Boot Comp on Mini with Fusion Drive

I have been trying to run a Bootcamp setup and per the instructions I have partitioned the "single fusion drive" that is shown as being installed to have a Windows NTFS partition
The problem is that when running Windows8 installer this partition shows as being on the second HDD and Windows rejects this as an istallation location.
Please can someone advise if there is a solution to this problem?
Thanks
SCW

Having a CCC or SD backup set aside is an excellent idea.
There is really no need to do a clean install and then use setup or migration assistance to move your App's and User data back into the new OS X. 
FWIW, I never had an upgrade to the next OS X fail and I've done plenty. My current 10.8.5 system and user data, started out as 10.4.4 on a different Mac and over the years has been upgraded to 10.5  10.6  10.7 then on to 10.8 without a single hitch.

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