Choose startup disk
I know there's a bunch of procedures for starting up in different modes, I just can't find them on the Apple Support pages. (I know, I'm supposed to know them) Right now I want to start up on the mode where you choose the startup disk. There's others too, like starting in safe mode. I'd like to see a list of them. Like choosing startup disk, do I hold down the 's' (for startup) or the 'd' key (for disk), or maybe the 's' key is for safe mode. Thanx, sorry to ask such a nooby question.
Hi Ken Spiker;
If your Mac is shut down and you are starting it then holding down the option key will reveal the system disks.
If you are running open System Preference > Startup disk will reveal the system disks also.
Allan
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Option key can't function to access start up manager, so i can't choose startup disk. please help me
option key can't function to access start up manager, so i can't choose startup disk. please help me
If you have Apple Care, call them and get a case number. Otherwise, take the computer to an Apple store or an AASP. Whichever is more convenient for you.
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Allow all users to choose startup disk
Is there any way to allow all users to choose the startup disk on the OS X side? We want non admin users to be able to reboot to windows without having to hold down the option button when booting.
There are two methods for what you want to do.
1. Remotely - Boot Camp: Set the startup disk remotely from a server
2. Locally - How to choose a startup disk on your Mac - Apple Support -
Key combination to choose startup disk
My Windows partition is hosed. How do I get back to a screen that lets me choose my start-up disk? I can't remember the key or key combination.
Thank you,
NancyResetting NVRAM / PRAM
Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
>>Turn on the computer.
>>>Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
After resetting NVRAM or PRAM, you may need to reconfigure your settings for speaker volume, screen resolution, startup disk selection, and time zone information. If issues persist, your Mac's logic board battery (not a portable Mac's rechargeable battery) may need to be replaced. The logic board battery helps retain NVRAM/PRAM settings when your computer is shut down. You can take your Mac to a Mac Genius or Apple Authorized Service Provider to replace the battery on the logic board.
you don't press them at the same time as the power button, and it's Option, not shift -
Difference between choosing startup disk at boot, or via System Preferences
Not a technical problem exactly, just a straighforward question: when I choose a startup disk in System Preferences or in the Windows Boot Camp Utility, where is this preference stored?
I have noticed that using either of these utlities is the only way to make the disk choice persistent; booting while holding down the Alt/Option key only allows you to temporarily select a startup disk.Only difference is when you use the Startup disk applet in System Preferences the system will auto boot to that OS. When using the Option key boot system no matter which OS you select the next time you Reboot the system will boot back to the one that was selected from the Startup Disk selection.
So if you are auto booting into OS X and then reboot and use the Option key to get the Boot selection screen and select Windows (or another version of OS X) the system will boot to that selected OS. But when you do a Shut down or Restart the system will then boot back into OS X. The Option Key boot selection screen is only for that one startup.
Same thing go for if you are auto rebooting or auto starting up in Windows and use use the option key to boot into OS X. Then next time the system is restarted, Restart or shut down and then turned back on, it will Auto boot into Windows.
The Startup Disk option tells the EFI firmware which OS to Auto Boot To. The Option key is a ONE Time Boot option. -
Problems with Snow Leopard and choosing startup disk.
I just installed Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on my external drive to test it out. Most things seem to work just fine, but I'm having problems selecting a start up disk from system preferences. When I bring up start up disk, I see the internal and external drives but they are greyed out and unselectable. How do I get back to starting up off of my internal drive? Is this a common problem?
Do try CT's suggestion first; that might be the most likely explanation.
In Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, do you see both drives?
You might be able to get back into the Internal by starting up from Startup Manager. Hold the Option (Alt) key down at the startup chime. When that finishes loading, you should be presented with icons for both drives. If that succeeds, and you can return to the Internal, you can then see if the options in Startup Disk are available.
In Disk Utility, I would also repair the External, if and when you are booted back from the Internal.
And once you are booted back normally, highlight the mounted External Volume and do a Get info (CMD-I). Make sure "Ignore Permissions on this Volume" is unchecked.
Edit: as CT suggested, you should also repair Permissions, but -- and this may have changed in 10.6, not sure -- you should generally repair Permissions booted from the Volume you are repairing. Before repairing Permissions, however, on any Volume, you should first Verify that Volume. Repairing Permissions on a Volume with problems will only make those problems worse.
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Unable to choose startup disk with "Option" key
I recently ran into this problem after installing Windows through Boot Camp. When I boot up my Mac and hold the "Option" key it just ignores it completely and flies right on into whatever OS I have selected as my startup disk.
It also will not work if I have a DVD or CD in the drive, and I noticed it is doing this even without a Windows partition.
Any ideas or help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
AaronAs I said above, it works fine.
