I installed bootcamp a few years ago and now Windows is pretty hosed so I want to do a fresh install. Apple says to delete the bootcamp partition in bootcamp assistant (BCA), and then redo it.
issue is that the SSD got converted to APFS, so when I go into BCA, it immediately says: "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by boot camp assistant for Installing Windows"
I read elsewhere to delete the bootcamp partition with APFS, can either use disk utility or terminal commands. But if I do that, I suspect I will get same message in BCA and won't be able to create a new partition.
So what is best way to just nuke the bootcamp partition and re-install windows 10 Oct 2018 version?
MacBook Pro 2016, 10.13.6. output from diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 798.7 GB disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 200.8 GB disk0s3
4: Windows Recovery 924.8 MB disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +798.7 GB disk1
Physical Store disk0s2
1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 749.9 GB disk1s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 19.0 MB disk1s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 515.0 MB disk1s3
4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4
thanks
Best Answer
Got it working with this info: High Sierra and Bootcamp with Windows 10 not working
also this was helpful:
https://fgimian.github.io/blog/2016/03/12/installing-windows-10-on-a-mac-without-bootcamp/