StuartJ1210
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Q: Bootcamp failing to partition install windows 8 Mac Pro 2008

Hey people could someone please help me I've been using windows 8.1 via bootcamp on my 2008 mac pro for a while on a second internal hard drive which was quite slow so i decided to reinstall windows 8.1 from scratch via bootcamp on a larger and much faster hard drive.

 

Now the new hard drive in question is a 2tb 2.5inch samsung and i'm using an icey box enclosure,so i thought it was a good idea to format the new 2tb hard drive also the old hard drive with bootcamp on which was a second internal 3.5 500gb hard drive,so i go through the process as normal for bootcamp assistant and i get this message,

 

(We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one,for more information ,see the setup log files.)

 

Then i use the format button within the installation and it says

 

( Windows cannot be installed to this disk ,the selected disk is of GPT partition style)

 

So I've been trying to formate my hard drives in fat 32 exfat mac journaled etc also using cmd prompt diskpart selecting the disk cleaning the disk formatting the disk NTFS deleting partitions making the disk active,I've been doing quick and long formats using mac and another pc using just unused space,so I'm really annoyed as this has been going on for about 4 days now,I've tried converting the hard drives to MBR,I've tried creating partitions in cmd prompt and disk utility ,I've also done a clean instal of Yosemite and gone to disk utility via recovery and formatted the hard drive but it still will not work,i'm getting the,

 

(EFI error GPT error)also we couldn't create a new partition error: 0x80004005)

 

im not really up for buying another hard drive,i really want to use my new 2tb hard drive can someone please help me and advise me where i'm going wrong.

I've looked online read many many forum posts but nothing seems to work,watched loads of lame video's.

 

Thanks in advance.

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 2008

Posted on Apr 26, 2016 8:46 AM

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  • by StuartJ1210,

    StuartJ1210 StuartJ1210 Apr 28, 2016 3:32 AM in response to Loner T
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    Apr 28, 2016 3:32 AM in response to Loner T

    Hey there Loner T thanks for trying to help but i think its an issue with bootcamp its self rather than my hard drive,i have tried 2 other hard drives and it fails every time,all the same errors but i can install windows 8.1 via the disk on to the hard drive and hold down alt every time i want to boot but its a massive pain as i have a gtx 960 graphics card which is pc so i'm gonna have to keep swiping cables out every boot which is annoying to say the least,also i tried the last line of terminal but that did nothing,i typed it out correctly so i don't really know as much as your good self,i really want to use bootcamp as it fine on my macbook pro but a massive failure now on my mac pro

  • by StuartJ1210,

    StuartJ1210 StuartJ1210 Apr 30, 2016 1:42 AM in response to Loner T
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    Apr 30, 2016 1:42 AM in response to Loner T

    Hey there Loner T i'm starting to think bootcamp is the problem ,I've tried 3 hard drives now and none of them work,one was pretty much brand new,also i can't even install windows straight to the mac now either something is really wrong can you help me please

  • by StuartJ1210,

    StuartJ1210 StuartJ1210 Apr 30, 2016 2:29 AM in response to Loner T
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    Apr 30, 2016 2:29 AM in response to Loner T

    Hey Loner T I've tired those command again but they did not work?????

     

    ast login: Sat Apr 30 09:36:56 on console

    Stuarts-Mac-Pro:~ StuartsMacPro$ diskutil

    Disk Utility Tool

    Utility to manage local disks and volumes

    Most options require root access to the device

     

    Usage:  diskutil [quiet] <verb> <options>, where <verb> is as follows:

     

         list                  (List the partitions of a disk)

         info[rmation]         (Get information on a specific disk or partition)

         listFilesystems       (List file systems available for formatting)

         activity              (Continuous log of system-wide disk arbitration)

     

         u[n]mount             (Unmount a single volume)

         unmountDisk           (Unmount an entire disk (all volumes))

         eject                 (Eject a disk)

         mount                 (Mount a single volume)

         mountDisk             (Mount an entire disk (all mountable volumes))

     

         enableJournal         (Enable HFS+ journaling on a mounted HFS+ volume)

         disableJournal        (Disable HFS+ journaling on a mounted HFS+ volume)

         moveJournal           (Move the HFS+ journal onto another volume)

         enableOwnership       (Treat as exact User/Group IDs for a mounted volume)

         disableOwnership      (Ignore on-disk User/Group IDs for a mounted volume)

     

         rename[Volume]        (Rename a volume)

     

         verifyVolume          (Verify the file system data structures of a volume)

         repairVolume          (Repair the file system data structures of a volume)

     

         verifyDisk            (Verify the components of a partition map of a disk)

         repairDisk            (Repair the components of a partition map of a disk)

     

         verifyPermissions     (Verify the permissions of a Mac OS X volume)

         repairPermissions     (Repair the permissions of a Mac OS X volume)

     

         eraseDisk             (Erase an existing disk, removing all volumes)

         eraseVolume           (Erase an existing volume)

         reformat              (Erase an existing volume with same name and type)

         eraseOptical          (Erase optical media (CD/RW, DVD/RW, etc.))

         zeroDisk              (Erase a disk, writing zeros to the media)

         randomDisk            (Erase a disk, writing random data to the media)

         secureErase           (Securely erase a disk or freespace on a volume)

     

         partitionDisk         ((re)Partition a disk, removing all volumes)

         resizeVolume          (Resize a volume, increasing or decreasing its size)

         splitPartition        (Split an existing partition into two or more)

         mergePartitions       (Combine two or more existing partitions into one)

     

         appleRAID <verb>      (Perform additional verbs related to AppleRAID)

         coreStorage <verb>    (Perform additional verbs related to CoreStorage)

     

    diskutil <verb> with no options will provide help on that verb

     

    Stuarts-Mac-Pro:~ StuartsMacPro$ diskutil list

    /dev/disk0

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh SSD HD        239.2 GB   disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

    /dev/disk1

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS 1 TB HD                 999.9 GB   disk1s2

    /dev/disk2

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1

       2:       Microsoft Basic Data                         2.0 TB     disk2s2

    /dev/disk3

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk3

       1:                  Apple_HFS Untitled 1              500.1 GB   disk3s1

    Stuarts-Mac-Pro:~ StuartsMacPro$ erasedisk 2

    -bash: erasedisk: command not found

    Stuarts-Mac-Pro:~ StuartsMacPro$ erase disk 2

    -bash: erase: command not found

    Stuarts-Mac-Pro:~ StuartsMacPro$ diskutil erase disk 2

    diskutil: did not recognize verb "erase"; type "diskutil" for a list

    Stuarts-Mac-Pro:~ StuartsMacPro$ diskutil erasedisk fat2 bootcamp mbr disk2

    fat2 does not appear to be a valid file system format

    Use diskutil listFilesystems to view a list of supported file systems

    Stuarts-Mac-Pro:~ StuartsMacPro$

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Apr 30, 2016 7:30 PM in response to StuartJ1210
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    Apr 30, 2016 7:30 PM in response to StuartJ1210

    Please retry

     

    diskutil eraseDisk fat32 BOOTCAMP MBR disk2

     

    (fat2 is invalid). Please ensure that disk2 is the correct disk.

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