BOOTCAMP ERROR

I recently tried installing bootcamp on my macbook pro. During installation I didn't go through with it so I checked the option to cancel. It then restarted my computer and now it only goes to a black screen that says "Press any key to boot from CD" Any idea what that means? I am pressing keys but NONE of them seems to be working. And my windows cd is still in my cd drive. Any ideas how i can resolve this issue without having to make another trip or long call to applecare?

Your question is probably more appropriately asked in the Boot Camp forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237

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We have a Mac Mini with both Mac OSX and Windows 7 installed on the Bootcamp partition. It's all been working fine since we installed them a few weeks ago, and we've been able to use both areas without any problems.
However, we just tried to load the Windows partition and it came up with the error message: "No Bootable Device -- Insert Boot Disk and Press Any Key". Does anybody know why this is happening as it is the first time this message has come up in a few months, and my dad is seriously ****** off right now because he has work to do on the Windows area. :/
Also, someone told me that I had to install Windows again. If this is the case, will all of the files on it be safe? If not, that's not an option.
Thanks for your time,
Tom.

We have a Mac Mini with both Mac OSX and Windows 7 installed on the Bootcamp partition. It's all been working fine since we installed them a few weeks ago, and we've been able to use both areas without any problems.
However, we just tried to load the Windows partition and it came up with the error message: "No Bootable Device -- Insert Boot Disk and Press Any Key". Does anybody know why this is happening as it is the first time this message has come up in a few months, and my dad is seriously ****** off right now because he has work to do on the Windows area. :/
Also, someone told me that I had to install Windows again. If this is the case, will all of the files on it be safe? If not, that's not an option.
Thanks for your time,
Tom.

Installing Windows 7 on Bootcamp Error

I've been trying to install Windows 7 via Bootcamp and I keep getting this error
"The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved.
Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
I have no idea what to do. Basically I need someone to give me a really simple answer on how to do this. I'm a 19 year old girl and I am not computer savvy. If someone could help me that would be fantastic.
Also I did install windows once before on my computer so I know it works I just don't remember how I did it, I guess I uninstalled because I couldn't find it anywhere/ I have no idea where to even look for it.
Thanks.

So, I went ahead and contaced apple.
It was not a pleasent experiance, I kept being bounced around diffrent support people; each time having to re-explain my problem, While they where all pretty friendly and somewhat helpful, they couldn't help me. I was therefore promoted to a "Senior Advisor", I rejoiced at the idea of this. After explaining my problem in depth and going throught everything I had done, she suggested I check out this other article posted on the Support Forums.
She sent me to this: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23756557#23756557
Which sends you to this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5488789?tstart=0
However, after following the somewhat unclear instructions on those discussions, I was completly unable to start up my bootcamp; I kept getting "Application has Crashed".
And here I am, back to square one.

Installing Windows XP sans Bootcamp error

I have a MacBook Pro running OSX 10.9.1, but I miss all my old games I used to play, so I tried partitioning the harddrive and installing Windows XP on the other half. I did this before on my old MacBook, but that was 4 years ago, and now bootcamp won't help you install anything but Windows 7 or later. After I partitioned the hardrive and restarted my computer with the disk in, I held down the option key and it brought up the install CD. I selected it, and it began unpacking the files for setup. But the second it tried to begin setup itself, the whole thing stopped and I recieved this error message:
STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D663C, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
I've tried three more times to boot from the CD but I keep recieving this error. A google search turned up only solutions for people using bootcamp from 4 years ago, which doesn't work now. Help?

cbs,
You can do it once Mavericks is installed if you have the old version of bootcamp. You create the partition, then exit out. Put the Windows disk in the drive, boot up, and install to the partition.
Helizabeth,
No, what I was thinking is pull the old hard drive out and put it in an enclosure. Use Winclone to copy and move it to your new Mac. You might also get bootcamp off it that way as well. The real upside is that you don't have to go through the whole windows install and all your old stuff is there.
http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexStar-2-5-Inch-External-Enclosure/dp/B002JQNXZC/r ef=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1392232176&sr=1-3&keywords=2.5+hard+drive+en closure

