Boot Camp, Windows, and Remote Disk?

Has anyone had any issues setting up Windows via Boot Camp via Remote Disk?
I will be purchasing a MB Air soon, and I am hoping to avoid the need for the Super Drive.
I just want to make sure that some users have had success with it.
Thank you!

You must have a superdrive to install windows via bootcamp
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307310

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    When I am using the Windows side of my Mac my Internet is not secure. When I go to a web page I get a pop up saying "this web page is not secure, anyone may be able to view any information you send".
    How do I get my Internet on the windows side to be secure?

    AlaskaKMD wrote:
    It is with any web page I go to unsing Internet Explorer.
    I have not made any changes to my browser configuration
    Yes, some web pages I go to require me to enter a username and password, like my college web page.
    I do not have anti-virus software for the windows side. I am new to using my Mac as both Mac and Windows, so I am not sure what I need on the windows side. Do I need to get anti-virus software, or spyware, security package for the windows side of the mac?
    You are running Windows without protection, what do you think?
    Download and use Microsoft Security Essentials.

  • I'm getting "Installer disk not found" message during boot camp 5 and windows 8 install on late 2011 MBP upgraded to Mavericks.

    hello,
    And thank you in advance.
    I'm getting "Installer disk not found" message during boot camp 5 and windows 8 install on late 20011 MBP upgraded to OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Any ideas?
    I've downloaded the Window support option software and the WindowSetupBox.exe and copied it to the USB drive. I tried to create an iso image from my Windows XP machine but recieved messages that Windows 8.1 could not run on XP.  I've ordered the Windows 8.1 backup media.
    Any way to proceed?
    Thanks  Tim

    download the win 8 iso from here;
    http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/download-windows-8-pro/
    then start over. install on to your usb along with the support software.

  • Installer disk not found message during boot camp 5 and windows 8 install on late 2001 MBP running Mavericks?

    I'm getting "Installer disk not found" message during boot camp 5 and windows 8 install on late 2001 MBP running Mavericks. Any ideas?
    I've downloaded the Window support option software and the WindowSetupBox.exe and copied it to the USB drive.
    Thanks  Tim 

    You might have better luck in the Boot Camp community. I'll ask the hosts to relocate your post.
    Boot Camp Community

  • Help: Windows XP on MacBook Pro Boot Camp Partition via Target Disk Mode

    Firstly, let me lay out my situation. I have an old MacBook Pro (2,2) with a broken disk drive. It was dropped in its youth and can no longer read from or write to CDs or DVDs of any kind. I have just recently bought a new MacBook Pro to replace it (6,2) and am currently trying to convert the old computer into an XP machine through Boot Camp. I'd like to be able to do so without having to buy an external disk drive.
    After a clean install of OS X (10.6.3) onto the old machine, I successfully partition 85GB of space (although I previously attempted the same with a 32GB file system to no avail as well) for XP to be installed upon. Because I cannot boot my XP install disk directly from the broken disk drive, I then close Boot Camp Assistant and shut down the computer. I start it up in Target Disk Mode to be accessed from the new MacBook (6,2).
    Once the old MacBook is connected, I insert my XP install disk into the new MacBook (6,2) and boot from the disk. After allowing the XP (Professional) boot to load the install files, I arrow-key down to my 85GB partition (FAT32, named standard as "BOOTCAMP") on the old MacBook (2,2)'s hard drive and select it as the partition I would like to install to. This is where I am directed to a new boot window that tells me in a series of paragraphs that the XP installer cannot reach the selected partition for what seems to be a number of reasons. What it seems to be trying to say to me is that it cannot do a remote install of XP on a Target Disk Mode-connected machine, while not "knowing" that I am trying to do so. It's a similar message to the one that Boot Camp Assistant shows when one tries to create a Boot Camp partition on a machine that is being accessed via Target Disk Mode (Apple puts it much more clearly than Microsoft).
    I'd be perfectly content, albiet slightly vexed, to conclude here that it is not possible, shuttle over to the nearest Best Buy, and purchase an external disk drive if it weren't for one thing: I tried the same thing two weeks ago with Ubuntu 10.10 and it installed perfectly on the Boot Camp partition I had created then (I have since wiped all and installed OS X cleanly on the laptop).
    Here comes the point/questions:
    If the Ubuntu boot disk can access the partition, why can't the XP boot disk?
    Is there some way to convince the boot system that the drive is local, rather than being accessed via Target Disk Mode?
    Is there an easy solution that doesn't even require that, and will allow me to install to the disk over a firewire connection?
    If anyone's knowledgeable and/or brave enough to tackle this one, I'll be eternally grateful. Heck, I'll be grateful if anyone even attempts to tackle it.
    Thanks,
    -Alec Page

    Windows XP will only install from the optical drive. Target Disk Mode does not work with Windows volumes. Windows will not install from any external device.

