Help with Boot Camp Assisant install

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Help with Boot Camp Assisant install

I am trying to install windows 8 on my macbook pro I bought Saturday (2/28). I get past the first 3 steps but when it restarts my computer the first thing it does is boot to the usb drive called windows where it tells me there is no boot disk available press any key to continue, then there is the efi boot i believe which when clicked under boot menu at start it starts to install windows all the way till I have to choose a partition and it comes up with this error message Please help need windows to run certain programs for school!!

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 9:16 PM

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Loner T

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Mar 4, 2015 5:11 AM in response to bhoss13

There are two different methods of installing Windows.

1. Using legacy BIOS mode (the Windows icon that you see).

2. Using the EFI boot option that you mention.

Macs which are older than late 2013, do not support EFI boot very well and can lead to driver issues, most notably, Graphics and Audio.

If Bootcamp Assistant was used to partition your internal drive, then you are using option 1. Most issues stem from the failure of BCA which does not create proper MBR for the Windows BIOS installer to understand. Can you post the output of the following OSX Terminal commands?

diskutil list

diskutil cs list

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

The "sudo" commands need your password, which is not echoed back to you. You may also see a warning about sudo commands, and their improper use which can lead to data loss.

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Mar 4, 2015 5:58 AM in response to Loner T

Last login: Wed Mar 4 00:05:23 on console

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage 397.2 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data 102.0 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Brendans Hard Drive *396.9 GB disk1

Logical Volume on disk0s2

E9D52E86-C9F8-4199-99E7-55591DC1F44F

Unencrypted

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group 6410A4FF-76DC-4C11-BEA2-10DB12DB8D47

=========================================================

Name: Brendans Hard Drive

Status: Online

Size: 397248102400 B (397.2 GB)

Free Space: 18972672 B (19.0 MB)

|

+-< Physical Volume BC7D8947-0101-4EF3-9ED3-FA605FD32FE6

| ----------------------------------------------------

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 397248102400 B (397.2 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family 7D0AF1EC-3255-43E6-B093-91FE28B64956

----------------------------------------------------------

Encryption Status: Unlocked

Encryption Type: None

Conversion Status: NoConversion

Conversion Direction: -none-

Has Encrypted Extents: No

Fully Secure: No

Passphrase Required: No

|

+-> Logical Volume E9D52E86-C9F8-4199-99E7-55591DC1F44F

---------------------------------------------------

Disk: disk1

Status: Online

Size (Total): 396876808192 B (396.9 GB)

Conversion Progress: -none-

Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)

LV Name: Brendans Hard Drive

Volume Name: Brendans Hard Drive

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss

or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your

typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:

Sorry, try again.

Password:

Sorry, try again.

Password:

Sorry, try again.

sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage 397.2 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data 102.0 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Brendans Hard Drive *396.9 GB disk1

Logical Volume on disk0s2

E9D52E86-C9F8-4199-99E7-55591DC1F44F

Unencrypted

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group 6410A4FF-76DC-4C11-BEA2-10DB12DB8D47

=========================================================

Name: Brendans Hard Drive

Status: Online

Size: 397248102400 B (397.2 GB)

Free Space: 18972672 B (19.0 MB)

|

+-< Physical Volume BC7D8947-0101-4EF3-9ED3-FA605FD32FE6

| ----------------------------------------------------

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 397248102400 B (397.2 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family 7D0AF1EC-3255-43E6-B093-91FE28B64956

----------------------------------------------------------

Encryption Status: Unlocked

Encryption Type: None

Conversion Status: NoConversion

Conversion Direction: -none-

Has Encrypted Extents: No

Fully Secure: No

Passphrase Required: No

|

+-> Logical Volume E9D52E86-C9F8-4199-99E7-55591DC1F44F

---------------------------------------------------

Disk: disk1

Status: Online

Size (Total): 396876808192 B (396.9 GB)

Conversion Progress: -none-

Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)

LV Name: Brendans Hard Drive

Volume Name: Brendans Hard Drive

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss

or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your

typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:

After this point it doesn't allow me to enter password as I type nothing comes up

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bhoss13 Author

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Mar 4, 2015 6:00 AM in response to bhoss13

Just downloaded command line tools

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Loner T

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Mar 4, 2015 6:05 AM in response to bhoss13

What happens if you enter your password, and press return/enter? The password is not echoed back to you, you have to trust yourself that it was entered correctly.

Can you also post sudo fdisk /dev/disk0 output once it works?

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bhoss13 Author

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Mar 4, 2015 6:16 AM in response to Loner T

it won't allow me to enter my password or any key for fact, second command still does same thing

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Mar 4, 2015 8:21 AM in response to Loner T

Last login: Wed Mar 4 11:17:36 on ttys000

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage 397.2 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data 102.0 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Brendans Hard Drive *396.9 GB disk1

Logical Volume on disk0s2

E9D52E86-C9F8-4199-99E7-55591DC1F44F

Unencrypted

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group 6410A4FF-76DC-4C11-BEA2-10DB12DB8D47

=========================================================

Name: Brendans Hard Drive

Status: Online

Size: 397248102400 B (397.2 GB)

Free Space: 18972672 B (19.0 MB)

|

+-< Physical Volume BC7D8947-0101-4EF3-9ED3-FA605FD32FE6

| ----------------------------------------------------

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 397248102400 B (397.2 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family 7D0AF1EC-3255-43E6-B093-91FE28B64956

