Q: Windows 8.1 install GPT partition error
Hello,
I have been trying to install windows in my mac, I used to use boot camp before but know it keeps crashing with the partition type. I tried to change the partition toGTP but it keep saying windows can't be installed on there. Recently I check a post where user Loner T help a guy with the same problem. Here are my specifications.
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 1.8 TB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data 249.0 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *8.2 GB disk1
1: DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL 8.2 GB disk1s1
Michels-iMac:~ Michel$ diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
Michels-iMac:~ Michel$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=2000398934016; sectorsize=512; blocks=3907029168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 3907029167
start size index contents
0 1 MBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 3419021824 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
3419431464 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
3420701000 1720
3420702720 486326272 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
3907028992 143
3907029135 32 Sec GPT table
3907029167 1 Sec GPT header
Michels-iMac:~ Michel$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 243201/255/63 [3907029168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 0 0 2 - 25 127 14 [ 1 - 409639] <Unknown ID>
2: 01 25 127 15 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 3419021824] DOS FAT-12
3: 01 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [3419431464 - 1269536] DOS FAT-12
*4: 01 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [3420702720 - 486326272] DOS FAT-12
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Posted on Mar 25, 2016 9:59 AM