I just installed Boot Camp from a Windows 8.1 .iso on a USB drive. I ran all Windows updates, installed AVG free and Google Chrome. Nothing else. Everything was running smoothly during all the restarts and updates. Now, when I reboot from OS X and hold option, I select Windows. The Windows spinning dots start happening, and then it crashes, restarting the machine. Sometimes, it will get all the way to the login screen. If, however, I'm in OS X and shut down the computer, wait a few seconds, hold option, and select Windows, Windows boots up fine. It's a workaround, but before I install everything else (Steam library, Minecraft files, etc.) and use Winclone to back it up, I want rather have it working as it should.
Things I've tried:
1) Starting from scratch: removing the Boot Camp partition and doing a fresh install of everything.
2) Running CHKDSK from within Windows; everything seems okay.
3) Reinstalling Boot Camp Utility from within Windows. No change.
4) Frowning, grunting, and swearing.
It's a mid-2014 MBPr, 2.8 Ghz Intel Core i7 with 16 GB of Ram, a 1 TB hd, and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M (2 GB of video RAM), if that helps.
I've read more forums and articles than I can count, and the only thing I found was the suggestion to shut it down and reboot that way. Any ideas from folks who know more than I do? Thanks in advance!
Edit: Reset PRAM and SMC. Still not working.
Edit: Did fresh install of OS X at the root level using Terminal from Recovery Mode. Did not restore from Time Machine backup. Same thing. Crashes before the login screen, although once, it let me get past the login screen, but right when I clicked on the desktop, it crashed.
Edit: I've narrowed down the problem: I have been using the keyboard shortcut, Command-Control-Power to restart. That's when I get the crash. If I restart using the Apple Menu>Restart, it doesn't crash. Also, if I go to System Preferences>Startup Disk and select Boot Camp>Restart, it doesn't crash. I've got a top-tier AppleCare specialist on hold, and he's having a "jam session" with some of his cohorts; we'll see what happens!
FIXED: The issue was the keyboard shortcut. I learnt something new! Apparently, Command-Control-Power (or the sleep and shut down variants) FORCES the computer to restart, and the RAM doesn't get cleared (and other technical things), so Windows crashes. The correct restart shortcut is Control-Power, then R, S, Esc, or Return when the dialogue box appears. Hope this helps anyone who may come across this issue.
Things I've tried:
1) Starting from scratch: removing the Boot Camp partition and doing a fresh install of everything.
2) Running CHKDSK from within Windows; everything seems okay.
3) Reinstalling Boot Camp Utility from within Windows. No change.
4) Frowning, grunting, and swearing.
It's a mid-2014 MBPr, 2.8 Ghz Intel Core i7 with 16 GB of Ram, a 1 TB hd, and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M (2 GB of video RAM), if that helps.
I've read more forums and articles than I can count, and the only thing I found was the suggestion to shut it down and reboot that way. Any ideas from folks who know more than I do? Thanks in advance!
Edit: Reset PRAM and SMC. Still not working.
Edit: Did fresh install of OS X at the root level using Terminal from Recovery Mode. Did not restore from Time Machine backup. Same thing. Crashes before the login screen, although once, it let me get past the login screen, but right when I clicked on the desktop, it crashed.
Edit: I've narrowed down the problem: I have been using the keyboard shortcut, Command-Control-Power to restart. That's when I get the crash. If I restart using the Apple Menu>Restart, it doesn't crash. Also, if I go to System Preferences>Startup Disk and select Boot Camp>Restart, it doesn't crash. I've got a top-tier AppleCare specialist on hold, and he's having a "jam session" with some of his cohorts; we'll see what happens!
FIXED: The issue was the keyboard shortcut. I learnt something new! Apparently, Command-Control-Power (or the sleep and shut down variants) FORCES the computer to restart, and the RAM doesn't get cleared (and other technical things), so Windows crashes. The correct restart shortcut is Control-Power, then R, S, Esc, or Return when the dialogue box appears. Hope this helps anyone who may come across this issue.
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