Boot camp failure to boot

all i wanted to have 2 operating system, now i have none,,,,,,,boot camp failure

That is the shortest question.
And that is why there should be backups and trial runs, and educate yourself on what to do to repair and maintain Lion and Windows or anything else.
Invest in the time and cost even.
Try Lion Recovery
Try Windows DVD
Start over and learn from this one.
Invest in CampTune or WinClone 3
And have a couple backup sets and clone OS X (Carbon Copy Cloner) and also TimeMachine for Lion.

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Boot Camp failure installing windows??

Hi all, I have been trying to install windows for few days now with no success.
I have a Macbook Pro (Uni) 17" with OS X 10.6.8 and boot camp 3.0.4. Started few days ago by partitioning the hard disc, assigning 35 gigs for the windows (to be) partition without a problem.
Next step was either selecting to download or instert DVD for the installation. First option with the downloading continuously failed and couldn't find any software to download. The other option (inserting the DVD) was also a failure. Tried to connect a USB stick with the windows installation disc on it but the computer still didn't recognize it.
Also tried restarting while holding the ALT key but I get no options for a start drive other than the Macintosh HD.
Can anyone please help out because it is sort of becoming a pain with all the hassle.
Do I need to install a different Boot Camp Assistant? Do I need to update anything?
Thanks in advance

Hello zeeman,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing when trying ot install Windows on your MacBook Pro. I recommend reviewing the steps in the section titled "If Windows didn’t install properly" on page 11 of the Boot Camp Installation and Setup Guide:
Boot Camp - Installation & Setup Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1519/en_US/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_ 10.6.pdf
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

"No bootable devices" screen after Windows 7 Boot Camp failure.

As a lifetime Windows user, I thought that it would not be such a bad idea to install Windows 7 via Boot Camp Assistant. The process went smoothly until I reached the 3rd and final section of the procedure titled "Install Windows 7 or Later Version." I adjusted the MacOS and Windows partitions and proceeded to the final reboot. It is then where I was greeted with a Windows 7 screen tht stated something along the lines of "No bootable devices. Insert boot disc and try again." I have tried the Boot Camp Assistant (Same exact steps I used initially) and have yet to defeat the dreaded No Bootable Devices screen. I would really enjoy having Windows on my device so any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you!

Hmm, I had an 8 GB flash drive connected to the compter at all times. When just using the "Install Windows 7 or later version" feature, shouldn't the flash drive be conncected throughout the duration of the procedure? And I may not be using the correct vocabulary but when I was referring to "adjusting the partitions" I meant the section of the procedure where the user selects how much hard disk drive space is granted to each OS. The response is much appreciated!

Retina iMac 3tb Fusion drive Boot Camp failure

Trying to install Windows 8.1 to a 1tb Bootcamp partition on 3tb Fusion drive. BCA creates the partition, Windows installer sees it, but requires formatting it, but then it can't install to it. I get an error that it can't create or see the partition. I'm assuming this has to do with BCA creating the partition someplace Windows can't handle it (past the first 2.2tb of the drive).
Here is the info requested in a previous thread.
Rogers-iMac:~ reberhart$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         121.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         2.0 TB     disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         1.0 TB     disk1s4
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *2.1 TB     disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
                                 718A36B4-10B9-49A9-B585-CFC222080507
                                 Unencrypted Fusion Drive
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *8.0 GB     disk3
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              8.0 GB     disk3s1
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *4.0 TB     disk4
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk4s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS My Book                 4.0 TB     disk4s2
Rogers-iMac:~ reberhart$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 49E959A5-5F3C-4178-8A2D-067D2C853A96
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         2118855286784 B (2.1 TB)
    Free Space:   114688 B (114.7 KB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume D9052F80-9907-4815-8AF1-C9FF8D9C3293
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume E2271529-B42D-49F9-B231-3CAE6A0FF812
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     1997866434560 B (2.0 TB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family AAC1C060-264E-4435-9992-5380CAF17B07
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 718A36B4-10B9-49A9-B585-CFC222080507
            Disk:                  disk2
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          2112999915520 B (2.1 TB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
Rogers-iMac:~ reberhart$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
Password:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176
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 236978175
      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 236306352      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236715992     262144      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236978136          7
236978143         32         Sec GPT table
236978175          1         Sec GPT header
Rogers-iMac:~ reberhart$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 - 236978175] <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

