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Boot Camp fails during Windows setup

ajmichmac

ajmichmac

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Attempting to install Windows 10 via Boot Camp. It downloads drivers and partitions the HD, the Windows setup begins and proceeds through the "checklist" until it has loaded all files, then an error message appears:

"Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed."

Boot Camp Windows Setup Error.jpg


I have searched the web and tried many "fixes" to no avail. FWIW I am using a freshly downloaded ISO from the Microsoft site. Disk Utility First Aid has been run on all drives numerous times. HELP!
 
ajmichmac said:
Attempting to install Windows 10 via Boot Camp. It downloads drivers and partitions the HD, the Windows setup begins and proceeds through the "checklist" until it has loaded all files, then an error message appears:

"Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed."

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I have searched the web and tried many "fixes" to no avail. FWIW I am using a freshly downloaded ISO from the Microsoft site. Disk Utility First Aid has been run on all drives numerous times. HELP!
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There are a couple of threads here at MR that deal specifically with getting Windows in your Mac. Have you checked them?
 
H2SO4 said:
There are a couple of threads here at MR that deal specifically with getting Windows in your Mac. Have you checked them?
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Yes, thanks, though none of the fixes or workarounds have solved the issue. Thinking it might be something to do with Microsoft's ISO download, I bought a license for 10 Pro and downloaded that, and the install worked. Go figure, I have no idea why that would make any difference, except the paranoid in me suggests that MS doesn't want people using the Home version so they've crippled it somehow, at least when using Boot Camp, and by golly if the Pro version didn't install without a hitch! BTW the Pro license was $60 from Indigo Software... are they on the up & up?
 
ajmichmac said:
Yes, thanks, though none of the fixes or workarounds have solved the issue. Thinking it might be something to do with Microsoft's ISO download, I bought a license for 10 Pro and downloaded that, and the install worked. Go figure, I have no idea why that would make any difference, except the paranoid in me suggests that MS doesn't want people using the Home version so they've crippled it somehow, at least when using Boot Camp, and by golly if the Pro version didn't install without a hitch! BTW the Pro license was $60 from Indigo Software... are they on the up & up?
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This assumption isn't true. You were probably using the 1809 release, which fails to install via Boot Camp, whereas 1803 release does not. Has nothing to do with you using the Home or Pro variations.
 
whoisyourdaddy said:
This assumption isn't true. You were probably using the 1809 release, which fails to install via Boot Camp, whereas 1803 release does not. Has nothing to do with you using the Home or Pro variations.
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Actually it IS true... and the download that worked was "Win10_1809Oct_English_x64.ISO" -- obviously the 1809 release.
 
The assumption that Boot Camp or the Windows OS is particular to the installation because of it being an unlicensed "Home" or "Pro" variation is my reference to not being true. You can install the 1809 release after having setup Boot Camp with 1803 or by booting via another boot device. Perhaps, it was resolved with the 10.14.2 release. However, you purchasing a "Pro" license had no effect on why the installation failed previously but was successful after the purchase and using the license.
 
I don't make any assumptions, but I didn't "setup Boot Camp with 1803" or used some other boot device... I simply pointed B.C. to the freshly downloaded 1809 ISO, and the install went without a hitch. What conclusion can one make? There is something wack going on.
 
Previous to 10.14.2 and could include 10.14.1, when attempting to install 1809 release with Boot Camp, it would fail. It required using 1803 release to install via Boot Camp. However, this could have either been resolved with an update to macOS the Windows OS distribution or a combination of both. But, there's nothing specific to the variations of "Home" or "Pro" nor to whether you have a license key or not that would cause this problem. When I get some time, then I'll attempt to use 1809 release to install via Boot Camp to see if the issue still exists.
 
The problem still exists whereby installation will fail when attempting to install 1809 release in a cleanly created Boot Camp partition. The solution is to use the 1803 release and prior for installing via Boot Camp and patch/update from that release to 1809. The answer to your initial inquiry though is that the variations in "Home" and "Pro" will install just fine with/without a license. So, your solution is incorrect that it required a license/key. Your original problem was that you either had bad installation image, were using 1809, or some other issue but it had nothing to do with needing a license/installation key.
 
whoisyourdaddy said:
The solution is to use the 1803 release and prior for installing via Boot Camp and patch/update from that release to 1809. The answer to your initial inquiry though is that the variations in "Home" and "Pro" will install just fine with/without a license. So, your solution is incorrect that it required a license/key. Your original problem was that you either had bad installation image, were using 1809, or some other issue but it had nothing to do with needing a license/installation key.
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OK, again, I successfully installed 1809 via Boot Camp. Granted there was no distinction made during install of home or pro, but that was decided upon entering the license key, and the status now reads Windows 10 Pro.
 