Late 2012 imac bootcamp error"Non system disk, press any key to reboot"

Hey all,
I'm having all sorts of issues with getting windows 7 installed through bootcamp. I have the late 2012 imac 27 inch fusion i7 16 gigs of ram 680gtx. I downloaded the latest bootcamp drivers to my usb after i re-formated it. Partitioned the drive 200 gig windows 700 gigs mac. It restarts and then i get this error screen, "non-system disk.(see photo below) Press any key to reboot." which of course is unresponsive. I hard reset with the Option held into boot back into mac. I'm using Windows 7 64 bit. Please, any help would be appreciated. I have a unopened copy of Bioshock Infinite waiting for me

The Macs with a built-in Optical drive use the Windows DVD, because that is what BC tells it to be set to. The USB is not made bootable on such machines.
The exceptions to this rule are (from Boot Camp 5.1: Frequently asked questions)
Can I use a downloaded (ISO) version of Windows with Boot Camp?
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Bootcamp error, 'the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.'

I am trying to set up bootcamp for gaming purposes.
I attempted this several months ago and was able to proceed to the point of accessing the Windows disk utility but noticed that I was running out of memory on the partition. I believe I deleted the partition through mac OS, thinking I would simply re-run Bootcamp. Honestly, I have forgotten the details but now am unable to get past an error message on Bootcamp saying, "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition."
Also, when I look at my disk utility settings I see I have two Macintosh HD with exactly the same numbers, i.e. 1.94 TB free of 2.09 TB.
Any assistance with this would be appreciated.
Thank you.

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         1.3 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:          Apple_CoreStorage                         905.9 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s5
   6:          Apple_CoreStorage                         801.4 GB   disk0s6
   7:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s7
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *2.1 TB     disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk0s6
                                 3D3FBA3D-8C26-4550-AD7E-CBF1FC688185
                                 Unencrypted
CoreStorage logical volume groups (2 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 31DCB352-9C95-43EC-8F16-FBFFAEF2EC92
|   =========================================================
|   Name:         Macintosh HD
|   Status:       Online
|   Size:         2093598998528 B (2.1 TB)
|   Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
|   |
|   +-< Physical Volume 2D83E3CA-C968-4A83-9900-7FE4325B15F6
|   |   ----------------------------------------------------
|   |   Index:    0
|   |   Disk:     disk0s2
|   |   Status:   Online
|   |   Size:     1292162457600 B (1.3 TB)
|   |
|   +-< Physical Volume 91499DB6-ED61-4BD9-A5FA-A3A469461673
|   |   ----------------------------------------------------
|   |   Index:    1
|   |   Disk:     disk0s6
|   |   Status:   Online
|   |   Size:     801436540928 B (801.4 GB)
|   |
|   +-> Logical Volume Family 1AC34EBA-7E2E-4483-868A-9C1208206E73
|       ----------------------------------------------------------
|       Encryption Status:       Unlocked
|       Encryption Type:         None
|       Conversion Status:       NoConversion
|       Conversion Direction:    -none-
|       Has Encrypted Extents:   No
|       Fully Secure:            No
|       Passphrase Required:     No
|       |
|       +-> Logical Volume 3D3FBA3D-8C26-4550-AD7E-CBF1FC688185
|           ---------------------------------------------------
|           Disk:                  disk1
|           Status:                Online
|           Size (Total):          2092978229248 B (2.1 TB)
|           Conversion Progress:   -none-
|           Revertible:            No
|           LV Name:               Macintosh HD
|           Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
|           Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 02021BDF-4B53-4A05-AE99-111B5ABAA416
    =========================================================
    Name:         BOOTCAMP
    Status:       Online
    Size:         905864802304 B (905.9 GB)
    Free Space:   905512476672 B (905.5 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 15BED824-E4C1-4AAF-8BB3-D4D4FAFA7ABE
        Index:    0
        Disk:     disk0s4
        Status:   Online
        Size:     905864802304 B (905.9 GB)
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168
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 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 2523754800      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
2524164440     1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
2525433976        1928
2525435904 1769267192      4 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
4294703096      262144      5 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
4294965240 1565305744      6 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
5860270984      262144      7 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
5860533128           7
5860533135          32         Sec GPT table
5860533167           1         Sec GPT header
Disk: /dev/disk0 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