Whoops. Should have caught that myself.
Rogers-iMac:~ reberhart$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1
Password:
gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168
gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Sec GPT at sector 5860533167
       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 3902082880      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
3902492520     1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
3903762056         376
3903762432 1956769792      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
5860532224         911
5860533135          32         Sec GPT table
5860533167           1         Sec GPT header
Rogers-iMac:~ reberhart$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk1
Disk: /dev/disk1 geometry: 97451/255/63 [1565565872 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 - 4294967294] <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

Boot camp failure

Hello, I installed Snow Leopard and now my Windows partition has crashed. I have everything working fine in Mac, but my Windows partition is crashing with an UNMOUNTABLEBOOTVOLUME error. I don't want to keep trying to boot into safe mode and risk damaging my power supply in my laptop as it always forces me to power down by holding down the power button. Does anyone know how to fix this? I already tried fixboot from Windows Repair twice, and it's not working. I've almost beaten all the additional memories on Assassin's Creed on this Windows partition (something that takes a lot of time for anyone not a gamer), and I really don't want to lose this data. HELP!!!!

OK, the solution is chkdsk /r in Windows Repair Utility from the Windows Install CD. Thanks!

IMac Drive Failures and Boot Camp - large install experience and question

We have a large 24" iMac install, purchased in August of '08, 49 machines spread across 6 offices. All run Windows Vista in Boot Camp as their primary (and mostly sole) operating mode - I will be happy to explain why after we get this cleared up, but that is not the point of this question.
We have had 11 hard drive failures, a rate of over 22% in one year. No machine has failed twice. The equipment was purchased in different groups so a bad lot is unlikely. I am aware that there is an HD failure issue with the iMac's but this seems to be extreme. Personally I've been building apples and pc's since my first apple kit, have a mac plus in a box somewhere, and am fond of these machines (as is the staff) but I've never seen a failure rate like this.
It has been suggested that it is the use of Boot Camp that is causing these failures. While I have seen viruses over the years that can lead to hardware failure I've never seen validated (or even simply non-malignant) software have the same effect.
Any thoughts on this? Could BC be the cause? Is this failure rate unusual? Have folks heard of similar cases? Thanks.

no one has any thoughts on this?

I had to replace my iMac due to hard drive and Logicboard failure, so I want to reinstall Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition. Will there be a problem reactivating Windows 7 Home Premium?

I had to replace my iMac due to HDD and Logicboard failure, so I want to reinstall Windows 7 on Boot Camp partition. Will there be a problem reactivating Windows 7 Home Premium?

Hi,
should be no problem.
Best case is you can activate online via Internet.
Worst case is you have to call Microsoft and explain that it is the same computer after a mainboard failure.
Regards
Stefan

I started Boot Camp on a MAC mini but then had a power failure after 30 secs :( Now when I start Boot Camp the option to install Windows 7 is gone. In it's place is Remove Windows 7. It seems to hang at Partitioning disk Can I recover?

I started Boot Camp on a MAC mini but then had a power failure after 30 secs Now when I start Boot Camp the option to install Windows 7 is gone. In it's place is Remove Windows 7. It seems to hang at Partitioning disk How can I recover?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
That's because the Boot Camp volume was created, but your Mac hasn't been set up to start automatically from the Windows disc. Insert the Windows DVD and press C key while your Mac is starting to start Windows installation.
If you want to make sure that everything is correct, open Boot Camp Assistant and choose the option to remove Windows 7. Then, open that application again, select the option to install Windows 7 and you will be able to install Windows as usual

Lost Boot Camp partition after failure repatitioning

I was trying to install Windows via Boot Camp, it was failure then I decided to revert changes and repartition the volume (using Boot Camp Assistant), unfortunately it was failure too, I did a hard reset. Now that partition (20 GB) is lost, even in Disk Utility. when I open Boot Camp Assitant there is no "remove boot camp" option.

Further Information:
I haven't resolved the issue yet and still working on it.
The TestDisk detailed search revealed following information:
Mac HFS                196991668 198261203    1269536
> Mac HFS                196991676 198261211    1269536
   MS Data                196993024 500117503 303124480 - found using backup sector
   MS Data                498685953 499400704     714752- found using backup sector
   Mac HFS                498848616 500118151    1269536- found using backup sector
   MS Data                499400704 500115455     714752
   MS Data                499473315 499479488       6174- found using backup sector
   MS Data                499479488 499485661       6174 [Boot]
Thank you.

