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Q: BOOTCAMP ERROR MESSAGE: NO BOOTABLE DEVICE - INSERT BOOT DISC AND PRESS ANY KEY

Hello everyone, i have MAC OSX YOSEMITE with last update 10.10.1 and i tried to install windows with Bootcamp, everything works just fine but after restart i see the error message: NO BOOTABLE DEVICE - INSERT BOOT DISC AND PRESS ANY KEY and this is my end...

 

Please help me!!! I was looking for some help on the internet but nothing help me.

i want to install windows 7 home premium.

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Nov 19, 2014 10:21 AM

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Q: BOOTCAMP ERROR MESSAGE: NO BOOTABLE DEVICE - INSERT BOOT DISC AND PRESS ANY KEY

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 19, 2014 10:40 AM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 10:40 AM in response to karffe

    Please post the output of the following commands. Enter your password when prompted. Do you have a Fusiong drive?

     

    diskutil list

    diskutil cs list

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

     

    This error is usually a result of an EFI installation of Windows on a non-UEFI compliant Mac using the EFI boot from the USB built by using BC and Windows ISO.

  • by karffe,

    karffe karffe Nov 19, 2014 11:48 AM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 11:48 AM in response to karffe

    I have not any fusion drive, i have iMac late 2012 i5 2,7ghz 21.5"

    I do not clearly understand to your last words, but i have been able to install windows this way under mac osx mountain lion if i remember it right... PLEASE HELP ME

     

    terminal answer to your command:

    /dev/disk0

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            999.3 GB   disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s4

    /dev/disk1

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *7.9 GB     disk1

       1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              7.9 GB     disk1s1

    /dev/disk2

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                            GSP1RMCHPXFREO_CS_DVD  *3.2 GB     disk2

    Karffe:~ Karffe$ diskutil cs list

    No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

    Karffe:~ Karffe$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    Password:

    Sorry, try again.

    Password:

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167

           start        size  index  contents

               0           1         PMBR

               1           1         Pri GPT header

               2          32         Pri GPT table

              34           6        

              40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

          409640  1951845952      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      1952255592     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      1953525128           7        

      1953525135          32         Sec GPT table

      1953525167           1         Sec GPT header



  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 19, 2014 12:00 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 12:00 PM in response to karffe

    Can you post the output of sudo fdisk /dev/disk0?

     

    Bootcamp partition requires enough contiguous disk space to move partitions and create a Bootcamp partition. You may enough free disk space, but not enough contiguous disk space.

     

    Please try Verify (and Repair) of the disk via Disk Utility and retry Bootcamp. If it does not work, create a backup of OSX, erase your internal disk and restore from Time Machine backup and test Bootcamp again.

  • by karffe,

    karffe karffe Nov 19, 2014 12:05 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 12:05 PM in response to karffe

    of course, i send to you reply:

    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>

    2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 - 1699892832] HFS+       

    3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1700302472 -    1269536] Darwin Boot

    4: 0B 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1701572608 -  251951104] Win95 FAT-32



  • by karffe,

    karffe karffe Nov 19, 2014 12:21 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 12:21 PM in response to karffe

    but i have been able to install windows this way under mac osx mountain lion if i remember it right

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 19, 2014 1:04 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 1:04 PM in response to karffe

    If you notice, you have MBR entry at the fourth position,

     

    4: 0B 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1701572608 -  251951104] Win95 FAT-32

     

    but no corresponding GPT at GPT4. There should be one for Windows to install. You were trying to create a 125GB Windows partition, but BCA failed, because you do not have enough contiguous disk space on your 1TB drive. It would have worked when you had enough contiguous disk space.

     

    Can you try the Verify/Repair in Disk Utility and try BC again?

  • by karffe,

    karffe karffe Nov 19, 2014 1:08 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 1:08 PM in response to karffe

    repair did not need to be done, because i seen that everithing fine, i try to reinstall bootcamp. But only thing what i can not to do is after restart to continue in installation. Do you understand to my problem?

  • by karffe,

    karffe karffe Nov 19, 2014 1:13 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 1:13 PM in response to karffe

    also i can't see the usb boot disk after i restart and hold option key... there is only Macintosh HD and Recovery HD... nowhere are windows boot disk made by bootcamp...