Maybe you installed 1809, which I never said wasn't possible. There are multiple methods for installing 1809 in a newly created partition but not by Boot Camp on a newly created partition by Boot Camp. It still formats the installation partition for install.wim formatted as FAT32 and this has issues with any file 4GB+ in size. However, the problem still exists with a newly created formatted partition by Boot Camp and not one created/partitioned/formatted by another method. You can avoid this by formatting the partition as ExFAT. Perhaps in your installation attempts you were able to bypass this limitation. Back to the original solutions is that you stated it required a license/key or specifically "Pro" over "Home" to install which is inaccurate and spreads misinformation. So, for anyone that reads the thread, just know that you don't need a license/key nor do you have to install "Pro", "Home", or another specific type of Windows 10. Either way, glad you got it resolved.
 
YES, it was 1809, freshly downloaded ISO from MS web site, installed via Boot Camp. You seem to be mistaken (and therefore perhaps spreading misinformation yourself). For whatever reason, it worked without a hitch. Perhaps MS altered or otherwise update the ISO for downloading. So, I agree, NEVER MIND about the requirement for a key, sheeeeesh. What's the difference, you need a key eventually anyway, to activate the software. Lighten up already!
 
ajmichmac said:
YES, it was 1809, freshly downloaded ISO from MS web site, installed via Boot Camp. You seem to be mistaken (and therefore perhaps spreading misinformation yourself). For whatever reason, it worked without a hitch. Perhaps MS altered or otherwise update the ISO for downloading. So, I agree, NEVER MIND about the requirement for a key, sheeeeesh. What's the difference, you need a key eventually anyway, to activate the software. Lighten up already!
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LOL. Yeah, I am. Your the one who stated in your first post you've tried "many fixes" and in your second post that "none of the other fixes or workarounds" were a solution. That the only resolution was purchasing a license. So, you were wrong. Either way, obviously you are perturbed about being wrong another solution is to reboot d'bag attitude.
 
I just downloaded the latest online win 10 64 bit pro version to a flash drive to my new mac mini 2018.
As I have a few OEM pro keys pkg's around for other system builds I used that AFTER testing the system for a few weeks.

Had no problems installing -- then did all windows updates

I think you still get 30 days before any windows pop up's about having to use a key

was using a Microsoft account when testing and and changing after using the key to just a pass code on admin account.

1. I did use a fan control in macos to up the fans
2. before using the key in windows there were a few setting to the UI that said the key was needed ( never saw that in windows 7 )

I did the install in Dec 2018 before the last big windows 10 update and made a full CCC backup of the main mac disk just in case.
 
Cordorb said:
I just downloaded the latest online win 10 64 bit pro version to a flash drive to my new mac mini 2018. As I have a few OEM pro keys pkg's around for other system builds I used that AFTER testing the system for a few weeks.
Had no problems installing -- then did all windows updates
I think you still get 30 days before any windows pop up's about having to use a key
was using a Microsoft account when testing and and changing after using the key to just a pass code on admin account.
1. I did use a fan control in macos to up the fans
2. before using the key in windows there were a few setting to the UI that said the key was needed ( never saw that in windows 7 )
I did the install in Dec 2018 before the last big windows 10 update and made a full CCC backup of the main mac disk just in case.
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Thanks for letting us know! My "conclusion" is that, either Apple or MS tweaked their files very recently, without notice, thereby removing whatever was hanging up the installation. This could have been within the huge (1G+) drivers download that Boot Camp does each and every time it is run (is that inefficient or what)... or it could have been the MS ISO was debugged, who knows. I grant you, having a key or not did not make any difference, obviously, since the key entry isn't even required right away. Seems some feathers have been ruffled by my implying that MS (or Apple) were doing something hinkey. Stranger things have happened! As is often said, we are ALL beta testers in this game.
 
Obviously, I'll need to download the latest 1809 release since the one I've stored is from October when it was released. Perhaps, there's a difference. Because, the one I possess which installs just fine but not via Boot Camp clean installs. If I use the 1803 release and then go through the procedure of deleting the install.wim partition, reformat as ExFAT, transfer the installation media files to the reformatted partition and then install, this will allow 1809 to install. So, thanks for the update that there maybe a difference in the images now.
 
I'm happy to share that the latest MS ISO installs just fine, via Boot Camp all the way (partitioning, etc), and I was quite surprised when it did. Anyway, you are welcome. You might try a file compare (byte for byte) of your older 1809 release with the current one, see if there are any differences. BUT the difference might be in that 1G+ drivers download that Boot Camp does each time. If that has been tweaked, it could be that Apple just didn't deem it important enough to make some announcement about it being an updated or fixed file.
 
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