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

Sorry I don't really know how to create a discussion, can we continue it here please? No hardware modifications have been made and yes my optical drive does function correctly.

Joe_Lewis99 wrote:

 

Sorry I don't really know how to create a discussion, can we continue it here please? No hardware modifications have been made and yes my optical drive does function correctly.

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CampTune is a good application; however, there is a problem.  If the user elects to install System 7, the BootCamp requires a partition.  As you know, the partition is the wrong format.  So, the next step is attempt repair with CampTune and here are the results:

"Camptune X has fond an invalid Boot Camp configuration one of our disks, where GPT and MBR don't correspond to each other.  Usually, this type of problem occurs when an additional service partition has been created during installation of Windows OS . . . Click Continue to fix the issue.

There's a green check indicating that it is repair, but it is not.  I've contacted Paragon about this issue.

hey, ive got problem with bootcamp similiar with the OP and really want to get it done with the BootCamp win

i had macbook black late 2007 Processor  2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory  2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Graphics  Intel GMA X3100 144 MB Software  Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)

so, my prob is after partition and for the 1st time the screen is white with apple logo and question mark logo randomly appear, and if i restart it the error message is up. what should i di to get this thing working?

Hadyans-MacBook:~ HadyanFirman$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

Password:

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=320072933376; sectorsize=512; blocks=625142448

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 625142447

      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  623463224      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  623872864    1269544      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  625142408          7        

  625142415         32         Sec GPT table

  625142447          1         Sec GPT header

Hadyans-MacBook:~ HadyanFirman$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 38913/255/63 [625142448 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

         Starting       Ending

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

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

1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  625142447] <Unknown ID>

2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused    

Hadyans-MacBook:~ HadyanFirman$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk0

   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1

   2:                  Apple_HFS SOFTWERE                319.2 GB   disk0s2

   3:                 Apple_Boot                         650.0 MB   disk0s5

/dev/disk1

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk1

   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              500.1 GB   disk1s1

Hadyans-MacBook:~ HadyanFirman$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=500107860992; sectorsize=512; blocks=976773166

gpt show: /dev/disk1: MBR at sector 0

      start       size  index  contents

          0          1         MBR

          1          1        

          2  976773164      1  MBR part 11

Hadyans-MacBook:~ HadyanFirman$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

Disk: /dev/disk1 geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773166 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

         Starting       Ending

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

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

*1: 0B 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         2 -  976773164] Win95 FAT-32

2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused  

i really need this windows installed pls help me here

thanks

You cannot use a USB to install Windows. Create a physical DVD and use the Optical drive to install Windows. Your Mac does not support Windows via USB.

ive done it and done making the dvd burned ISO windows 7, ive burned it with the disk utility on my mac so the dvd would be recognize right away. but now i have this error message "The installer disc could not be found". i dont know whats wrong now my optical drive should be working because ive burn the dvd on my mac here. pls help

thanks

Can you see the DVD in OSX Finder?

yes i can. thats why it doesnt make any sense

Unmount the DVD before starting BC Assistant. Do not eject it. Leave it in the drive. Run BCA and check if it recognizes the DVD.

nope still the same message pops out

Right-click on the DVD and click on Get Info and post a screen shot using Grab and Preview.

there u go

1. Remove your personal information, if necessary.

2. You have a 'BURN' icon. The DVD is not finalized yet.What happens if you click on the burn icon?

3. Can you describe the steps to creating this DVD or point to a link on the Apple support web site?

1. i dont get it, what personal info? where is it?

2. that burn icon was some folder on desktop, i dont know what it is but its empty and when i click it, some message pop up says insert a blank disk, i personally think that the DVD is finalized but who am i to say, so what should i do to finalize it?

3. this was my direction for burning the ISO to DVD from google

So, to burn an ISO image to disc, here's what to do:

1. Insert a blank disc.
2. Start Disk Utility.
3. From the File menu, choose Open Disk Image and select the ISO to be burned.
4. In the list of volumes, you will now see an item representing the ISO file. Select it.
5. Click the Burn button and follow the instructions.

1. Look at the top right corner of the screen image. It has your full name. If you do not mind leaving it on your screen shot.

2. In DU during the burn, did it ask you for Burn Rate and Verify after Burn settings?