  • Boot Camp: Windows installation never begins -- Error message: No boot disk

    Ran Boot Camp:
    -Partitioned HD for Windows
    -Put my Windows XP Professional disk in (yes, it is an original, genuine, and completely separate [not bundled] disk...is it SP2? I dunno...it says 2002? Anyway, I don't know if that's the problem)
    -The Mac starts to reboot, but...
    -It EJECTS the Windows disk
    -Then says in dos-looking font, something like: No boot disk attached, insert disk and press any key when ready.
    -I press a whole lotta keys. I put all kinds of discs in there. Nothing works.
    Already checked boot camp manual and help -- said to try to re-partition. Did that. Nada.
    Any help?

    jsml wrote:
    Ran Boot Camp:
    -Partitioned HD for Windows
    -Put my Windows XP Professional disk in (yes, it is an original, genuine, and completely separate [not bundled] disk...is it SP2? I dunno...it says 2002?
    From the MS website:
    Windows XP Service Pack 2
    Release Date: August 25, 2004
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389
    I suspect you do not have the SP2 version if your disk is from 2002.
    That would be the problem.

  • "Non-System Disk" Boot Camp Windows 7 on 5K iMac

    I've been trying to install Windows 7 as a Boot Camp partition on my 5K iMac for a few days now. It's driving me crazy.
    I've tried:
    Installing from multiple different USB devices – all USB 2.0, 16gb or 32gb. I've tried 4 different sticks now. I just tried a Sandisk 16gb as someone here pointed out none of theirs worked except their Sandisk drive, but no luck with that either.
    Using multiple different ISO's, all x64 – all Windows 7 but different versions (Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate). These are all downloaded from the Digital River sources.
    I contacted Apple Support and they advised attempting the Boot Camp setup while in Safe Mode. With this method, I was unable to even begin the process as the error message 'Must be Windows 7 or higher' comes up instead. I'm pretty sure this is just because I can't mount drives in Safe Mode.
    Here's what happens:
    Format the USB drive with 1 partition, set it to Master Boot Record, FAT32.
    Run Boot Camp Assistant.
    I leave all three options selected: create USB, download Windows software from Apple, and then create the partition.
    Select the x64 Windows ISO.
    Select the USB drive. Actually, there are no other drives connected, so it just auto-selects.
    Hit 'go'. Let it do its thing. It asks for a password twice during the process, and takes about 20 minutes.
    I then create a partition. I've been using 96gb, but have tried going up to 128gb to see if that makes any difference. Nope.
    iMac reboots when that's done. It sits there for a little while with the backlight on and a black screen, then shows "Non-system disk. Press any key to restart.".
    I hit my head on the desk a few times.
    I try restarting the iMac and bringing up the boot manager to see what disks are available. There's only one: Macintosh HD. No recovery HD, and no 'Windows' drive I've seen on some other posts.
    I restart the iMac and let it try booting normally again. This time, and all subsequent attempts, I get a "No bootable disk" error.
    At this point I find some sorta-relevant post that recommends trying something else, so I remove the partition and try that – a different USB, a different ISO (of the same thing). I do not have a disk drive of any kind and cannot use Windows that way.
    I've updated to the latest version of Yosemite, but that changed nothing. I've also tried inserting the bootable USB in my rMBP 13", but that doesn't show it as a boot disk either.
    Not sure if maybe I'm missing a step? I've been following Apple's step-by-step guide in their Support pages.
    If anyone has any experience with this problem, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

