Bootcamp/Partition Help

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i'm wrestling getting bootcamp installed on 3tb fusion imac. apparently lot harder before; i've never had issues on previous macs.

noticed when looking @ hidden partitions, have bunch of extras, or @ least appear duplicates, , wondering why there many:

macintosh hd
efi
macintosh hd
boot os x
efi
macintosh hd
recovery hd

why there 3 macintosh hd partitions? first 1 logical one, 3.11tb. second not mounted, , 120gb in size. i'm assuming fusion portion? third not mounted, , comes 3tb in size. there 3 efi partitions @ 209mb each.

i've been reading number of partitions have may have impact, , windows partition needs within first 2.2tb of hard drive, , possibly on partition 4 exactly. i'm not having luck, when following criteria.

looking insight on partitions -- if they're needed, or if somehow created during failed bootcamp attempts, , if others 3tb fusion drive can chime in on suggestions. running 10.9.5 on late 2013 imac.

installation portion of windows receiving errors i'm setup gpt. i've tried both bootcamp setup apple , manual creation of partitions in few ways, nothing has worked.
 

an update in case else runs across problem. apple couldn't bootcamp running. they're not sure happened. wound running diagnostics on hard drive, rebuilt fusion drive (i couldn't far), , installed mavericks. came home, installed yosemite.
created 1tb partition windows, , usb thumb drive bootcamp drivers. windows 8.1 installing off dvd. still prompted windows couldn't installed gpt partition, blah blah, formatted partition , time took, , allowed me proceed.

fwiw, 2 apple techs worked said fusion drives of hardest items have troubleshooting.

short version: took apple, restored partitions , reinstalled mavericks. installed yosemite when got home , time bootcamp setup worked.
 


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