3TB fusion drive and bootcamp
Hi everyone, I know there have be multiple posts on this, however I have a late 2013 iMac with OS X 10.9. I know Apple states support for bootcamp with a 3TB fusion drive from 10.8.3 fowards, however I wish to install Windows 8.1 pro from a full DVD using an external disk drive. All is good for partitioning and then when the mac reboots, it shows an apple (usual boot screen) and the a while after, it shows a "cannot do" sign that looks like (\).
Can anyone please tell me what I have done wrong or how to prevent this?
Thanks
Hi Chris:
I am afraid I can't help you, but I hope you can help me. I have been trying to install Win 7 using Boot camp assistant on my new iMac 27 (OS X 10.9) 1 TB HD and I haven't been able to get past the formatting. After 15 hours I still have a white screen, no Apple logo, or any indication that anything is running.
How long did it take you to format your 3 TB drive and what screen did you see when it was formatting? Did you also get a blank white screen?
Thanks.
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Hi everyone.
I recently updated my iMac to a 3Tb hard drive, replacing the old one. Restoring MacOSX partition worked like a charm: I booted using moutain lion installer on an SD card and used disk utility to transfer partitions from the ond disk (in a USB external enclosure) to the new one.
I did the same with the bootcamp partition, but it failed miserably, as the partition isn't recognized anymore when pressing ALT at boot time.
I scavenged the whole Web, searching for a solution. I found out that my problem can't be solved, and that both bootcamp and W7 are guilty. I tried using rEFIt (or rEFInd), it led to the same failure.
Interesting fact: new iMacs can be shipped with a 3Tb hard drive...
The question, summing all my disappointment: has someone succeeded where I failed?
Thanks a lot for your help!https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4605110?tstart=0
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Mavericks, 3TB Fusion Drive, Windows 8 (again!)
I am so confued now, my head is spinning.
I have read probably 18 different posts now on how to install Windows 8 on a 3TB fusion drive, and none of them are complete, or give a step by step. I'm on a new late 2013 model iMac running Mavericks 10.9.1.
Is there a way to just wipe the whole thing, (after creatin a Mavericks boot disc, I would assume), blow away the current configuration and just re-set it up so that windows gets 4th partition on "core data" volume?
Here's my rundown:
- Boot camp assistant runs, creates windows partition, but then partition is inaccessible for install by windows. (GPT)
- Disk ultility fails to create a new partition if the first mac partition (the main one) after downsizing the main OS X partition
- No further partitions can be created beyond a second Mac partition in disc ultilty.
Fortunately my OS X Mavericks is still working, but my partitions are now what looks like a mess.
In the debug mode of disc utility:
Macintosh HD (Mounted)
EFI (unmounted)
Macintosh HD (Mounted)
BOOT OS X (Mounted)
EFI (unmounted)
Macintosh HD (unMounted)
Recovery HD (unmounted)
I'm about ready to take it to the apple store and jusrt ask if they can thrown in a regular drive, or if they can fix it. My fear is that if I can't fix it, neither can they.
Anyone find a way to do this?
I found one article that showed an unsupported methog using a time machine backup, but Mavericks has already failed to use my Mountain Lion backup (I had to recover the data manually) so I can't really use it to re-setup this mac.
if anyone has a "clean" install method, please do share! I'll buy you beer. Seriously.
Thanks!OK, I managed to get the computer back to "stock".
I had to used system rescue CD (it's a Linux tool with Gparted) to blow away all the messed up partitions on the 2.7GB hard drive (part of the fusion drive).
Next, I created a bootable USB by downloading the Mavericks installer app from the app store, and then reloaded OS X. I had to use disc utility to do this, and disc utility picked up the missing and incorrect partitions, and recreated all of it. (There are a lot of steps involved here...)
Anyway, I got back to square 1.
Again, I tried to use bootcamp assistant to install Windows 8, and now it is failing on the partition selection screen. Windows can't install because the bootcamp partition is labled as disc1, and windows can only install on disc zero.
Next? -
Can I partition a 3tb fusion drive on a 2014 imac27", with boot camp, to let me install windows 7?
I have used boot camp to create a partition for Windows 7 on 3 earlier Macs (iMac 24" 2007 / Mac Pro 2009 / Macbook Pro 2009) as well as a recent Macbook Air 2012.
My main reason for this is to use Sage Account/Payroll, and also a couple of other Windows-specific programs.
I have just replaced the old iMac with a new iMac27", with a 3tb fusion drive, and want to partition it to install a new oem copy of Win 7 sp1.
