Boot Camp Assistant Not Enough Space

I'm taking an accounting class and Quickbooks for Mac was supposed to be fine, but the files are only for the Windows version and it turns out that they changed the course but not the requirements. As such, I decided to use Boot Camp to partition my hard drive and load Windows on the partition. It is supposed to be fairly straightforward.

We have created a free utility called “Boot Camp ISO Converter” that copies all the files in the ISO to a folder, splits up the install.wim into parts no larger than 2GB, and creates a new ISO that can be used with Boot Camp Assistant. Here is a step-by-step instructions: Removing the installer partitions. To install Windows, use Boot Camp Assistant, which is included with your Mac. Use Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows partition Open Boot Camp Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Then follow the onscreen instructions. If you're asked to insert a USB drive, plug your USB flash drive into your Mac. When clicking continue on the first Boot Camp screen, I am presented with a dialog that displays: The startup disk does not have enough space to be partitioned. You must have at least 39 GB of free space available. This is despite 'About this Mac' reporting 271GB of free space: And 'Disk Utility' reporting 268GB of free space. Once this is done, launch “Boot Camp Assistant” and partition the hard drive in order to prepare the bootable USB drive. This way you can tackle Windows installation errors like Boot Camp Assistant Windows 10 USB not enough space. Way 5: Build a Windows 10 Boot Camp USB Installer.


I am trying to install Windows 10 on my Early 2013 MacBook Pro Mac OS 10.14.2 Beta (18C48a). I have 99.31 GB available on my hard drive and an empty 250 GB flash drive and a 64 bit Win 10 ISO file downloaded directly from Microsoft. When running Boot Camp Assistant, I have all three options checked per the instructions: Create Win 10 disk, Download Win support, and Install Win 10. From there, I click continue and proceed to the page where my ISO file and flash drive are correctly preselected for me. I click continue where I accept the warnings about permanently deleting data and Boot Camp begins copying data. After 10-30 minutes, it stops working and gives me the following error:

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'Your bootable USB drive could not be created.

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There is not enough space available on the disk.'


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Per Install Windows on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support, I should have at least 64 GB available for the partition and I have that. One possible issue per If Boot Camp Assistant gives a 'Not enough space' error - Apple Support, flash install media that has been converted will have 32 and 64 bit images. That shouldn't be my issue because I have an ISO direct from MS.


Boot Camp Assistant Not Enough Space



Can anyone help me get this running? I've been working on this for two days and need to get it going for a college class by tomorrow 11/24. I'd really rather not buy a separate laptop.



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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.”

Use Disk Utility to check for errors

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

Check for unallocated free space

  1. Open Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
  2. In the Disk Utility sidebar, select the name of your internal disk, container, or volume, such as Macintosh HD.
  3. Click Partition in the toolbar.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Try again to use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.
  8. If Boot Camp Assistant still gives the same partitioning error, continue to the steps below.

Turn off Time Machine temporarily

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If you use Time Machine with macOS Mojave or High Sierra, either upgrade to macOS Catalina 10.15 or later, or follow these steps:

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

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