Installing Windows 8?

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  1. NoamGM, Mar 12, 2012
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    NoamGM macrumors newbie

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    I have downloaded the ISO from Microsoft's site (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso)

    I have burnt the ISO into a disc, used boot camp, it restarted - everything went fine it started installing from the disc (still the black screen install) and suddenly I got this error saying I'm missing the file: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

    What did I do wrong?
     
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  2. Grannyville7989, Mar 12, 2012

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    I never came across that when I installed Windows 8 on my MacBook Pro. Does the problem repeat if you start the process again?
     
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  3. sejong, Mar 12, 2012

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    If this message was displayed even before the first Install Windows dialog appeared, you might have inadvertently done an EFI boot. Try restarting the computer holding down the alt/option key to bring up the boot device menu, and boot from the Windows optical disk (or flash drive) icon, not the EFI Boot optical disk (or flash drive) icon.
     
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