However, I found an article on this (link: http://twocanoes.com/winclone/support/installing-windows-on-a-boot-camp-partitio n-on-a-3-tb-fusion-drive) implying this might not currently be officially supported by Apple & boot camp assistant, and providing a workaround procedure to create 3 partitions. The article begins with this note: "Important Note: This help document is for reference only, superceded by updates to OS X that include support for 3TB drives and Fusion drive in Boot Camp Assistant. Use Boot Camp Assistant to create the Boot Camp partition."
I have two questions:
1 - Can anyone advise if updates have now been made, to provide this support for partitioning the 3tb fusion drive?....and if not, is this likely to change soon?
2 - If this is still not officially supported, can anyone advise if they have successfully created a Windows partition on the 3tb fusion drive & installed Win 7?
Thanks in advance.Based on Apple's knowledge base. this configuration is supported for Windows 7 x64 and 8 using Mountain Lion 108.3 or higher. Simply use BootCamp Assistant to set it up.
See here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5639?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
and here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4441
For your application, you might also consider virtualization software like VMWare Fusion or Parallels.
I use both BootCamp and VMWare Fusion. Fusion is much easier to install, more flxible, runs at the same time as your Mac applications etc. For typical applications, there is no notable performance degradation.
If you need high performance graphics for gaming, BootCamp is still the best way to go. For all other applications, I prefer VMWare. -
Will VMware or Parallels work for a 3TB fusion drive?
I'm in the market for an iMac but I need windows for work-related stuff (and some games)
I have an older macbook pro (13" the first year the 13" went pro, 2009 i think) and I load windows through bootcamp, so no problems there.
I understand that the 3TB fusion drive won't work with bootcamp so my only option seems to be either VMware or Parallels (i haven't used either of these) to load Windows 7.
Just wanted to ask to make sure that there is no limitation with a 3TB fusion drive and VMware or Parallels.
Thanks in advance for any help,
ScottThere are limitations with either choice you make.
With boot camp, that is where you partition the drive to install windows and have a dual boot system, and a fusion drive windows will be installed on the rotating standard drive only. Not utilizing the ssd flash storage at all.
If you go with a virtual machine install of windows in either parallels, vmware fusion or the free vm program virtualbox from oracle the limitation are in the virtual hardware used. Most specifically in the virtual video card all of the virtual machine program use. So if you are using graphic programs the preformance in a vm will be lower then if windows was in it own partition and using the real hardware in the system. On the plus side for a virtaul machine install of windows is that you can run both os x and windows at the same time, windows and the virtaul machine program might be placed on the ssd part of the fusion drive and will actuall run faster then if it was in its own partition on the standard rotating hard drive. -
IMac with 3TB Fusion drive will not partition under Boot Camp
I have a 27" iMac with a 3TB Fusion drive and I am using 10.8.4.
I am trying to install Windows 8 Pro with Boot Camp. Everything starts well enough, but once I get to "Create a Partition for Windows" and setting a 505 GB Windows partition, it begins the process, but then seems to stop progressing with the status indicator pretty much stopped at a point directly under the "d" in the "Status: Partitioning disk.."
I've let it run for the past 1.5 hours and it hasn't budged.
This is not my first attempt at doing this on this machine. I tried manually partitioning with Disk Utility which pretty much ended up in a disaster that I was able to repair with some difficulty. That was covered in this thread.
I realize that 3TB drives were not supported under 10.8.3, but I thought that was fixed. Am I wrong?This is a bit of a guess and you might have do a bit of further reading to understand what I am trying to say but basically:
When you buy a Mac - its Hard Disks come partitioned using the GPT partitioning scheme that is used for the UEFI boot process (All new Windows 8 badged computers have UEFI now as well - Macs have been using it for years). This is opposed to the old MBR partitioning scheme that was used with the BIOS boot process.
There are quite a few limitations of the MBR partitioning scheme including:
1. A limit of 4 partitions per volume
2. A limit of 2 TB per partition
3. Poor support for AHCI
When you run Boot Camp - it turns your partitioning into a hybrid of the two, so you get stuck with all the limitations of MBR - with the second bullet point above I suspect of giving you issues.
You have a couple of possible solutions:
1. Test with having all partitions less than 2 TB
or
2. (Technical) Try and install Windows 8 in EFI mode - its a bit tricky at the moment and a little bit of work - but I have it working on my MacBook Pro (although I do have nVidia graphics driver issues that you may or may not encounter as well). See my wiki at multiboot.info for links if you want to attempt this -
Boot camp and 3tb fusion drive
I am planning on buying a new iMac 27" with a 3TB fusion drive. Will I be able to install Windows 8.1 64Bit using boot camp?