    Ok. I've created a Boot Camp partition, and WININSTALL is the USB drive I've created via Boot Camp Assistant.
    disutil list:
    /dev/disk0
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
       2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         371.4 GB   disk0s2
       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
       4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                128.0 GB   disk0s4
    /dev/disk1
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *371.1 GB   disk1
                                     Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                     9559D7F7-15A3-43F4-9DB0-04AC36197E53
                                     Unencrypted
    /dev/disk2
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *16.0 GB    disk2
       1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              16.0 GB    disk2s1
    diskutil cs list:
    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
    |
    +-- Logical Volume Group CF98980E-1B0A-484F-9EFB-65B047F4DD7A
        =========================================================
        Name:         Macintosh HD
        Status:       Online
        Size:         371418034176 B (371.4 GB)
        Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
        |
        +-< Physical Volume 4357254B-9237-4328-A90C-10C90ABA1107
        |   ----------------------------------------------------
        |   Index:    0
        |   Disk:     disk0s2
        |   Status:   Online
        |   Size:     371418034176 B (371.4 GB)
        |
        +-> Logical Volume Family 084DA53D-4F5B-4A6C-9A9E-047CA2895641
            Encryption Status:       Unlocked
            Encryption Type:         None
            Conversion Status:       NoConversion
            Conversion Direction:    -none-
            Has Encrypted Extents:   No
            Fully Secure:            No
            Passphrase Required:     No
            |
            +-> Logical Volume 9559D7F7-15A3-43F4-9DB0-04AC36197E53
                Disk:                  disk1
                Status:                Online
                Size (Total):          371082489856 B (371.1 GB)
                Conversion Progress:   -none-
                Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
                LV Name:               Macintosh HD
                Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
                Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0:
    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500277790720; sectorsize=512; blocks=977105060
    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 977105059
          start       size  index  contents
              0          1         MBR
              1          1         Pri GPT header
              2         32         Pri GPT table
             34          6        
             40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
         409640  725425848      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      725835488    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      727105024        512        
      727105536  249999360      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
      977104896        131        
      977105027         32         Sec GPT table
      977105059          1         Sec GPT header
    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0:
    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60821/255/63 [977105060 sectors]
    Signature: 0xAA55
             Starting       Ending
    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
    2: AC 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -  725425848] <Unknown ID>
    3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 725835488 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
    4: 0B 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 727105536 -  249999360] Win95 FAT-32
    Thanks for taking a look at this. I haven't been able to find a Windows 8.1 ISO to try as I don't have a license for that, only Windows 7.
    Also, the USB stick I'm using now is a Sandisk Cruzer. I've seen it used elsewhere here with success, so figured it must be a suitable device.
    Any ideas of what else to try?

  • Very strange hard disk problem - Boot Camp/Windows related?

    On my first gen 1.83 GHz MacBook Pro (now at 10.5.2 with all System Updates applied), I've had Win XP Home installed under Boot Camp (from the very first beta, updated to the release Boot Camp assistant now) for well over a year. At one time about 14 months ago I tried using Parallels, but that used too much battery power, so I deleted Parallels. I don't know whether that left any traces of itself behind.
    More recently I've been amazed at how well VMWare Fusion works on my Mac Pro, so I decided to try it on my laptop. I installed the Fusion application and tried to "adopt" my Boot Camp partition installation of Win XP. I think I goofed and didn't install VMWare tools at the proper moment, because Windows went on a self-directed hunt for drivers after installation, and when I tried to start the virtual machine inside Fusion, Windows told me it needed to be activated by Microsoft and wouldn't even allow me to log in to do the activation.
    Wondering whether there might be some residual of the Parallels "hooks" to Windows contaminating things, I decided just to reinstall Windows.
    I used Boot Camp Assistant to remove the Windows partition. The first clue that something was now amiss was that I decided to reboot the laptop after reclaiming the Windows partition, and when I did so I encountered a black screen with a decidedly "microsoft pre-start up" text message on my screen, something like "press any key to start up from the removable media drive", then "press any key to start up", neither of which would work (even with a bootable disk in the optical drive).
    So, I rebooted holding down the option key and was able to start up Mac OS X 10.5.2. Only one volume was shown now in "About this Mac" and on my desktop, so I ran Boot Camp Assistant again to re-create a Boot Camp partition. UNFORTUNATELY, in the midst of this, I encountered my first ever kernal panic ("windowshade" effect descending down the screen and multiple-language dialog telling me I needed to reboot).
    I rebooted and ran Disk Utility, which told me my partition map was wrong and that I was missing about the amount of disk space I'd allocated to Windows in my previous Boot Camp partition. I thought at THAT point I'd solved my problem - I could just run disk utility from my Leopard startup disk. HOWEVER, the Leopard installation disk will no longer reboot the laptop!
    I confirmed that the problem is not the Leopard installation DVD, because it will boot my Mac Pro and it mounts on the desktop and Disk Utility says it's fine.
    So, I tried to repair my laptop's drive using DiskWarrior 4. That worked (at least it made a new directory, and after it did so, when I boot into the Mac OS, Disk Utility run from the hard drive also says the disk is fine). HOWEVER, the Leopard DVD still won't boot the MacBook Pro. I made one more attempt to create a Windows partition using Boot Camp assistant, and once again generated a kernal panic in the midst of partitioning.
    It seems that I've done something to the stuff on the hard drive that's needed at boot time or partitioning time. I can't erase and reformat the drive, because the Leopard install DVD won't start up the machine. Even though DiskWarrior creates a directory that Disk Utility says is fine, I cannot recreate a Windows partition.
    Any advice what I can or should do next? I can try using the System Install DVD that came with the laptop, or perhaps the system restore DVD, but my bet is they won't start the machine either.
    Please feel free to ask any questions, send me to any other resources, or contact me via email if you have ideas. I have a 10 day business trip beginning Sunday March 30, and I desperately need a working laptop by then.
    Thanks so much.

