Hi everyone, I've tried googling and searching and I am at the point where this is actually going to drive me mad.
I have a 2012 macmini with 1tb fusion drive.
I need to get windows running, quite urgently. I have an "new" original XP SP2 copy OEM and a brand new Windows 8 upgrade (but cave created a full install disc and USB). Both with original and unused keys.
Bootcamp allows me to create a partition fine, which is good. I am creating one about 58gb.
Next I tried my luck at installing windows 8. After not even being able to get to the installation part with the USB I created a windows 8 disk and this allows me to get to the install. But at 26% every time the setup freezes. I cannot get any further, I let it go on for 8 hours but it never gets past it.at this stage I have to delete the partition and try again but no joy.
Anyway. As a result of this I bought another copy of xp.
This is even worse. After using the well documented system of tricking bootcamp into creating the partition with the windows 8 disk I tried to install.
I insert the disk it starts loading stuff and every time I get the same error.
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage...........
Technical information:
***stop : 0x0000007b (0xf78d2524, 0xc00000034 , 0x00000000 , 0x000000000)
Please someone help me. I have never been this perplexed by a windows install but I just can't work out what I am doing wrong,
Any help would be appreciated no end!
I have a 2012 macmini with 1tb fusion drive.
I need to get windows running, quite urgently. I have an "new" original XP SP2 copy OEM and a brand new Windows 8 upgrade (but cave created a full install disc and USB). Both with original and unused keys.
Bootcamp allows me to create a partition fine, which is good. I am creating one about 58gb.
Next I tried my luck at installing windows 8. After not even being able to get to the installation part with the USB I created a windows 8 disk and this allows me to get to the install. But at 26% every time the setup freezes. I cannot get any further, I let it go on for 8 hours but it never gets past it.at this stage I have to delete the partition and try again but no joy.
Anyway. As a result of this I bought another copy of xp.
This is even worse. After using the well documented system of tricking bootcamp into creating the partition with the windows 8 disk I tried to install.
I insert the disk it starts loading stuff and every time I get the same error.
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage...........
Technical information:
***stop : 0x0000007b (0xf78d2524, 0xc00000034 , 0x00000000 , 0x000000000)
Please someone help me. I have never been this perplexed by a windows install but I just can't work out what I am doing wrong,
Any help would be appreciated no end!
