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i think i broke my MacBook pro ^^" (( Boot Camp Not Working any more and HDD Is total miss !! ))

hi


i think i did some thing wrong with my mac



first of all i`ve a MacBook Pro (late 2011) it was running Lion os (also there was a windows 7 installed throw BootCamp )i had problems with upgrading it to a higher OS .. so i removed windows from BCA then i installed ( El Capitan ) throw external USB and upgraded throw apple store to ( High Sierra )


from here start the problems first i deleted bootcamp drive throw terminal after that i found that i lost about 400GB from my HDD and i can't access it or even create a partition or anything after looking up in the internet i ended up disable core storage then i used this command to get back the lost storage ( diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 R ) now i can't install windows again bootcamp is total miss and I'm sure there is some thing wrong with my HDD drives



when i run ( diskutil list ) in terminal i get this :-

Nasks-MacBook-Pro:~ Nask$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3




when i run ( diskutil cs list ) in terminal i get this :-

Nasks-MacBook-Pro:~ Nask$ diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found



when i run ( diskutil apfs list ) in terminal i get this :-

Nasks-MacBook-Pro:~ Nask$ diskutil apfs list
No APFS Containers found


here is a screenshot of my BootCamp Assistant



if i press continue i get this




i want to install window 10 if it possible on this mac if its not possible windows 7 will be ok



just help me please and thank you so much ..



Posted on May 18, 2019 9:29 AM

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Posted on May 18, 2019 11:21 AM

High Sierra has issues with HFS partitioning. You can convert HFS to CS using


diskutil cs convert disk0s2


Once you have CS volume, on a 2011 Mac, you need to use a physical DVD to install W7/W8.1. W10 is not supported on your Mac. If you have an ISO, it can be burned to a DVD-R SL media at the lowest burn rate, by right-clicking the ISO, choosing Burn, and enabling Verify and Mount options.

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May 18, 2019 11:21 AM in response to NaskDara

High Sierra has issues with HFS partitioning. You can convert HFS to CS using


diskutil cs convert disk0s2


Once you have CS volume, on a 2011 Mac, you need to use a physical DVD to install W7/W8.1. W10 is not supported on your Mac. If you have an ISO, it can be burned to a DVD-R SL media at the lowest burn rate, by right-clicking the ISO, choosing Burn, and enabling Verify and Mount options.

May 18, 2019 8:45 PM in response to NaskDara

NaskDara wrote:

thank you so much for your fast replay

now when i run diskutil list i get this
Nasks-MacBook-Pro:~ Nask$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +498.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 08A754B7-78CB-4C3C-92EB-508A3D8FF67A
                                 Unencrypted


and when i run diskutil cs list i get this

Nasks-MacBook-Pro:~ Nask$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 8720D3BF-D128-4BFD-B032-D040E22849AB
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
    Free Space:   18972672 B (19.0 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume C54E0AAC-A344-498F-9D73-74B00E9D19A5
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 44DA20DF-366C-4EEB-AB06-0FC5A95C6B7B
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 08A754B7-78CB-4C3C-92EB-508A3D8FF67A
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          498876809216 B (498.9 GB)
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

so is everything normal now with my HDD and partitioning ?

Nice. This is now a CoreStorage volume.


also i want to install windows from a usb drive is thats possible or not ?

No, on a 2011 Mac you need to use the built-in Optical drive and physical DVD.

as i understood there should be 3 choices in bootcamp and i don't have the first one ( Create windows 7 or later installer disk ) why is that ?

No. That is not true. See Bootcamp User Interface - Apple Community for reference.

also when i searched on the net some ppl said that i can install windows 10 by modifying some files is thats safe ?

Please do not modify Bootcamp info.plist. It leads new issues.

thank you again and sorry for asking a lot of questions ^^"

No worries. 😉Better to ask questions, before you run into larger issues.

May 18, 2019 5:59 PM in response to Loner T

thank you so much for your fast replay


now when i run diskutil list i get this

Nasks-MacBook-Pro:~ Nask$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +498.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 08A754B7-78CB-4C3C-92EB-508A3D8FF67A
                                 Unencrypted



and when i run diskutil cs list i get this


Nasks-MacBook-Pro:~ Nask$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 8720D3BF-D128-4BFD-B032-D040E22849AB
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
    Free Space:   18972672 B (19.0 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume C54E0AAC-A344-498F-9D73-74B00E9D19A5
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 44DA20DF-366C-4EEB-AB06-0FC5A95C6B7B
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 08A754B7-78CB-4C3C-92EB-508A3D8FF67A
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          498876809216 B (498.9 GB)
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


so is everything normal now with my HDD and partitioning ?


also i want to install windows from a usb drive is thats possible or not ?


as i understood there should be 3 choices in bootcamp and i don't have the first one ( Create windows 7 or later installer disk ) why is that ?


also when i searched on the net some ppl said that i can install windows 10 by modifying some files is thats safe ?


thank you again and sorry for asking a lot of questions ^^"


i think i broke my MacBook pro ^^" (( Boot Camp Not Working any more and HDD Is total miss !! ))

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