Windows can't be installed on Drive 0 Partition 4.
Macbook pro, 13 inch, mid 2012.
2,9 GHz, intel Core i7
8 Gb 1600 MHz DDR3
Version 10.9.5
Hi,
I've been trying to install windows 8,1 Pro, x64 on my
Macbook pro and I followed the instructions of this site " http://www.instructables.com/id/Install-Windows-7-on-MacBook-Pro-with-Retina-Dis pl/?ALLSTEPS "
Everything went smoothly until after step 5, when my computer shout down and a black screen came up and it said "boot device not found..." i searched the web and found that i could press option key after that I could choose between MAC, System recovery, Windows(didn't work) and EFI BOOT. To get too windows installations i pressed EFI BOOT. I started my installation and entered my product key and then i got stuck.
The installation ask me "where i want to install windows" and had 4 options, the last one said BOOTCAMP, so i choose to format my "disk 0 partition 4, BOOTCAMP" as the instructions said. When the disk was done formatting, it become "disk 0 partitions 4" and it also said "Windows cannot be installed to this disk the selcted disk har an MR partition table. On EFI systems, windows can only be installed to GPT disks.
I don't know what to do and i'm kind a new at this, does anybody have any ideas?
Best regards.
guzzzee wrote:
Macbook pro, 13 inch, mid 2012.
2,9 GHz, intel Core i7
8 Gb 1600 MHz DDR3
Version 10.9.5
When the disk was done formatting, it become "disk 0 partitions 4" and it also said "Windows cannot be installed to this disk the selcted disk har an MR partition table. On EFI systems, windows can only be installed to GPT disks.
On your MBP (I have the same model - Model Identifier MacBookPro 9,2), EFI method of installation will cause problems with Graphics/Keyboard/Mouse/Audio. The EFI Firmware on this Mac is a preUEFI model. Such models do not support installation on pure GPT disks. This is from the Bootcamp info.plist.
<key>PreUEFIModels</key>
<array>
<string>MacBook7</string>
<string>MacBookAir5</string>
<string>MacBookPro10</string>
<string>MacPro5</string>
<string>Macmini6</string>
<string>iMac13</string>
</array>
The regular method (non EFI boot) is fully supported and uses a BIOS compatibility mode, which only works on a GPT+MBR (aka Hybrid MBR disk). This requires BC Assistant to partition/format (as FAT32). Such a partition needs to be reformatted from FAT32 to NTFS for Windows to install correctly.
You are mixing the two methods by choosing EFI, but partitioning the disk via BCA. I would not recommend using the EFI method on this specific model
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