why boot camps is not working?

Loner T, not sure if you saw this, but I created a new post with the information you were looking for. Any help you could provide would be great...thanks.
Re: Boot camp - error loading operating system

I have deleted windows7 in the boot camp but the partition macintosh hd2 is still there...if i try to install windows7 again,it is not showing the boot camp partioned space...

I have deleted windows7 in the boot camp but the partition macintosh hd2 is still there...if i try to install windows7 again,it is not showing the boot camp partioned space...

Update: I did an extended hardware test (just in case a hardware issue was causing my problem)--no problems found. I then went through the Aperture troubleshooting steps: I tried repairing permissions first, but I still could not see any of the images that were in the Aperture trash. I then repaired the library. This seems to have fixed things (at least upon initial assessment). Afterward, I was able to see the images that were in the trash. I opened the Activity Window to see what it said when I tried emptying the trash again. This time it said it was deleting exactly the number of images that I expected it to delete (not twice as many this time!), and it emptied lickety split--as I had expected it to do the first time! So, hopefully, all is now well with my system and library. Still wondering why it was telling me it was deleting twice as many images as were in the trash the last time I tried, but overall, much happier today!

Boot Camp error: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Jounraled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

Hi!
I am getting the error:
"The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Jounraled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows."
I read up some on google, but all of them says that they have crated a partition and that is the problem, I only have the standard "Macintosh HD".
I tried to create a partition manually in disk utility but then the error message: "Partition failed with error message: Could not unmount disk."
Can anyone help me? It's driving me crazy.
Thanks.

This message, and threads like yours got asked daily for over two years, now it is only a couple times a week!!
Is it so hard to follow through? you were to have backup already, clones are best, then erase/format and restore.
Then partition.
Some have been able to use Disk Utility booted from OS X DVD or another drive, and repair the drive.
You have to use Boot Camp Assistant (99.9% anyway) to create and achieve a proper Windows Master Boot Record partition.

Boot camp error "Your disk could not be partitioned" Yosemite iMac

I been trying to boot camp windows 7 on my iMac for 2 days now. I tried several online suggestions but with no success. Everything will work fine until I get to Macintosh HD will be partitioned as, I pick the size and click install. BCA will start partitioning but then will stop and I get a message "Your disk could not be partitioned. An error occurred while partitioning the disk"
Would someone help me please
OS X Yosemite 10.10.2
iMac (21.5 inch, Mid 2010)
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            2.0 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk1
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              320.1 GB   disk1s1
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD     *3.3 GB     disk2
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD     *3.2 GB     disk3
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
Password:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=2000398934016; sectorsize=512; blocks=3907029168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 3907029167
       start        size index contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640 3905349952      2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
3905759592     1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
3907029128           7
3907029135          32         Sec GPT table
3907029167           1         Sec GPT header
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 243201/255/63 [3907029168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 - 3907029167] <Unknown ID>
2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

The only supported method is to backup OSX, erase internal disk, restore from TM backup, and try BCA again.
Before you do this, one suggestion is to run Disk Utility Verify/Repair (twice) and a SMC Reset - Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support after each Repair.
Safe Mode can also help - OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? - Apple Support.

Boot Camp Error "You cannot partition an external disk drive"

Hi all - I am trying to install Windows XP Pro via Boot Camp for the first time. I have all four bays of my MacPro (circa 2007) filled with hard drives. I boot off the first bay, and have a cal digit raid card that controls the other three hard drives into a RAID5 array. I believe that the raid card may be the culprit.
I am trying to install boot camp/WinXP on the first drive. I get the error in the title above when I try to run Boot Camp. I have ejected the RAID5, and I have rebooted to no avail.
I cannot wipe my first drive/boot drive clean. I just wish to partition it via BC so I can switch between XP and Mac OSX. Any guidance is appreciated.
Thanks.
Tri

Try removing the other drives is almost always essential with a Mac Pro to get Windows to work. Even Windows 7 doesn't understand seeing Apple GPT/EFI during install - they can be reinstalled later.
Or it could be that any hardware RAID controller also has to be removed. Like Apple's Pro RAID or ATTO FC.
Even w/o the CalDigit and just Apple GPT you would have gotten an error message.
BCA is still after all these years unable to understand and work with a Mac Pro properly. A one-trick/ one-drive only utility that is stumped when it runs into a dual drive setup. Which way why I gave up on using Mac Pro for dual-boot and built some PCs just for Windows 7. I install Windows on PC, then transfer the drive to Mac Pro and it works just fine!
Xserve RAID Card: Boot Camp does not support RAID configurations
Xserve RAID Card: Boot Camp does not support RAID configurations ... Boot Camp does not support the installation of Windows onto a Mac using hardware or software RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives). This includes Microsoft Windows built-in software RAID as well as the Mac Pro RAID Card.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2855

