Boot camp no longer on startup disk bless tool unable to set boot disk

iOS 10.6.8  boot camp no longer on startup disk msg says 'bless tool unable to set boot disk'

solved my own problem. a simple restart did the trick.

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    Mid2007 macbook when trying to install retail 10.6.3 screen comes up installation failed because cant set start up disk try startup utility. when try startup utility it says bless tool cant set boot drive when called apple support guy said my harddrive was going out even though the computer had no ill signs before inserting install disk. I bought new harddrive and installer does same thing . Then apple sent me a new disk - same thing . I have ran disk utilities numerous times tried to reinstall numerous times even hooked external harddrive and ran tech tools from it one side note the startup key commands do not seem to work as in apple op pr,apple op of etc but will go to option start.  I realize it is getting old but something is keeping software from loading i also read where i could take ram out for awhile i did this. No change. Taking to apple store is not option any and all suggestions welcome

    Sounds like the machine has a firmware password as you cannot change the startup disk (stored in NVRAM) and only the option key at boot works.
    You will need to option boot from the 10.6 disk and use the Firmware Password Reset utility and enter the password to disable it.
    If you forget the password, take the machine to a Apple Authorized Repair and they can bypass it in hardware.

  • Boot Camp No Longer Boots- Please Help

    Hello - all of a sudden Boot Camp does not show up when holding down the alt/option button when booting up. When I boot into MAC OS, Boot Camp does show up and is accessible. Is there any way to fix this without having to reinstall Windows? Parallels also does not recognize the boot camp partition.
    Thank you.

    Maybe?
    Where in OSX does Boot Camp show up, in the Startup options in System Preferences?

  • After attempt to install windows 7 via boot camp onto Mac mini, my screen reads "no bootable devise--insert boot devise and press any key.  However, disk still in reader, and not using a Mac keyboard

    After attempt to install windows 7 via boot camp onto Mac mini, my screen reads "no bootable devise--insert boot devise and press any key.  However, disk still in reader, and not using a Mac keyboard

    Reboot your Mac, as soon as you hear the chime press the option/alt key and hold it until the boot manager appears, select OSX to boot from.

  • I have an iMac with mountain lion 10.8.3 with boot camp 5.0.2 .i installed windows 7 -64 bit with boot camp but the boot camp didn't install drivers for windows please guide me for trouble shooting .

    i have an iMac with mountain lion 10.8.3 with boot camp 5.0.2 .i installed windows 7 -64 bit with boot camp but the boot camp didn't install drivers for windows please guide me for trouble shooting .

    Kappy wrote:
    Boot Camp doesn't install the drivers. You have the drivers on a separate USB device if you followed directions. Once in Windows connect the USB drive with the driver software. It should startup automatically and install the drivers.
    You don't even need to do that. As downloading the drivers from within Boot Camp Assistant can be unreliable, it is better to get the package directly from here:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638
    Copy the .zip file to a USB flash drive or burn it to a DVD in OS X. Install Windows as normal, insert the flash drive/DVD in Windows, copy the .zip file to the hard drive, extract it, then run the setup executable.

  • Getting an error message while launching bootcamp ""Boot Camp Assistant cannot be used: You must update your computer's boot ROM firmware before using this setup assistant".

    Need Help how to address problem with undoing partition from BootCamp Assistant- receiving error message
    "Boot Camp Assistant cannot be used: You must update your computer's boot ROM firmware before using this setup assistant".
    attempted solutions:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_en
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_en
    Mac HD is already MAc os Extended(journaled)
    ***problem still persists with above solutions.

    No I have only one physical HDD. Here is a diskutil list result
    /dev/disk0
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
       1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
       2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.4 GB   disk0s2
       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
    Also here is a system info
    Hardware Overview:
      Model Name:          MacBook Pro
      Model Identifier:          MacBookPro8,2
      Processor Name:          Intel Core i7
      Processor Speed:          2.5 GHz
      Number of Processors:          1
      Total Number of Cores:          4
      L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
      L3 Cache:          8 MB
      Memory:          8 GB
      Boot ROM Version:          MBP81.0047.B27
      SMC Version (system):          1.69f3
    15-inch, Late 2011
    current situation
    - I've recovered from external drive (mountain lion 10.8.1 ) which i prepared by Lion Diskmaker before.
    Current issues:
    1) I have Recovery HD but when I boot from it - Reinstall Mac OS X option is not working
    2) I have EFI password and won't be able to clear it as well as reset PRAM
    3) Boot Camp Assistant is not working as well with the error in the subject
    Any ideas how to fix all of these?

  • When I try to use the internal hard drive as a scratch disk I get this error "unable to set scratch disk- the selected directory is on write protect or non-writable media.  Any ideas on how to fix this.  It only happens in fcp.

    When I try to use the internal hard drive as a scratch disk I get this error "unable to set scratch disk- the selected directory is on write protect or non-writable media.  Any ideas on how to fix this.  It only happens in fcp.

    By internal, I assume you're referring to your systems (boot) drive. Is it, by chance, a partitioned dive?
    Also…although many people successfully use their systems drives as scratch disks, over time you'll have better results using a dedicated drive for your media.
    Good luck.
    Russ

  • Unable to set scratch disk

    I have just upgraded to Lion and have tried to use FCE for the first time with it.
    I got an error message upon starting it
    "Unable to set scratch disk. The selected directory is on write protected or non writeable media"
    Any ideas?
    Also and I dont know if it is related, when I try to export to quicktime, there is no video in the exported quicktime file only video. There is video however when I tick make self contained movie.
    It is a new problem and hasn't happened before going to Lion.