Power Failure: Boot Camp Installation gone horribly wrong

Was in the middle of the Windows installation part of the Boot Camp setup, and our building had a brief power failure. The Mac went dark. Upon reboot, it boots to a white screen but progresses no farther. The Windows XP install disk is still in the SuperDrive.
1. Partition was created successfully by Boot Camp Assistant
2. Windows installation had started, and was in the process of reformatting the partition to NTFS when the power failed.
3. iMac boots to white screen and stops.
I assume I need to get the WinXP disk out so I can boot from the OS X disk, but it isn't patently obvious how to do this without an OS interface. No hole to poke in a paperclip a la Windows drives.

Tried with no progress: still stuck at WSOD (white screen of death).
1) Booting with the Install Disk 1 in the SuperDrive while holding down the C key.
2) Booting while holding down the Command + Option + O + F keys
3) Booting while holding down the Command + Option + P + R keys
4) Booting while holding down the X key
5) Booting while holding down the Option key (this generates a non-functioning mouse pointer on the WSOD, which is more than anything else has done).
I have held down the keys in the following orders:
a) Before I push the power button
b) As soon as I push the power button
c) As soon as I hear the Mac chime
I have released the keys in the following orders:
a) As soon as the white screen appears following the chime.
b) Held for 60-90 seconds or more, with no change/response on the screen.
Unless someone else can offer another option, this is likely my next approach:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6498723&#6500810

Solution to Boot Camp partition failure due to: "some files can't be moved"

I have had problems getting boot camp to partition my drive, reporting that
"The disk cannot be partitioned because some files can't be moved." Solutions offered involve either backing up your entire drive and restoring it (SuperDuper), or defragging with commercial software (iDefrag).
This solution does not require a spare external drive, nor commercial software.
1) Using Disk Utility, shrink your main drive by the desired windows partition size. Click the Physical Drive, select the Partition tab, and resize the main partition by dragging the corner of the graphical partition representation. Click apply. This operation may take a long time, because it moves all the files at the end of the drive to other places on the drive.
Even though you now have free space at the end of the drive, Boot Camp Assistant will not use it (it wants to resize your main partition).
2) Now use Disk Utility to expand the main drive to fill the entire disk. This effectively reverses the change you made in step 1, but no files are using the space at the end of the drive anymore. Click Apply. This should go faster than step 1. Close Disk Utility.
3) Using Boot Camp Assistant, create the Windows partition. Choose a partition size no larger than the amount you shrunk your main partition in step 1. Your Windows partition will finally be created.
Works for me. If it works for you, please spread the word.

Chris Thielen wrote:
I have had problems getting boot camp to partition my drive, reporting that
"The disk cannot be partitioned because some files can't be moved." Solutions offered involve either backing up your entire drive and restoring it (SuperDuper), or defragging with commercial software (iDefrag).
This solution does not require a spare external drive, nor commercial software.
1) Using Disk Utility, shrink your main drive by the desired windows partition size. Click the Physical Drive, select the Partition tab, and resize the main partition by dragging the corner of the graphical partition representation. Click apply. This operation may take a long time, because it moves all the files at the end of the drive to other places on the drive.
Even though you now have free space at the end of the drive, Boot Camp Assistant will not use it (it wants to resize your main partition).
2) Now use Disk Utility to expand the main drive to fill the entire disk. This effectively reverses the change you made in step 1, but no files are using the space at the end of the drive anymore. Click Apply. This should go faster than step 1. Close Disk Utility.
3) Using Boot Camp Assistant, create the Windows partition. Choose a partition size no larger than the amount you shrunk your main partition in step 1. Your Windows partition will finally be created.
Works for me. If it works for you, please spread the word.
That's an excellent idea; but even though Leopard DU does claim that you can do what you did without losing anything, stuff happens, and I would never do what you did without a full backup. If you are running TM, that's enough. But repartitioning a drive without a backup is dangerous.

Boot Camp Update failure

Hello good people, hopefully someone can help.
Issue: Boot Camp Update 2.1 failing to install.
I recently did an erase and install on my MacBook. I have run through the steps provided by the installation guide (http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/). I then went to the Apple Software Update program within Windows Vista Ultimate (32bit), selected Boot Camp Update and selected Install 1 item. I then selected Boot Camp Update Download Only from the Tools drop down menu. I then opened the Open Downloaded Updates Folder...selected the downloaded file and selected Apply. that procedure produced a system restart. Restared and tried again, same result.
I have tried the above steps with security software enabled AND disabled.
Does anyone have a step by step resource to sucessfully install Boot Camp Update 2.1?
Thanks for reading, if you have any questions or suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.
Martin

http://support.apple.com/downloads/BootCamp_Update_2_1_for_Windows_Vista32
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1845
Do you have 10.5.5 DVD or later? you may not need 2.1, and it was a two step update, first to update Apple Software Update itself to 2.x, then to update other components.
Some programs like iTunes, Safari 4 beta and others include an Apple Software Update (and cannot be not installed, it gets installed regardless of choosing not to).
Some problems can be related to default language settings.

