Booting from Optical Drive - Drive omitted from boot list

Hey Guys - I've read similar posts yet none seems to offer a solution. My machine came preinstalled with windows 8 which I upgraded to 8.1 and last week upgraded to Windows 10 with only one issue (display driver). The machine itself has a recovery partition. And the product key is obviously embedding within the motherboard. Obviously with the Windows 10 upgrade I am concerned about recovery issues as I believe the upgrade effectively makes the recovery partition useless (I can only go by what I've read) therfore I downloaded the winddows 10 64-bit iso from microsoft and I attempted to book the iso from my optical drive but the drive was not listed in the boot options. I'm not an amateur in this regard and when I was using 8.1 on this machine i booted from the optical drive a dvd to recover my password. I've included a screenshot to show the set up but I'm sure that'll need to be approved so in the meantime the BIOS boot set up was as follows:CD ROM BOOT - ENABLEDLEGACY SUPPORT - ENABLEDSECURE BOOT - DISABLED UEFI BOOT ORDER - SAME AS LEGACY LEGACY BOOT ORDERUSB CD/DVD ROM DRIVEINTERNAL CD/DVD ROM DRIVEUSB DISKETTE ON KEY/USB HARD DISKNOTEBOOK HARD DRIVE! NETWORK ADAPTER - (network adaptor boot disabled by the way) Now I'm trying to boot from teh internal dvd/cd drive not usb and i have swapped them around it made no difference. If i can post two screen shots i'll also post the boot list. I should also add the the disc itself boots on another machine no problem and the internal optical drive on my HP machine passes all the HP diagnostics. So with all that said - what is the issue. I did contact HP support on twitter who ran out of ideas and suggested i wait on windows 10 updates from microsoft (why? lol) but for me this seems like the bios just inst reconising the optical drive - it's as if secure boot hasn't been turned off. So i start the machine - press Esc then F9 and select boot list and my optical drive isn't listed. FYI - I even tried refreshing the bios image but this has not effect either - so advice please?!

STILL NO ONE CAN OFFER A WORKAROUND FOR THIS? WHERE ARE ALL THESE EXPERTS???

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H430 Optical Drive Drivers

While attempting to play a DVD, I came to the realization that the optical drive is not showing up among my devices! Sure enough, when I have Windows 7 try to troubleshoot the problem, it is telling me to download the appropriate drivers for the Optical Drive. (Bit embarrassing as I've had this machine for almost 2 months now!)
The optical drive will open and close with pushing the button, but that's about it. "Add a Device" does nothing. Here's what Windows 7 tells me:
There is a problem with the driver for CD-ROM Drive. The driver needs to be reinstalled.
Device information
Name:ID:Error code:
CD-ROM Drive
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_DVD-RW_SH-216AB________________LE03____\4&1314406&0&0.1.0
19
Windows 7 was not able to update or install the driver from its end.
No problem, I'll try the Lenovo site! I go to "support," "drivers and software" and enter in that my machine is the H430 Desktop.
Unfortunately, I can't find any optical drive drivers among the list of available drivers for the H430.
Here's what I find for H430 drivers from this site:
Audio
Camera and Card Reader
Chipset
Ethernet adapter
Keyboard
Others
TV Tuner
USB device
Video
Wireless LAN
Am I missing something here? Is what I'm looking for hidden among those options? Do I have to check out some 3rd party site to download the driver? Is the darn thing just not plugged in all the way?
Please help!

RPASr wrote:
Are the drivers available.
Hi,
You can find all drivers for Windows 7 32bit & 64bit for your machine from the following link:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=4057874
Regards.
BH
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Optical drive not recognized in system profile after hardware rebuild

This is an old MacBook Pro. Apple call it vintage.
Logic board died, so rather than consign it being a doorstop, I took out the logic board and "cooked" it to reflow the solder. It actually worked!
Just prior to this and just before the logic board completely bit the dust I'd inserted a DVD into the optical drive, where it sat and didn't read, wasn't recognized etc. I was trying to drop back down in OS as Lion was too resource hungry for the old machine, so it was an OS install disk. Panther I think?
So now I've got the logic board working, but I cannot remove the DVD. I tried all the tricks, including Terminal etc. On checking System Profile I noticed that the optical drive isn't even listed now. So my question is, is it possible I missed a connection etc when rebuilding the MBP after replacing the logic board? If so, thoughts on where I should look? Is there a way to "force" the OS to find the optical drive? Any thoughts on what to do?
I can't pull the optical drive as one of the screws is completely stripped and honestly, not sure if the laptop is even worth the cost of a replacement drive anyway.

