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The selected disk is of the GPT partition style - MBP 2013

Hi,


I get this error dialog in the windows 8.1 installer, when newly installing windows into a bootcamp created partition.


Machine:

* 2013 Macbook pro with retina display.

* 16GB RAM

* 1TB SSD


Reproduction:

* Use Bootcamp Assistant to create a USB stick with the Win8.1 Enterprise ISO, and the "Windows support files" (check the box in bootcamp assistant).

* Bootcamp restarts the laptop into the Windows 8.1 installer

* In the win 8.1 installer, On the Partitions screen I see 4 options

* Partition 1 (EFI)

* Partition 2 (OSX 600GB)

* Partition 3 (small - likely the recovery partition)

* Partition 4 (BOOTCAMP 120GB)

* Selecting Partition 4, gives the warning message "Windows can't be installed in drive 0 partition 4 (show details)" and the detail gives the error message "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style". The next button is disabled.



Does anyone know how to get past this?


Cheers!

MACBOOK PRO (RETINA, 15-INCH, LATE 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 12, 2013 1:10 AM

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The selected disk is of the GPT partition style - MBP 2013

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