Installing Win 8.1 over Win 7 in Boot Camp

I recently replaced my 2008 MBP with a MBP(retina). I had been running Win 7 Pro on the older machine and thought that it might be OK to install 8.1 on the new machine using Boot Camp. As with most installs that I've been reading, it didn't go very well. I received the following message:
" Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed".
I searched the many discussions surrounding this error message and it appears not to be an isolated thing. There have been many well thought out fixes however most have been at the sacrifice of EFI, which is clearly an advantage to have working when using Boot Camp. I tried the several "fixes" that didn't require a great deal of tinkering within the OS, including downloading the latest ISO from MS, but still the installation failed just as it was about to complete.
Getting fed up with this I installed Windows 7 Pro without a hitch.

I got an mid 2011 imac and installed windows 7 pro ultimate 64bit on it
and upgraded it digitally to windows8 and then upgraded it from windows marketpalce to windows8.1 works great

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I had already installed teh first time Windows on my MacBook Air and Mac Book Pro. Actually I had more issues to install on the pro than Air.
But my Macbook Air had an issue on November 2013, 3 weeks after buying it and Apple gave me a new MacBook Air but they only transferred the information on my mac and the windows partion was lost according to them, they could copy it in to my new MacBook Air. Now that I am trying to install my windows I can not access to the aprtion section and get the error message from above.
What can I do to to install it? I am using a 32GB USB and OEM Windows 8 at USB External Drive. The same I used before. I dont know understand what changed if I did it before?
Please advise..

I think there's some remmants left over from when Apple transferred stuff over. We can try a quick fix, but if that doesn't work, I think the only option is to clean install OSX and then install Windows.
open disk utility, confirm that you only have 1 partition (mac journaled)
restart and PRAM reset
open disk utility and repair permissions twice
restart boot camp assistant
Does it work?
If not, I would boot holding command+R, choose disk utility from the menu and completely erase your HD (formatting it as mac journaled again). Then, install OSX on this HD. Once OSX is installed, don't copy your files over from the backup yet. Instead, start boot camp assistant and see if you can get Windows installed. You can copy back your other files after we get Windows installed.

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I am using a 17" MacBook Pro with and Intel i7 2.66 GHz processor, 8GB 1067 MHz RAM and a 7200RPM 500GB hard drive. I am trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit via Boot Camp. I do what Boot Camp tells me to do, but when my MacBook Pro restarts to boot from the Windows 7 disc, all I get get is a white screen! I have tried to boot manually from the Windows 7 disc, but it won't boot. It freezes on the white screen and I have to reboot the Mac using the Mac OS X partition. How can I fix this ASAP so I can install Windows 7? I need to get it done TONIGHT! I just found out that I am running the 3.0.2 version of boot camp on my Mac OS X 10.6.4 version. Is this the problem? Do I need to update my Boot Camp Utility? If so, how do I do it or do I have to install Windows Vista first since the update is a .exe file?
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The Elite Technician wrote:
It is the Windows 7 64-bit disc that came with my Dell a while back, but I no longer have that Dell. I have also tried using my Vista Ultimate 64-bit disc and my Windows XP Pro SP3 disc, but none of these worked. Same result - white screen. All of these discs came with my previous PC computers that I used to have, but I no longer have those PCs. Only their discs. Is using discs that came with other computers for those computers the problem? Do I have to use a Windows disc that has not been used before?
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The disks that come with PCs most often include only the drivers and applications required by the PC they were made for. You can not use these disks to install on other than the original hardware.
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Can i install windows 8 on my mbpr using boot camp assistant?

can i install windows 8 on my mbpr using boot camp assistant?
pls help

Go to the Bootcamp forum where the Bootcamp gurus hang out. https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

Installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with Boot Camp

I am using a 17" MacBook Pro with and Intel i7 2.66 GHz processor, 8GB 1067 MHz RAM and a 7200RPM 500GB hard drive. I am trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit via Boot Camp. I do what Boot Camp tells me to do, but when my MacBook Pro restarts to boot from the Windows 7 disc, all I get get is a white screen! I have tried to boot manually from the Windows 7 disc, but it won't boot. It freezes on the white screen and I have to reboot the Mac using the Mac OS X partition. How can I fix this ASAP so I can install Windows 7? I need to get it done TONIGHT!

I'd recommend posting this in the Boot Camp forum, this is a general MBP forum.
Regards,
Roger

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stall, get that Blank Black Screen, no cursors!
Perhaps something slipped in with soft- or firmware upgrades for the Graphic/Display 'Nvidia GeForce
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I know what are you talking about. It looks more like a video compatibility issue in Boot Camp like this one:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1454?viewlocale=en_US
I encountered something similar with a MacBook Pro and despite all searching, i couldn't find a solution. However i am not that expert you are searching for, just the average Mac user
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Install Windows on Mac Pro Retina without Boot Camp

