All,
I am using Boot Camp to install Windows 7 Pro and all goes well until I reboot. At that point I get a "NTLDR is missing...press any key to reboot".
The trouble is, no keys work (usb keyboard) and manually restarting takes me to the same screen. I can boot into OSX if I hold OPTION, but unable to complete the windows installation. Any clues on how to fix this? I have tried 3 times with no luck 😟
System Info:
Thanks in advance!
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
What type of Windows install media are you using? Did you burn the DVD yourself from an ISO files?
Could be the ISO is corrupted or whatever burning software you are using is corrupting the install DVD.
re:Shotgun00
My apologies for the delay in my response. I am using an genuine Win7 PRO CD. I used the same CD to install Windows via Parallels earlier without issue.
I finally got it working! The issue was the damnedest thing....Boot camp asks if you want to create a Windows Support software disk (USB Flash) in the beginning. Now maybe I missed a step, but after the partitioning of the drive and reboot, the USB drive MUST be removed prior to Windows starting. Ironically, the software on the USB has a boot file and I guess that confuses Windows...hence the error!
After many Google searches, I finally found an article that references that ALL external disks and drives need to be physically disconnected or you get either a NTLDR or BOOTMGR error.
All is running and well in the world :)
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