Harddrive Failure or Boot Camp Problem?

Is my drive dying or something else?
I have a Mid-2007 Intel iMac running 10.8.4 (and Boot Camp) for some time now with very few problems... until last weekend. So, the Master Boot Record or something failed and my startup screen was gray on startup with the Apple logo and spinning wheel and a status bar with about 10% or less shown and then the screen goes black. I created a USB Mountain Lion disk and managed to boot to that and get my Home folders and applications off the internal HDD to another USB drive and a laptop. Reformatted the Apple partition (Windows partition sill intact) and started clean. Got everything loaded and transferred and then backed up photos again. Ran disk permissions and lots of Canon photo and printer files (newly installed) were out of whack. Repaied permissions. Ran Super Duper to clone the whole new fresh Apple partition. It failed and the machine would not turn off. MBR (or something) fried again. Now backing up files AGAIN from USB version of Mountain Lion.
So, is this boot camp being squirrelly or is the internal HDD ready to die (it is fairly old in HDD years) or is it something else? There have not been any physical sounds coming from the drive.
I was hoping for a quiet iMac upgrade last Tuesday, but that did not happen.

It was indeed the S.O but occurred another problem, I can't seem continue after format the boot camp partition on the windows install setup.
I read a little bit about this and found it's because the 3TB HDD can't make the GPT partition, soo I'tried make a MBR but I can't resize the partition because of the fusion drive.
Any suggestion ?
I look a post talk about use a image generated by winclone. Would be a problem if I use a Mac Book Pro to make the windows partition boot camp and clone in the other IMac with the winclone, or Am I talking nonsense ^^''.

Windows 7 boot camp install failure

I recently lost my HP dual xeon Windows 7 workstation; the motherboard died. I then took the 1TB hard drive out of that pc and installed it in my Mac Pro. It won't boot from the Windows 7 x32 drive, so I backed up the data, and wiped the drive. Now I'm attempting to perform a Boot Camp installation, but even though I've reformatted the 1TB drive as NTFS, the Windows 7 install cd doesn't like the partition. I've even deleted the partition using the Windows 7 disc, but that didn't get it to start working either. Any suggestions? I'd really like to get a Windows environment back up and running because I'm working through some Windows certification material and running from VMWare Fusion is too slow.

Ok, I'll try to install not using the boot camp procedure.
1) I attempted to boot directly from the Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit cd, and all the screen said was "Boot:" and it wouldn't take any input from the keyboard, numbers or letters.
2) I attemped to boot directly from the Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit cd, and it says "Windows cannot install to the selected location, error 0x80300024. When I attempt to wipe the hard drive from having booted the Windows 7 disc, it errs out with "Failed to create a new partition, error 0800040005"
3) Frustrated, I booted from an Ubuntu 12.04LTS CD to see if I could install that to the hard drive instead, and it just gives me a blank mauve screen.
Reminder, this is a 2006 Mac Pro. If I had a steady job maybe I'd upgrade to a 2008 Mac Pro, but there's not many IT jobs in northern Indiana.
Maybe I'll try installing Boot Camp again in a couple of days.

Boot Camp...long term success or failure?

I'm curious to find out how others feel about Apple's decision to incorporate Windows into to its Mac-Tel comptuters. Namely, will the ability to run Windows natively on Apple computers 1) help software development for OS X or 2) hinder software development for OS X?
For example, suppose Company A has been developing Windows based software for years, but has been comptemplating finally providing a Mac-based version. Will Boot Camp now cause Company A to reverse its course and dump the Mac version? I suspect there are a lot of Company As out there.
Regards,
Joel

Honestly, I have no idea. I could see it go either way, but if the schedule keeps slipping for Vista, and we see a significant rise in MacTel sales, companies are gonna want a piece of the action.
I think the key to long term Mac PC sales (for non-corporate use) is winning over the gamers. Gamers drive PC technology. If Apple were to release a Mac that was able to utilize PC video cards, that would really help.
However, my wife thinks this is a terrible idea, and that it will decrease the incentive to port to Mac. And the wife is always right in my house
MacBook Pro 2.16GHz/1GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) iBook G4 1.2GHz/1.25GB RAM

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