Bootcamp issues windows 8.1
I'm trying to install windows 8.1 but everytime i begin the install I get an error message telling me to format my drive to a MAC OS Extended(Journaled) state and try again. But my drive is already that.Please help.
Folks,
If you scratch beneath the shallow Apple support surface, you'll find out that this issue has been around since 2008 (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=821551).
There's nothing wrong with Windows, and your hardware (Intel CPU that is) support virtualization. What Apple support doesn't tell you is that engineering has a bug with firmware that causes this. There's also a well known workaround, painful but workaround (http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/122071/106730).
What infuriates me is the fact that
1. Apple support deceives and send people away by claiming there's nothing wrong (read "lies")
2. Engineering knows about it and does very little to address it properly moving forward (read "ignores")
3. Consumers that just accept this as-is because it's Apple (read "stupidity")
I'm vocal about it because it is unbelievable. It's 2014 outside, and Apple neither has a basic support tracking mechanism nor is transparent about what it's doing when providing support.
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I think that I should have said, Am I reading into the absense of response correctly, (after failed attempts to get a response) on the BOOTCAMP preparation issue.
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Hello!
I upgraded my RAM from 4Gb to 8Gb.
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Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
"OPTION" key.
3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select the desired disk icon from which you want to boot.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.
Five ways to eject a stuck CD or DVD from the optical drive
Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways:
1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
left mouse button until the disc ejects.
2. Press the Eject button on your keyboard.
3. Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
4. Press COMMAND-E.
5. If none of the above work try this: Open the Terminal application in
your Utilities folder. At the prompt enter or paste the following:
/usr/bin/drutil eject
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