Comments on: [Tutorial] Install Windows 8 on a Mac via native EFI [Video]

By: Claod

Claod — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:23:00 +0000

Or just create a second partition FAT32 via mac disk utility GUI : no data erase in MacOS side. Then use fDisk to disable hybrid mbr. Now create an usb with Windows 8.1 image that is supporting uefi boot (tuto on internet) then boot on the USB, format the FAT32 partition in NTFS and install windows on it..

By: Dario Brenzini

Dario Brenzini — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 13:45:00 +0000

In reply to chimera28.

That’s because you created an MBRCMS pendrive
BCDBOOTT works differently depending on how you boot the dvdusb install support 😉

BTW old iMac does not support not-apple efi boot so the only way of solving things is the one you sorted out 🙂

By: Ishayu

Ishayu — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:31:00 +0000

In reply to Hoàng Mai Minh. Just wanted to chip in and let you know that I managed to get said MacBook pro upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7. The boot camp keyboard driver stopped working, however it was easily fixed with a driver package I found online (It's easy to find and I'm not near that computer atm, so I'm not gonna link it)

By: Hoàng Mai Minh

Hoàng Mai Minh — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 07:09:00 +0000

In reply to Christian wichmann moesgaard. Me too MacBook Pro 8,2 & isue also

By: chimera28

chimera28 — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:22:00 +0000

In reply to chimera28. And it worked. not a single black screen issues i found.

By: chimera28

chimera28 — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:11:00 +0000

Tried to get it works on my mid-2010 macbook (MCP89 nvidia chipset). EFI didn’t showed up on firts.

Found a way around by adding “/f ALL” param to bcdboot

By: besweeet

besweeet — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:59:00 +0000

In reply to VietDN. It's not going to work when doing a native EFI-based install. Just use Boot Camp.

By: VietDN

VietDN — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:50:00 +0000

Hi, I have installed Windows 8.1 on mid 2010 MacBook Pro. This model has NVidia graphic drivers, rather than Intel. I got the black screen after the Windows boot logo so I renamed nvlddmkm.sys to nvlddmkm.sys_. The installation is completed and everything is working fine with Microsoft Basic Display Driver except only one problem when I connected my MacBook Pro 2010 to external display. It does not detect external display (projector, smart TV, etc.). I got the message on the screen “Your PC can’t connect to another screen. Try reinstalling the driver or using difference video card.”

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:23:00 +0000

Hi, Brian.
Recent installation of Windows 8.1 on EFI mode, I experienced partition methods is little diff from this article.
If somebody has error code 0xC0000005 or 0xC0000034 while installation, just make partitions like this.

Diskpart
Select [target disk;(ex:disk 0)]
clean
Create partition primary size=[whatever you want but need to be more than 60000]
Exit

And finally reboot with USB Install drive as normal(Hold down Option key for a while)

When windows installer booted, choose language and region then choose disk you just partitioned.

It works for me on Mid 2009 iMac 24″ with SSD installed into Opti-bay and has a original HDD.
Windows on HDD. But I still have graphic issue same as above, so I installed Bootcamp drive without graphics driver(nvidia for me).

By: UR123

UR123 — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:26:00 +0000

In reply to muffinfaceEarth. Hi. Did you ever get it fixed? Im experiencing the same issue ar the moment with 8.1 on an external drive...