5 minute boot up GX620 windows 7

Hi All my daughters laptop is running windows 7 32 bit and takes up to 5 mins to boot up, any ideas why ?.
Also could some one walk me through updating the bios.
many thanks
Andrew

Quote from: rangersmith on 14-July-10, 23:43:41
Sorry my mistake it is msi gx620 laptop
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Quote from: rangersmith on 14-July-10, 23:44:19
could you amend the title for me please.
done
Quote from: rangersmith on 14-July-10, 23:32:42
Also could some one walk me through updating the bios.
You can >>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
However flash only if/when really need.
Read this topic1st: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=103441.0
Quote from: rangersmith on 14-July-10, 23:32:42
Hi All my daughters laptop is running windows 7 32 bit and takes up to 5 mins to boot up, any ideas why ?.
Have you tried OS recover or repair?
Does it hapends after new fresh install or?

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I am working on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) with boot camp running Windows 7 pro 64-bit. Windows crashes quite often now-a-days and I need to get this fixed. I heard that updating boot camp can help. Currently I am running Version 3.0.4 (322).

I need to know which update(s) I can apply to help stabalize the system.

Typing the body of the thread message in the title, huh? -)
I am working on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) with boot camp running Windows 7 pro 64-bit. Windows crashes quite often now-a-days and I need to get this fixed. I heard that updating boot camp can help. Currently I am running Version 3.0.4 (322).
Only Apple could hamstring and tie Mac OS to Windows. There isn't any other than whether you can download the drivers into Windows (you can) but Apple puts a block on the installer setup even if your mac does not support it.
Windows 7 needs at least Boot Camp 3.1 and 3.3 is what you should already have. And you are not getting security updates if you don't have at least 10.6.8 as was pointed out. --- you arent using Software Update as you should. And you should backup and clone Mac (and Windows) as well.
You need Mountain Lion to use Boot Camp 5.x which supports Windows 7 & 8 and 64-bit.
I would upgrade to Lion if you can realizing that Rosetta and PowerPC are no longer supported though.
Mac 101: Using Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Helpful Apple Support Resources (Forum Overview)
Boot Camp Support
Boot Camp Manuals
Boot Camp 5.0 Drivers
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638
Frequently asked question
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdfcreate a Windows support software (drivers) CD or USB storage media
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
The Boot Camp Assistant can burn Boot Camp software (drivers) to a DVD or copy it to a USB storage device, such as a flash drive or hard drive. These are the only media you can use to install Boot Camp software.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4569
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.8.pdf
Instructions for all features and settings.
Boot Camp 4.0 FAQ Get answers to commonly asked Boot Camp questions.
Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Is there a download of the Boot Camp 5 Support Software if I'm not using OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3?
Yes, you can download the Boot Camp 5 Support Software here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638
How do I use the Boot Camp 5 Support Software I downloaded from the web page?
The download file is a .zip file. Double click it to uncompress it.
Double-click the Boot Camp disk image.
Copy the Boot Camp and "$WinPEDriver$" folders to the root level of a USB flash drive or hard drive that is formatted with the FAT file system (see question below for steps on how to format).
Install Windows, leaving the flash or hard drive attached to the USB port of your Mac.
Installation of the drivers can take a few minutes. Don't interrupt the installation process. A completion dialog box will appear when everything is installed. Click Finish when the dialog appears.
When your system restarts your Windows 8 installation is done.
Note: If the flash drive or hard drive was not attached when you installed Windows and was inserted after restarting into Windows 8, double-click the Boot Camp folder, then locate and double click the "setup.exe" file to start the installation of the Boot Camp 5 Support Software.
How do I format USB media to the FAT file system?
Use Disk Utility to format a disk to use with a Windows computer. Here's how:
Important: Formatting a disk erases all the files on it. Copy any files you want to save to another disk before formatting the disk.
Open Disk Utility.
Select the disk you want to format for use with Windows computers.
Click Erase, and choose one of the following from the Format pop-up menu:
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If the size of the disk is over 32 GB, choose ExFAT.
Type a name for the disk. The maximum length is 11 characters.
Click the Erase button and then click Erase again.
Which versions of Windows are supported with Boot Camp 5?
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OS X won't boot but the Windows 7 partition works perfectly?

