After making sure that I had a network connection, I left all three checkboxes checked.

Plug >4GB USB stick in one of the USB slots.

iso file, in my case, was located on the desktop of the Retina MBP, as I'd placed it there earlier. **** near everyone I know that's had serious issues with getting BC set up was NOT using the Boot Camp Assistant, and therefore their drive was not properly set up. You will need to start with one partition (not including the 10.8 recovery partition, that's different).

Use the Boot Camp Assistant, not Disk Utility, to set up your drive.

Click the Erase button and then click Erase again.īoot Camp Assistant: Install Windows on Mac worked like a charm very first time.

If the size of the disk is over 32 GB, choose ExFAT.

If the size of the disk is 32 GB or less, choose MS-DOS (FAT).

Click Erase, and choose one of the following from the Format pop-up menu:.

Select the disk you want to format for use with Windows computers.

Copy any files you want to save to another disk before formatting the disk. Important: Formatting a disk erases all the files on it. Use Disk Utility to format a disk to use with a Windows computer. How do I format USB media to the FAT file system? Note: If the flash drive or hard drive was not attached when you installed Windows and was inserted after restarting into Windows 8, double-click the Boot Camp folder, then locate and double click the 'setup.exe' file to start the installation of the Boot Camp 5 Support Software.

When your system restarts your Windows 8 installation is done.

A completion dialog box will appear when everything is installed.

Don't interrupt the installation process. Installation of the drivers can take a few minutes.Install Windows, leaving the flash or hard drive attached to the USB port of your Mac.Copy the Boot Camp and '$WinPEDriver$' folders to the root level of a USB flash drive or hard drive that is formatted with the FAT file system (see question below for steps on how to format).How do I use the Boot Camp 5 Support Software I downloaded from the web page?

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