In theory yes. In practice there seem to be problems with 3TB drives. Have a mooch about and see what others have reported.
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How to reset 3TB fusion drive to original partition scheme
When I first purchased my 27" iMac in early 2013 I was unable to use Boot Camp to create a Windows partition (with the version of OSX it shipped with bootcamp was initially disabled but added in an update later). I found a guide online for untangling the Fusion Drive partitions and essentially setting up bootcamp manually.
However, a few days ago I had Windows 8 get screwed up and needed to reformat. I figured that since Apple now updated Mavericks to allow my machine to use bootcamp I would start from scratch and do it properly. The problem is, I cannot seem to get my machine back into a "factory default" setup. I tried removing the CoreStorage volume and letting the Disk Utility tool "reset" the drive, and that -seemed- to work. I had one 3TB partition (according to the GUI) and re-installed OSX. I used Bootcamp to split 2TB for Windows (games) and leave 1TB for Mac. Everything went fine and I restarted into the Win8 installer. However, at this point Windows refused to install to the 2TB partition. I tried formatting it, and delete/create but it said it couldn't install to that partition. The confusing part is that according to Windows I had about 8 partitions (EFI and Recovery I understand but the rest I don't know the reason for).
So now I'm back at the OSX Recovery and this is what "diskutil list" is giving me. Why are there all these 524.3 KB partitions? I can't seem to remove or merge them. I know I should have recorded what the original structure is, but it's too late now. Can someone tell me what the 3TB Fusion Drive *should* look like, and how I can get back to that?
bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 121.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 144.2 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 650.0 MB disk1s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data 2.1 TB disk1s4
5: Apple_CoreStorage 801.4 GB disk1s5
6: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s6
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_partition_scheme *1.3 GB disk2
1: Apple_partition_map 30.7 KB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS OS X Base System 1.3 GB disk2s2
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *1.1 TB disk3
/dev/disk4
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk4
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk5
/dev/disk6
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk6
/dev/disk7
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk7
/dev/disk8
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk8
/dev/disk9
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *6.3 MB disk9
/dev/disk10
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *2.1 MB disk10
/dev/disk11
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *1.0 MB disk11
/dev/disk12
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk12
/dev/disk13
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk13
/dev/disk14
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *1.0 MB disk14
Also including what my CoreStorage structure looks like...Since it won't let me edit my post, here is the text from the picture:
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group CB783377-EA29-4751-B149-FE6B210648B5
=========================================================
Name: Internal Drive
Status: Online
Size: 1066587906048 B (1.1 TB)
Free Space: 12288 B (12.3 KB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 0221F6E1-8EE1-453A-A0EB-B32348EB6E53
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk1s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 144162512896 B (144.2 GB)
|
+-< Physical Volume F74A0E21-6435-4CB2-801F-95682108A391
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 1
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
|
+-< Physical Volume C2BD0D1A-7EA2-4E36-A3EF-82A7E63BE439
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 2
| Disk: disk1s5
| Status: Online
| Size: 801436540928 B (801.4 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 9DD06D63-96CD-4088-8F0E-061026E68C29
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: None
Conversion Status: NoConversion
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: No
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: No
|
+-> Logical Volume A531CC02-E337-473E-8F1F-F462595E1354
Disk: disk3
Status: Online
Size (Total): 1060804022272 B (1.1 TB)
Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: No
LV Name: Macintosh HD
Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS -
How to Repartition 3TB Fusion Drive?
Hi, I've noticed an interesting phenomenon of my iMac, which has a 3TB fusion drive. The phenomenon is that the fusion drive has a 2.2 TB + 800GB partitions. I understand fusion drive is actually a 128GB flash drive plus a 2.87GB hard drive. Then why is the fusion drive divided into a 2.2 TB and a 800 GB partitions?
Anyways, that was just my curiosity. I have a practical question. I am trying to install Windows 8.1 on this iMac to do some development/environment testing works. I realized when I use Boot Camp 5.1, it will not let me install Windows 8.1 successfully. The error is when I head to Windows installation, formatted the Boot Camp partition to NTFS (or simply just format it), it will keep telling me:
"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed GPT disks"
I then tried making a USB bootable disk through UNetBootin. It tells me the same thing. I don't have a CD or DVD drive on my iMac, so I cannot try burning a DVD. So then I started my research about this error.
