Having trouble installing Win7 Pro-64bit on an Apple MacBook Pro Retina; every time it gets stuck at Extracting Windows Files (65%). To install Windows, I have followed the official Apple instructions (and in short, I have used BootCamp to create the USB install files from an ISO (Which has worked on Windows PCs before). The MBP has rebooted and Windows installation has started, prompting for the usual Language and Keyboard settings. I have then formatted the partition of the hard drive and the installation process has begun. Copying Windows files works fine but as I say it gets stuck at Extracting Windows Files (65%). Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!! For Info: The MBP has only got USB3.0 ports.

Move to Bootcamp system partition all the data files that were originally stored on Windows data partition (provided you have their backup). The only problem that's left at this point is that Parallels freezes VM when used in 'all apps in one window' default mode (which is not Coherence, Fullscreen or Modality mode).

I have used a USB2.0 stick, a USB2.0 hard drive and a USB3.0 stick. All have had exactly the same outcome. I have tried different sized partitions from 20GB to 70GB. All have had exactly the same outcome. I have tried following some articles online regarding changing the 'boot.wim' file to include the USB3.0 drivers to overcome that issue but this doesn't seem to have made a difference. Apple tell me that as the partition has been created and the Windows installation has started, that it must be a Windows issue not Apple. All help welcome.

Installed windows 10 via bootcamp on my MBP running macOS Sierra, but I'd like to expand the Windows partition and shrink the macOS partition, avoiding a reinstall if possible. I did a search already, but the other questions I've found on this topic are 1) about windows 7 and 2) just suggest using WinClone or similar. How would this be done manually without the use of paid utilities? Edit: I've used gParted from an ubuntu live USB to resize the windows partition. The only issue now is that windows throws an error on boot.

Online sources suggest using gdisk to somehow sync the GPT and MBR tables? (I have data backups and mac OS boots fine, so now it's just a matter of curiosity and avoiding a reinstall if possible). Don’t ever touch the partitioning from Windows!

No Windows app can figure out how it is being ‘fooled’ into thinking it’s in charge. There are only 2 apps that won’t simply break Boot Camp completely, Paragon Hard Disk Manager & TwoCanoes WinClone.

Afaik, neither can yet handle APFS. Carbon Copy Cloner can safely back up HFS & Boot Camp partitions, but cannot by itself recreate them, you must complete the underlying formatting first. Apple’s own Disk Utility will not allow you to even attempt this. The Apple-recommend method is to completely remove Boot Camp & start over with a bigger partition size. Indeed, it is a valid point.

I've been on the other side of the table, having to work with people who either dont want to spend much money or they did the previous mistake and it is me who has to repair it by hand, thats why I allways try to find the non-conventional way. Linejnij vihod v fm modulyatore4775424. I've screwed many disks, but I only lost information once because dd didn't copy the disk properly but didnt throw a warning. Since then I allways check manually if backups are done correctly and never made a client lose a single bit. Btw: removed the downvote and gave you a +1, considering possible mistakes from future users – Nov 21 '17 at 19:57. You have to use a partition utility like GParted. If you are using APFS as filesystem GParted cannot modify it.

You'll have to find a tool able to do so, and do the resize in parts, first the physycal APFS partition and then the Windows NTFS. If there's no software which automatically does it it involves a VERY HIGH RISK of data loss. Keep this in mind and backup your data (or whole disk) before.