Bootcamp was cut short by battery running out while setting up Windows

[levmc]

Continued from this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...e-plenty.2253149/?post=28865166#post-28865166

While I was on the screen that asked for the Product Key, I left the MBP open and connected the power cord and I was away for a few hours, but when I returned to it it was disconnected and the the battery had ran out.

So I powered it on and pressed Option to see if I could choose Windows, after which I hoped it would go to same page where I left off (the place where I have to enter the Key).

But it unfortunately keeps going to Mac only and does not give me an option to go to Windows.

However I see that 60 gb of space that I assigned to Bootcamp is gone from the Mac OS.

I was thinking I should destroy the Bootcamp, by maybe re-installing Mojave (which I hope would wipe everything in the internal drive) and then migrating from a backup before I made the Bootcamp. But would there be a better way than this?

 

[Fishrrman]

"I was thinking I should destroy the Bootcamp, by maybe re-installing Mojave (which I hope would wipe everything in the internal drive) and then migrating from a backup before I made the Bootcamp. But would there be a better way than this?"

I don't think this is going to work.
Re-installing Mojave will not touch the BC partition.

You have to:
a. BACK UP the Mac partition (preferable to a bootable cloned backup created by either CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper)
b. BOOT FROM the cloned backup
c. ERASE the internal drive (the ENTIRE drive) using disk utility, which will destroy the BC partition
d. REINSTALL the OS using the OS installer
e. RESTORE your data from the backup during initial setup.

My advice (and my opinion only):
DON'T BOTHER with bootcamp any more.
Instead, use "a virtual solution" such as VMWare Fusion or Parallels.

 

[sub150]

Bootcamp is cumbersome, and I'm not sure if the performance benefits are worth it. It is nice not having to remap a keyboard though.