About two days ago, I switched on my iMac only to find it was creating a very loud fan noise and both the windows partion and OS X Snow leopard were not working, they were both freezing on load up and just generally having prolems. After a couple of minutes or so (after many reboots), windows 7 started working properly again. I haven't tried to use the OS X untill recently. My problem is that OS X probably hasn't been working since the loud fan noise that day. It won't finish loading up, it gets to the stage where the apple sign comes up and the swirly circle underneath appears, then it seems to load endlesslyc(I have left it like that for many hours and nothing has happened). Booting up from the disk at the boot up preferance window also doesnt work, it just goes back to the circle and logo screen. What can I do?

About two days ago, I switched on my iMac only to find it was creating a very loud fan noise and both the windows partion and OS X Snow leopard were not working, they were both freezing on load up and just generally having prolems. After a couple of minutes or so (after many reboots), windows 7 started working properly again. I haven't tried to use the OS X untill recently. My problem is that OS X probably hasn't been working since the loud fan noise that day. It won't finish loading up, it gets to the stage where the apple sign comes up and the swirly circle underneath appears, then it seems to load endlesslyc(I have left it like that for many hours and nothing has happened). Booting up from the disk at the boot up preferance window also doesnt work, it just goes back to the circle and logo screen. What can I do?

6 minute boot times

Recently my MBP running Leopard 10.5.2 has been experiencing 6 minute boot times. The first screen with the apple lasts about 1 minute with the spinning circle and then the machine goes to a light blue screen and just sits for about five minutes. After about 5 minutes, the machine boots fine and all operations are fine.
So far, I've reset the PRAM and ran the "fix permissions" and "fix disk" from my leopard install dvd. The machine still takes 6 minutes to boot.
So I went a step further and completely wiped the machine and did a clean install. After running all of the Mac updates the machine began the 6 minute boot. Is this normal? Are the rest of you finding the same results? Below is my console output from a boot, notice the time differential between 11:08:13pm and 11:12:16pm. Something is not right there. I hate going to the Genius bar, everyone I've ever dealt with there has been anything but genius.
Any and all help would be appreciated. My machine is still under warranty so if anyone thinks it maybe hardware related, please chime in.
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge [1]
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge /FRWR@3 [1]
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge /FRWR@3/AppleFWOHCI [1]
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge /FRWR@3/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController [1]
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge /FRWR@3/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireLocalNode [1]
4/2/08 11:12:16 PM /usr/libexec/hidd[27] Timeout waiting for IOKit to be quiet
4/2/08 11:12:16 PM /usr/libexec/hidd[27] IOHIDEventQueueCreate: Unable to allocate queue memory from IOHIDSystem. (0x10000003)
4/2/08 11:12:16 PM WindowServer[50] Unable to create event queue via hidd: (0xe00002bd)
4/2/08 11:12:19 PM loginwindow[24] Login Window Started Security Agent
4/2/08 11:12:20 PM SecurityAgent[88] User info context values set
4/2/08 11:12:20 PM SecurityAgent[88] Login Window done

Glasslumber wrote:
Recently my MBP running Leopard 10.5.2 has been experiencing 6 minute boot times. The first screen with the apple lasts about 1 minute with the spinning circle and then the machine goes to a light blue screen and just sits for about five minutes. After about 5 minutes, the machine boots fine and all operations are fine.
So far, I've reset the PRAM and ran the "fix permissions" and "fix disk" from my leopard install dvd. The machine still takes 6 minutes to boot.
So I went a step further and completely wiped the machine and did a clean install. After running all of the Mac updates the machine began the 6 minute boot. Is this normal? Are the rest of you finding the same results? Below is my console output from a boot, notice the time differential between 11:08:13pm and 11:12:16pm. Something is not right there. I hate going to the Genius bar, everyone I've ever dealt with there has been anything but genius.
Any and all help would be appreciated. My machine is still under warranty so if anyone thinks it maybe hardware related, please chime in.
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge [1]
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge /FRWR@3 [1]
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge /FRWR@3/AppleFWOHCI [1]
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge /FRWR@3/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController [1]
4/2/08 11:08:13 PM configd[35] InterfaceNamer: MacBookPro3,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge /FRWR@3/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireLocalNode [1]
4/2/08 11:12:16 PM /usr/libexec/hidd[27] Timeout waiting for IOKit to be quiet
4/2/08 11:12:16 PM /usr/libexec/hidd[27] IOHIDEventQueueCreate: Unable to allocate queue memory from IOHIDSystem. (0x10000003)
4/2/08 11:12:16 PM WindowServer[50] Unable to create event queue via hidd: (0xe00002bd)
4/2/08 11:12:19 PM loginwindow[24] Login Window Started Security Agent
4/2/08 11:12:20 PM SecurityAgent[88] User info context values set
4/2/08 11:12:20 PM SecurityAgent[88] Login Window done
It looks like a hardware problem. Perhaps FireWire related.
Do you have any FW devices on the computer? If so, see what happens when you unplug them.
I would also unplug everything that you do not need and see what happens.
That one message about waiting for IOKit to be quiet is suspect.
If you have a separate IO card for FW, that might be the problem.
Also, you can enter the following Terminal command
dmesg
and get a better reading of the entire boot process
You seem to have done everything else most of us would consider important, and if you must reinstalled Leopard I would suspect some kind of hardware problem, something "flaky" or marginal.
My boot times are under a minute on all three boxes