How to fix bootcamp error: No bootable device --- insert boot disk and press any key

Hi everybody,
It seems that I triggered a bootcamp "bug" that involve the malfunction of the partition hierarchy after the creation of a new partition.
After some work I managed to get back again bootcamp in bootable partitions choice window, but if i select it and reboot the system
i get this error:
No bootable device --- insert boot disk and press any key
I think something is wrong with the assignment of the bootable partition, maybe is looking for windows in the wrong partition.
Any idea?
OSX 10.10.1
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Boot Camp 3.2 is the latest, so don't see why you stuck with 3.1.
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Making sure you have free space.
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See what the last program to be installed or updated. Flash 10.3 was updated.
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Thanks for your reply, appreciate it !!
Could you please clarity it further, shoud i reboot and press and hold C or option/alt. Then under the utilities i shoud repair the disk and do the rest.
Just a little heads up here, i have done the following..
""First, start the MacBook holding Command and R keys to start into OS X Recovery, and open Disk Utility.
Then, choose the second "Macintosh HD" option you see in the sidebar and verify the disk. If it's damaged, repair the drive. Finally, restart and see if the hard drive is OK""
When i chose the second "Macintosh HD" option in the sidebar, the verify disk or repair disk options we not highlighted. I could not click on them. I have attached a snapshot of this. Also i went back to the first "Macintosh HD and verified it and repaired it as well, nothing happened, still the space is not free. Please take a look at the screenshots.

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New iMac - 10.8.3 - Windows 8 - Bootcamp error EFI - MBR - GPT - Bios won't let me select Bootcamp partition

iMac late 2012 - Bought - Updated 10.8.3
W8 ISO downloaded (tried with 2) > Bootcamp > USB Booteable created
Bootcamp > Install Windows7 (8) > Partition disk (gave W8 75gb), all fine. After it's ready the iMac restarts.
It restarts and remains in a black screen. I have to force power off, restart manually.
Holding 'Alt' I DO GET into the booteable menu:
I see:
[Macintosh HD]
[Windows]
[EFI Boot]
If I select [Windows] I get to that same black screen I initially got before by bootcamp assistant
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IT WONT LET ME SELECT THE BOOTCAMP PARTITION
"The selected disk has a MBR partition table. On EFI sistems, Windows can only be installed on GPT disks"
"You can't install Windows in this disk. It is possible that the Hardware is not able to boot in this disk. Make sure he dis controller is able in the system BIOS"
I try from there to FORMAT THE DRIVE (it gives you a chance) But still theres NO WAY I CAN GO "NEXT" in the next installation step.
It has been 3 days trying and trying, PLEASE HELP BOOTCAMP GURUS!