And it seems to be a common error based on my research. The solution is that I should remove the bootcamp partition from Boot Camp Assistant and then use the Disk Utility to create a new partition for Windows. I did the first part, but then I head to the Disk Utility, it says:
"The full size of the Fusion Drive is not available for repartitioning."
I restarted the computer, and it tells me the same message.
Now I guess I have two questions, answering either one can help me through my goal.
1. How to create partitions on a 3TB fusion drive?
2. How to install Windows 8.1 on a Boot Camp partition?Hey I meant to answer my own question! Thanks for reminding me.
A good reference link is on Super User where some other users already answered methods for Macbook Pro. Here is the link:
http://superuser.com/questions/481650/cant-use-bootcamp-partition-for-windows-8- installation/846439#846439
I am going to copy my reply from the thread. Here we go:
I was stuck with this challenge last night as well. After 10 hours, I finally have resolved this. As it turns out, not all OSX are the same. For example, I have Macbook Pro Retina, iMac, and Mac Pro. ClaitonLovatoJr's solution works on Macbook Pro Retina but not iMac or Mac Pro.
Here is why:
iMac (2014) and Mac Pro (2014) have different types of hard-drive. So far I haven't gotten Mac Pro to work, because it has the most particular type of hard-drive, perhaps Windows simply does not support. But again, I haven't tried for very long.
On iMac, here is how you can get Windows 8.1 (Professional) to install.
Since late 2012, iMac have fusion drive, which means its hard-drive is combined with SSD and traditional hard-drive. As a result, Apple has an interesting way to manage it. I am not going to the details. In short, EFI would not work with the hardware, so we must go through Apple's Boot Camp.
The first thing to do is to find a USB flash drive. Many people including me failed because we try to use SD card. This won't work because SD card is too advance for what we are doing. It will load the install program, but after loading it becomes all Windows, and then it will fail the installation. So what we need is an old fashion flash drive. I tried using SD card adapter, it failed too. It might have something to do with the type of adapter I have. But to be safe, we should USE FLASH DRIVE.
Then we will create an installation stick with Boot Camp Assistant. Be sure to use the latest 5.1 version. And we must check downloading from Apple, because it will give you drivers you need to complete the installation. If downloading failed for some reason, we can download the files here:
http://supportdownload.apple.com/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Appl e_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/031-3384.20140211.Xcc3e/BootCamp5.1.5621.z ip
And then manually place the files to the installation disk.
I suggest not to check install just yet, in case you need to manually place the file.
Now we can finally use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows. We must use it because Boot Camp is the only application that can create usable disk space for the installation. Disk Utility or other type of applications will not work. Apple has a very specific design for the hybrid EFI-MBR system for iMac's fusion drive.
Then the computer should restart, and very likely to stuck in black screen. Don't panic, this is because there is a bug in Apple's Boot Camp loading system. The wait time is too short, if you have many devices connected it will not load correctly. We can power off the computer by holding the power button and then power up while holding option key.
Now we cannot choose EFI-Windows when booting up, we must choose Windows. EFI is faster and more advance, but we cannot use it.
Now we should be able to boot into the installation interface, a very lowres one. If you see a highres interface it means it went to the EFI. Power down and try again. If you don't see the lowres interface, something went wrong. Boot into OSX and remove Windows through Boot Camp Assistant (actually just to kill the new partition), and then redo everything.
If you are in lowres interface, it's not all done yet. You still need to format the new partition, either just by clicking on format or using command center. Now you should be able to install!
After installation we can set up Windows, but it will die and reboot. Don't panic, because iMac is not design for Windows. Windows thought it had some hardware failure. And then we will be able to login after rebooting, but it will stuck for a long period of time - like 20 to 30 minutes. This is because it needs to download and set up some drivers for the odd environment it encountered. Finally, we will see pop up to encourage us to install Boot Camp on Windows. We don't have to. We can always use option key went starting the computer. But it's up to you.
When shutting down Windows sometime it will fail and give you errors, this is because Windows ultimately does not work with Apple's driver very well (fusion drive or other hardware). No worry, just power down by holding the power button.
Hopefully this help! -
Windows 8.1 on 3TB Fusion drive
Hello,
i want to install Windows 8.1 on 3TB Fusion drive iMac 27 Late 2013. I intended once but have only problems. I have a 64 bit version of Windows 8.1 on a USB 2.0 Stick and run Bootcamp. At the weekend I want to intend one more time, after a crash of the Fusion Drive and reinstall of Yosemite, but my question is if it will work on my system? I have found some comments on the web that its very difficult to install Windows 8.1 on a 3TB Fusion Drive.