2009 Mac Pro will not boot up under Windows

I have an Early 2009 Mac Pro system (Mac Pro 4,1) and I've had this system for 3 years already and have been working under OS X with this system ever since I purchased it.
However, when I tried to boot off my Windows disk, something very interesting happens. The Mac Pro WILL NOT boot up off the Windows disk or a known working Windows partition if two monitors are connected. Upon holding down the option key and selecting the Windows partition, I will get a black screen on one monitor (the one connected via Mini Displayport) and the other screen receives no signal and will enter standby and the system is halted. It does not respond to keystrokes, there is no hard drive activity, no measured power increase on the UPS, no apparent network activity, nothing. The only way to exit this scenario (from what I can tell) is to power off the machine, disconnect the display on DVI, power on the machine again, select the Windows partition wait for the system to reach the login window and reconnect the DVI monitor (at which time Windows recognizes it immediately and the system works fine again).
My question to the community is, does anybody know why this is happening and is there a known fix for this? Quite frankly, having to disconnect a monitor just to restart is very tedious and frustrating.
I have two Samsung P2350 monitors attached to an ATI Radeon HD 4870 (512MB, from Apple). One is monitor is connected via directly DVI and the other is using a Mini Displayport to DVI adapter. Both monitors work fine under OS X with no issue. At first, I thought that this may be a driver issue on the Windows side and after installing all the latest updates and drivers the issue is still apparent. From what I can tell, this doesn't seem like a software issue but rather a firmware or EFI issue as this happens before Windows even loads.
If anyone knows of a fix or what to do in this situation, or if you are also having this issue, I would love to hear your input!
Thank you!
For the record, I am running all the latest software builds on the OS X side (10.7.4, not that it would really matter at this point). I have also disconnected all unnecessary equipment in a trial and error scenario but the results are still the same.
The system passes all ASD testing.
The full specification of the computer and all connected equipment are as follows:
2009 Mac Pro (4,1) 8-Core
2x Intel Xeon Nehalem 2.66GHz Quad-Core CPUs
16GB DDR3 ECC 1066MHz RAM (Apple Branded)
Two OWC 120GB SSDs (One for OS X, the other for Windows 7 x64) - These are in place of my optical drives.
4x 2TB WD Black Hard drives for storage.
Two Samsung P2350 Monitors connected via DVI. (One using a Mini Displayport to DVI adapter).

In Windows I am using the latest (12.4) Catalyst Software Suite, 64 bit of course, downloaded directly from AMD's site after installing the drivers from Boot Camp.
As for installing Windows I used an original (not burned) installation media (Disk is in a pristine condition). And yes, Windows is fine, the problem just seems to be getting the system to boot up Windows with that second monitor. However if the "problem monitor" is disconnected the system boots fine 100% of the time and connecting it later after booting the system will still operate properly.
For the sake of arguement I swapped monitor cables and connected the "second" monitor to the mini displayport adapter to verify that it wasn't a cabling issue and I'm still yielding the same issues.
As for GPU testing, I've played games (Crysis, Grand Theft Auto IV, Battlefield 3, etc.) and I've had no issues with the card or stability.
You would think that Apple would try to find a fix for this, especially considering the caliber of this machine.

