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OK, my company has a licensing agreement with MS with Software Assurance, so i downloaded the US English Win 8.1 Pro ISO.
details on the ISO below:
MD5 (SW_DVD5_Win_Pro_8.1_64BIT_English_MLF_X18-96634.ISO) = ae933ae02925d6ece7f325ca93dcb118
First I tried installing on a late 2013 27" iMac running Mavericks. I ran the Boot Camp Assistant and tried installing multiple times, both options: 1) with a DVD (which was verified when burned) and USB drive for the Apple drivers, & 2) with a USB drive only, that Apple extracts the ISO to and loads its drivers on. Each time I got the following message:
RECOVERY
Your PC needs to be repaired
The operating system couldn't be loaded because a critical system driver is missing or contains errors.
File:\windows\System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys
You'll need to use the recovery tools on your installation media. If you don't have any installation media (like a disc or USB device), contact your system administrator or PC manufacturer.
Press Enter to try again
Press F8 for Startup Settings
If I simply power off the iMac and boot it back up, it goes straight into OS X. If I run Boot Camp Assistant again, it prompts me to remove Windows & resizes the disk back to all OS X.
So I decided to try on an old DELL that uses a BIOS and is already running Windows 8.1 Pro. It fails if I try to run setup.exe from within Windows, & if I boot with the DVD I get the exact same message I get on the iMac.
Anyone have a clue what's going on here?
details on the ISO below:
MD5 (SW_DVD5_Win_Pro_8.1_64BIT_English_MLF_X18-96634.ISO) = ae933ae02925d6ece7f325ca93dcb118
First I tried installing on a late 2013 27" iMac running Mavericks. I ran the Boot Camp Assistant and tried installing multiple times, both options: 1) with a DVD (which was verified when burned) and USB drive for the Apple drivers, & 2) with a USB drive only, that Apple extracts the ISO to and loads its drivers on. Each time I got the following message:
RECOVERY
Your PC needs to be repaired
The operating system couldn't be loaded because a critical system driver is missing or contains errors.
File:\windows\System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys
You'll need to use the recovery tools on your installation media. If you don't have any installation media (like a disc or USB device), contact your system administrator or PC manufacturer.
Press Enter to try again
Press F8 for Startup Settings
If I simply power off the iMac and boot it back up, it goes straight into OS X. If I run Boot Camp Assistant again, it prompts me to remove Windows & resizes the disk back to all OS X.
So I decided to try on an old DELL that uses a BIOS and is already running Windows 8.1 Pro. It fails if I try to run setup.exe from within Windows, & if I boot with the DVD I get the exact same message I get on the iMac.
Anyone have a clue what's going on here?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1.1 Pro x64 w/ Start8 v.1.55
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- built myself
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50 GHz
- Motherboard
- Asus Z87-Plus
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD 4600 Graphics
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- DELL U2713HM
- Screen Resolution
- 2560 x 1440
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 840 PRO 256GB SSD -- OS drive
pair of 2 TB HP MB2000EAMZFs -- data/backups
- PSU
- Cooler Master V850
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF 932
- Cooling
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
- Keyboard
- MS Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
- Mouse
- MS Comfort Optical Mouse 3000
- Browser
- mostly Firefox, some IE, some Chrome
- Antivirus
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2016 (16.0.0.614(a))
- Other Info
- - BIOS, drive firmware, drivers all latest