Hopefully someone will be able to help me resolve this. Please note that all the attempts were made after a fresh install of the latest Big Sur and using different Windows ISO versions (21H1, 20H2, 2004, 1909). I've been trying to install Windows on my iMac well over a dozen times using various methods recommended on various forums such as this and I either cannot get into the Windows installer or the installer will not proceed past the "Copying installation files" part.īelow I will outline my specs, the various methods I've tried and the outcome. Various issues with installing Windows Hi all, Is this something that Apple are still planning to address in an update or is there a workaround? Thanks in advance.ĭiskutil list on my machine is as follows, and all looks normal as far as my knowledge goes:Ģ: Apple_APFS Container disk1 372.0 GB disk0s2ģ: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 128.1 GB disk0s3Ġ: APFS Container Scheme - +372.0 GB disk1ġ: APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data 23.0 GB disk1s1Ģ: APFS Volume Preboot 317.9 MB disk1s2ĥ: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 15.0 GB disk1s5Ħ: APFS Snapshot .update-. 15.0 GB disk1s5s1 I have read on similar articles even on this community that Big Sur has issues with installing Bootcamp, but have been unable to find one that specifically says that it never manages to get to Windows Setup. I don’t see the Bootcamp partition through the Startup disk option and pressing ALT on startup only gives me the MAC OS and I’m presuming the Windows USB boot device, which gives me the ‘non system disk’ error and to reboot. Used Bootcamp assistant to create bootcamp USB disk. Usb 16gb capacity formatted with MS-DOS file format (I did previously try exFat as well incase this was a factor).ĭecrypted filevault prior to bootcamp. No firmware password on the machine.īootCamp assistant creates Windows 10 boot usb and then progresses to partition wizard as normal 128gb windows partition created, machine reboots (boot usb still in machine), but never boots into windows setup, always goes back into Mac Os, where the bootcamp assistant tells me I can remove the partition and start again if I wish, so stuck in a loop every time.Ĭhecked on disk utility and bootcamp partition is showing with correct size, mounted, and 128gb NTFS partition. I’m attempting to bootcamp Windows 10 Home on a 128gb created partition on the main volume using Bootcamp assistant.ĭownloaded Windows 10 iso from Microsoft website. i7 2.5ghz, 500gb SSD, Big Sur V11.1 installed with all updates.
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