Installing Windows 7 with boot camp as whole partition on 2nd internal hard drive

Hi all,
I am unsure what is the recent changes with Apple boot camp. But when I used boot camp utilitiy on my Mac Pro (Mid 2010) to install windows 7 64 bits. It would not install and created a whole lot of problems.
After I initialise the process to install windows 7 using boot camp utilities, I chose the option to create a single partition to installl windows 7 on my secondary internal hard drive (1TB). After I restarted my Mac Pro and started the Windows 7 installation process, I was unable to install Windows 7 on the BOOTCAMP partition created by the boot camp utilitiy. I got an error something about Windows cannot be installed on the selected forum because the driver contained GPT details.
I tried to format the BOOTCAMP partition, but it ended up with errors. I tried to delete and recreate the BOOTCAMP partition in Windows setup, but failed with errors again. As I could not go any further with the Windows 7 installation, I had to hard reset my Mac Pro and tried to reboot back into Mac OS X Lion and that's when the nightmare begin.
Not only I could not boot into OS X, I could not use any of the startup key combinations (i.e. Hold option key to select start up disk, option + R to boot the lion recovery drive, not boot from any external firewire drive installed with OS X Lion). Basically none of the key combinations worked except for the holdingi F12 and mouse key to eject CD.
The only thing I could boot the Mac Pro with is the windows installation CD and Linux Ubuntu Raring Distro. I can install the ubuntu distro without any issue. However, I could not boot my mac pro back into OS X as Linux does not support bootcamp. The only way I could use Mac OS X Lion again is to delete the partition OS X Lion was installed on, and then I was be able to install Windows 7 without any issue.
After installing windows 7 I would have to download boot camp and then use the boot camp control panel to restart in the Mac Pro installation DVD and I will have to reinstall OS X again. After installing OS X, I went to System Preference and tried to select Windows 7 as startup disc. But I failed to as it says "Windows 7" Was installed via another utility. I would have to erase the partition and reinstall Windows 7 again using bootcamp utility. If I try to install windows 7 again, the horror I described above repeats again.
From my understanding, the Boot camp utility creates a new EFI bootrom with Master Boot Record (MBR) in FAT32 format. Therefore I could not boot back into Mac OS X without using boot camp in windows 7 as none of the boot combinations key worked.
I want to ask if anyone is experiencing the same issue as i do, and if there are any solutions to the problem I am experiencing. I never had such issue before. I was able to install Windows 7 on my 2ndary internal hard drive without issue using boot camp. I don't what has changed. I have googled for solution, I only found something related to XOM but nothing else.
If anyone can provide me with any help in regards to installing Windows 7 as a whole partition on a secondary internal hard drive. It'd be grealy appreciated. Thank you in advance.

If you have driver issue, just pre-download the boot camp drivers and save them on an external drive or burn them onto a cd, you will be able to load drivers via the advanced installation option during windows setup, that is if your osx partition isn't actively preventing you from installing win7 on the BOOTCAMP Partition created by boot camp assistant, I find this rather ironic, took me 3 days to figure out this issue, I was stuck without being able to boot into anything beside the windows cd, which wasn't even helpful as I could not install windows as I did not want to delete my osx partition. I lost all my data becsuse of it, as I had no idea what was going on. I tried to recover the partition using testdisk, hfsprogs and gparted in ubuntu life cd but they dont support HFS+. As I could not access osx terminal (couldn't even boot into osx installation dvd with that dreaded MBR created by boot csmp). I could not use pdisk in terminal to restore the osx partition map. Though luck for me. Called applecare and they had no idea what the problem was, and as usual they orgsnised for hard drive replacement. But it was clearly a software issue.
They will have to fix bay2 for me as I can no longer detect any hard disk connected to that bay.

