Bootcamp stuck setup starting windows

Sorry for that but I really need you help. My devices: macbook pro , razer core X , amd vega 56 , mac os These are my problems: After these settings, can I not start Windows through bootcamp without egpu?

Sometimes I will start Windows only. If I use the EFI, I have to connect my egpu and monitor otherwise I will get stuck in the Windows startup interface the white circle consisting of multiple points stops rotating. To do : Create my signature with system and expected eGPU configuration information to give context to my posts. I have no builds. Reading over the symptoms I take it your MacBook Pro is a 15" model.

Otherwise you would see the stuck Windows logo with spinning dots. Your answer isvery helpful to me and I'll try the solution you mentioned. Improve this question. Rex M Rex M 1 1 gold badge 4 4 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You might be able to see that in the console if you boot verbose or single user mode. Improve this answer. That worked, thanks! OSX came straight back up exactly as I'd left it.

For my own understanding, can you explain a little more how this might've potentially happened, and what booting with opt cmd P R does that got around what the normal boot mode couldn't do on it's own? If the code is supposed to write 1 to boot to mac and 2 for windows - perhaps it adds one or subtracts one to change things.

It's clearly not that simple, but corruption can and does happen and starting from the defaults often is a good recovery option. However, what did work for me was the following: If you have BootCamp drivers successfully installed you can access through the system tray in Windows a boot menu which allows you to force restart into MacOS. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.

You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Bootcamp Windows install stuck on setup. Thread starter Orgetorix Start date Aug 30, Orgetorix Member. Joined Aug 30, Messages 5 Reaction score 0 Points 1. I can create a partition successfully 32 GB and when I restart it to install Windows it begins setup. However when it reaches the point "Setup is Starting Windows" it remains there and does not move forward. I have read that this can be caused by having USB devices connected, but I have tried it with nothing connected so I don't think that is the problem.

If you need more information just ask. Any help would be appreciated, thank you! What format did you choose for the Windows partition? I ask because if you chose FAT it probably will not work as Boot Camp tends to create partitions larger than what it shows on the bar graph. Hi, I did run diskutil repair disk, and it said it added some windows file I think because of the BC partition , but when I mounted the EFI, it was still full only 2MB free space I went ahead and deleted the cache folder, which freed up MB in the EFI partition, crossed my fingers the mac would still boot up, and it did.

The problem was there was no room on the EFI for certain windows system files that need to be installed there. Posted on Nov 12, AM. Page content loaded. Nov 9, PM in response to sakols In response to sakols.

Below are several links to Apple support articles about installing Windows on your Mac using Boot Camp. Please read them carefully before embarking on your effort to run Windows on a Mac. Your formatting observation is incorrect. The Windows formatter is confusing you between the Mac partition and the Windows partition.

Be sure to note the name of the Windows volume you created and look for it in the Windows formatter. That is what you format - nothing else - and it should be formatted NTFS. Nov 9, PM. The problem is after that step. Windows give an error and won't install on that formatted partition, as I explained above. Are you trying to install Windows on an external USB drive?

Or am I misunderstanding your first paragraph? Windows will not install on an external drive nor will it boot from one. THEN, I get this error: "Set up was unable to use the existing partition because the system volume doesn't contain the required free space", and windows does not install on the BC partition.