I noticed this as well: none of the keys on the keyboard work when the machine starts up. I tried plugging the keyboard directly into the Mac instead of having, at I usually do, plugged into the Cinema Display and that didn't change anything.
I recently just took the machine in for repair and the replaced an I/O board, any chance that may have something to do with it? It was working fine before I had the repairs. -
Losing disk partition after choosing startup disk
Hi,
I'm using MB Pro retina 2012, I have 3 disk partitions. 1 for Mac osx, 1 for windows (bothcamp) and 1 for data (ExFAT). I using it normally until I change startup disk to Windows. After that, data drive is not show anymore. I have more than 100GB important data on this drive. What happend? How to restore them? I cant repair disk, it doesnt work for me. It show like this on disk utility.
I've tried to mount it, repair, verify but not successful. This is the log:
2013-07-18 15:39:32 +0700: Disk Utility started.
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: Verifying partition map for “APPLE SSD SM512E Media”
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: Starting verification tool:
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: Checking prerequisites
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: Checking the partition list
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: Checking for an EFI system partition
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: Checking the EFI system partition’s size
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700: The partition map appears to be OK
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:44:53 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Verifying and repairing partition map for “APPLE SSD SM512E Media”
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Starting repair tool:
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Checking prerequisites
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Checking the partition list
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Adjusting partition map to fit whole disk as required
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Checking for an EFI system partition
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Checking the EFI system partition’s size
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Reviewing boot support loaders
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: Updating Windows boot.ini files as required
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700: The partition map appears to be OK
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:44:55 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:51:33 +0700: Disk Utility started.
2013-07-18 15:59:19 +0700: Disk Utility started.
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Preparing to remove partition from disk: “APPLE SSD SM512E Media”
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: 1 partition will be removed
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: 1 partition will not be changed
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Partition 1
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Name : “Mac”
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Size : 101.93 GB
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: File system : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Do not erase contents
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Partition 2
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Size : 398 GB
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: File system : Free Space
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Beginning partition operations
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Unmounting disk
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Finishing partition modifications
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Waiting for the disks to reappear
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700: Partition complete.
2013-07-18 15:59:36 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Preparing to partition disk: “APPLE SSD SM512E Media”
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: 1 partition will be created
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Partition 1
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Name : “Mac”
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Size : 499.93 GB
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: File system : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Do not erase contents
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700:
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Beginning partition operations
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Verifying the disk
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Checking file system
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Performing live verification.
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Checking extents overflow file.
2013-07-18 15:59:42 +0700: Checking catalog file.
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: Checking multi-linked files.
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: Checking extended attributes file.
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: Checking volume bitmap.
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: Checking volume information.
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: The volume Mac appears to be OK.
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: Unmounting disk
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: Finishing partition modifications
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: Waiting for the disks to reappear
2013-07-18 15:59:53 +0700: Growing disk
2013-07-18 15:59:54 +0700: Partition complete.
2013-07-18 15:59:54 +0700:
2013-07-18 16:36:53 +0700: Disk Utility started.
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Preparing to partition disk: “APPLE SSD SM512E Media”
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: 3 partitions will be created
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700:
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Partition 1
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Name : “Mac”
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Size : 100 GB
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: File system : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Do not erase contents
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700:
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Partition 2
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Name : “Mac 2”
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Size : 298.93 GB
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: File system : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700:
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Partition 3
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Name : “BOOTCAMP”
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Size : 101 GB
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: File system : Windows NT File System (NTFS)
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Do not erase contents
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700:
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Beginning partition operations
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Verifying the disk
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Checking file system
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Performing live verification.
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2013-07-18 16:37:07 +0700: Checking extents overflow file.
2013-07-18 16:37:18 +0700: Checking catalog file.
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: Checking multi-linked files.
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: Checking extended attributes file.
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: Checking volume bitmap.
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: Checking volume information.
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: The volume Mac appears to be OK.
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: Shrinking the disk
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: Unmounting disk
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: Finishing partition modifications
2013-07-18 16:37:19 +0700: Waiting for the disks to reappear
2013-07-18 16:37:20 +0700: Formatting disk0s5 as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with name Mac 2
2013-07-18 16:37:21 +0700: Initialized /dev/rdisk0s5 as a 278 GB HFS Plus volume with a 24576k journal
2013-07-18 16:37:21 +0700: Mounting disk
2013-07-18 16:37:21 +0700: Partition complete.