    "Responding" to my own post: the Install DVD that came with my MacBook Pro will boot it!
    So, I'll try running the earlier version of Disk Utility that came on IT (10.5.4, current Leopard version is 11.0) to repair the MacBook Pro's internal hard drive, THEN see if I can boot from the Leopard install disk (the notion being that I can (groan) recreate a virgin Leopard environment on the laptop with no traces of prior disk formatting nightmares.
    (a few minutes later): the Leopard Installer DVD will now boot the MacBook Pro. As one last attempt to avoid the whole reinstall nightmare, I'll try running Disk Utility from the Leopard Install DVD, and if it passes, make one more attempt to create a boot camp partition on my hard drive. If that doesn't work, next step is to wipe the internal drive and do a clean install of Leopard and all my other necessary stuff.
    Any other ideas?

  • Boot-camp/Windows with cordless mouse and keyboard

    I am picking up my 27" quad core iMac tomorrow. In anticipation I bought the Pogue book on Snow Leopard. In it he says that you can't install Windows with the cordless mouse and keyboard but that once installed it can be used with the cordless mouse/keyboard. Will someone please tell me he is wrong .
    Thanks.
    Alan

    I used mine to install Windows. Worked just fine till the Apple Bluetooth drivers were installed, then I just had to connect a regular USB keyboard/mouse to pair the bluetooth keyboard and mouse again.
    One suggestion, after you install the Boot Camp drivers and plug in your USB keyboard/mouse, uninstall the "Apple Bluetooth" drivers (I believe there are two of them) and restart your computer. Let Windows automatically install generic drivers for the built in bluetooth, THEN pair your wireless keyboard and mouse. After that you can reinstall the Apple bluetooth drivers if you want, although I don't think it's particularly necessary. The generic drivers seem to work fine in my experience.
    You may run into trouble pairing your keyboard and mouse, if so, refer to the "Boot Camp" section on this site, there are millions of threads about it there.

  • IMac 2008, Boot Camp 5, and Windows 7/8 32-bit & 64-bit

    I am interested in installing Windows 7 via Boot Camp 5 on my iMac (see sig) but I'm confused as to whether or not my mac is even capable of installing Windows 7 at all. Let me explain.
    According to THIS support article, Boot Camp 5 dropped support of Windows 7 32-bit whereas Windows 7 64-bit remains supported alongside the newly supported Windows 8 64-bit. So far, so good. But according to THIS support article (scroll down to "Boot Camp requirements by Mac model" and click on "iMac"), my mac model (iMac 24-inch, Early 2008) only supports Windows 7 32-bit as of Boot Camp 4 and that Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 8 64-bit are not supported for my model. ???? That's the crux of the conundrum I'm facing.
    So my question is this: can someone give me a definitive answer as to whether or not my iMac is capable of installing and running Windows 7? What about Windows 8?
    My sincere thanks in advance.

