Partition Not Found

Hi, I'm using Boot Camp to install windows. Using the Boot Camp assistant, I did partition the drive (32 GB for the bootcamp drive, and I see it on the desktop). However, when I go to install windows with the blue screen and everything and when I get to the part where I'm asked to choose on which partition to install windows, all I see is a single partition of ~125GB, no other choices, which is strange because not only do I not see the bootcamp partition but also, this is a new laptop with 250GB. Still, if I use that single partition and install windows, it overrides the Mac OS. Any help would be appreciated.

Hey,
You have two options while creating the Boot Camp partition. 1) Divide equally 2)Use 32 GB. By default the first option will be highlighted. I believe that the partition was created by dividing the hard drive equally as you have 125 GB for Windows from a 250 GB hard drive.
You can also check this from the Mac Desktop. Right Click on the Boot Camp partition on the desktop and go to Get Info. It will tell you how much is the size of the partition.
Can you remove the boot camp partition and try to recreate it?
Make sure that you are clicking on the Use 32 GB option and the Windows partition above that shows up as 32 GB before continuing with the Partition.
Reply back with updates.
Regards.....

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