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Unable to run bootcamp. Bootcamp unable to read windows partition. This may be because Bitlocker is enabled on partition

Hi there,


I am using Windows 10 on bootcamp on MacBook Air 2018. Recently I had a disk failure and my Windows is on a never ending loop between Diagnosing your PC and Automatic Repair. I am unable to start from Windows into safe mode, or recovery mode or even to boot from usb.


I am therefore trying to reinstall Windows from bootcamp assistant in Mac. however, when I try this it is coming up with the message:


Unable to read the Windows partition

Boot Camp Assistant was unable to verify if the Windows partition contains a Windows installation. This may be because BitLocker is enabled on the partition. If so, disable Bitlocker on the disk before removing Boot Camp.


Can anybody help?


Thanks, Stuart

MacBook Air

Posted on Jul 25, 2020 7:17 AM

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Posted on Jul 31, 2020 1:10 AM

Output below:


Stuarts-MacBook-Air:~ stuartblackie$ diskutil eraseVolume free free disk0s3


Started erase on disk0s3


Unmounting disk


Finished erase on disk0


Stuarts-MacBook-Air:~ stuartblackie$ diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk1 0g


Started APFS operation


Aligning grow delta to 400,962,945,024 bytes and targeting a new physical store size of 499,963,174,912 bytes


Determined the maximum size for the targeted physical store of this APFS Container to be 499,962,146,816 bytes


Resizing APFS Container designated by APFS Container Reference disk1


The specific APFS Physical Store being resized is disk0s2


Verifying storage system


Using live mode


Performing fsck_apfs -n -x -l -S /dev/disk0s2


Checking the container superblock


Checking the EFI jumpstart record


Checking the space manager


Checking the space manager free queue trees


Checking the object map


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume Macintosh HD - Data was formatted by newfs_apfs (945.200.84) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume Preboot was formatted by newfs_apfs (748.77.4) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume Recovery was formatted by newfs_apfs (748.77.4) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume VM was formatted by apfs.util (945.220.25) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume Macintosh HD was formatted by diskmanagementd (1412.141.1) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Verifying allocated space


The volume /dev/disk0s2 appears to be OK


Storage system check exit code is 0


Growing APFS Physical Store disk0s2 from 99,000,229,888 to 499,963,174,912 bytes


Modifying partition map


Growing APFS data structures


Finished APFS operation



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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Jul 31, 2020 1:10 AM in response to Loner T

Output below:


Stuarts-MacBook-Air:~ stuartblackie$ diskutil eraseVolume free free disk0s3


Started erase on disk0s3


Unmounting disk


Finished erase on disk0


Stuarts-MacBook-Air:~ stuartblackie$ diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk1 0g


Started APFS operation


Aligning grow delta to 400,962,945,024 bytes and targeting a new physical store size of 499,963,174,912 bytes


Determined the maximum size for the targeted physical store of this APFS Container to be 499,962,146,816 bytes


Resizing APFS Container designated by APFS Container Reference disk1


The specific APFS Physical Store being resized is disk0s2


Verifying storage system


Using live mode


Performing fsck_apfs -n -x -l -S /dev/disk0s2


Checking the container superblock


Checking the EFI jumpstart record


Checking the space manager


Checking the space manager free queue trees


Checking the object map


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume Macintosh HD - Data was formatted by newfs_apfs (945.200.84) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume Preboot was formatted by newfs_apfs (748.77.4) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume Recovery was formatted by newfs_apfs (748.77.4) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume VM was formatted by apfs.util (945.220.25) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Checking volume


Checking the APFS volume superblock


The volume Macintosh HD was formatted by diskmanagementd (1412.141.1) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1)


Checking the object map


Checking the snapshot metadata tree


Checking the snapshot metadata


Checking the extent ref tree


Checking the fsroot tree


Verifying allocated space


The volume /dev/disk0s2 appears to be OK


Storage system check exit code is 0


Growing APFS Physical Store disk0s2 from 99,000,229,888 to 499,963,174,912 bytes


Modifying partition map


Growing APFS data structures


Finished APFS operation



Jul 28, 2020 9:26 AM in response to Loner T

That is correct. I try to run BC Assistant and it stops and gives me the message below and goes no further.


"Unable to read the Windows partition

Boot Camp Assistant was unable to verify if the Windows partition contains a Windows installation. This may be because BitLocker is enabled on the partition. If so, disable Bitlocker on the disk before removing Boot Camp"


Jul 30, 2020 11:12 AM in response to Loner T

Sorry for the delay - here is the diskutil list output


/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):


   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER


   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0


   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1


   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         99.0 GB    disk0s2


   3:           Windows Recovery                         540.0 MB   disk0s3




/dev/disk1 (synthesized):


   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER


   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +99.0 GB    disk1


                                 Physical Store disk0s2


   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     20.3 GB    disk1s1


   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 81.1 MB    disk1s2


   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.8 MB   disk1s3


   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4


   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            11.1 GB    disk1s5

Unable to run bootcamp. Bootcamp unable to read windows partition. This may be because Bitlocker is enabled on partition

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