Unable to Install Windows 8 on secondary Hard Disk

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Unable to Install Windows 8 on secondary Hard Disk

Hello,

I have a Macbook Pro 17" i7 2,2 Ghz (early 2011 OSX 10.9.4) equipped with a 750 Gb Samsung SSD and a Secondary 750 Gb Toshiba HHD mounted in place of the Original Laptop's DVD optical Drive.

I've tried several times to Install Windows 8.0 into the Secondary HHD Drive (USB KEY created with a Windows 8.1 Iso Image through the Bootcamp assistent) but without success. This is the message at the end of the Windows 8.1 installation process:

"Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed."

PLEASE HELP ME!!!

I've tried Everything but now I Don't Know what else to do!!!

Posted on Aug 28, 2014 12:02 PM

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Loner T

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Aug 28, 2014 12:48 PM in response to calojer

There are issues with the SATA connection in the Optibay which can cause issues. Does the Toshiba HDD show up in Disk Utility on the OSX side?

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calojer Author

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Aug 28, 2014 12:54 PM in response to Loner T

Yes, that's it:

It Works perfectly!

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Loner T

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Aug 28, 2014 1:02 PM in response to calojer

1. As a test, can you do a test installation on the SSD?

2. In About This Mac -> More Info -> System Report -> SATA, can you post the output of what you see under the SATA controller for each drive?

Here is an example.

Primary SATA

Optibay SATA

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calojer Author

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Aug 28, 2014 1:06 PM in response to Loner T

Excuse me... my OSX is in Italian Language. I hope it's Useful!!!

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Loner T

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Aug 28, 2014 1:20 PM in response to calojer

Can you click on the controller to show speeds?

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calojer Author

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Aug 28, 2014 1:23 PM in response to Loner T

Where Have I to click? I don't understand, excuse me.

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Loner T

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Aug 28, 2014 1:26 PM in response to calojer

Click on the line which says "Intel 6 Series Chipset" for each drive. It should look like my example.

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calojer Author

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Aug 28, 2014 1:29 PM in response to Loner T

Samsung SSD:

TOSHIBA HHD (optibay)

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Loner T

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Aug 28, 2014 1:40 PM in response to calojer

Please remove Tuxera NTFS or disable it and try your installation again. You can reinstall it later.

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calojer Author

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Aug 28, 2014 1:45 PM in response to Loner T

1) Tuxtera NTFS Disabled

2) Secondary HDD formatted like this:

Let's try again...

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Aug 28, 2014 3:11 PM in response to calojer

I've tried again with no succes!!!! 😠

Before begin to install Windows I've tried this on the Toshiba HDD :

1) pressed Shift + F10 to open the command prompt.

2)Typed Diskpart, pressed Enter

3)Typed List Disk , pressed Enter

4)Typed Select Disk 1 (where 1 is the number of Toshiba HDD), pressed Enter

5)Typed Clean, pressed Enter

6)Typed Convert GPT, pressed Enter

7)Typed Exit, presse Enter.

The Installation starts... Windows copies all files... bla bla bla and then

"Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed."

I can't Understand the reason of this error! It's seems like Windows is not able to write on the Hard Drive something It Needs to boot Itself.

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Loner T

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Aug 28, 2014 4:51 PM in response to calojer

It seems you are attempting an EFI installation.

1. Please erase the Toshiba disk and format the entire disk as Free Space. (This is a GPT disk as well).

2. Do not use Diskpart.

3. I have W8.1 EFI installed on a late 2013 rMBP. There are EFI firmware issues with older machines. Some of your hardware may not work correctly with an EFI installer.

4. Select EFI boot and let the installer create the MSR and Microsoft Basic Data partitions as necessary.

If it does not work, please post back here. There are some issues with the second SATA connector. There is a second option, but thisshould be tested first.