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Is there any way to install OS X and Windows on the same drive?

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I've heard that it is possible to dual boot OS X and windows 10 on the same drive, but is it, and if so, how hard is it to do?

I have OS X 10.11.6 installed with Clover, and I tried partitioning my drive in half using Disk Utility with both MS-DOS(FAT) and exFat, and loading into the Windows installer on my USB. When I selected the partition, it gave me an error about the drive being formatted in the GUID partition map. Is there any way to fix/get around this?
 
I've heard that it is possible to dual boot OS X and windows 10 on the same drive, but is it, and if so, how hard is it to do?

I have OS X 10.11.6 installed with Clover, and I tried partitioning my drive in half using Disk Utility with both MS-DOS(FAT) and exFat, and loading into the Windows installer on my USB. When I selected the partition, it gave me an error about the drive being formatted in the GUID partition map. Is there any way to fix/get around this?
Formatting FAT or ExFat creates a hybrid MBR partition table for the partition that Wn10 will not install UEFI mode on.
See http://tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-multibooting-uefi.197352/
 
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I followed that tutorial, but after I click "delete" in the Custom section, it still gives me an error about the drive being formatted in the GUID partition map

I get an error with "Windows can't be installed on this drive"
Then you have not booted the USB drive properly - did you hit the function key to select a boot device and select the Windows USB with UEFI in front of the name?
 
To get into my boot menu? I click F12 and select the name of my USB, Kingston Data Traveler.
If Kingston Data Traveler is the name of your Windows USB installer, then there should also be a second entry when you hit F12 that is UEFI Kingston Data Traveler. This UEFI version is what you boot to install Windows.
If you do not have 2 versions of the USB, one of them UEFI, then the USB is not properly created for installing UEFI mode. You can only install Legacy Mode.
 
If Kingston Data Traveler is the name of your Windows USB installer, then there should also be a second entry when you hit F12 that is UEFI Kingston Data Traveler. This UEFI version is what you boot to install Windows.
If you do not have 2 versions of the USB, one of them UEFI, then the USB is not properly created for installing UEFI mode. You can only install Legacy Mode.
So in my boot loader I should have 2 versions of my usb, one with UEFI in the name and one without UEFI?
 
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