Boot Camp formatting partition problem
I am using Boot Camp v.5.1.2 to install Windows 8.1 Pro and I have been having the same problem for days. Cannot seem to find a solution.
I am installing from a USB and I have the downloaded support software on a second USB. I can get as far as the Windows Setup stage 1: Collecting information. I click on 'Drive 0 Partition 4: Bootcamp' and click Format, then OK. When this is complete it changes the partition name to 'Drive 0 Partition 4' and still has the warning 'Windows can't be installed on Drive 0 Partition 4. (show details)'. When I click on the warning it says 'Windows cannot be installed to this disc. The selected disc is of the GPT partition style.' Now I am not sure what this is but from my understanding it should be the NTFS format, which it says the partition is in disc utility when I quit and start back up in OS X. So I do not understand why it will not let me continue with the installation if it is in the correct format?
I am using a MacBook Pro Retina 15" Late 2013, 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3 running OS X Mavericks 10.9.4. I had 280GB free of 500GB and have now partitioned 32GB of this for Windows installation. I have tried various sizes of partition, installed and uninstalled the partition about ten times now and am still having the same problem.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)