Hello!
I'm trying to install Windows 8 in a brand new Mac Pro black cylinder and I'm getting the error:
"BFSVC error unable to load mui file for bcd strings (2)".
This seems to be a brand new error because there are no solutions on Mac side of the world so I'm hoping that a solution can be found on the Windows side of the world.
This is what I posted on the Apple forum. It originally started with a different error.
You can find the original Apple thread and all screen snapshots here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24640704#24640704
Here it goes...
I've gone through almost every discussion regarding the common issue "Windows coud not update the computer's boot configuration" but none is related to Bootcamp version 5.1.1 and latest Mac Pro cylinder.
I can't post the url to the original post to Apple because I don't know how to verify my account in this forum.
Based on Jarvil's solution there is a very important thing that is not happening in my case, that is that I never get the option to boot from the "Windows" partition. I only have 3 options, 1) Macintosh HD 2) Recovery 3) EFI Boot.
By not having the option to boot from Windows partition I automatically deviate from Jarvil's solution.
So, I proceed with EFI boot, I reach the step where I have to select the partition and I pick the 4th partition and it says that Windows can't be installed in this partition so I delete/format it and proceed with installation and it goes all well until the very end where it's finishing the install that I get the message:
"Windows coud not update the computer's boot configuration".
So I went on and ran the command prompt...
At the installer's start screen press shift + F10 to get a command prompt.
In the command prompt type
diskpart and hit enter
type
list volume and hit enter
Note the volume letters and numbers of all the volumes . One should be an EFI partition of type FAT32 and it will have no drive letter.
Now type
list volume and hit enter (note the letters and numbers of the displayed volumes) One will be your EFI partition of FAT32 type and it will have no letter, just a number.
type
select volume X (where X is the number of your EFI partition) and hit enter
type
assign letter=B and enter
type
exit and enter
type
bcdboot C:\Windows /l en-GB /s B: /f ALL *** note the /l en-GB is for locality and language and will default to English US if not changed. Obviously you need to change to your own locale and language code***
press enter (after checking all spaces etc). You may also struggle to find the \ key on your keyboard, it may change position once in command prompt!.
After a few seconds it should report that the boot files were written. If it does that you can type in
wpeutil reboot and press enter at which point your Mac will reboot. Hold the Alt key and choose your new EFI Boot option and hopefully Windows will boot.
Then I get the error "BFSVC error unable to load mui file for bcd strings (2)".
Any ideas???
Thank you very much in advance!!
Alejandro