Ok, that's it. I read a few posts in the "...SuperDrive won't accept my CD.." section. and it seems some people are just swapping optical drives like mad, ready to accept that the kit is crap, and "...oh, well, I sure hope this one works better...".
But one guy had the brains to have a look inside. Turns out dust had accumulated in the drive and on the connectors, and when he cleaned them, and unplugged and replugged them, it worked fine. So that's what I did. Took it out and put it back in. Amazing the stuff I cleared out! I also un- and re-plugged the power cable and the data ribbon at the mutha board and bingo!. We have disk, and I can breathe again.
Recommend to others they pretend they've bought a new drive, do a remove and reinstall and be very fastidious. You may not need a new one after all. I just love it that stuff can still be FIXED!
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New MAC Mini w/OSX Lion - will not boot from USB or external optical drive when attempting to use BootCamp to install Windows 7?

The University recently purchased 6 brand new MAC minis for deployment in classrooms I support. I am attempting to create a dualk--boot environment comparable to our existing computer systems, only these machines wil be running MAC OS X Lion and Windows 7. After following the procedures outlined in the BootCamp on-screen prompts, and attempting a few techniques I found in the tech support user-base, I am still unable to get the MAC mini to boot up from the USB flash drive, or from an external optical drive, so that I can complete the installation of Windows 7. When using the Boot option key at start-up, all devices are displayed suggesting that they are being properly recognized, however the computer boots to a black screen with an error message indicating that "No bootable devices are found - press any key to continue." I am able to boot into the computer's internal drive, but not from any external devices. I fully expected that the semi-automated BootCamp procedure properly prepares the USB device for booting, and for installing the Windows 7 OS.

Meh, with the price they take for a drive in Denmark, I don't think it's worth it... They take around 160 $ for the drive (that's the cheapest MacBook drive I could find), and I am not even sure that's the one I need.

Why won't it let me boot from my external optical drive?

Alright here's what I'm working with.
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mikeboyd941 wrote:
How could I put bootcamp/windows 7 on a paritition of the second hard drive?
You'll have to place the optical drive back into the machine.
Then create BootCamp partition on the primary OS X boot drive and install Windows 7 there.
Then return the other hard drive to the optical bay, run BootCamp and create the partition there (??)
Next use WinClone (MacUpdate.com), it runs in OS X, to clone the BootCamped Windows partiton to the other drive or partition on that drive.
Once Windows is there, you can go to Disk Utility and delete the BootCamp partition, absorb the space back into Macintosh HD partition.
You will have to create a GUID partition table on the other drive first (Disk Utility> Partition> Options, this will delete all data on the drive) as EFI of Mac's can only boot if there is a GPT, then you can have many partitions, one will be for Windows
(format NTFS somehow? or perhaps WinClone will do it for you? Mac's don't format NTFS that Windows requires)
the other partitions can be formatted for other uses. FAT, exFAT, OS X's HFS+ etc.
I do hear that Windows is picky about what partition it's installed in #1 or #2 should be fine , also you should do this before Windows validates with Lord Redmond or else when you Winclone, you'll have to revalidate and it takes a few days to enable it, then to get all the updates you need installed or your Windows could get pwned fast.
I haven't done this WinClone thing, I prefer virtual machines myself so I can update Windows from clean verisons,
Pointing the way is the best I can do.
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Can "Refit" Be Used for USB Boot From External Optical Drive?

Since the new Mac Mini 2011 has no optical drive, how would one make a generic USB 2.0 optical drive act as a boot device? I have heard that a utility called "Refit" can alter the boot loading order and device choices in Macs. I suppose it is also possible that the new Mini may already be set up to boot first from USB. I would appreciate any comments. It would be nice to have some kind of optical drive boot option for Windows installation and other possible utilities that need to boot before the OS in order to work. Maybe I will have to take my external optical drive to an Apple store to find out. Hope not. I also suspect that a USB keyboard will be mandatory for "Refit" and the boot drive to be used before Mac OS X is loaded.