Boot Camp Error Code: 0x80070570

Macbook Pro late 2013 running OS X Yosemite 10.10.1
This problem with installing windows through boot camp has had me frustrated to no ends the past few days.
I have an iso of window 7 home premium that for sure works because it worked when I installed window 7 on VMWare.
I created the bootable USB flash drive and downloaded the driver and installed windows (checked all three boxes when I started boot camp), and everything is fine until I get to the install windows screen. Copy files work but when it gets to expand files, I get this error message:
"Windows cannot install required files. The file may be corrupted or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070570"
It says file may be corrupted or missing, but I have tried to burn the iso onto usb from boot camp and using window usb/dvd downloader tool to make the bootable usb flash drive. The iso file itself cannot be broken because it works on my virtual machine. I have also tried this with my windows 8.1 iso, which I also know for a fact works, and still gets the same error. Does the error come from burring the iso to the bootable USB flash drive? If thats the case, there is nothing that I know of to burn it better since I tried the build in boot camp one and the window usb/dvd tool.
This error is so annoying, and I been trying to install windows on my mac for the past few days to no avail.
Has anyone else found a fix for this problem?
It was much easier to install windows on the old macbook pro when it has an optical drive. Using the iso should be the same but I'm not sure why its not working, given my iso should be flawless.

To: Timothy Miller (and anyone else who might have input)
I'm having a somewhat related but somewhat different problem to the one you responded to a couple months ago in this thread.
I am also trying to create a partition on my Mac using Boot Camp Assistant in order to install Windows, and am also encountering an error from Boot Camp Assistant saying that I cannot complete the partition as wished.
My error message is slightly different from the one mentioned above. I already checked the solution you mentioned (checking the "enable journaling" button, and it is greyed out, because my hard drive was already enabled for journaling.
The error message I get from Boot Camps goes as follows:
"Unable to partition your hard drive because some files cannot be moved. Back up your disk. Use the disk utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (journaled) volume. Then restore information to the disk and try using the Boot Camp assistant again."
What does it mean "some files cannot be moved"?
I tried doing as it says, backed up all my data on my external hard drive, and went to disk utility to try to follow the error message's directions, but I'm not sure how exactly I format (or should I say re-format) my hard drive? I see options for erase, partition, and restore, but not format. I am guessing I probably need to erase it and then restore it from scratch? But disk utility won't let me erase my hard drive. Everything's "greyed out" and unclickable.
By the way, my computer is a 3 year old, 80 GB MacBook with Leopard 10.5.6.
Thanks

Boot Camp won't partition my disc because it says I need to reformat as a single mac os extended (journaled) even though it already is.

I'm trying to partition my Macbook Pro early 2011 with Boot Camp Assistant so I can run Windows 7, however when I tell it to create the partition I get an error that says:
"The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved. ... Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
Problem is, my Macbook is already a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled)! Any idea of what I should do to get around this? Do I have to wipe and restore my files? I'm using Boot Camp 4.0.1

Kappy wrote:
The problem:
You are asking for more contiguous space than is available on the drive.
The drive is highly fragmented.
Here's what you need to do:
Request a smaller Windows partition. If that isn't feasible then do the following:
Cheap and Easy Defragmentation
You will have to backup your OS X partition to an external drive, boot from the external drive, use Disk Utility to repartition and reformat your hard drive back to a single volume, then restore your backup to the internal hard drive.
1. Get an empty external hard drive and clone your internal drive to the
       external one.
2. Boot from the external hard drive.
3. Erase the internal hard drive.
4. Restore the external clone to the internal hard drive.
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
       it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
      the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears. Select the icon for the external drive and click on the upward pointing arrow button.
After startup do the following:
Erase internal hard drive
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your internal hard drive (this is the entry with the
       mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the
       drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is
       failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be
       reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the
       DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the
       drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended
       (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to
       GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait
       until the process has completed.
Restore the clone to the internal hard drive
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
       it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
      the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the internal hard drive. Source means the external startup drive.
Note that the Source and Destination drives are swapped for this last procedure.
I've come across this problem myself, so I attempted this procedure, although I receive an input/output error when trying restore my internal hdd to my external. I have never a problem with either. Could I instead create an image using DU and save it to the external drive then extract that image to my internal drive later? If so, is there any additional steps I need to take?

