Bootcamp - Windows install error

I'm trying to install Windows 8 on my iMac using bootcamp. Everything seems to be going fine until I format the bootcamp partition. Then, the Windows installer gives me the error "cannot create or locate partition, see setup logs for details." Any suggestions?

So according to the FAQ, a thunderbolt device can cause this error. I don't have any thunderbolt devices. On a whim I unplugged my external drive and the installation went through with no problems.

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I have the new 2012 Mac Mini (model Macmini6,2). I'm having difficulties installing Windows 7 with Bootcamp.
I run the Bootcamp Assistant which successfully creates a Windows 7 install disk (on a USB drive). It also successfully downloads the latest windows support software and puts it on a different USB drive. The hardrive partition options come up and after selecting the desired partion layout the system reboots and starts booting the Windows installer. This is where things go wrong...
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Well, the first time I did format the BootCamp partition with Win 7, just like I did for the Win 8 install previously, and I still got the error.
But I just tried again after a reboot, and the Win 7 install worked this time.
But the partitions listed were different this time. Previously Windows displayed partitions on 2 disks (disk 1 and disk 2), but this time it only displayed one disk. So something changed between the first time I tried it and this second time.
After the failure the first time, I read some discussions on the Fusion drive, and it appears that the Boot Camp partition is created on the mechanical drive only, and that if you use Boot Camp / Windows, you will not gain any benefit from the SSD or Fusion architecture. If this is accurate, it is a bummer.

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its the 3rd Time i try to install Bootcamp and windows, everything runs fine,
windows finishes the installation, while restarting i remove the XP Installation CD and
let windows restart after about 3 Minutes while its trying to start windows, i get this message:
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Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.
Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference Manuals for aditional Information!
Any ideas whats up with this? I tried 3 restarts all the same error!
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Okay, well I have tried three different brand new ssd's: 1. kingston v300 120gb SSD, 2. samsung 840 120gb ssd, and 3. another kingston v300 120gb SSD. Tried in that order.
The Kingston drives- Were not detected at all by the bios no errors or nothing, nada. When attached to a different computer running windows the drives are detected fine. nothing wrong there.
The Samsung drive- This was the second drive I tried. It was detected by the bios but diagnostics gave me the "303 quick" Error. When installing windows through a USB, it would ask me for drivers before proceeding. When installing from a cd, I could get to the point where I see the drive listed. I would get errors when I would try to partition it or format it. Not even partitioning the drive through command prompt using diskpart worked. It would return an error saying incorrect parameter or something like that (Note I was able to partition the drive here but not format to ntfs). I could manually partition it on another system all the way. Formating/partitioning via a different system allowed me to get all the way into the installation up until the point where it says "installing features" then it gives me an error saying it was unable to set the system local - or something like that. On top of that I also tried installing windows on the other system which worked great but would not transfer over to the laptop. I also tried cloning the previos drive onto the ssd but when booting up the computer gave me a disk read error.
My personal desktop drive(OCZ Vertex 4 128GB)- This one worked fine. Computer diagnostics picked it up fine and didn't report errors. The only thing is I didn't try installing windows on it because I already had an install there.
My thoughts- My best guess is that there is some sort of incompatibility with the drives firmware and the computers BIOS. The Bios (Insyde h20 F.21) is very limiting to begin with, too user friendly and not much to do there, second it hasn't seen an update since 2011. Seems to me like SSD technology might be advancing quicker than HP can keep up with their updates (This of course assuming its the BIOS that is at fault)
I am open to ideas suggestions, basically anything that can help me out at this point. I've spent many hours on this and I have turned out empty.
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Okay, well I have tried three different brand new ssd's: 1. kingston v300 120gb SSD, 2. samsung 840 120gb ssd, and 3. another kingston v300 120gb SSD. Tried in that order.
The Kingston drives- Were not detected at all by the bios no errors or nothing, nada. When attached to a different computer running windows the drives are detected fine. nothing wrong there.
The Samsung drive- This was the second drive I tried. It was detected by the bios but diagnostics gave me the "303 quick" Error. When installing windows through a USB, it would ask me for drivers before proceeding. When installing from a cd, I could get to the point where I see the drive listed. I would get errors when I would try to partition it or format it. Not even partitioning the drive through command prompt using diskpart worked. It would return an error saying incorrect parameter or something like that (Note I was able to partition the drive here but not format to ntfs). I could manually partition it on another system all the way. Formating/partitioning via a different system allowed me to get all the way into the installation up until the point where it says "installing features" then it gives me an error saying it was unable to set the system local - or something like that. On top of that I also tried installing windows on the other system which worked great but would not transfer over to the laptop. I also tried cloning the previos drive onto the ssd but when booting up the computer gave me a disk read error.
My personal desktop drive(OCZ Vertex 4 128GB)- This one worked fine. Computer diagnostics picked it up fine and didn't report errors. The only thing is I didn't try installing windows on it because I already had an install there.
My thoughts- My best guess is that there is some sort of incompatibility with the drives firmware and the computers BIOS. The Bios (Insyde h20 F.21) is very limiting to begin with, too user friendly and not much to do there, second it hasn't seen an update since 2011. Seems to me like SSD technology might be advancing quicker than HP can keep up with their updates (This of course assuming its the BIOS that is at fault)
I am open to ideas suggestions, basically anything that can help me out at this point. I've spent many hours on this and I have turned out empty.
Hi,
I suggest to read this thread:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardware-Upgrades-Replacements/probook-6560b-does-not-recognize-my-SSD/...
Your thoughts are exactly the same as mine. The motherboard doesn't like the firmware or the controller on the SSD.
This manual says that AMD doesn't support SSD:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02842252.pdf
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Created partition after bootcamp windows install - 'No Disk'

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gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 976773167
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          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
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162747960    1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
164017496 323990184
488007680 488765440      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
976773120         15
976773135         32         Sec GPT table
976773167          1         Sec GPT header
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0
geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 162338320] HFS+
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cranberry667 wrote:
Yes by 'here' he means post the url of the new thread containing the information he asked for, in the same thread(main thread). Have i missed something here? It seems pretty easy to understand from the quote I just gave you.
I mean i didn't even have to go back one page in the main thread to understand what he wanted people to do.
A page back:
Christopher Murphy:
I suggest starting a new thread and posting the relevant information there, and then post the URL in this thread so I get a notification. This thread is too unweildy to keep track of multiple people's issues. Thanks.
I did the sensible thing. I just didn't make myself clear in the OP.
You have yet to tell us whether or not you posted the link in the original thread, did you?

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i'm trying for like 6 times, but when i try to Partitioning, i always get an error....
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