Please help! using a macbook pro mid 2010 with 10.9.2 maverick and bootcamp 5.1.2 - I want to have Windows on my notebook. I have a Windows 8.1 AIO x64.ISO - just an iso, i dont have a Win DVD!

Hi guys
I tried the last two days everything from this forum. Run bootcamp, after restart (hold alt) go to the mac HD and delete or replace the bootcamp device (tried both options). had it almost done, at the end when it was installing/finnishing windows the error code "could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase...... " and of course after that the "no bootable device insert boot disk and press any key boot camp".
Please help me to fix this thing!
Thanks a lot!
hopelessdumb

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Execute the procedures in this support article:
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