2013-07-18 16:37:21 +0700:
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: Preparing to erase : “Data”
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: 1 volume will be erased
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: Name : “Data”
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: Size : 298.8 GB
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: File system : ExFAT
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: Unmounting disk
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: Erasing
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: Volume name : Data
Partition offset : 195984280 sectors (100343951360 bytes)
Volume size : 583593064 sectors (298799648768 bytes)
Bytes per sector : 512
Bytes per cluster: 131072
FAT offset : 2048 sectors (1048576 bytes)
# FAT sectors : 18432
Number of FATs : 1
Cluster offset : 20480 sectors (10485760 bytes)
# Clusters : 2279580
Volume Serial # : 51e7b75f
Bitmap start : 2
Bitmap file size : 284948
Upcase start : 5
Upcase file size : 5836
Root start : 6
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: Mounting disk
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700: Erase complete.
2013-07-18 16:37:35 +0700:
2013-11-07 13:52:44 +0700: Disk Utility started.
2013-11-07 14:04:32 +0700:
Name : disk0s3
Type : Partition
Disk Identifier : disk0s3
Mount Point : Not mounted
File System : MS-DOS (FAT)
Connection Bus : SATA
Device Tree : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/SATA@1F,2/PRT0@0/PMP@0
Writable : Yes
Capacity : 298.8 GB (298,799,648,768 Bytes)
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : No
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : No
Supports Journaling : No
Journaled : No
Disk Number : 0
Partition Number : 3
2013-11-07 14:26:36 +0700: Disk Utility started.
2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700: Verify and Repair volume “disk0s3”
2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700: Starting repair tool:
2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700: Checking file system2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700: ** /dev/disk0s3
2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700: Invalid sector size: 0
2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700: Volume repair complete.2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700: 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.2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700:
2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700: Disk Utility stopped repairing “disk0s3”: 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.
2013-11-07 14:26:47 +0700:
2013-11-07 14:27:21 +0700: Verifying volume “disk0s3”
2013-11-07 14:27:21 +0700: Starting verification tool:
2013-11-07 14:27:21 +0700: Checking file system2013-11-07 14:27:21 +0700: ** /dev/disk0s3
2013-11-07 14:27:21 +0700: Invalid sector size: 0
2013-11-07 14:27:21 +0700: Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.2013-11-07 14:27:21 +0700:
2013-11-07 14:27:21 +0700: Disk Utility stopped verifying “disk0s3”: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
2013-11-07 14:27:21 +0700:
2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700: Verify and Repair volume “disk0s3”
2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700: Starting repair tool:
2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700: Checking file system2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700: ** /dev/disk0s3
2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700: Invalid sector size: 0
2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700: Volume repair complete.2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700: 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.2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700:
2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700: Disk Utility stopped repairing “disk0s3”: 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.
2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0700:
2013-11-07 14:32:17 +0700:
Name : APPLE SSD SM512E Media
Type : Disk
Partition Map Scheme : GUID Partition Table
Disk Identifier : disk0
Media Name : APPLE SSD SM512E Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : SATA
Device Tree : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/SATA@1F,2/PRT0@0/PMP@0
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : No
Location : Internal
Solid State Disk : Yes
Total Capacity : 500.28 GB (500,277,790,720 Bytes)
Disk Number : 0
Partition Number : 0
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Verified
Raw Read Error : 000000000000
Reallocated Sector Count : 000000000000
Power On Hours : 0000000003B2
Power Cycle : 000000000DD0
Temperature : 004F00040027
UDMA CRC Error (PATA only) : 000000000000
2013-11-07 14:39:58 +0700:
Name : disk0s3
Type : Partition
Disk Identifier : disk0s3
Mount Point : Not mounted
File System : MS-DOS (FAT)
Connection Bus : SATA
Device Tree : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/SATA@1F,2/PRT0@0/PMP@0
Writable : Yes
Capacity : 298.8 GB (298,799,648,768 Bytes)
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : No
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : No
Supports Journaling : No
Journaled : No
Disk Number : 0
Partition Number : 3
2013-11-07 14:43:11 +0700: Disk Utility started.
Thanks for helpYou CAN'T have 3 partitions on your Mac and have the Windows install work. Windows only allows 4 Primary partitions on any one physical hard drive. Since you created a exFAT partition you have past that Windows limit.
One partition for OS X, one for Windows, one for the OS X Recovery HD and the forth for the EFI. Now that you have created a so called Data partition windows will no longer boot.
You are basically TOAST and might need to start over with a total wipe, Re-Partitioning, of the drive then reinstall OS X and you programs and files then reinstall Windows program and files and then do not try fooling with the partitions again, any of them on the OS X or Windows side, because if you do Windows again will not boot. -
USB flash drive not being recognized as a startup disk?
Hi everyone, I've been searching for similar questions but haven't found one that exactly matches my experience. So, I'm going to try and explain my issue in hopes that others may be able to help.