----------------------------------------------------------

Encryption Status: Unlocked

Encryption Type: None

Conversion Status: NoConversion

Conversion Direction: -none-

Has Encrypted Extents: No

Fully Secure: No

Passphrase Required: No

|

+-> Logical Volume E9D52E86-C9F8-4199-99E7-55591DC1F44F

---------------------------------------------------

Disk: disk1

Status: Online

Size (Total): 396876808192 B (396.9 GB)

Conversion Progress: -none-

Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)

LV Name: Brendans Hard Drive

Volume Name: Brendans Hard Drive

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500107862016; sectorsize=512; blocks=976773168

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 976773167

start size index contents

0 1 MBR

1 1 Pri GPT header

2 32 Pri GPT table

34 6

40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

409640 775875200 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

776284840 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

777554376 1592

777555968 199217152 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

976773120 15

976773135 32 Sec GPT table

976773167 1 Sec GPT header

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

This is that code ran, then password entered

This is sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

Starting Ending

#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 409639] <Unknown ID>

2: AC 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 775875200] <Unknown ID>

3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 776284840 - 1269536] Darwin Boot

4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 777555968 - 199217152] HPFS/QNX/AUX

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$

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Loner T

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Mar 4, 2015 8:44 AM in response to bhoss13

1. What year/model is your Mac?

2. Do you have an older Mac with a built-in Optical drive, even though you bought it on 2/28?

3. Can you run Disk Utility and Repair the disk?

4. Please also try an SMC reset - Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support and How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support retry your installation.

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bhoss13 Author

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Mar 4, 2015 8:53 AM in response to Loner T

1. Macbook Pro mid 2012

2. don't know how to check

3. ran disk utility and repaired the disk

4. Will do right now

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Loner T

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Mar 4, 2015 9:27 AM in response to bhoss13

1. How to identify MacBook Pro models - Apple Support.

2. From MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) - Technical Specifications

Connections and Expansion

MagSafe power port

Gigabit Ethernet port

FireWire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps)

Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps)

Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps)

Audio line in

Audio line out

SDXC card slot

Kensington lock slot

8x SuperDrive

Did you get an option to create a USB Installer as shown in the following image automatically or did you have to modify Bootcamp info.plist?

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bhoss13 Author

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Mar 4, 2015 10:07 AM in response to Loner T

It gives me that option. I just did smc and nvram resets and tried re installing but still provided me with the same error message. I have the 13 inch btw!

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Loner T

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Mar 4, 2015 10:12 AM in response to bhoss13

Can you post the output of the following command?

sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C

The following code modified the MBR and changes the NTFS partition to FAT. Please ignore the i386 boot error message when you execute the commands.

sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0

p

setpid 4

0C

p

w

y

Reboot and retry your BC/Windows installation.

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bhoss13 Author

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Mar 4, 2015 10:20 AM in response to Loner T

I messed up i didn't see the first command you posted in the last reply, i just did the ones that are bolded, should i still post code for first command?

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Loner T

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Mar 4, 2015 10:21 AM in response to bhoss13

Yes, please. 😉

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Mar 4, 2015 10:22 AM in response to Loner T

Last login: Wed Mar 4 13:18:12 on ttys000

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$ sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C

Password:

00000000 eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.R.NTFS .....|

00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 c0 3a 2e |........?.....:.|

00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 ff 9f fd 0b 00 00 00 00 |................|

00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|

00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 5f 9b f4 42 a5 f4 42 86 |........_..B..B.|

00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07 |.....3.....|.h..|

00000060 1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e |..hf......f.>..N|

00000070 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb |TFSu..A..U..r...|

00000080 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 dd 00 1e 83 ec |U.u.....u.......|

00000090 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13 |.h...H..........|

000000a0 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3 |.....X.r.;...u..|

000000b0 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8 |........Z3... +.|

000000c0 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8 |f...............|

000000d0 4b 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d |K.+.w......f#.u-|

000000e0 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75 24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16 |f..TCPAu$....r..|

000000f0 68 07 bb 16 68 52 11 16 68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 |h...hR..h..fSfSf|

00000100 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 0e 07 cd 1a 33 c0 bf |U...h..fa....3..|

00000110 0a 13 b9 f6 0c fc f3 aa e9 fe 01 90 90 66 60 1e |.............f`.|

00000120 06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00 |.f...f.....fh...|

00000130 00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e |.fP.Sh..h...B...|

00000140 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f |.......fY[ZfYfY.|

00000150 0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff |....f...........|

00000160 0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a1 f6 01 e8 09 00 |...u...fa.......|

00000170 a1 fa 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb fd 8b f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 |............<.t.|

00000180 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 64 69 |............A di|

00000190 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 6f 63 |sk read error oc|

000001a0 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 |curred...BOOTMGR|

000001b0 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d | is compressed..|

000001c0 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b |.Press Ctrl+Alt+|

000001d0 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a |Del to restart..|

000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|

000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 8a 01 a7 01 bf 01 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|

00000200

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:~ BHoss$

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Loner T

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Mar 4, 2015 11:00 AM in response to bhoss13

It looks to be NTFS already. Please post back on how your installation goes.

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