I am trying to Create a Boot Camp vm but am getting the following error.
The Boot Camp volume is not prepared to run as a virtual machine. It appears that Windows did not shut down cleanly the last time it was used.
To shut down Windows cleanly, go to System Preferences > Startup Disk and set Windows as the startup operating system. Restart your system. Once in Windows, use the Startup Disk pane in the Control Panel to select Mac OS X as the startup system, then click the Restart button to return to OS X.
I have booted back in to my windows partition and shut everything down correctly, but I still get the same error.
I'm running VMware Fusion 11.5.5 with OS Catalina. Below is a copy of ~/Library/Logs/VMware Fusion/vmware-vmfusion.log
2020-06-08T09:25:35.110Z| VMware Fusion| I005: -[DUIVMActionController currentTogglePowerOnSuspendAction] VMCanNotSuspend UI power state 2
2020-06-08T09:25:35.110Z| VMware Fusion| I005+ .
2020-06-08T09:25:53.489Z| VMware Fusion| I005: Cmd /host2/#_client/util/file/cmd/##b/op/stat/ failed: Invalid path
2020-06-08T09:25:53.714Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "Boot Camp-pt.vmdk" 0 (0xa)
2020-06-08T09:25:53.714Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [1]: (0xa)
2020-06-08T09:25:53.719Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-FLAT : "/dev/disk1s1" is already unmounted on open.
2020-06-08T09:25:53.720Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [2]: "/dev/disk1s1" 0 partitionUUID @partition:diskModel=KINGSTON|20SA400S37120G,diskSize=120034123776,partSize=209715200,partOffset=20480,partMediaUUID=B60E4C51-5D40-4BF4-82E0-AE14D91FBC6C,partVolumeUUID=0E239BC6-F960-3107-89CF-1C97F78BB46B (0xa)
2020-06-08T09:25:53.720Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [3]: (0xa)
2020-06-08T09:25:53.720Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [4]: (0xa)
2020-06-08T09:25:53.720Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [5]: (0xa)
2020-06-08T09:25:53.841Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-FLAT : Unmounted "/dev/disk1s4" on open.
2020-06-08T09:25:53.842Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [6]: "/dev/disk1s4" 0 partitionUUID @partition:diskModel=KINGSTON|20SA400S37120G,diskSize=120034123776,partSize=39965425664,partOffset=80068214784,partMediaUUID=87A811E5-5AF1-425A-98B6-60FD4A314258,partVolumeUUID=16B7D1FC-5B34-4191-83EE-77D1E08A032A (0xa)
2020-06-08T09:25:53.842Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [7]: (0xa)
2020-06-08T09:25:53.842Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [8]: "Boot Camp-pt.vmdk" 34 (0xa)
2020-06-08T09:25:53.843Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-LINK : Opened '/Users/Connor/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/Boot Camp.vmwarevm/Boot Camp.vmdk' (0xa): partitionedDevice, 234441648 sectors / 111.8 GB.
2020-06-08T09:25:53.843Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: Found a device: /dev/disk1s1
2020-06-08T09:25:53.843Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: HOSTDISK-MACOS:Whole disk device path for /dev/disk1s1 is /dev/disk1.
2020-06-08T09:25:53.845Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: FILE:open error on /dev/disk1: Operation not permitted
2020-06-08T09:25:53.845Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEOpen: can't open '/dev/disk1' : Operation not permitted (65540).
2020-06-08T09:25:53.846Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: FILE:open error on /dev/disk1: Operation not permitted
2020-06-08T09:25:53.846Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEOpen: can't open '/dev/disk1' : Operation not permitted (65540).
2020-06-08T09:25:53.848Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: PartitionTables : 2
2020-06-08T09:25:53.848Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: At 0
2020-06-08T09:25:53.848Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: At 234441615
2020-06-08T09:25:53.848Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: Found a device: /dev/disk1s1
2020-06-08T09:25:53.848Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: HOSTDISK-MACOS:Whole disk device path for /dev/disk1s1 is /dev/disk1.
2020-06-08T09:25:53.849Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: FILE:open error on /dev/disk1: Operation not permitted
2020-06-08T09:25:53.849Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEOpen: can't open '/dev/disk1' : Operation not permitted (65540).
2020-06-08T09:25:53.850Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: FILE:open error on /dev/disk1: Operation not permitted
2020-06-08T09:25:53.850Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEOpen: can't open '/dev/disk1' : Operation not permitted (65540).
