Bootcamp Windows 8.1 "No Images Are Available"

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Bootcamp Windows 8.1 "No Images Are Available"

Hello everyone!

I am at my wits end! I am trying to install windows 8.1 pro on my Macbook Air (mid 2013) and keep having the same trouble...the "No Images Are Available" message in the "Select an OS to Install" window. I went to the following link on my friends PC (which was provided by the microsoft tech): http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media and downloaded the Windows 8.1 pro ISO to my friends desktop and transferred the file to my mac. I then created the Wininstall file using a flash drive and bootcamp. I get through all of the steps (partitioning my hard drive, entering product key) and then I get to the page where I should select the OS I would like to install and there isn't anything in the box for me to select from.

I initially had purchased the student version and was later told that I would need the full version so now I have that one instead.

Please help!

-Rich

MacBook Air, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Dec 15, 2014 7:34 PM

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Loner T

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Dec 16, 2014 5:36 AM in response to pritchettra

1. If the ISO is on the Mac, can you open it and see files in it?

2. Your messages are confusing. If the BCA partitions the disk, then the ISO is already integrated with BC drivers on to the USB. After you enter the Product Key, there is no OS selection. It should already be determined when using the ISO. Please see 4 also.

3. If you are using EFI Boot, then BCA should not be used for partitioning your disk.

4. There is no OS selection screen in the Windows Installer on a Mac. Please see https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/mac/5.0/help/.

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Answer 2

Dec 16, 2014 11:19 AM in response to pritchettra

Make sure the Product Key you entered matches the Windows variant of the ISO you have.

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pritchettra Author

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Dec 16, 2014 10:48 PM in response to Loner T

Thanks for suggesting I should click on the ISO file on my desktop to open it and view the files. Double clicking on the iso file "mounted" it. This then allowed the file to be read during the windows install and it therefore showed up in the "Select an OS" window. I have now successfully installed windows 8.1. As a longtime windows user and new mac user, mounting (giggity...lol) is a foreign concept to me. Thanks!

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Loner T

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Dec 16, 2014 11:01 PM in response to pritchettra

Unix variants use mount (OSX is one of them), some use it silently, some need it explicitly. ISO images are 'soft' copies of hard media, but behave like it when mounted.

Glad to see it work. Thanks for posting back.

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mately

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Feb 11, 2015 11:04 AM in response to pritchettra

I'm having the same problem with no luck at all. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!!

I get this screen when It boots up to windows for the install.

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Loner T

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Feb 11, 2015 11:30 AM in response to mately

Can you post a screen shot of the USB, which should contain the ISO and BC drivers? You should also check the integrity of the ISP and validate the ISO MD5 and SHA1 vs what Microsoft has on their website. M$ has a tool called FCIV.

For Windows 7...

For Windows 8

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mately

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Feb 11, 2015 12:54 PM in response to Loner T

Wow! thank you so much, Loner T for the quick response.

Here's a screenshot of the USB. Looks similar to your image.

more zoomed.

I also downloaded the fciv tool. Am having problems running it though.

Any other thoughts?

Thank you!

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mately

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Feb 11, 2015 12:56 PM in response to mately

Screen Shot of FCIV error message.

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Loner T

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Feb 11, 2015 1:03 PM in response to mately

The structure looks clean. Is the Windows.iso file in the same directory where FCIV is running from. Try and specify full path of Windows ISO and check.

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mately

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Feb 11, 2015 1:20 PM in response to Loner T

no such luck. it is located in the same file.

specified a full path of the iso and then it negated the fciv path.

what do you think?

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Loner T

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Feb 11, 2015 1:51 PM in response to mately

It is looking for a file in windows.iso directory. 😉

Here is my example.

D:\>C:\"Program Files (x86)"\FCIV\fciv
//
// File Checksum Integrity Verifier version 2.05.
//

Usage: fciv.exe [Commands] <Options>

Commands: ( Default -add )

-add <file | dir> : Compute hash and send to output (default screen).

dir options:
-r : recursive.
-type : ex: -type *.exe.
-exc file: list of directories that should not be computed.
-wp : Without full path name. ( Default store full path)
-bp : specify base path to remove from full path name

-list : List entries in the database.
-v : Verify hashes.
: Option: -bp basepath.

-? -h -help : Extended Help.

Options:
-md5 | -sha1 | -both : Specify hashtype, default md5.
-xml db : Specify database format and name.

To display the MD5 hash of a file, type fciv.exe filename

D:\>C:\"Program Files (x86)"\FCIV\fciv -add Windows8.1-64bit.cdr
//
// File Checksum Integrity Verifier version 2.05.
//
f104b78019e86e74b149ae5e510f7be9 windows8.1-64bit.cdr