Boot Camp Startup Disk Partition Problem

Hi,
I am using MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012).
I'm trying to install Windows 8.1 through Boot Camp Assistant ver. 5.1.3.
I get the follow error message when I open Boot Camp Assistant
This is the screenshot of my DU's partition tab
It seems like the problem is because I have two partitions, but I don't know why I have disk0s1.
I've never touched DU before.
Is it safe to delete disk0s1?

Hi, I am indeed using Yosemite.
Please see my output below
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk0
   1:                  Apple_HFS                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         749.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *748.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 B431B5DA-5653-4555-B698-B49FF0EBE308
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *8.1 GB     disk2
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              8.1 GB     disk2s1
diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 44DD3F84-BCDD-4C47-A70C-6AEDA2F1664E
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         749296615424 B (749.3 GB)
    Free Space:   18939904 B (18.9 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 4A4380C6-6005-4F15-A705-F7F3D13575B1
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     749296615424 B (749.3 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family F353CD2D-8D25-4009-B483-8E7AF98117BC
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
        Fully Secure:            Yes
        Passphrase Required:     Yes
        |
        +-> Logical Volume B431B5DA-5653-4555-B698-B49FF0EBE308
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          748925353984 B (748.9 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=750156374016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1465149168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Bad CRC in GPT table at sector 1465149135
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6        
          40      409600      1  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      409640  1463469952      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1463879592     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1465149128          40 
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 91201/255/63 [1465149168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 - 1465149166] <Unknown ID>
2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     
3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused  

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