    The truth is that you can run Windows 7 and Windows 8, in both 32 and 64-bit versions, without any problem (you have a 64-bit processor). The problem is that Apple only supports a 32-bit Windows 7 version for your Mac. Why? Because Apple wanted to drop the Windows 8 support for the computer you are using.
    You can see in this page all the Macs compatible with 64-bit Windows editions > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846 As you can see, your Mac isn't supported, so you can only install a 32-bit Windows 7 version with Boot Camp if you want to run Windows correctly.
    I told you at the beggining that you can install any 32 or 64-bit Windows 7 and Windows 8 versions on your Mac because your iMac meets the requirements for both editions. However, you need the Boot Camp drivers to make Windows run properly, and here's where Apple has dropped a lot of computers, making them unusable if you install a version that Apple clasifies as unsupported. Sad but that's true

  • Is boot camp 5 and OS X 10.9 compatible with Windows 8

    I recently bought the new iMac 27" (Late 2013) with following spec:
      Intel I7 3.5 GHz
      16 Gb RAM
      3TB Fusion Drive
      GTX 780M GPU (4G)
    I have been trying to use boot camp 5 and install Windows 8 on it so I can run work programs on the new iMac.
    Read through the Boot Camp 5 manual and follow it to the letter. Everything is normal until I hit the select partition to install Windows 8 screen (this is after rebooting using the windows 8 DVD).
    Either one of the two scenario happened (I try this many times already):
      There is no partition display at all (I mean nothing) and the only thing I can do is quite and reboot back to OS X.
    or
    All the partitions are display correctly (including the bootcamp one) but I can't continue with the installation because it's still in FAT32 format and i can't re-format it to NTFS.
    I have being through the Genius Bar & Apple Tech support without any luck. I have been told by the guys at Genius Bar (who is not very helpful at all) that Windows 8 is not compatiable with OS X 10.9 .....but Apple tech support told be Yes it is.......
    How do I install Windows 8 using Boot Camp 5 on new iMac (OS X 10.9)?
    Thanks in advance!
    defiantforce

    I experienced the same quirk.
    When you select the bootcamp partition to install Windows you get the message that it is not formated correctly. This is true, Bootcamp when creating the partition formats it as FAT. To fix, highlight the Bootcamp partition and click on Advance in the lower right hand corner. This will bring up a window with multiple options. Select Delete. This will now list the partition as unallocated. On the same screen in the lower right hand corner click on New. This will now display information on reallocating the space. It will be a little less because Windows needs a work area. Click on Apply.
    You will now be able to continue with the install process. I was sucessuful in installing Windows 8 Pro and then upgrading it to Windows 8.1

  • Boot camp, windows xp and macbook pro-install problem

    MacBook Pro 1,1
    Mac OS X 10.6.8
    Boot Camp Windows XP
    I installed a SSD and want to put Windows XP back on the computer.
    I had Windows XP running under Boot Camp on my old HDD.
    During the Windows XP install when it tells you to
    press ENTER to install Windows XP
    press R to repair a Windows install
    press F3 to exit
    I can't get the install to accept any input from the keyboard.
    I tried searching the discussions but I'm not finding the answer.
    I'm sure it is just something simple I'm not doing. I had Windows XP
    running on this MacBook Pro before.
    Thanks

    I wonder if your XP works with SSD or some SSDs have had trouble with Windows on Macs...
    I'd search out PC forums + brand SSD for starters users with XP.
    Everyone I run across though have moved on to Windows 7 64-bit.

  • Windows 7, Boot Camp version and Snow Leopard?

    Hi folks, I have a 2009 quad Mac and recently upgraded to Snow Leopard. The questions I have are:
    Was the upgrade to Boot Camp 3 automatic?
    If not what do I need to do to upgrade that?
    How do I tell which version of Boot Camp I have?
    Is the update for Boot Camp yet ready for Win 7? I read that an announcement was made yesterday of an update, but not sure it was released.
    I wouldn't dare install Win 7 on my old XP PC Laptop, but I need to check web pages for my design work, and looks like Win 7 may become the standard as opposed to Vista on newer PCs.
    I am also running Parallels 4, don't know if updating bootcamp will mess up that install... or functionality.

