Boots to windows cd

Have tried to install windows XP with bootcamp, when installation is complete?? it reboots back to installation cd and wants to install again.
tried everything to stop it, safe mode etc but always boots to the CD, Cannot eject CD, help please.

If you don't get an answer in this forum I'd recommend reposting in the Boot Camp forum.

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  • Can only boot into Windows 7. Can't even boot from Snow Leopard DVD.

    I have no idea what prompted this. I don't recall installing any OS updates recently, other than some Windows Live apps in Windows 7.
    I have an early 2009 Mac Mini with Snow Leopard, and have Windows 7 64-bit installed in a Boot Camp partition. When I installed Windows 7, I couldn't get the Boot Camp utility to install within Windows (I guess because it's 64-bit) so to switch back and forth between OSes, I just shut down the Mac and restart it with the Option key pressed, and select Mac OS X when I want to return to Mac. This has worked for about a month and a half now (ever since I got Windows 7). Suddenly I have problems.
    I first had problems booting into Windows or Mac. I got to the grey screen with the Apple logo, with that spinning "progress" thing going for a while, then it would freeze up and get stuck on the grey screen with the Apple logo. I zapped the PRAM. No help. Then, after disconnecting all external drives (I have several) and extra USB devices, I was able to boot from the DVD install disk and reinstall Snow Leopard on my internal drive. Joy, or so I thought. Then I booted into Windows 7, and after some weirdness getting it to start, it did successfully start and ran just peachy.
    Then I turned off the Mac and held down the option key (as usual) to return to Mac OS. But now all that happens is that I get a grey screen for a few seconds, then the Mac boots back into Windows 7, which seems to work fine. (I'm in Windows 7 right now.) I turned on one my external drives (Snow Leopard installed, connected via Firewire 800) in hopes that the Mac would boot into that, but same thing. Ignored and back to Windows 7.
    Then I thought I'd boot from the install DVD again by putting it in the drive and holding down the C key as I restart, but the same thing--a grey screen for a few seconds, and then booting right into Windows 7. I can't seem to escape Windows 7! It's a bit disturbing when it won't even recognize the install DVD.
    I tried to call Apple Care since I'm within my 90 day support window, but of course they are closed. I'm figuring that I'm going to have to take this into an Apple Store, but thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.

    According to Apple, Win 7 64bit is supported with Bootcamp 3.0. If bootcamp 3.0 is available; I could not find it anywhere on Apple's website. It appears the most recent version is 2.2. The only place I could find 3.0 is not on Apples website and it's a questionable source so I won't post it here.
    It may just be a matter of time before Apple makes it available. I'm not suggesting you wait, however if the install disk can't be used, I'm not too sure where u could go from there. Calling Applecare might work.
    If you do a simple google search using the terms 'download bootcamp drivers windows 7' u will see what I was referring too.
    Here's what I found from Apple (It doesn't specifically mention 64bit however just win7): http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3920
    This is not from Apple, but specifically addresses whether they support win7 64bit: http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/31/boot.camp.win.7.64.support/
    Here is more info about bootcamp 3.0 and win7: http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

  • What happens if i boot with windows an install a new version of windows on mac book pro ?

    I tried to install a windows on my mac book pro but i couldn't because of i don't know different problems which finally in this forum they told me u can not because of my hard disk partitions ( Link to that post) , now i am using vmware but its really slow for windows 8.1 and visual studio .
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    2. if no , can i format any partition for new partition during windows installation?
    3. if i could install a windows , who is the boot loader ? windows or mac ? can i still boot to windows or what ?

    majid khalili wrote:
    I tried to install a windows on my mac book pro but i couldn't because of i don't know different problems which finally in this forum they told me u can not because of my hard disk partitions ( Link to that post) , now i am using vmware but its really slow for windows 8.1 and visual studio .
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    i have now a question , what happens if i boot with win 8.1 boot able DVD and install a new windows ?
    the main questions are :
    1. does it recognize any of my partition to select for windows installation ?
    2. if no , can i format any partition for new partition during windows installation?
    3. if i could install a windows , who is the boot loader ? windows or mac ? can i still boot to windows or what ?
    1. Windows installer will not work and you will end up with driver issues.
    2. No.
    3. You cannot, but if you could, the Apple Bootmanager would be your Boot Manager/Loader.