Boot Camp error x80300024

Getting an error message when loading Windows onto my MAC of 'Unable to load error x80300024'. Not too sure what is going on here. I am installing per the manuel and this isn't the first time I have done this and I have never received this error before. Does anyone have an idea? Thanks

To: Timothy Miller (and anyone else who might have input)
I'm having a somewhat related but somewhat different problem to the one you responded to a couple months ago in this thread.
I am also trying to create a partition on my Mac using Boot Camp Assistant in order to install Windows, and am also encountering an error from Boot Camp Assistant saying that I cannot complete the partition as wished.
My error message is slightly different from the one mentioned above. I already checked the solution you mentioned (checking the "enable journaling" button, and it is greyed out, because my hard drive was already enabled for journaling.
The error message I get from Boot Camps goes as follows:
"Unable to partition your hard drive because some files cannot be moved. Back up your disk. Use the disk utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (journaled) volume. Then restore information to the disk and try using the Boot Camp assistant again."
What does it mean "some files cannot be moved"?
I tried doing as it says, backed up all my data on my external hard drive, and went to disk utility to try to follow the error message's directions, but I'm not sure how exactly I format (or should I say re-format) my hard drive? I see options for erase, partition, and restore, but not format. I am guessing I probably need to erase it and then restore it from scratch? But disk utility won't let me erase my hard drive. Everything's "greyed out" and unclickable.
By the way, my computer is a 3 year old, 80 GB MacBook with Leopard 10.5.6.
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Repairing Boot Camp after deleting partition

Hello,
During the bootcamp installation by mistake I erased the macintosh HD partition, but before continuing the installation of windows I stopped the process.
Using a bootable live cd I saw that all the partitions are still there. I changed the boot options and managed to see the mac HD partition on the boot screen (when pressing alt).
After booting I could see all the information on mu mac and the present partitions information is like these:
Andres-MacBook-Pro:~ arlourenco$ sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0
Password:
gpt show: disk0: mediasize=750156374016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1465149168
gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1465149167
       start        size index contents
           0           1         MBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
      409640 1385344952      2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1385754592     1269536      3 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
1387024128         256
1387024384    78123008      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1465147392        1743
1465149135          32         Sec GPT table
1465149167           1         Sec GPT header
Andres-MacBook-Pro:~ arlourenco$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0          geometry: 91201/255/63 [1465149168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE    0   0   1 - 1023 254 63 [         1 -         39] <Unknown ID>
2: 0B 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [        40 -     409600] Win95 FAT-32
*3: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 1385344952] HFS+
4: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1385754592 -    1269536] HFS+
I tried to re-run Boot Camp Assist again, but it gives me the following error:
The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.
Can you help me to fix the problem?
Andre

Everything was fine... Issue started when I tried to increasec the size of my bootcamp partition (from 100gb to 200gb).
I did the following:
1. I decreased my mac hd by 100gb using disk utility
2. Then I loaded bootcamp and used the "mini partition wizard" to increase the size of the partition by 100gb (unallocated space I free on mac hd)
3. I rebooted and everything went poof!!!!!! (Just for bootcamp)
Then, since bootcamp was not staring I found the solution you posted at the beginning:
·         sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0
p
setpid 4
07
flag 4
p
write
y
After this os x was still fine but windows was jus getting stuck at boot (black screen with blinking cursor)
Then I decided to do the following:
·         sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0
p
setpid 1
07
flag 1
p
write
y
After this everything brok! Mac HD disapeared and windows was showing "missing os"

How can I install windows 7 using boot camp, if the partition will not format correctly?

Hi All,
I'm new to this forum and have had a chance to look around a little bit, but haven't really found an answer to the problem that I'm having.
I have an imac and I'm attempting to use boot camp. I have used it in the past, with prior versions of mac os x, but this is the first time that I have tried it with 10.6.8. The first thing I found out is that I can't use Windows XP, even with service pack 2 installed, because it doesn't find the "boot camp" partition. So, I recently obtained a full retail copy of Windows 7 and have been trying to install it. I have no problem with the boot camp assistant creating the new partition, 200 GB. However, when I insert the Windows 7 DVD and the computer restarts in the Win 7 install screen it tells me that I cannot install Windows on the selected partition (which I expected to see.) So I choose "format" the further format the partition. It doesn't ask me how I would like to partition this, but just seems to start. All seems to go fine until it finishes and i see the same message of "Windows cannot be installed in the selected partition." I can click on the format tab endlessly but it still doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have any ideas? I've called Apple and their technicians keep telling me that I need to reinstall the Mac OS again, which I've tried. It doesn't seem to help either.
Thanks in advance for your help,
DTK

David Kaff wrote:
Yes, I choose "Format" under the advanced options screen. It seems like it formats, but then I get the same message of "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style." I can continue to click "format" but i keep getting the same error.
There is the answer, right in front of us ....
Delete the bootcamp partition and start again the correct partition type is GUID but BootCamp should take care of that automatically so try again.

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