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 19, 2014 1:31 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 1:31 PM in response to karffe

    You will need to run Bootcamp Assistant again and try to recreate the Windows partition. You do not have one where Windows can be installed.

     

    On a working system, the GPT is

     

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    Password:

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=1000555581440; sectorsize=512; blocks=1954210120

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1954210119

           start        size  index  contents

               0           1         MBR

               1           1         Pri GPT header

               2          32         Pri GPT table

              34           6        

              40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

          409640  1448624648      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      1449034288     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      1450303824        1712        

      1450305536   503904256      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

      1954209792         295        

      1954210087          32         Sec GPT table

      1954210119           1         Sec GPT header

     

    and the corresponding MBR is

     

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 121643/255/63 [1954210120 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1: EE    0   0   2 -   25 127  14 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>

    2: AF   25 127  15 - 1023  54  16 [    409640 - 1448624648] HFS+       

    3: AB 1023  54  17 - 1023  60  39 [1449034288 -    1269536] Darwin Boot

    *4: 07 1023  87  51 - 1023 238   3 [1450305536 -  503904256] HPFS/QNX/AUX

  • by karffe,

    karffe karffe Nov 19, 2014 1:39 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 1:39 PM in response to karffe

    i try run the command from you once again and i have result:

    /dev/disk0

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            870.3 GB   disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

       4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                129.0 GB   disk0s4

    /dev/disk1

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *7.9 GB     disk1

       1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              7.9 GB     disk1s1

    /dev/disk2

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS time machine            999.9 GB   disk2s2

    Karffe:~ Karffe$ diskutil cs list

    No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

    Karffe:~ Karffe$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    Password:

    Sorry, try again.

    Password:

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167

           start        size  index  contents

               0           1         MBR

               1           1         Pri GPT header

               2          32         Pri GPT table

              34           6        

              40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

          409640  1699892832      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      1700302472     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      1701572008         600        

      1701572608   251951104      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

      1953523712        1423        

      1953525135          32         Sec GPT table

      1953525167           1         Sec GPT header




    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>

    2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 - 1699892832] HFS+       

    3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1700302472 -    1269536] Darwin Boot

    4: 0B 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1701572608 -  251951104] Win95 FAT-32


    i have repeat recreated partition by bootcamp... everithing is still the same, please can you look on that above?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 19, 2014 1:50 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 1:50 PM in response to karffe

    This looks much better. Have you tried installing Windows? Do you get any error messages? Are you sing a USB2 drive or a USB3 drive?

  • by karffe,

    karffe karffe Nov 19, 2014 2:22 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 19, 2014 2:22 PM in response to Loner T

    Thank you very much for your time... i try to recreated whole process one more time... right now i create 100gb partition for windows by bootcamp assistant... restart and still the same, the installation process end with the message that no bootable device...

     

    Is normal that i am not be able to see the boot usb disk in after restart (option) view? only Macintosh HD and Recovery HD? nowhere windows usb boot disk

     

    Do i whole process right?

    i create partition for windows in bootcamp and then restart and nothing doing? i try to restart and hit "c" key but nothing changed... still the same message.

     

    i have iMac with 4x USB 3.0 and flash disc (usb 3.0)

     

    this is not normal... this must be bug nothing else...

  • by Loner T,Helpful

    Loner T Loner T Apr 22, 2015 11:22 AM in response to karffe
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    Apr 22, 2015 11:22 AM in response to karffe

    You may have USB3.0 ports on the Mac, but the Windows 7 installer has no USB3  drivers. You need to use a USB2 flash drive, otherwise it will not work.

     

    The Apple Bootcamp drivers will support USB3 disks after Windows 7 is installed and Bootcamp drivers are fully installed.

  • by karffe,

    karffe karffe Nov 19, 2014 3:54 PM in response to karffe
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    Nov 19, 2014 3:54 PM in response to karffe

    thank you for your reply, this mean that bootcamp instasllation process do not support usb 3.0? I wrote to you that i have been able to install with some hardware win7 to my iMac in earlier version (mountain lion) i do not understand...

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