    Okay, Boot Camp assistant, I get. I guess I was mistaken about the meaning of Boot Camp? When I boot into Windows on the installed XP system in my computer on its own partition, is Boot Camp involved in any way like an operating system or software platform foundation like DOS allowing Windows to operate, or is Boot Camp just for setting up a partition in the first place? I guess I'm wondering why Boot Camp Assistant 3 needs to be upgraded to allow the install Win 7, if I could just boot into Windows and run the upgrade in Windows? Does that make sense why I'm asking the questions?

  • Boot Camp Windows 7 fails to restart/shut down properly

    Hey everyone,
    I'm having a huge issue right now with Boot Camp. I don't know what the root of my problem is or what is influencing it, but I'm at the end of my patience because I've already removed AND repartitioned my 15'' MacBook Pro Retina's hard drive more than 3 times using the Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows 7 Professional.
    So this is my scenario in a nutshell...after partitioning my drive and installing Windows 7 Professional using Boot Camp, I boot into Windows and am installing all the software and updates that I want so that I can have a clean Windows image than I can work and restore from (using Winclone 3) in the event I have to migrate or reinstall my entire Mac OS X operating system. Hopefully what I'm trying to do sounds very simple.
    My problem...after a certain point of installing a ridiculous amount of Windows updates (or a certain 3rd party software maybe), when I select to restart or shut down WIndows, it will go to the pre-shut down/restart screen (you know, the Windows login screen), do all its prelimary stuff, show the "Shutting Down" status and then IT WILL NOT SHUT DOWN! It will just stay on that screen forever! I verified this because I left it on overnight and when I awoke the next morning, it was STILL there!
    Does anyone have any ideas?! I'm going crazy because I reinstalled Windows like 3 friggin' times and it takes a LONG time (as you know) to get and update everything. Sorry if I said any mean words, but I am very frustrated and out of patience for this.
    Thank you guys for any input/help with this.
    P.S. After creating a Boot Camp partition and installing Windows, should I be seeing the Windows partition as a startup disk candidate on the Startup Disk list under System Preferences on OS X?

    There is a BootCamp specific forum, you may get the experts over there.
    https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp?view=discussi ons

  • Can not boot into OSX after boot camp installation and resizing of Macintosh HD

    So from the beginning what I was trying to do was set up my iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)  with boot camp so that I could play some old windows based games that can not be played in Parallels.
    I went through the Boot camp process and everything set up just fine.
    I had both OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and Windows 8 Professional running but as I was installing games on to boot camp I discovered I did not allocate enough space and needed to extend the Boot Camp partition.
    I used boot camp utility to set OS X as the default start up disk and had it restart
    I launched into OS X and used Disk Utility to shrink Macintosh HD another 120GB
    Restarted again holding option and launched into Windows
    Used the disk management in windows to try and extend the boot camp partition into the unallocated space.
    It was not an option to extend it so I tried to create a new simple volume from the unallocated space then delete it and try to extend it again.
    It still was not an option.
    From there I went to restart again while holding option and the only options I had were 10.10 Recovery and Windows
    I tried using disk utility in recovery and Macintosh hd now only showed disk0s2
    I tried to verify and it could not verify
    I tried to repair and it could not repair.
    I put the iMac in target disk mode and using a thunderbolt cable I tried using disk utility from my MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
    Verifying volume “disk2s2”Verifying file system.** /dev/rdisk2s2
    Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: 000000
    File system check exit code is 8.Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
    Verify and Repair volume “disk2s2”Repairing file system.** /dev/rdisk2s2
    Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: 000000
    File system check exit code is 8.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.
    This is the same error I got on my iMac
    I used terminal diskutil list and got:
    /dev/disk2
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
       2:       Microsoft Basic Data                         799.3 GB   disk2s2
       3:                  Apple_HFS Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk2s3
       4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                70.3 GB    disk2s4
    I can see that Macintosh HD was disk2s2 but it now shows its Microsoft Basic Data.
    I did not format this partition and it was working fine till I restarted the computer after resizing Macintosh HD.
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    ****************    Update    *****************
    From the Windows Partition using Disk Management I can see that the drive is still labeled Macintosh HD and that all of my data is there.
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    What I'm most interested in is trying to solve this issue because I'd like to continue using boot camp and I actually work with mac computers and would like to be able to help others if this issue arrises again.

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