bootcamp + win 8 - can't unzip drivers / drive keeps repairing

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bootcamp + win 8 - can't unzip drivers / drive keeps repairing

Hi all,

Mavericks 10.9 + Mid 2011 i7 iMac 20gb ram

So, I have been able to install windows 8.1 to bootcamp. Problem I'm having is it keep getting the below two issues:

1 - I can't unzip the bootcamp drivers, keeps telling me the file may be corrupt (same zip file on mac unzips fine) I have re-downloaded the file several times, tried off usb etc (even the unzipped fails halfway through install stating some elements are corrupt)

Drivers being used:

Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621

2 - Windows 8 randomly give error stating the disk needs to be repaired, click here to restart. (has happened twice so far)

Anyone have similar issues?

Cheers

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Sep 16, 2014 6:02 PM

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Answer 1

rkaufmann87

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Sep 16, 2014 6:19 PM in response to Venomouse

You may have better luck posting in the Boot Camp forums, if you would like I can ask the moderator to move your post to that forum for you.

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Answer 2

Venomouse Author

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Sep 16, 2014 6:54 PM in response to rkaufmann87

yes please 🙂

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Answer 3

Loner T

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Sep 16, 2014 7:02 PM in response to Venomouse

Please post an EtreCheck (www.etresoft.com). Are you using third-party RAM?

Did you try downloading the ZIP on the Windows side directly?

Thanks for looking out rkaufmann87

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Answer 4

Venomouse Author

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Sep 16, 2014 7:50 PM in response to Loner T

Thank you,

Yes, tried to download in windows which is when the issues started,

EtreCheck incoming:

While I have a few uUSB hard drives attached the bootcamp etc is all on the main os drive.

EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)

Report generated 17 September 2014 12:45:23 pm AEST

Hardware Information: ?

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) (Verified)

iMac - model: iMac12,2

1 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores

20 GB RAM

Video Information: ?

AMD Radeon HD 6970M - VRAM: 1024 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440

L246WH 1920 x 1200 @ 59 Hz

System Software: ?

OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:5:7

Disk Information: ?

ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 788.35 GB (606.67 GB free)

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

WinBootCamp (disk0s4) /Volumes/WinBootCamp: 211 GB (171.83 GB free)

OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H

USB Information: ?

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

FUJI XEROX DocuPrint P205 b

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

GenesysLogic USB2.0 Hub

Logitech Gaming Mouse G400

Western Digital Ext HDD 1021 3 TB

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

Venomouse II (disk1s1) /Volumes/Venomouse II: 3 TB (1.96 TB free)

Western Digital My Book 1230 3 TB

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 314.6 MB

Download (disk2s2) /Volumes/Download: 500.56 GB (221.14 GB free)

Media (disk2s3) /Volumes/Media: 2 TB (1.72 TB free)

TimeMachine (disk2s4) /Volumes/TimeMachine: 499.28 GB (66.18 GB free)

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Information: ?

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Configuration files: ?

/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists

Gatekeeper: ?

Anywhere

Kernel Extensions: ?

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.PS3Controller (1.0.0d1) Support

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.Wireless360Controller (1.0.0d12 - SDK 10.8) Support

[not loaded] com.mice.driver.WirelessGamingReceiver (1.0.0d12 - SDK 10.8) Support

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[loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBDevices (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBKeyboard (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBPointer (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support

[loaded] com.orderedbytes.driver.ControllerMateFamily (4.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.leopard (5.9 - SDK 10.4) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.master (5.9 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.panther (5.9 - SDK 10.3) Support

[loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9 - SDK 10.6) Support

[not loaded] com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.tiger (5.9 - SDK 10.4) Support

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.14) Support

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.14) Support

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.14) Support

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.14) Support

Problem System Launch Agents: ?

[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ?

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support

[running] com.avg.Antivirus.infosd.plist Support

[running] com.avg.Antivirus.services.plist Support

[running] com.mice.360Daemon.plist Support

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support

[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist Support

[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist Support

[loaded] PACESupport.plist Support

[loaded] xxx.qnation.PeerGuardian.locum.plist Support

Launch Agents: ?

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support

[running] com.avg.Antivirus.gui.plist Support

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

[running] com.orderedbytes.ControllerMateHelper.plist Support

[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support

[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ?

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist Support

User Login Items: ?

iTunesHelper

uTorrent

Air Video Server HD

TeamViewer

iTunes

pploader

pplogger

ToneSync

Internet Plug-ins: ?

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

Audio Plug-ins: ?

BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

iTunes Plug-ins: ?

Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

3rd Party Preference Panes: ?

Java Support

Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support

Time Machine: ?

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 734.20 GB Disk used: 169.20 GB

Media: Disk size: 2 TB Disk used: 261.07 GB

Destinations:

TimeMachine [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 464.99 GB

Total number of backups: 59

Oldest backup: 2014-06-10 21:39:21 +0000

Last backup: 2014-09-16 21:13:34 +0000

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 464.99 GB < (Disk used 430.27 GB X 3)

Time Machine details may not be accurate.

All volumes being backed up may not be listed.

Top Processes by CPU: ?

4% Google Chrome

3% WindowServer

3% mds

2% AVG

2% iTunes

Top Processes by Memory: ?

184 MB avgd

164 MB avggmsd

143 MB Google Chrome

123 MB mds_stores

123 MB iTunes

Virtual Memory Information: ?

15.17 GB Free RAM

2.66 GB Active RAM

767 MB Inactive RAM

1.42 GB Wired RAM

653 MB Page-ins

0 B Page-outs

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Answer 5

Loner T

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Sep 16, 2014 8:10 PM in response to Venomouse

I suggest downloading using Safari or Firefox over an ethernet connection. When you installed W8.1, did you build a USB? Are the drivers on that USB also corrupt?

Paragon software causes issues and conflicts with the native Apple NTFS drivers.

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Answer 6

Venomouse Author

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Sep 16, 2014 9:23 PM in response to Loner T

Thanks again,

I've created a Fat usb from another machine running windows and copied the extracted files from a new download of the bootcamp drivers.

I'm glad you mentioned Paragon, I now realise that's the reason I could see the Bootcamp drive when I booted back into OSX (was never the case with Win 7) So I'd assume that's the reason for the disk repairs. I'll make sure to disable it for that drive.

I'll give it another shot tonight, last time I booted back to windows it was totally corrupt and needed repair.

Will report tomorrow.

Thanks again

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Answer 7

Loner T

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Sep 17, 2014 3:16 AM in response to Venomouse

Recently, a couple of posters have had issues with Paragon and Bootcamp Startup. Tuxera also seems to have similar challenges.

You may want to take a look at http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-manually-enable-ntfs-read-and-write-in-os-x/

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Answer 8

Venomouse Author

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Sep 17, 2014 3:30 PM in response to Loner T

Cheers, ended up trying a fresh install last night and I got the 'windows cannot copy files' during install (from a dvd that worked before).

Finally got jack of it and just went back to windows 7 which is now working without issues. (had problems with the cd key reporting as invalid but I had used it before without issue.. little googling and issue resolved...

Still can't get 8 to work, but happy with 7

Might start a new thread, but only issue I have with win 7 bootcamp now is when it goes to sleep I wake it and my dual wallpaper changes back to mirror instead of extend and all my USB devices disconnect and reconnect.

I assume I can fix this easily in the power settings 🙂

Thanks for all the help.

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Answer 9

Loner T

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Sep 17, 2014 6:22 PM in response to Venomouse

If you already have W7 running, you can upgrade W7 to W8 rather than trying a new install again? as long as both are 32-bit or 64-bit. You cannot cross the 'bitness' boundary.

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