  • Can't boot to windows 7 on mountain lion

    i have MacBook Pro 13" middle 2009, with ML 10.8.1.  i want to make dual boot with windows 7 but always stuck on booting.
    i use boot camp assistant from ML to install windows 7, and everything going well untill windows need for restart to completing installation.
    after restart, the screen just show a question mark inside the blinking folder.. and i can't boot onto my windows.
    i have try to shut it down, and turn on my MBP again with push option button, and there is a windows choice to boot on there, beside boot to ML and recovery.
    but it always back onto screen with question mark and folder blinking..
    i already try :
    - make my hdd in one partition, formatted, clean install ML, and try install windows 7 again from boot camp assistatt..
    - try to download another windows 7 (home premium, ultimate), and install it..
    - try to install windows 7 from USB flashdisk via reFIt..
    - install windows 7 from external portable disk drive..
    - install windows 8
    - repair hdd using disk utlity (its good, no one error, showed result good with green font)
    - verify hdd, S.M.A.R.T verified
    - try to formatted bootcamp with fat via disk utility before install
    - formated bootcamp via windows installer (of course)..
    and everything i try, just stuck on booting to windows.. again question mark folder..
    i have googling for whole week, but no one article help me..
    and i already show that question mark folder more than hundreads time (everytime want to boot to windows)..
    but if im boot to ML, its perfect, directly load ML..
    please help me if someone know what should i do.. i need windows for my persentation this week..
    (im sorry if my english does not that good, im indonesian )

    i have MacBook Pro 13" middle 2009, with ML 10.8.1.  i want to make dual boot with windows 7 but always stuck on booting.
    i use boot camp assistant from ML to install windows 7, and everything going well untill windows need for restart to completing installation.
    after restart, the screen just show a question mark inside the blinking folder.. and i can't boot onto my windows.
    i have try to shut it down, and turn on my MBP again with push option button, and there is a windows choice to boot on there, beside boot to ML and recovery.
    but it always back onto screen with question mark and folder blinking..
    i already try :
    - make my hdd in one partition, formatted, clean install ML, and try install windows 7 again from boot camp assistatt..
    - try to download another windows 7 (home premium, ultimate), and install it..
    - try to install windows 7 from USB flashdisk via reFIt..
    - install windows 7 from external portable disk drive..
    - install windows 8
    - repair hdd using disk utlity (its good, no one error, showed result good with green font)
    - verify hdd, S.M.A.R.T verified
    - try to formatted bootcamp with fat via disk utility before install
    - formated bootcamp via windows installer (of course)..
    and everything i try, just stuck on booting to windows.. again question mark folder..
    i have googling for whole week, but no one article help me..
    and i already show that question mark folder more than hundreads time (everytime want to boot to windows)..
    but if im boot to ML, its perfect, directly load ML..
    please help me if someone know what should i do.. i need windows for my persentation this week..
    (im sorry if my english does not that good, im indonesian )

  • Can't boot to windows, stuck at black screen (with cursor)

    Hi! I'll get straight to my problem: I can't boot to Windows (Windows 10 Technical Preview) anymore after installing VirtualBox (or rather, an Android emulator that installed VirtualBox) on my system. I get stuck, after the loading animation with the blue HP logo, on a black screen (I can move my cursor around) but the login screen never shows up.
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    I'm currently dual-booting linux and windows for several purposes. My laptop came with a Windows 8.1 OS by default. Some time after the Windows 10 Tech Preview came out to public, I upgraded my system to Windows 10 (so my 8.1 is gone now). Everything's going well until I installed this Android emulator (which installed VirtualBox) on Windows 10. Everything seemed fine at first but after rebooting, Windows isn't working anymore. I can still boot to linux, but Windows just won't boot properly.
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    6: Hard reset (remove all power sources then hold power button). Still not working.
    7: System Restore again. All the restore points aren't working. It reaches a "Finished" state, but then an error comes up after. It says can't extract a specific file, and the restore point is damaged or might have been deleted during restore.
    8: checking and fixing bad sectors (nope, no bad sectors on my hard drive)
    9: built-in component tests. It passed all of them, except the battery test (my battery really isn't surviving for any duration longer than 30 minutes, but that shouldn't affect my OS). I didn't try the really long tests since I thought it wouldn't matter as my problem is most probably completely software (since linux is still working).
    10: cry. oh please. Windows isn't working. What should I do? (
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    1: RAM and CMOS battery reset.
    2: Reset PC.
    3: Format hard drive.
    4: Test hard drive on another laptop's system.
    If possible I'd like to avoid getting my hard drive wiped, since I have a lot of stuff to backup (more than 300 GB of files + dozens of linux apps and ppas), and I only have a 32GB USB drive to backup all the files I need).
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    Sorry for the delay. Wasn't expecting the "road work" signs when attempting to check back with you in the AM here.
    As others have already mentioned, the prompt for file systems occurs during text mode setup. Quick or Full? FAT or NTFS? How do you know what to do?
    We'll start with file systems, short and sweet. Most any OS can read and write FAT volumes without fail which makes FAT ultra-portable, and the only choice if you want to let Mac OS write documents on your Windows volume. It's also more efficient on drives of 16 GB or less. However, FAT has no folder-level access control, so any file in the system can be manipulated by any user or by any system process. By contrast, NTFS is far more restrictive. It can only be manipulated under Windows, though other systems may be able to read it. Not only do you get the access control that FAT lacks, but you also get superior efficiency on large volumes, plus the power to compress or encrypt folders and files at will (in "business" flavors of Windows only--and yes, Vista Ultimate counts as "business" even though it will be supported much like a "consumer" version).
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    Nate