Is it possible to boot to a Windows 7 install DVD from an external USB drive on current iMacs?

On the iMac I'm currently using, a mid-2007 24-inch, it's impossible to boot into a Windows install DVD from an external drive: I can hold down option on boot, and all my hard drives come up, but if the Windows disc is in my external DVD drive, it won't show up. I'll soon be upgrading to a late 2012 iMac, and I'd like to be able to install Windows 7 for a boot camp partition. Since that iMac has no built in drive, I'd like to know if using an external DVD drive will work on that model. I'd like to do that, seems easier than messing around with disk images. But we'll see...

You can use an external optical drive to install Windows without any problem with a Late 2012 iMac.
The reason that you couldn't install Windows from an external optical drive on the 2007 iMac is that it has got an internal SuperDrive, so Apple only allows you to use it to install Windows on your iMac

When I boot up my iMac and hold down ALT it boots straight into windows 7 without giving me the option to boot OSX back up. Have I lost OSX and all my files completely? Please help

I set up boot camp for my iMac with windows 7. All was fine and it gave me the option to boot into windows.. I then used windows for a few hours and shut down the mac to boot back onto OSX when I was done.. This time my mac booted straight to windows 7 even with me holding down the ALT key it gave me no choice.
I'm assuming the boot camp set up was wrong somewhere but is there a way to get back on to OSX now?? Please help

1. Have you tried both Alt keys - maybe your Alt key is dead.
2. Do you have wireless keyboard? Have you tried to change batteries? USB Keyboard?
3. If your Win is installed correctly then you have also installed all windows support software.
There should be Startup manager like on the Mac (next to the clock little bootcamp app or in control pannel) to restart your Mac into the Mac partition.

I am having problems trying to boot from my Windows XP startup disk.

PLEASE HELP ASAP! I upgraded my MacBook Pro 17inch laptop for a larger hard drive. I had my MAC and Windows XP partitions re-installed but I am not able to boot from Windows XP partition. I can see both operation systems in the system preferences of the STARTUP DISK section but when I shutdown my computer and hold down the OPTION key there is no WINDOWS XP icon. I keep getting the error message: NO BOOTABLE DEVICE. INSERT BOOT DISK AND PRESS ANY KEY.
I have a very important project to complete this Friday and all of my files are on my PC partition. Could someone please help me to figure out how to get my PC drive to start rebooting? I would sincerely appreciate it. Thanks!

courtesy of the following site:
http://www.builtfromsource.com/2008/04/05/a-match-made-in-****-windows-xp-boot-c amp-20-and-ntfs/
Feel like wasting several hours? Try installing Windows XP with Boot Camp 2.0 (the version released as part of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard) using NTFS, the file system required for partitions larger than 32 GB. Then watch as it fails miserably, again and again.
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
Sound familiar? You didn’t do anything wrong—this is actually Apple’s fault. Hal.dll, the “hardware abstraction layer”, doesn’t have any particular significance; it just happens to be the first file that Windows looks for as it’s loading. Attempting to replace this file with the copy on disk won’t work, and your boot.ini is probably fine.
So how do you fix it, then? The solution is a bit involved, but not too bad all things considered. Here are the steps:
If you haven’t already removed the bad installation, you’ll need to do so. In OS X, open Boot Camp, click Continue, select “Create or remove a Windows partition”, click Continue, and then click Restore.
Create a new partition as you did before, and start the installation.
After the computer has rebooted and it’s booted from the CD, type “R” to go to the console. You should be dumped to the C:\ prompt.
We’re going to reformat the drive as NTFS ourselves instead of letting the Windows installer do it. Type the following and hit Return:
format c: /q /fs:ntfs
Then type this to reboot the computer:
exit
Hold Option after it restarts, then boot to the Windows installation CD again (I believe it boots to the CD by default at this point, but this is just to be sure).
Install to C: (be careful not to select your OS X volume!), but—and this is important—choose NOT to reformat. Leave the file system as is.
Continue the installation process as you would normally.
That’s it! If things went well, the lovely 256-color Windows logo should load and you’ll be looking at Napa Valley in no time.

