Any OS X Bootcamp experts?

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I'm trying to install Windows 10 on my iMac (don't ask....).

I'm using Bootcamp assistant under High Sierra and a Win10 ISO downloaded directly from Microsoft.

Anyway, after nearly a full day, I got to the install Windows bit and it failed because apparently I need to format the drive NTFS. When I reboot to OS X I found a drive called "BOOTCAMP" which is formatted FAT32. I'm not sure why Bootcamp assistant would do that.

Obviously I can reformat it in OS X - but then how do I restart the install? Just copy my Windows ISO to thumb drive and run it? Just run it from hard drive?

I really really REALLY don't want to accidentally erase the OS X partition.
 
It should just work unless the OSX partition library is borked.

I do bootcamp from an SD card as they are faster than any of the pen drives I have, OSX automatically detects it and installs from there. Don't think it works if you have the ISO file on the hard drive.
 
Thanks - panic over. After some VERY l-o-n-g pauses (literally over an hour) it's now up and running on Win10.

I think you're right @Nawty - a very slow thumb drive was holding things up.
 
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