My MacBook Pro 15in won't load windows8

Hello, I have a problem with my MacBook Pro.... Maybe you guys can help me. When I try to booth my Mac to windows 8, it loads but then the screen goes black. But sometimes it says that windows couldn't load correctly. It was working fine until now. How can I fix this? Thanks!

Hi Evaander,
I'm not a Windows person, but it sounds like the installation has become corrupt and needs to be reinstalled. I would ask this question in the Windows forum as it sounds more like a software issue than hardware: https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software

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