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Installation of Windows 7 Professional SP1 failed

Hi everybody,

I just tried to install Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit OEM on my iMac 27" late 2012 running Mac OSX 10.9.2.

I opened Bootcamp assistant, put installation dvd into dvd reader, a USB pen drive in its slot. I selected "Download Windows support software" and "Install Windows 7", then pressed "Continue". Bootcamp downloaded and saved Windows support files, then partitioned my HDD, then rebooted and started to install windows. Here's the issue: it copied and uncompressed windows files, but when tried to install updates, it gave me error "Cannot determine local options offline" (or similar), then "No changes on this computer will be saved - Installation cancelled", and finally "Error 0x8000001". My computer restarted, and tried to boot from DVD or new windows partition: unsuccesfully, cause it couldn't find Bootmgr.

I tried to install windows again, booting form Pen drive, and allowing internet access via wi-fi first of all: i guessed it was an internet access issue, but it gave me same error.

What can I do please?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Apr 10, 2014 3:25 PM

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Myrddid Author

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Apr 14, 2014 2:09 PM in response to turbostar

Yeah, good idea, but I don't know if I've got one more pendrive to put it on...

turbostar

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Apr 14, 2014 4:05 PM in response to Myrddid

use 1 of the 2 we used to troubleshoot before, you'll only need 1 other usb for windows install

Myrddid Author

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Apr 24, 2014 11:05 PM in response to turbostar

Here I am, doing clean installation... I guess I shouldn't recover all my user data by migration assistant, should I? Well, it would be easier, but I think I would migrate bugs too... what do you think?

My issue is: how could I recover important data manually? Not just "documents" or "iTunes" folders, but "Mail" personal folders, and so on... Could you help me please? I strongly hope that the answer is "Try to recover all data automatically"... :-)

turbostar

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Apr 25, 2014 2:42 AM in response to Myrddid

You can always restore from a time machine backup later, so don't migrate anything yet instead see if you can get windows to work

Myrddid Author

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Apr 26, 2014 2:14 AM in response to turbostar

It worked!!! Windows is correctly installed now, I only have to verify correct activation: Windows says "activated", after Product key control, but serial number is different from the one on the label...

I decided to not migrate the whole user, but I'm manually transferring documents and data taht I need, and my system is actually faster now...

Thanks, thanks a lot Turbostar... Do you have any suggestion now?

turbostar

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Apr 26, 2014 3:07 AM in response to Myrddid

Just don't mess it up!

Myrddid Author

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Apr 27, 2014 8:35 AM in response to turbostar

Yep, I will try... 😝

That user was about 7-8 years old...

Installation of Windows 7 Professional SP1 failed