Lion, Boot Camp and Windows 7 Issues

Couple of questions regarding Lion, Boot Camp and Windows 7... I never had issues with Snow Leopard and setting up Windows 7 on my iMac (expcept the dreaded black screen after restart, bu got that fixed)
Let me start off with my specs and then I will ask my questions:
iMac 27"
i7 Quad Core (1st gen)
16GB Ram
1TB HDD
OS X Lion (Fresh Install - Not Upgrade)
All updates for OS and iLife and other installed software:
Adobe Creative Suite CS5
MS Office 2011
Boot Camp 4.0
Window 7 Ultimate
Ok... here are my questions.
When I fixed my black screen issues after installing a fresh copy of Windows 7 - I had to install MacFUSE and Tuxera NTFS in order to delete the the stock ATI driver so the second rebot on the install of windows 7 would work and boot correctly. After rebotting into my mac side I now always get this message from Tuxera.
What does this mean? Now in the finder when looking at the computer drives.. It does not show the BOOTCAMP partition...
However, when I resart i can hold down the ALT key and get this menu:
I know this might seem strange to ask, but why are the Macintosh HD and the Recovery HD text smoothed and the Windows text not? Being a design I see the difference and it makes me wonder why this is. (It is almost like the BSOD icon apple used forwhen connecting with shared PCs)... Anyways, I can boot into windows when clicking this drive.
After getting to windows 7 it will not let me run updated. The OS is activated and I have even installed SP1 manually, but it always tells me that the Update service is not running. When in fact it is. I have checked it and it is set to start automatically. I have reset and shutdown my computer more than 10 times... I can't figure out what the issues are.
Overview:
Why do I get the Tuxera NTFS error?
Why can I see the boot camp partion when manually selecting it form startup, but it does not show in OS X
I can't get Windows to update? Any ideas?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

These various utilities like Tuxera are incompatible with Lion. Partly because MacFuse is incompatible. You need to remove them completely.
As for the Windows partition you might consider using Boot Camp Assistant to remove it. Then make a new partition and install Windows. Remember to use the Windows formatter to format the Windows partition NTFS.

Boot Camp and Windows 7 Problems

I have found a reproducible bug with Boot Camp and WIndows 7.
Clean install of OS X 10.6.2, Boot Camp Asst. Partition on my Mac Pro boot drive, clean install Win 7.
Problem: while in OS X, Disk Util Repair Permissions takes forever, churning away at the hard drive. Also, intermittent Spotlight hangs, and weird Dropbox behavior where it churns the disk like crazy again.
I have Paragon NTFS for Mac v 7.03 and perhaps this has something to do with it.
After retuning to a single partition using Boot Camp Asst. (deleting the Win 7 partition), all is back to normal - Repair Permissions takes about 60 seconds, no Spotlight or Dropbox issues whatsoever.
Using Fusion for Win 7 for now. Awaiting official Apple support of Win 7 in Boot Camp.
Wondering if anyone else can confirm this behavior where you have a partitioned boot drive with 10.6.2 and Win 7, with or without NTFS for Mac 7.03.

Addendum: on reboot/option key boot screen, it showed OS X volume, Win 7 Volume, and EFI Boot Volume - the latter had never been there before with Vista.

Unable to connect to internet or print wirelessly on Boot Camp with Windows 7

I recently installed Boot Camp and Windows 7 on my Mac Book Pro with no problems.
A month later, I am unable to connect to internet or print wirelessly.
It states that I am connected to my router.
When I trouble shoot, it cannot find the problem.
My wireless connection and cable connection are fine on the MAC side.
Please help.

looks a like a Windows 7 problem. I assume that you can click on the current connection info on the task bar and see a connection to your wireless router? Have you updated your copy of Windows since it was working? I am wondering if it's an update that's applied in Windows which has done something.

Boot camp with windows 7 downloaded online?

I have a summer 2012 mac book pro running Mac OSX 10.7.4 (this is my first mac product, I bought it like a month ago so I know much). I am intersted in being able to boot Windows 7 though Apple Boot Camp. Windows 7 professional is avialable to me for free though my University but only by online download so I don't have a physical windows installation disk. Can I still use the free windows 7 provided by my unversity even though I don't have the installation disk? How would I do this? All the instructions i've read talks about using a windows 7 installation disk. Can my bring my Mac book pro into a genius bar for someone to help me though this? (I did purchase the 3 year apple care thing and im still within 90 days since I purchased my MBP.)

try burning window 7 to a cd first.
when you download window 7 is it in an image file?