No utility should be needed.
You can hold the Option key down during the boot process to select which drive you wish to use as a boot device.
Also pressing and holding C boots to the optical drive.
There is reportedly a pretty broad number of USB optical drives that people have been able to use as a boot device, as inexpensively as $30. I don't know that there is a specific list though. I would research whichever model you wish to buy with a quick google search or searching that model here in the forum.
Or maybe somebody will have a recommendation which one they have.

Boot from Disk without an optical drive

One of my clients brought me a 12" PowerBook G4 with booting issues. Through much troubleshooting I've determined that it needs an Archive & Install.
The problem is that optical drive is not functioning. (The client reports that the laptop was dropped at some point in the recent past & I suspect something is tweaked inside the drive. In any case it will not accept a disk.)
I am looking for a way to get the OS Archived & Installed without waiting until the optical drive is repaired. I do not have an external CD/DVD drive.
I have tried booting my G4 iMac from the install disk with the PowerBook attached in target mode, but that has failed.
I have tried putting the iMac in target mode with the disk in the drive and booting the PowerBook with the Option key. It did not show the Disk as a valid volume.
Any thoughts? or are we stuck until the dag-nabbed drive is fixed?
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PT
PS: I have backed up the user data, at least...... <Grin>

Never mind.....
(in my best Emily Litella voice)
I managed to borrow an external Optical drive and am currently booted from the install disk.
Thanks anyway!
-PT

New E540 won't boot from optical drive

Hello!
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Help please. Can't boot my iMac from the optical drive.

17" flat panel, 1GHz iMac, running OS 10.2.8.
I've been trying to do some disk maintenance and would like to be able to repair my boot disk. I've tried to boot from the optical drive, using Norton SystemWorks CD-ROM and also my iMac software install and repair DVD, holding down the C key while attempting to boot. After trying for a few seconds, a gray veil drops down and a text box telling me that I have to shut down by holding the power key for many seconds shows up. (Is this a Kernel panic?)
I've also run Repair Permissions. That program seems to stall right at the end, as the status bar is 99% full, and never completes its run.
Any suggestions?

Hi MacGeezer,
DO NOT USE NORTON SYSTEMWORKS
Norton Utilities and Disk Doctor were discontinued almost 2 years ago (for some very good reasons!). It caused much more trouble than it solved.
Here are the articles:
Symantec discontinues Mac Norton Utilities, SystemWorks
Norton Utilities, SystemWorks development halted
TMO Scoop - Symantec Confirms Norton Utilities & SystemWorks' Demise [Updated]
Tech Tool Pro and DiskWarrior are presently the most reliable utilities. For more information on regular housekeeping read this: MacOS X 10.3/10.4: System maintenance

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Hello, i am trying to install the Snow Leopard OS to my MBA (10.5.2) using the optical drive of my iMac (Lion). The moment i power up the MBA (with the option button being pressed) after i log into the wi-fi network, the only boot device i see is the Macintoxcv hard drive. Which is the MBA's hard drive.
I dont see the Optical drive of my iMac with the installation dvd inside. They are both in the same wi-fi network and the sharing is on.
If i log into the MBA i am able to remotely run the DVD but the system says that my hard drive is corrupted and i need to boot from the dvd and that i shouldn't worry because the problem will be resolved during the installation of the Snow Leopard. But i cant boot from the DVD as i previously stated.. ANy ideas?
PS. Under application/utilities on my iMac (the source DVD) i dont have the option Remote Install Mac OS to clic on.

