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Q: No bootable device insert boot disk (El Capitan)

I had windows 7 running on my late 2013 retina mbp but I ran out of space and wanted to repartition to give it more space. However, after getting through the windows 7 setup and installation, when I tried to option boot and select the windows partition (named Untitled for some reason) it just greys out and nothing happens and then proceeds to boot into Mac OS.  I tried setting the windows partition as the default disk to boot into and that is where I got the error stating that there was no bootable device and to insert boot disk. I tried scouring the web for a solution but I can't seem to fix it! Here is some additional information I thought would be helpful -

 

MacBook-Pro:~ Andrew$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0

   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            141.0 GB   disk0s2

   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         109.1 GB   disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *16.0 GB    disk1

   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              16.0 GB    disk1s1

MacBook-Pro:~ Andrew$ diskutil cs list

No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

MacBook-Pro:~ Andrew$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

Password:

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=251000193024; sectorsize=512; blocks=490234752

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 490234751

      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  275390624      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  275800264    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  277069800         24

  277069824  213164032      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

  490233856        863

  490234719         32         Sec GPT table

  490234751          1         Sec GPT header

MacBook-Pro:~ Andrew$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=16008609792; sectorsize=512; blocks=31266816

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

     start      size  index  contents

         0         1         MBR

         1         1

         2  31266814      1  MBR part 11

MacBook-Pro:~ Andrew$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

         Starting       Ending

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

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

1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  490234751] <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

MacBook-Pro:~ Andrew$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

Disk: /dev/disk1 geometry: 1946/255/63 [31266816 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

         Starting       Ending

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

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

*1: 0B 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         2 -   31266814] 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

 

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Here is the USB I used to install Windows 7

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I appreciate any help and thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), 15 inch, late 2013

Posted on Mar 15, 2016 9:04 PM

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Q: No bootable device insert boot disk (El Capitan)

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  • by judysings,

    judysings judysings Mar 17, 2016 7:47 AM in response to doutar
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    Mar 17, 2016 7:47 AM in response to doutar

    Hi doutar,

    I understand you have created a Windows partition, but are not able to boot from it.  The resource below provides the steps for creating the partition.  It sounds like you don't have it formatted properly.  I've highlighted some key information for you here.  Click on the link for complete instructions.

    Set up a Windows partition on your Mac

    Create the Windows partition

    To create the Windows partition, open Boot Camp Assistant and follow the onscreen instructions. Boot Camp Assistant is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. 

    • Use only Boot Camp Assistant to create the partition. If you partition with another app and then use Boot Camp Assistant, the drive with the partition could be erased.
    • Boot Camp Assistant creates the partition only if the drive is formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and doesn't already have a partition created by Boot Camp Assistant. If Boot Camp Assistant sees other partitions, it may warn you that the startup disk cannot be partitioned.

    Format the Windows partition

    Use the Windows installer to format the Windows partition that Boot Camp Assistant created. When you're asked where to install Windows, select the partition named "BOOTCAMP":

    Windows installer window

    Then click Format to begin formatting the partition using the NTFS file system. If you're installing Windows 7 or Windows 8.0, you won't see the Format option until you click "Drive options (advanced)":

    Windows installer window showing the Format button

    • If the installer says that it couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one, disconnect any Thunderbolt storage devices connected to your Mac. Reconnect them after installing Windows.
    • If you see “No Boot Disk Attached” when starting up your Mac, the Windows partition probably isn't formatted correctly. Remove the partition, then repeat the previous steps for creating and formatting the partition.

    Take care,

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Mar 17, 2016 4:40 PM in response to doutar
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    Mar 17, 2016 4:40 PM in response to doutar

    Did you resize the existing partition, or remove and re-install W7 using a larger partition?