Mac Boot Camp Assistant Not Enough Space

Posted on 02.01.202122.08.2017by admin

When attempting to create a Windows partition, Boot Camp Assistant might show the alert ”Your disk could not be partitioned. An error occurred while partitioning the disk. Please run First Aid from within Disk Utility to check and fix the error.”

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Jun 14, 2018 I'm going to show you how to windows 10 on mac os high sierra with boot camp. I did run into some boot camp issues but once fixed, the windows 10 installation went smooth without a hitch. Dec 27, 2011 Boot camp assistant constantly gives me the following error: 'The startup disk does not have enough space to be partitioned. You must have at least 10 GB of free space available.' This is on a 2.2GHz 15' SR MacBook Pro 2007 with 6GB RAM.

Install the latest macOS updates.
Use Disk Utility to repair your startup disk.
If Disk Utility found no errors or repaired all errors, try again to use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.
If Boot Camp Assistant still gives the partitioning error, continue to the steps below.

Jul 27, 2019 Now, all of a sudden, Boot Camp Assistant states: 'Your bootable USB drive could not be created - There is not enough space available on the disk'. I tried partitioning it as APFS, Mac OS Extended (Journaled), MS-DOS (FAT) and ExFAT before starting Boot Camp Assistant. Apple's 'help' articles didn't help me, either. Best Boot Camp Assistant Alternative to Create Windows 10 Install USB. Step 1: Install UUByte ISO Editor on Mac. Download the UUByte ISO Editor into your Mac Computer. Once you have completed the task, type the. Step 2: Insert USB into Mac. Step 3: Create Bootable Windows 10 USB on Mac. Dec 10, 2019 If you're asked to insert a USB drive, plug your USB flash drive into your Mac. Boot Camp Assistant will use it to create a bootable USB drive for Windows installation. When Boot Camp Assistant asks you to set the size of the Windows partition, remember the minimum storage-space requirements in the previous section. Set a partition size that meets your needs, because you can't change its size later.

Check for unallocated free space

Open Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
In the Disk Utility sidebar, select the name of your internal disk, container, or volume, such as Macintosh HD.
Click Partition in the toolbar.
If you see a message about Apple File System space sharing, click Partition to confirm that you want to partition instead of add a volume.
If the pie chart shows a section labeled ”Free space,” click to select it. ”Free space” should now also appear in the Partition Information shown on the right.
After selecting the ”Free space” section of the chart, click the remove (–) button beneath the chart. Removing this unallocated free space makes that space available for your use again. Then click Apply and quit Disk Utility.
Try again to use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.
If Boot Camp Assistant still gives the same partitioning error, continue to the steps below.

Turn off Time Machine temporarily

If you use Time Machine with macOS Mojave or High Sierra, either upgrade to macOS Catalina 10.5 or later, or follow these steps:

Open Time Machine preferences from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Or choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Time Machine.
Deselect ”Back Up Automatically” to turn off Time Machine.
Wait a few minutes, then try again to use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.
After installation is complete, you can turn on Time Machine again.