Boot Camp partitions and restarts to black DOS screen, white cursor
I've tried installing Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro 8,1 three times now. When Boot Camp Assistant finishes the partition it restarts to a black screen with white cursor at top left. Nothing happens after that. If I restart it still happens. The only way to boot into OS X now is to hold option on boot and select my main drive.
Any help is very much appreciated..
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Intel 6 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 6 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 6 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 6 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD:
Capacity: 120.03 GB (120,034,123,776 bytes)
Model: OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD
Revision: 503ABBF0
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Medium Type: Solid State
TRIM Support: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
disk0s1:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s1
Content: EFI
I have removed my optical drive and installed an SSD in the main bay, and moved my HDD into the optical bay.
Macintosh SSD:
Capacity: 94 GB (93,999,996,928 bytes)
Available: 10.57 GB (10,569,678,848 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
Content: Apple_HFS
Recovery HD:
Capacity: 784.2 MB (784,220,160 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s3
Content: Apple_Boot
BOOTCAMP:
Capacity: 25.04 GB (25,038,946,304 bytes)
Available: 25.02 GB (25,024,774,144 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: MS-DOS FAT32
BSD Name: disk0s4
Mount Point: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP
Content: Microsoft Basic Data
This is my external optical drive (original Apple, taken from my MacBook)
USB to Serial-ATA bridge:
Capacity: 3.22 GB (3,224,993,792 bytes)
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: Yes
BSD Name: disk3
Product ID: 0x0c31
Vendor ID: 0x1bcf (Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.)
Version: 1.19
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Location ID: 0xfa132000 / 11
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 2
Media Name: GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD
Partition Map Type: Unknown
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)