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Can't install Windows 8 - Partition problems

Hi all,


Ive recently installed a SSD (Samsung 830) into my iMac 2011. It already had a 1 TB HDD in it but I want to install Mountain Lion and Windows 8 on the SSD.

Installing Mountain Lion was a piece of cake but now im getting problems installing the bootcamp partition with Windows 8. See belowUser uploaded file


diskutil list:

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0

1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS Untitled 999.9 GB disk0s2

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *256.1 GB disk1

1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_HFS Macintosh SSD 255.2 GB disk1s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s4

/dev/disk2

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *16.1 GB disk2

1: DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL 16.1 GB disk2s1


Ive tried to creating the bootcamp partition with the DISK UTILITY and the Bootcamp assistant, but neither of these methods work. Is it because of the 1TB HDD thats causing these problems or is it something else?


Regards,

Nick

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), Samsung 830 SSD 256GB

Posted on Feb 4, 2013 12:17 PM

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Feb 8, 2013 7:12 AM in response to The hatter

So you mean I cant have the 1TB HDD in my iMac for a bootcamp installation?


Can I format it to something else?


The weird thing is, im getting in the Windows 8 setup with an USB with the problem in my first post, but when im using a Windows 8 DVD it won't even start the setup. Just the black screen with the blinking cursor

Can't install Windows 8 - Partition problems

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