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

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  • I can't boot to Windows after resizing my Mac partition.

    So, I recently decided to resize my bootcamp Win7 partition. This is something I have done successfully before, by:
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    07
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    p
    w
    y
    q
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    fdisk: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory
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      manual Show entire man page for fdisk
      reinit Re-initialize loaded MBR (to defaults)
      auto Auto-partition the disk with a partition style
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      disk Edit current drive stats
      edit Edit given table entry
      erase Erase current MBR
      flag Flag given table entry as bootable
      update Update machine code in loaded MBR
      select Select extended partition table entry MBR
      print Print loaded MBR partition table
      write Write loaded MBR to disk
      exit Exit edit of current MBR, without saving changes
      quit Quit edit of current MBR, saving current changes
      abort Abort program without saving current changes
    fdisk: 1>

  • Black screen when trying to boot into Windows 7

    Hello everyone.
    Today we've encountered an issue with one of our MacBook Pros with Windows 7 installed. The computer was booted into Windows 7 (it's strictly used as a Windows machine by this particular user) and after a time of inactivity it went to sleep. It wouldn't wake up from it's sleep so we tried a hard boot. At that point we would get the grey screen, the Apple tone wouldn't sound off and it would just go to a black screen (by default we have it booting to windows). So then we reset the PRAM. Now, we get the apple tone and we can boot into the Mac side. But when we try and boot into Windows, we get a blank screen.
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    So I booted into Windows, got the blank black screen. Then I went into another computer, fired up remote desktop and voila! I'm in the machine!
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    Hello there,
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    I m sorry if I confused you with my english...
    If anyone knows please help!
    Thanks

  • Unable to boot into Windows 7

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  • Cannot boot into Windows

    You have probably heardd this a thousand times, but...............
    I have installed Solaris 10 on a hard drive with Windows XP Pro & Windows XP Pro 64 bit on other partitions.
    Although the GRUB option to boot into Windows is there, chosing it results in the system hanging (ie black screen with just a flashing cursor).
    Attempting a repair with XP 64 bit results in an error message to the effect that a "valid partition etc etc" does not exist.
    Both the XP and XP 64bit paritions are still there and I can access everything on them from Windows on a second disk.
    I therefore take it that the MBR has been changed.
    So, you know the next silly question - how do I fix it so I can boot into my Windows XP Pro & Windows XP Pro 64 bit ?
    Mike

    It is advisable to be a bit more conservative and to perform backup of MBR before starting installation in quite complex environment. Appropriate command may have the form:
    dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr.bin bs=512 count=1
    Restoring:
    dd if=mbr.bin of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
    Here hda is a plug-in, sda may be necessary on other hardware platform.
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    1) Boot from installation DVD and start single user shell.
    2) Next issue a command:
    /a/sbin/installgrub -m /a/boot/grub/stage1 /a/boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c0d1s0
    3) Check grub.conf contents - it should perform loading from the first disk. The value c0d1s0 depends on details of Your installation.
    Additionaly I assume that You have installed Windows operating system on separate partition. All Windows data, i. e. Your user data are on another partition. In such a case You may try as a last resort reinstallation of Windows followed by new Solaris installation (+ previous MBR backup).
    Good luck!
    Mark

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