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Hi guys, having major issues trying to install windows!
I have El Capitan installed in UEFI with Clover, however I planned to install windows 8.1 as well (on a separate drive).
On my Windows set up: I go to disk utility, erase then set as MS-DOS (FAT) with a GUID Partition Table.
I have tried multiple paths with this, I've burned an ISO directly to the USB which results in UEFI not showing at all (I assume because this is a legacy method), and the main route which has been to simply copy the ISO files within onto the USB to boot.
I have only at one point got to the Windows Installation which has been by formatting the USB to MBR, copying the ISO contents over then booting in UEFI, however it doesn't allow me to install on the target drive (which I formatted in the Windows installer), the error is: "Windows 8 cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed on GP disks. This makes sense as I did format it in MBR, but I can't seem to boot in any other way.
Now to the actual errors when the USB is formatted as GPT (WININSTALL is the USB).
Boot into UEFI on the USB,
I have four boot options:
1. Boot Options for Windows on Legacy HD2
2. Boot Options for Boot Microsoft EFI mgrboot menu from WININSTALL on WININSTALL
3. Boot Options for Boot Microsoft EFI cdboot menu from WININSTALL on WININSTALL
4. Boot Options for Boot Mac OS X from Hackintosh on Hackintosh
Booting from 1: Results in black screen with a small square gray graphic with a yellow/black diagonal striped icon inside the gray area - this is almost instantly replaced by a blinking cursor.
Booting from 2: Results in no response, still remain on the boot options area.
Booting from 3: (cdboot seems like the correct one) Results in some text being displayed on a black screen: "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD.....". This stays the same even when I press a key, if I press space bar or esc key it takes me back to the boot options, and re-selecting that drive afterward gives me a black screen.
and 4: Booting into El Capitan.
and to note: I do not have Windows anywhere else, so I can't use any programmes unless they can be run on Mac/Hackintosh.
Thanks guys, hopefully I get to a solution with help and this helps others in the future, it seems my specific issues are rather isolated though - I've searched hundreds of articles, forum posts and youtube videos and I haven't been able to see a fix anywhere. The only thing I can think of as the issue is Disk Utility apparently creating a 'hybrid GPT/MBR' resulting in Clover not booting it properly, no idea if this is valid though!
I have El Capitan installed in UEFI with Clover, however I planned to install windows 8.1 as well (on a separate drive).
On my Windows set up: I go to disk utility, erase then set as MS-DOS (FAT) with a GUID Partition Table.
I have tried multiple paths with this, I've burned an ISO directly to the USB which results in UEFI not showing at all (I assume because this is a legacy method), and the main route which has been to simply copy the ISO files within onto the USB to boot.
I have only at one point got to the Windows Installation which has been by formatting the USB to MBR, copying the ISO contents over then booting in UEFI, however it doesn't allow me to install on the target drive (which I formatted in the Windows installer), the error is: "Windows 8 cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed on GP disks. This makes sense as I did format it in MBR, but I can't seem to boot in any other way.
Now to the actual errors when the USB is formatted as GPT (WININSTALL is the USB).
Boot into UEFI on the USB,
I have four boot options:
1. Boot Options for Windows on Legacy HD2
2. Boot Options for Boot Microsoft EFI mgrboot menu from WININSTALL on WININSTALL
3. Boot Options for Boot Microsoft EFI cdboot menu from WININSTALL on WININSTALL
4. Boot Options for Boot Mac OS X from Hackintosh on Hackintosh
Booting from 1: Results in black screen with a small square gray graphic with a yellow/black diagonal striped icon inside the gray area - this is almost instantly replaced by a blinking cursor.
Booting from 2: Results in no response, still remain on the boot options area.
Booting from 3: (cdboot seems like the correct one) Results in some text being displayed on a black screen: "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD.....". This stays the same even when I press a key, if I press space bar or esc key it takes me back to the boot options, and re-selecting that drive afterward gives me a black screen.
and 4: Booting into El Capitan.
and to note: I do not have Windows anywhere else, so I can't use any programmes unless they can be run on Mac/Hackintosh.
Thanks guys, hopefully I get to a solution with help and this helps others in the future, it seems my specific issues are rather isolated though - I've searched hundreds of articles, forum posts and youtube videos and I haven't been able to see a fix anywhere. The only thing I can think of as the issue is Disk Utility apparently creating a 'hybrid GPT/MBR' resulting in Clover not booting it properly, no idea if this is valid though!