Apple has restricted booting from optical drives to only internal ones, also I hear you can't install Windows from a external optical drive neither.
The solution in your case is to create a 10.6 install USB
http://www.maciverse.com/reinstalling-os-x-on-macbook-air.html
http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
You have to decide if you want to backup files off the machine, take your chances and upgrade your present 10.5 (which has your free iLife on it) installed copy (stable or not) to 10.6 then to 10.6.8, or
if your 10.5 installed is not exactly stable, then backup files off the machine and erase and reinstall 10.5 (which has your free iLife on it) and then upgrade to 10.6 then to 10.6.8, then Disk Utility > Repair disk (from the 10.6 USB) then install 10.6 programs fresh and files from backup or
erase the 10.5 install completely from the 10.6 USB and install 10.6.3 (no free iLife)
iLife doesn't come on the 10.6.3 Retail Upgrade disks, also you can't use another Mac's 10.6 disk to install SL on your machine.
If your 10.5 installed is stable, then consider a backup of files off the machine (disconnect any other drive) and simply upgrading 10.5 to 10.6, it will keep all your presently installed programs, although a few will require updating.
To boot off the USB, you need to hold the option key down.
Now on Mac's with a DVD drive, when the SL 10.6 disk is simply inserted, one runs a program that reboots and upgrades 10.5 to 10.6
Since you will be booted from the USB, you will have to select to install 10.6 onto the 10.5 drive, it only does that and not touches your third party programs or your files. (but backup anyway in case things go wrong)
You neeed this disk to create the USB from, can only be ordered online now as I hear.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A
If your considering upgrading to Lion from 10.6.8 Appstore, let me give you some valuable advice.
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You need a minimum of 2GB of RAM, 4GB+ is reported to be better for Lion.
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My opinion is to save Lion for a new machine, your machine will run better on 10.6 than 10.7 glitch issues.
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Boot from second optical drive

Hello,
My Mac Pro has two optical drives. The top tray (drive 1) is not working. I need to boot from the Install CD in the second, or lower, disk tray. When I hold down the C key at startup, it does not seem to recognize the CD in drive 2. Do I have to specifically point to that drive (option key?), or should it automatically go to the loaded tray? Please help. Thanks!

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Startup manager: How to select startup volume;
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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Booting from HDD/SSD in optical drive bay.

Macbook Pro 15" non retina mid 2012 2.7 GHz 8GB RAM
Hi,
A while ago I partitioned my hard drive and installed Windows 7. I use it for gaming and eventually decided I would swap my superdrive out for a SSD so Windows could run on it’s own drive.
So I now have two drives, the original Seagate Momentus XT 750GB hybrid, and a new Samsung 840 EVO SSD 1TB. Ideally I would like Windows 7 on the SSD, in the optical drive bay and OSX on the hybrid in the primary bay. My only reason for that position is that I believe the hybrid would be less prone to overheating in the primary bay. However, after a bit of research I believe Windows will only boot from the primary bay so I can live with either.
So far I have managed to boot Windows (on the SSD) from the primary bay. Works well. It would not complete booting from the optical bay.
OSX on the hybrid (this is my original drive before this upgrade) boots fine as usual from the primary but will NOT boot from the optical bay. I get the apple and loading wheel only.
A clone of that OSX on an old HDD will boot fine from the optical bay. When I booted from this drive in the primary bay I can see both the SSD and the hybrid if I have them in the optical bay and system profiler reads them well.
So my first question is; does anyone have any experience or knowledge of Momentus XT’s not working in the optical bay? I believe they had some firmware updates years ago but my drive has always ran very well until I tried it from the optical bay.
My second question is; does anyone know if it is possible to persuade my macbook pro to boot Windows from the optical drive?
Many thanks.

Well I suppose it looks like 6gb/s connection from the optical drive connection cannot be achieved on my mid 2012 model. Would be nice to know if anyone else has achieved it...

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Hey all,
I am looking to update my unibody MacBook as follows - I am swapping out my internal SuperDrive to replace it with an OWC Data Doubler bracket & Intel SSD. The Intel SSD will eventually be for the OS and apps and my original HDD will be for media.
It looks like there may be an Intel SSD firmware update I'll need to install and to do so I need to burn the firmware ISO image to a CD-R then boot from it to carry out the update. Since I'll have removed the internal SuperDrive I'll be getting an external optical drive for this and all future CD-related tasks.
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You should not have a problem booting from an external USB drive (the MacBook Air does this, for example). My recommendation is to buy an external drive from Amazon and try it. They don't have a restocking fee so you can return it if your plan doesn't pan out.
As far as installing the firmware to the intel drive, is it possible to install the SSD in the regular hard drive slot first before replacing the optical drive and running the update that way? (I don't know much about SSDs, sorry). Once the firmware itself is updated, then you could put it in the optical slot like you wanted.

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