Bootcamp Macbook Air 2011 "No Bootable device"

Hey, first i also got the boot Problem with the USB Stick, after Bootcamp formates the stick to copy the iso files it said "no bootable USB Stick". So just copying everything from the DVD to root. The Name of the USB Stick is WININSTALL.... everything is working... sometimes its magic

I got this to work after 12 frustrating hours of trying to install Windows 7 on a Macbook Air running Lion using bootcamp. After I tried using 3 different USB flash drives without success, I connected a La Cie external hard drive via the USB drive and the install went completely completely smooth. I stored the Windows iso file locally on my mac. If USB drives are so problematic - which they are for this, just google it - why doesn't Apple provide a recommded flash drive for this job? It would save the community a gazillion hours of frustration.

I'm glad I thought of this before they brought in the straightjacket - and believe me, I wasn't far from needing one.

Hi all...

Just wondering, for the Bootcamp partition, is it FAT or NTFS?

Mine is FAT, and I also facing the same problem with u guys...

so frustrating can't install the window 7...

😟

pVinster wrote:

After I tried using 3 different USB flash drives without success, I connected a La Cie external hard drive via the USB drive and the install went completely completely smooth.

BRILLIANT!!!!

I was in the same situation and had tried 2 USB drive with aboslotely zero success. In both cases, I got the dreaded error 0x80300024. Then I picked my portable Hard Drive, connected with USB, waited nervously and.... everything went smoothly.

Apple, if you are listening, modify your intructions from "USB flash drive" to "USB HDD". You would save a lot of people a lot of frustration.

Rather than go to all this trouble, why not buy a no-name DVD USB drive on eBay for around $25-$30? I did and it works great for installing software on both the Mac and the Windows side.

Read all the posts,

had problem with a Sony 16Go USB stick and manage to install win 7 pro with a LaCie 500Go external DD.

Thx for the help guys, and off course Apple please put it directly in your support... I spent 3 days on it, that's not very... Mac..

This Will Work

Restart ur MacBook air, then press Alt/option

OR Follow this video

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0D4C-A-qIrk

To anyone who may be reading this in Australia, I had the same issue with a MB Air Mid-2012.

I got it to work with a SanDisk Cruzer 16GB USB i bought from Officeworks for about 14AUD.

The "no boot device" error came up, but I managed to get around it by holding down the Alt/Option key which allowed me to select the flash drive to boot from.

I then got an error on the first attempt as Windows wouldn't install after I formatted the drive during setup . I then restarted the boot camp process (erased the partition and started again) and on the second time through it worked.

So, a frustrating experience, but it does work. Eventually.

Similar problem on my 2012 iMac. I had a WD Passport external and an HP 4GB thumb drive both connected. When I disconnected the external and moved the thumb drive to the 1st slot (where the passport was connected) it was recognized as bootable.

Hey so I just bought a Toshiba external HD hoping it would be able to read. But I get the same problems with the "no bootable device" Can I ask exactly what files you had in the hard drive when you started it up? Thank you

I too encounterd the "No bootable device ..." problem but stumbled upon a solution that might work for others. When you get this screen, hold hown the power button for 8-10 seconds until the computer turns off. Then hold down the "option" key and press the power key. After a few seconds I got a screen allowing me to select the USB thumbdrive, and it then booted and went into windows installation. Everything proceeded normally after that.

My USB stick is a Kingston 8 GB, part number DT101G2.

Thanks! that worked! Was going to buy several usbs to try 🙂

Yeah, Mac support pages are a complete joke.