After failed repartition, No bootable device on startup

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After failed repartition, No bootable device on startup

Hi,Got a really annoying problem.

I had a windows partition using bootcamp. I then tryed to remove it using bootcamp but got a error message stating that drive could not be repartitioned. I tryed again but the program froze so I force quit it. Now I cant access the windows partition but there is space occupied on the drive where it should be.

Also when I turn the Macbook on it tries to boot into windows I guess because i get a no bootable device message.

I can still access the mac partition by holding down option at boot but this is getting annoying really quickly.

I have tryed repairing and verifying disk permissions and erasing free space but besides having more room on this partition nothing else.

Have tryed tips on other disussions and nothing has worked.

Any help would be amazing thanks.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on May 11, 2014 5:33 AM

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Answer 1

May 11, 2014 7:47 AM in response to d1pflug

I received a new iMac on Wednesday, and therein began my problems. I needed to set up a partition with

Bootcamp so I could run Windows 8.1. After repeated efforts I was unsuccessful, and could not get the

the drivers to work. I read on the Apple support discussions that many have also been not able to get

Bootcamp to work.

I gave up and installed Windows 8.1 with Parallels. It was easy, but when I installed the 42 Windows 8.1

updates, I lost Internet Explorer and could not download things from the internet such as virus protection

software. I had to reinstall Windows and decided not to install any updates. I'll take my chances with

malware and only go on the internet via Safari. Windows 8.1 is terrible, and I see on the blogs that many

people have had dissasters after installing the updates.

Ineeded Windows to run my Quickbooks software. In retrospect, I should just have installed

Quickbooks For Mac even though folks say it is not as good as the Windows version. My accountant

would have needed to adjust to the change. Beware of Windows, and stick with Mac !

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Answer 2

turbostar

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May 12, 2014 5:10 PM in response to d1pflug

reinstall osx then install windows

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