Bootcamp doesn't create correctly formatted NTSF partition

I used bootcamp to install partition to install Windows 8 Pro. When installing it gives me an error message stating that the partition must be formatted as NTFS.

That's correct. Boot Camp makes a partition. It does not format the partition. You must use the Windows formatter to prep the partition.

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