I tried to install Windows 8 using the bootcamp assistant, but when I got to this screen,
The BOOTCAMP partition created by bootcamp wouldn't accept the windows install. Meaning, I reformatted it, and normally the little sun button "New" would then allow me to proceed with the Windows install.
I thought it was very weird so I instead deleted the partition, which turned into a 47.3Gb of Unallocated Space.
I tried formatting said unallocated space which created a bunch more partitions, but ultimately the same problem persisted: Can't install Windows.
In OSX, the Disk Utility wouldn't let me actually delete or remove the partitions so I went back to the Windows install menu and turned all the undesirables into unallocated space.
Here's what my Disk Utility looks like now:
As you can see there's some purple stuff at the top and some dark-grey stuff at the bottom, which I imagine represents free space?
Finally, here's a diskutil list
readout:
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 121.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 948.5 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *1.1 TB disk2
Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
A952E93D-0902-4BEC-B4D2-93A8BB1CDDD0
Unencrypted Fusion Drive
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *16.0 GB disk3
1: DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL 16.0 GB disk3s1
Questions:
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WTF happened?
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How can I reset everything to the way it was so I can
try bootcamp again? -
More specifically, how do I add unallocated space
to my primary OSX partition? -
List item
Please help!
Thanks in advance.
Best Answer
I don't know what exactly happened, usually it works.
To get back to your original disk layout, just format the unallocated space with the Window installer (FAT32 or NTFS), boot to OS X and open Bootcamp Assistant. Skip building an installation medium or downloading any drivers, just remove the Windows Partition.
If that doesn't work give me a comment. There are several solutions to restore the original disk layout.
Item List:
Actually you have a Fusion Drive.
To build a Fusion Drive several physical disks are combined to a CoreStorage Logical Volume Group.
Disk0 is your physical SSD
Disk1 is your physical HDD
Disk2 is your logical Macintosh HD volume (CoreStorage Logical Volume) which resides in a Logical Volume Group spanning over disk0s2 and disk1s2. Disk2 is no real physical disk like disk0 and disk1 but in the Disk Utiliy context an own "logical" one.
Disk3 is your thumb drive containing the Windows 8 installation environment.