2020-06-08T09:25:53.851Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: PartitionTables : 2
2020-06-08T09:25:53.851Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: At 0
2020-06-08T09:25:53.851Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: At 234441615
2020-06-08T09:25:53.851Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: Found a device: /dev/disk1s1
2020-06-08T09:25:53.851Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: HOSTDISK-MACOS:Whole disk device path for /dev/disk1s1 is /dev/disk1.
2020-06-08T09:25:53.852Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: FILE:open error on /dev/disk1: Operation not permitted
2020-06-08T09:25:53.852Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEOpen: can't open '/dev/disk1' : Operation not permitted (65540).
2020-06-08T09:25:53.852Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: FILE:open error on /dev/disk1: Operation not permitted
2020-06-08T09:25:53.852Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEOpen: can't open '/dev/disk1' : Operation not permitted (65540).
2020-06-08T09:25:53.854Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: PartitionTables : 2
2020-06-08T09:25:53.854Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: At 0
2020-06-08T09:25:53.854Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: At 234441615
2020-06-08T09:25:53.854Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: PartitionTables : 2
2020-06-08T09:25:53.854Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: At 0
2020-06-08T09:25:53.854Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DEVCREAT: At 234441615
2020-06-08T09:25:53.854Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-LIB : Opened "/Users/Connor/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/Boot Camp.vmwarevm/Boot Camp.vmdk" (flags 0xa, type partitionedDevice).
2020-06-08T09:25:53.855Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: DISKLIB-FLAT : Requesting "/dev/disk1s4" to be remounted on close.
2020-06-08T09:25:53.856Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: 108 reconfig : no fdisk partitions, may be GPT
2020-06-08T09:25:54.464Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: ReconfigMgr: NTFSOps::ListDirectory failed: status 2 on path /
2020-06-08T09:25:54.647Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: ReconfigMgr: NTFSOps::ListDirectory failed: status 2 on path /
2020-06-08T09:25:54.830Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: ReconfigMgr: NTFSOps::ListDirectory failed: status 2 on path /
2020-06-08T09:25:55.017Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: 100 reconfig : Checking for Windows location in Boot/BCD (partition 4)
2020-06-08T09:25:55.208Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: 100 reconfig : Checking for Windows location in boot.ini (partition 4)
2020-06-08T09:25:55.397Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: 100 reconfig : Checking for Windows location in msdos.sys (partition 4)
2020-06-08T09:25:55.582Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: 100 reconfig : Testing default Windows folder names (partition 4)
2020-06-08T09:25:55.774Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: 100 reconfig : Windows folder is /Windows
2020-06-08T09:26:08.720Z| ReconfigMgr| I005: ReconfigMgr: ReconfigTask::GetRegistryHives unable to copy backup hives to guest
2020-06-08T09:26:08.720Z| VMware Fusion| W003: Boot Camp preprocessing: Reconfig done with status: 2
The following is a copy of "diskutil list"
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Microsoft Basic Data Data 1000.0 GB disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *120.0 GB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 79.8 GB disk1s2
3: Microsoft Reserved 16.8 MB disk1s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 40.0 GB disk1s4
/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +79.8 GB disk2
Physical Store disk1s2
1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD2 - Data 40.0 GB disk2s1
2: APFS Volume Condor 11.2 GB disk2s2
3: APFS Volume Preboot 81.4 MB disk2s3
4: APFS Volume Recovery 525.4 MB disk2s4
5: APFS Volume VM 1.1 MB disk2s5
Hi condor91 ,
Could you try the following steps:
1. Boot to native Boot Camp partition.
2. Launch command prompt and type command:
shutdown /s /f /t 0
3. Wait for the OS to shutdown.
4. Boot to macOS
5. Launch Fusion and Create a BootCamp VM.
Check if the issue "Windows did not shut down cleanly the last time it was used." could be resolved. Thanks.
Hi condor91 ,
Could you try the following steps:
1. Boot to native Boot Camp partition.
2. Launch command prompt and type command:
shutdown /s /f /t 0
3. Wait for the OS to shutdown.
4. Boot to macOS
5. Launch Fusion and Create a BootCamp VM.
Check if the issue "Windows did not shut down cleanly the last time it was used." could be resolved. Thanks.
Thank you for your help!
Who knew it‘d be this simple
I really didn’t think to try this, sorry!
I've followed the instructions here and it doesn't work for me. I'm on an iMac, late 2012, running Catalina 10.15.7, Fusion 12. I got so frustrated with it that I deleted my bootcamp partition and recreated it using the Boot Camp software with a clean install of the latest .iso of Windows 10 Pro x64 from Microsoft. I get the same error with csrutil enabled or disabled. There are no log files: all I get is the box of death.
Windows boots and shuts down normally. No errors are reported.
Please help if you can.