After restarting I got the "NTLDR is missing" error message, now it's telling me No bootable device.
Never used Bootcamp, but I was running WinOnX.
I held down the option key but nothing is coming up.
How did this come to be and what should I do now?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Can you boot with Command + R depressed?
If you can, try to repair the disk with Disk Utility.
If not, sound like you lost your disk drive.
I hope you have a backup.
Allan
You are under warranty https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do
for call in support
You can use Recovery to boot to internet for Disk Utility>Repair Disk
Recovery http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
No, I can't.
No bootable device keeps coming up.
option-command-R
if you are wifi connect to internet
I guess that means that either your disk drive died or your MBP is no longer able to reach it.
Either time to take it to Apple or get your tools out and do it yourself.
Allan
I can't believe this.
I bought this 24 hours ago, and the disk drive died?
Bummer yes. You have 14 day to return the lemon, over the counter, no questions asked.
http://store.apple.com/us/help/returns_refund
iPhone 30 days from the Apple store.
Warranty covered no matter what.
check warranty https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do
Better early in the process, as oppossed to being well settled in.
I don't know if this can be any useful, but before this happened, I used Show Hide Invisible Files, and the reason I restarted was because the trash wasn't opening.
Did that mess things up by any chance? Or is the drive truly dead?
No I do not suspect this was the cause.
Show Hide Invisible files 1.6 (freeware)
This Universal script runs on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac's and is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
Didn't think so either.
Guess I'll have to get a replacement.
Hopefully not all MBPwR come with a faulty drive.
I had the feeling I was doing something wrong, and yes I was. I was pressing the option key after the chime, not at the exact time it starts.
That's a relief.
Now I need to fix this issue or keep pressing alt at every restart.
I searched around, and it looks like Paragon NTFS could be the culprit. It caused the same problem to at least 1 other user.
Some say it's only a bootcamp issue, but it isn't.
Now le's do that verify/repair disk.
Macintosh HD appears to be OK. Is it supposed to tell me otherwise or should I still repair the disk?
The problem seems to be something else.
Drive is OK.
Curiously the USB dongle is labeled as Windows in the boot selection.
Is Paragon NTFS the cause of all this? Maybe I should turn off it's driver, and/or remove.
I'm suspecting it's the Set as startup option, when I had my external HDD plugged in.
Turning off Paragons NTFS driver doesn't fix it.
Both the USB dongle and External HDD are labeled as Windows.
I have no idea what's causing this.
What other options do I have?
Is there some conflict with the usb dongle and external hdd being named windows and the ntldr error which is a windows loader?
There has to be some fix for this.
Click and hold System Preferences in the dock. Slide up to Startup Disk. Select Mac OS X drive. Done.
Restart to confirm.
Urgent help: No bootable device after restarting; No Bootcamp