From my experience last week installing Windows 8 on a 15" MacBook Pro (Mid 2010).using 10.8.3 OSX.
I used BootCamp Assistant to partition the OSX drive.
I have a Full Version Windows 8 x64 DVD and inserted that into the Internal DVD of the MBPro on reboot after BootCamp was finished.
I restarted and got nothing but a Black Screen.
I powered off and restarted using the Option Key.
Three Icons appeared MacintoshHD, Windows DVD Icon, and EFI Boot
I thought the DVD might be FU'd so I tried EFI Boot which did nothing.
Before burning another Windows 8 DVD I tried to hook up my LaCie FireWire external DVD with the Win 8 Install DVD inserted.
Again nothing.
So I removed the Win 8 Install DVD from the external La Cie and inserted it back into the Internal MBPro DVD.
Did a Power Off Reboot with the Option Key depressed at the chime.
Again the three icon choices.
This time selected the Windows DVD Icon and got a Black Screen agian.
BUT THIS TIME I JUST PATIENTLY WAITED!
After about 20 minutes the Windows 8 Installation Process started and I got to Install everything to the new BootCamp Partition.
I had to format the BOOTCAMP Partition to NTFS using the advanced option and had to choose NEW installaltion NOT UPGRADE.
Windows 8 installed perfectly and I installed the drivers after installation completed from the Internal DVD from another DVD I had burnt with just the Windows 8 Support Software..
I was surprised that that the MBPro took so long to recognize the Internal Win 8 Installation DVD but it did eventually recognize it and installed flawlessly.
Try the PATIENT approach and let us know if we may have found a clue here.
BTW I used System Recovery Boot Disk Utility to both Repair Hard Drive and Repair Permissions before attempting any of the above and also made a Full Time Machine Backup.
Better Safe than wiping your drive.

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After installing parallels 7 I couldn't boot into bootcamp anymore, why?

I'm still playing with my Parallels on 10.6 so it I remember right you have to "log out" completely out of Parallels. I can't remember the name but it sounds like you are using the "Desktop" emulator. It let's you stay in the Mac desktop and are able to just use the Windows applications in the background just like the Apple ones. The other way is to completely emulate Windows and have the Mac separate. You have to be able see the Windows hard drive (via Boot Camp) in or on the desktop in order to boot into Windows. You should be able to see both the "Mac HD" (or whatever you named it) and the "BOOTCAMP" hard drive icons.
Take a look at the manual and it should give you more information or go to the Parallels web site and they would have a better answer.
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It doesn't matter whether I'm trying to install windows 7 or XP sp2 or XP sp3. I get the same Error. I've tried different CDs for each flavor too. (I believe in backup!) These are NOT bootlegged so that is not the issue.
I have a 1.66MHz Macmini core duo with 2GB RAM, 250GB HD, running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. The Superdrive seems to work as I was able to burn an ISO to CD earlier today with no problems. I don't know what else to check.
Has anyone else had this problem? or maybe have any ideas of what I can try further? Any help would be appreciated. I usually don't need windows, but my Will software is PC and I need to update my paperwork.
Thanks,
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If you don't have the Operating system CD
try to repair OS or choose last known good configuration
update your BIOS (bit risky)
a few restart sometimes help
You have windows 7 CD's?
If yes, you can use start up repair
1.Insert your Windows 7 install disc
2.Restart your computer and boot from the CD
3.Press any key when you see “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD”
4.Click Repair your computer after selecting your language, time and keyboard method
5.Select the drive of your Windows installation and click Next. The standard drive is usually C:\.
6.Select Startup Repair and wait for the process to finish.
or you can perform system restore from the disk
1.Insert the Windows 7 install disc
2.Restart your computer and boot from the install disc
3.Press a key when “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD” message appears on your screen
4.Click on Repair your computer after selecting a language, time and keyboard method
5.Select the drive where you installed Windows (usually C:\)
6.ClickNext
7.Select System Restore from the System Recovery Options window
8.Follow the System Restore instructions to select a restore point
9.Restore your PC by clicking Finish
or bootrec.exe and rebuild the BCD
1.Insert your Windows 7 install disc
2.Restart your computer and boot from the CD
3.Press any key at the “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD” message
4.Choose Repair your computer after you select the language, time and keyboard method
5.Select your Windows installation drive (usually C:\)
6.Click Next
7.Select Command Prompt from System Recovery Options
8.Type the following command and press Enter: bootrec /rebuildbcd
or you can use windows or other 3rd party app to recover OS, but its also need OS media files
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-are-system-recovery-options#what-are-system-recovery-options=windows-7
http://neosmart.net/EasyRE/

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