You have some suggestions I have to do?
This time I will reconnect all USB devices and put only the USB Flash direct into the Mac.Hello,
i want to install Windows 8.1 on 3TB Fusion drive iMac 27 Late 2013. I intended once but have only problems. I have a 64 bit version of Windows 8.1 on a USB 2.0 Stick and run Bootcamp. At the weekend I want to intend one more time, after a crash of the Fusion Drive and reinstall of Yosemite, but my question is if it will work on my system? I have found some comments on the web that its very difficult to install Windows 8.1 on a 3TB Fusion Drive.
You have some suggestions I have to do?
This time I will reconnect all USB devices and put only the USB Flash direct into the Mac. -
Is it possible to partition a 3TB fusion drive?
Hi, i'm a bit of a noob when it comes to the new technology. I searched for the answer, but it didnt quite answer my question.
I have new iMac with a 3TB fusion drive. I would like to create a small *backup* partition where i can create an installer version of mavericks so when i do a clean install, i can select that drive from the bootable disk selection menu and it runs the mavericks installer from that partition, rather than a USB thumb drive. I looked at the recovery mode option however it appears to download a new 5gb installer of mavericks instead of using an already downloaded version of mavericks (updated version).
I dont want to split the SSD/HDD components of the fusion drive so they are seperate, i just want to add a small partition to be partitioned as a mavericks installer drive.
I hope someone can answer if this can work. Thanks in advanceYes, you can do this. You can partition the drive using Boot Camp Assistant. Then instead of installing Windows, quit the Boot Camp Assistant and then use Disk Utility to reformat the BootCamp partition to Mac OS X Extended.
After you do this, you will have to install Mavericks on the drive. Then after Mavericks is installed, you can then copy the installer over to it. I would also recommend that if you have DiskWarrior, Drive Genius, or TechTool to install them on that partition as well. -
Disabling Fusion Drive and Installing Windows on SSD of Late 2012 iMac
Hi, everyone. After a two-year wait, I'm ready to buy my first iMac (was waiting for USB 3.0). Before I get into my questions, I'll give you an overview of where I'm coming from so we can keep the discussion focused.
My Usage
I'm buying an Apple computer because it is the best-looking, quietist, and most powerful all-in-one computer I can find right now, but Windows is still my preferred operating system. I've used OS X before – it looks great and I'm sure it works great for a large number of people, but it's not for me. Windows works well and efficiently for me and I have thousands of dollars of design software for Windows. I'm not interested in a virtualization solution because of my performance needs. However, I do want to keep the OS X installation, if possible, for website testing and to play around with to learn the operating system better.
What I Want
I was attempting to buy the Late 2012 iMac last weekend, but it appears the BootCamp specifications and the Fusion Drive are currently limiting my usage needs. I'm configuring the top model iMac with the i7-3770 processor, 24GB RAM (8 default + 16 from Crucial), GTX 680MX, and the 3TB Fusion Drive. I don't actually want to use the Fusion Drive, though. I want Windows 7 64-bit and OS X 10.8 installed on the 128GB SSD and to use the 3TB hard drive as storage for my music, videos, photos, and documents.
My Questions
1. I've found a bunch of posts regarding installing Windows on the Fusion Drive, but they all seem to be about putting Windows on the slower 3TB hard drive portion and/or about trying to keep the Fusion setup after installing Windows. Does anyone have a walk-through for a new Mac user on how to break the Fusion Drive configuration and install Windows 7 and preferably OS X on just the SSD?
2. I've seen a bunch of posts debating about whether Windows can be installed natively using EFI to bypass the BootCamp limitations. Is this possible? The 21.5" version is running EFI version 2.0, so I can only assume the 27" would too, but it's not been added on the Apple website yet (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237). From what I understand, Windows requires at least version 2.0 to run in EFI mode. Also, if I am able to get this method to work, will I still be able to install the Windows drivers from the OS X installation USB (or do they even come with USB drives anymore?)?
3. If I have to use BootCamp, I assume I will have to split the 3TB drive into 1TB and 2TB partitions for BootCamp to see it (so Windows can see it). So I'd have Windows 7 and OS X on the SSD, and two storage partitions on the 3TB HDD that would show up as two drives for my files that both operating systems could access. Is this assumption correct?
4. I've seen posts about OS X automatically trying to rebuild the Fusion Drive. Let's say I'm able to get Windows installed on the SSD. Will OS X, or future updates to it, ruin my Windows installation? I would hate to do all this work and then have an Apple update corrupt everything.