Unmountable Boot Volume installing Windows XP

Hi,
I'm trying to install Windows XP SP2 on my New Mac Mini. I run boot camp, create the partition, insert the Win XP disc. The machine then reboots and enters the initial phase of the installation, however before it gets to the screen where you choose the partition to install on, I get a BSoD with the UNMOUNTABLEBOOTVOLUME error!
I've been trawling the web looking for a solution but everything I try gives the same problem. I've tried zero-ing out the partition using the Disc Utility - problem does not go away. I've read that I could try booting into the setup menu and performing a "fixboot", however this menu is never presented because setup never gets as far as putting anything on the partition.
Any help would be much appreciated! I'm pulling my hair out here.

Well after nearly 2 whole days of trying everything under the sun, I've finally got past this. In the end I created a slipstreamed SP3 disc using nLite. The installer is currently installing but according to this guy it should work fine, bar some minor driver issues.
http://yocto.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/completing-the-cycle-fresh-boot-camp-with- windows-xp-sp3/
Life is good again! =)

IMac only boots in to Windows

Hi
My feonca got a copy of windows today and wanted me to install it for her. I created the partition using bootcamp setup the inserted the windows cd and rebooted. Competed the installation. Then I inserted the Leopard cd and ran the setup for the drivers. Some of the drivers would not install. It was then that I discovered the copy of windows is 64-bit and I cant get leopard back. The iMac only boots in to windows. What can I do to fix this.
thanks Dan

Holding down the option (or alt)-key during booting--as soon as you hear the apple chime--doesn't work?

Dual Boot Ubuntu and Windows 8.1 on HP ENVY dv7

Okay, I've installed 14.04 LTS with EFI and Secure Boot enabled. My problem is that the HP automated boot process ignores the presence of Ubuntu and boots directly into Windows. The only way I can boot into Ubuntu is to intercept the boot process by pressing the Escape key immediately, selecting Boot Device options (F9). choosing "Boot from EFI File", then pressing Enter on the next page (a description of the hard drive), choose EFI from the next screen, select "<ubuntu>" from the subsequent list, the select "shimx64.efi" from the next screen, which gives me the Grub list (without, I might add, any reference to Windows!) So, while it works, it is a laborious process at best. Have tried to follow the following post from an HP help forum:
So, until HP releases an updated UEFI that allows turning this "feature" off or rearranging boot options through the F10 UEFI setup, this is what you can do to get dual boot with the least amount of hackiness:
In Windows, mount the UEFI partition (mountvol S: /S mounts it as the S: drive) and copy the file \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi to use some other name (for example, I copied it to "\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi~", but you can change the name to anything else).
In the Windows command prompt, update the Windows UEFI entry to point to the new name: bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi~ (adapt to your set name accordingly).
Optionally, change the name of the Windows boot loader so that you would be certain that it points to the new file location: bcdedit /set {bootmgr} description "Fixed Windows path"
Install the other OS. In my case the bootloader was installed into \EFI\opensuse\grubx64.efi.
Delete the two files, \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi and \EFI\Boot\bootx64.efi.
Use efibootmgr to delete the "OS boot Manager" entry: sudo efibootmgr -b 0000 -B
Set the new OS bootloader to be the default bootloader by using efibootmgr with the -o option. In my case, I had an entry called "opensuse" in slot Boot0001 and the updated path Windows entry in slot Boot0002, so I had to do sudo efibootmgr -o 0001,0002
Update GRUB to point the Windows entry to your renamed file (you'll have to create a new file in /etc/grub.d and rerun grub-mkconfig).
Was able to do everything as posted except "Delete OS boot Manager", because there is no entry for that item when I run efibootmgr in Ubuntu terminal. I did reorder the boot order using efibootmgr so that Ubuntu was first and Windows was second, but the HP OS boot Manager changes it back!
Would really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
SamJ20109

Hey vikas_g,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
With Ubuntu not recognizing your partitions during installation, some information that may be of assistance to you, could be in this document 'Frequently Asked Questions About Linux (FAQs)'.
If your question is not answered from this document, I would suggest asking your question on the Ubuntu Forums.
I hope this information helps!
I worked on behalf of HP

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