Hi,
I have downloaded a Win 8 ISO, used Boot Camp to "burn" the ISO image to flash. Then I used Boot Camp and downloaded related drivers etc. to the flash. Then when I chosed to install Windows using Boot Camp, I received "Insert disk to be recognized" etc - meaning it does not see Win 8 that it just "burned" to the flash. Being a tech guy, I decided to go other way - found Disk Utility and shrinked the Mac partition freeing some space for Windows partition manually. Then I decided to actually install Windows - I restarted, hold Control and finally successfully got to the Win8 installation shell. So far it worked. But then I stopped - right before clicking Format on the new partition I created. I realized that when I did that before on PCs the new Windows updates the MBR that it becomes the only bootable OS. Naturally I don't want that, I want both OS X and Win 8. So I cancelled the install and here I am
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You should be able to hold down the option key on a restart and select what you want to boot from.
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Parrallels
VirtualBox
VM Fusion

I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my MacBook with Boot Camp Assistant

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I have installed Windows 7 into my Macbook Pro 15 inch with Lions as operating system. (current model with 2.2 GHz i7 processor, 500 GB HD ad 5400 rpm). When I started with boot camp, the system promped me to create a disc, which I presume is for the drivers for windows 7. Now windows is intalled. What do I do with the CD that the system created for me? Also, why does the system automatically start in Win7 instead of Lion. I need to pression the option key to have it start in OS X. I thought it was supposed to be the opposite.

Insert it while you are in Windows, if it does not autostart run setup.exe.
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Unable to install Windows 7 pro after restart by Boot Camp Assistant

Hello,
I have an issue with installing windows 7 pro 64bit on my MBP 13" mid 2009.
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downloaded the driver helpers from apple website and burned it on dvd. after system restart, It starts to load windows
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The partition table needs to be repaired.
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Try Lion Recovery and check health of all the partitions.
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Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.2
Cloning as a Backup Strategy
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Lion Recovery Mode

Installing Windows XP on a Mac using Boot Camp

I'm considering installing Windows on my Mac and I've been reading the Boot Camp installation guide to get an idea of what I need to do when I noticed this section:
"Important: You must use a single full-install Windows installation disc. You cannot use an upgrade version of Windows. If you’re installing Windows XP, you must use Service Pack 2 or later. You cannot install an earlier version of Windows XP and then attempt to update it later."
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I hope I explained that clearly enough. Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Hi,
for BootCamp the XP installation CD has to have the SP2 incorporated.
You cannot use a pre-SP2 XP CD for installation and apply the SP2 later from another disc.
If you have access to a Windows CD you can make yourself a XP SP2 installation CD by following these instructions http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxpsp2slipstream.asp and using your already owned XP CD.
For the possible ways to update to Windows 7, see here http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_upgrade.asp
In essence Microsoft has provided no way to upgrade from XP to Windows 7 in-place, but provides a way to migrate an existing XP installation into Windows 7.
Regards
Stefan

I have a Mac Book Pro A1226 and I want to install Windows 7 Ultimate. I have boot camp 3.0, I have a Mac Book Pro A1226 and I want to install Windows 7 Ultimate. I have boot camp 3.0

Please help. I have a Mac Book Pro ( late 2007- A1226) that I want to install Windows 7 ultimate on. I have boot camp 3.0 and I can set up the partition but when i click start installation, I get a black screen ( for a few seconds) then it goes to a grey window, which alternates between flashing the apple symbol and a circle with line through it. It will do this for however long I let it go for.
Would it be better for me to buy parallels software than keep persisting with this avenue.

First, make sure you ONLY have the wired Apple Keyboard and wired mouse connected.
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When does the flashing start, after Windows 7 sets the NTFS formating and you click to install?

Installing Windows XP Home with help of Boot Camp

I didn't find answer for my problem in FAQ, so i think that the best would be to ask here ...
I just bougth new Windows XP Home Edition installer CD (Service Pack 2 ofcourse). Downloaded Boot Camp, installed it, ect.
The problem is when i need to start the Windows Installer. I insert a CD, icon appear on descop, and i click in Boot Camp "Start Installation". Then i have something like this:
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Windows 7 supports BIOS and UEFI 2.x firmware. Apple's hardware uses Intel EFI 1.10 even on new 2011 hardware, and that EFI is not supported by Windows 7. Apple provides an EFI compatibility support module (a CSM) which bridges between EFI and a BIOS they provide. This CSM-BIOS boot mode is what's used for supporting Windows 7 bootability.
Windows booting BIOS mode expects the boot disk to have an MBR. When booting UEFI mode, it expects the boot disk to be GPT. This presents the small problem that for a single drive to have both a Windows BIOS installation, and a Mac OS EFI installation, the disk needs both MBR and GPT partition schemes. This is a non-standard situation according to the UEFI spec.
A conforming GPT disk also has an MBR, but with a single special entry, a protective entry. Sometimes this is called the Protective MBR because its sole job is to present the disk as completely allocated to legacy MBR applications that know nothing about GPT. Bootcamp Assistant, when it resizes a disk, alters both the GPT to reflect the new partition being created for Windows, and it creates a hybrid MBR - which is an MBR that has more than one entry.
This is what the Windows installer wants in order to proceed: an MBR entry for the space allocated for Windows installation. When you create a FAT partition in Disk Utility, it only makes an entry for it in the GPT, it does not make an entry for it in the MBR.
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