I know this is a long post, but I don't want to spend over $3,000 until I can be sure I can make it work for me. Thanks to anyone who can help!
iMac, Windows 7First, an advice: Boot Camp isn't compatible with 3 TB hard disks and Fusion Drive. For 3 TB hard disks, there's a workaround, but it doesn't work on a 3 TB Fusion Drive, so you won't be able to install Windows until Apple fixes this, so my advice is to wait until Apple launches OS X 10.8.3 or buy the iMac with a 1 or 2 TB hard disk and an external disk.
1. The SSD is used automatically by OS X to store the applications and data you most use, but Windows can't use it, and there's no workaround for this.
2. You can try to install Windows 8 in EFI mode, but I don't guarantee that it works. I tried it on my iMac and I started getting BSODs after some startups. Also, Macs don't use UEFI 2.0 (Macs use EFI 1.x), so you can't use Windows 8 advanced features such as Secure Boot. For Windows 7, you can't install it in EFI mode (it requires UEFI 2.0 or later)
3. Fusion Drive only allows you to have two volumes, and with Boot Camp, you can only have two volumes on your computer: one for OS X and the other one for Windows. That's because Boot Camp emulates a BIOS to make Windows run (although it isn't neccesary in Windows 8, if Apple would want).
4. First, you can't install Windows on the SSD. Then, OS X shouldn't ruin Windows because each operating system have got its space -
Free Space Partition on Mac HD - 3TB Fusion Drive Late 2013 iMac
I have managed to create a free space partition on my Mac HD that I now cant get rid of. This happened when I was trying to run bootcamp and during the Windows install I created a new partition that wiped the bootcamp partition and turned it into free space. Have attached a screen shot of my HD. I have already tried re-formatting the free space partition but nothing happens, just goes back to free space. Any help/ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
Late 2013 iMac-3TB Fusion driveTry highlighting the top space and there should be a arrow of sorts in the bottom right hand corner, like this.
Click and hold on it and drag it down to take up the free space.
If there is no 45º lines then you have separated that space from the Logical Storage Volume that makes up the Fusion drive and it can't be put back in without wiping out the Fusion drive and recreating it. At least no way that I know of. -
Cannot access mac fusion drive in bootcamp windows 7
My Fusion drive imac cannot access the Mac fusion drive in bootcamp windows 7. even I installed the bootcamp 4.1on windows 7. It is trouble as I cannot get my file in the mac drive in windows.
I don't have this problem in my old imac 2008.See iMac (27-inch, Late 2012): Boot Camp alert with 3TB hard drive
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Can I install Windows on my iMac 27, 3TB Fusion Drive, late-2012 with Boot Camp 5?
Hello. When I first opened the Boot Camp Assistant app, it said it could not work with the 3TB fusion drive. With the updated version of Boot Camp, the option to install Windows appeared. I tried to install Windows 8, but the loading bar stopped moving. I waited for hours, but it still did not move. I decided to quit the app, and re-open it, in order to try again. It crashed, and would not open. So I restarted my system and when I did that I noticed that I had about 1GB or so left of storage. This shocked me, because the disk was just suddenly filled for some reason. In hopes of fixing this I used an app called 'CleanMyMac' to try and recover the disk space. And as I thought the disk space returned to normal. However when I went to Disk Utility and clicked 'repair disk' it said this...
There is only 1 partition, so the Boot Camp process did fail.
I don't know whats wrong with my system though? I would like to install Windows, but I'm worried that I might recieve errors again. I have not got Apple Care, but I'm playing on buying it soon, due to it being almost a year since I bought the system.
Maybe I did something wrong when trying to install Windows with Boot Camp? I don't know, but if possible can someone please tell me if I can install Windows and if something is wrong with my system.
Here is some additional screen shots of the type of system I have.
Thank you for your help with this issue!Which copy or version of Windows? and how where was it purchased?
my window installed itself perfectly on another computer.
One copy and you want to activate on two computers?
With 16GB, it will try to create 16GB hibernation file, 24GB page file, and need 20-30GB for the OS, plus room for temp, cache, applications, 9GB just temp to install SP1 update(s).
did you create 80GB or larger partition?
also, some macs with ssd + hard drive have issues, and of course you need Windows 7 64-bit home premium (Pro to use more).
OWC has up to 32GB, not cheap.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac/2010/DDR3_21.5_27
Crucial is usally very helpful, try email cs.
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