    Most users using Lion have trouble of one kind or another.
    Short answer is Lion is not suppoorted for FCE use.
    Moving to FCP X is the only supported option at this time or roll back to Snow Leopard.
    Al

  • Unable to set scratch disk error

    I know this has probably come up before but I can't find the topic when I search. The error message says this...."Unable to set scratch disk. The selected directory is on write-protected or non-writable media."
    In addition to that, whenever I try to render by pressing either option+r or apple+r I get an error message saying...."File Error: Access Denied."
    Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

    Have you tried...
    Trashing preferences?
    Run Disk Utility?
    Instead of control-clicking on the drive, try control-clicking on the Capture Scratch folder and the project Subfolder and changing permissions.

  • Boot Camp no longer available after Mavericks upgrade?

    Hi,
    I've recently upgraded to Mavericks (MacBook 13" 2010). Since upgrading I have not been able to access BootCamp during start up. The partion still exists, but there seems to be some problem(s) with it.
    I've attached a screen shot of the issue as it appears in Utilities.
    I fear I may have to reformat and partion the hard drive again, but I don't have access to the Boot Camp disk (just moved country and didn't consider it to be essential packing....)
    Any advice would be great!
    Thanks,
    Amy

    you can dl a windows 7 ISO online, you just need your product key to activate it

  • Boot Camp no longer on my computer?

    I use parallels with boot camp. I went to use it, and a window pops up with the following...
    "Virtual machine cannot be started because of the following problem:
    The Hard Disk 1 is set to use the Boot Camp while Boot Camp is not installed on this computer!"
    Does anyone know why this is happening, and how to correct this issue?

    solved my own problem. a simple restart did the trick.

  • Boot Camp: Windows stuck on startup when external hard drive is attached

    Hi all,
    I have Windows XP installed with Boot Camp. All was working fine (even though I installed Service Pack 3 and THEN the Boot Camp update), but today I received an external hard drive I ordered for use with Time Machine. It's a Western Digital My Book (500GB) connected via Firewire 800. This was working fine in Leopard (of course) but when I restart and go into Windows, the startup process freezes at the Windows XP logo (the animation continues though).
    I've spend hours scouring the internet and I understand that the external drive is being mistaken for the boot drive, and Windows being WIndows doesn't think to try my internal hard drive after the external clearly has no boot information on it! I don't appear to be able to change the boot order in BIOS as that apparently isn't available.
    Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm just trying to avoid unplugging the hard drive on every restart into Windows.
    Thanks in advance!
    Ed

    happens to my firewire 400 drives too (although it didnt used to until SP3 upgrade...). My 2 cents: the fix is not worth it; just unplug it during startup of windows and plug in when it's booted.

  • Windows 7 Boot Camp no longer recognize my wireless mouse and Keyboard?

    I have a mid 2011 27in iMac on 10.9.1 and I run Windows 7 via boot camp, sometimes Parallels as well. Today I tried to boot up in to Windows via Boot Camp, but I can not control the cursor or input anything via kayboard. This has happened before and I only got it working again after reinstalling Windows, which I am REALLY trying to avoid
    The thing is, when I boot in to Windows, it is definitely responding to the keyboard when I hold F8 to go in to safe mode, but once the desktop loads up, I lose any function of mouse or keyboard. Even when I try to manually add a device using a USB mouse, it is not detecting any wireless device.
    Both my Magic Trackpad and Wireless Keyboard work fine in OS X, Windows 7 when in Parallels and works during the start up of boot camp, but not when Windows 7's desktop boots up.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
    You have to download the drivers. To download them, press X key while your Mac is starting to start into Mac OS X, open Boot Camp Assistant and follow the steps to download them. You will have to burn them onto a DVD or USB drive, so you will be able to install the drivers on Windows. Then, it should work fine.
    If you can't download them in Boot Camp Assistant, download the drivers from this website > http://www.cafe-encounter.net/p682/download-bootcamp-drivers The links are from Apple and that's safe to download and install

  • I have a macbook pro 1175 its a 2006 model which boot camp will work i tried 4.03 but it says this boot camp is not for this machine thats the oldest one i found here please help i have windows 7 32 bit installed but need drivers for the sound

    i have a 2006 mackbook pro running windows 7 32 bit i need drivers for the sound and the earliest bootcamp on here is 4.03 my machine says its not for this system please help which version of boot camp can i use

    Read this. You need to be running Snow Leopard or later.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3986

  • Intel vt-x not supported on boot camp windows 7 (virtualbox and microsoft detection tool)

    Hello,
    I've a MBP mid-2010 that is running a Windows 7 Pro as boot camp partition (business needs).
    I've installed virtualbox on the Windows 7 OS, but I can't access the "accelration" tab under the system settings.
    When running an imported OVA system (that uses Intel VT-x) I get an error message saying :
    "VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Your 64-bit guest will fail to detect a 64-bit CPU and will not be able to boot."
    Using the Microsoft® Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool, I get the confirmation that it is not available on my computer.
    Which is really strange because it is working perfectly under Mac Os X Mavericks (and previous).
    Anyone has an idea ?
    Regards,
    Franck.

    I have this exact same issue, except I'm trying to use Hyper-V in Windows 8.1. Windows is running via Bootcamp 5, I have a late 2013 Macbook pro model.
    I get the error message Hyper-V cannot be installed: Virtualization support is disabled in the firmware.
    After poking around online, most information points to the Mac EFI firmware. It might be an update is available there that will help with VT-X
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1237
    However, there's no update for my particular Macbook. I've only found one workaround that I don't really know how/why it works.
    1. Power off my macbook, completely shut down.
    2. Hold the option key to boot into OSX Mavericks instead of Windows.
    3. Restart from OSX and let Windows boot by default.
    For some odd reason, VT-X is now enabled. This may be specific to my Mac. It's a Macbook Pro 2013, 15'' - '11,3' model.

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