I'm trying to create a bootable flash drive from which I can install lion, and eventually Mountain Lion when it is released onto my main hard drive. My main reason for doing this is to have a way that I can perform a clean install of the operating system. Yes, I know I am old fashioned, but sometimes I prefer clean operating system installs rather than upgrading. In any case, I have downloaded the lion setup file from the Mac app store (Install Mac OS X Lion.app) and am following the directions given on this page to do this procedure. These directions are consistent with directions found on various other sources online. Having this file saved to my hard drive, I was able to find and extract the disk image file from the package InstallESD.dmg to another folder. Once extracted, I plugged in my flash drive and attempted to use disk utility to restore the disk image to my flash drive. I selected the dmg file as my source and the flash drive as the destination. I then clicked restore and was warned that all data on the flash drive would be erased while the disk image was restored to my flash drive. I was prepared for this, so I allowed the process to continue, and it appeared to proceed with no problem. When disk utility was finished, I did a quick look at my flash drive using finder and confirmed that it did in fact appear to contain a disk image of the .dmg file. Here's where things get interesting however.
When I go to system preferences and choose startup disk, my flash drive is not listed as an optional disk from which to boot, only my hard drive ("macintosh HD"). When I restart and hold down the option key, my flash drive is not listed as a startup disk either. I know that the non-intel based macs are not capable of booting from USB, but this is certainly not my issue as I have an intel macbook pro, mid 2009 model. My flash drive is about 4 or 5 years old; it is a PNY Technologies Attaché 16 gb flash drive. I have no trouble viewing and transferring files to and from the flash drive, the only issue is that my computer seems to refuse to recognize it as a startup disk. Are there certain flash drives which do not support booting? This would normally seem more like a computer issue rather than a flash drive issue, but most people seem to have no problem doing what I'm trying to do. Unfortunately I do not have another flash drive with which to test this, and I didn't really feel like buying another flash drive just to test this out if in fact this is not a flash drive issue. I am planning to upgrade to the macbook pro retina soon which of course does not have an optical drive, which is one of the reasons I would like to get this working. Can anyone think of something else I can try? Is it more likely an issue with the macbook pro or the flash drive?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.The format says Mac OS Extended. All of the settings were set during the disk image restore process. Even if I format the flash drive as extended journaled or some other format, all of these settings are reverted when I do the restore from the disk image. I will just copy all of the information that disk utility has so that you can see it.
Mount Point : /Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD Capacity : 16.11 GB (16,106,110,976 Bytes) Format : Mac OS Extended Available : 12.3 GB (12,303,499,264 Bytes) Owners Enabled : Yes Used : 3.8 GB (3,802,611,712 Bytes) Number of Folders : 128 Number of Files : 876 -
Cannot choose startup disc with option key
Hello,
I have an intel based iMac 24" and I ve installer bootcamp. Eveything is working fine except that I cannot choose the startup disk with the option key when the computer starts.
I m not sure if this is relativ to bootcamp. I m using basic keyboard (the one that came with the iMac), mighty mouse ...
I hit option (as soon as the computer restart, I even hit option before starting the computer). And I keep option key down.
So everytime I need to switch OS by choosing startup disk in the preferences system, rahhh
Thanks for the help.
BigMThen I can only assume there is a serious problem with your OS X installation or the system firmware because they control the Boot Manager as well as the processing of startup command keystrokes. I would take the computer to an Apple service center for repair because it is still under warranty.
The only thing you could do is to reinstall OS X which I would recommend you do from scratch. -
Can't choose disk in Startup Disk?
Why might a disk not be available to choose in the Startup Disk prefpane?
After a restart, my Xserve (Xserve1,1) started up on the bootable clone (Bay 2) I keep up-to-date with Carbon Copy Cloner. The original system drive (Bay 1) is visible and mounted. I can read from it and write to it and I've verified the disk and repaired permissions. However, I can not choose it in the Startup Disk prefpane.
This is the hardware report for the original system drive:
SCSI Target Device @ 7:
SAS Address: 08:22:1B:06:68:8E:6A:50
SCSI Target Identifier: 7
SCSI Peripheral Device Type: 0
Manufacturer: ATA
Model: ST3750640NS
Revision: K
SCSI Logical Unit @ 0:
Capacity: 750.16 GB (750,156,374,016 bytes)
SCSI Logical Unit Number: 0
Model: ST3750640NS
Revision: 3.AEK
Serial Number: 3QD1EKCX
SATA Device: Yes
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Bay Name: "Bay 1"
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable: Yes
BSD Name: disk0s1
System:
Capacity: 749.81 GB (749,812,400,128 bytes)
Available: 740.53 GB (740,534,325,248 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /Volumes/System
And here is the report for the clone drive (currently running as the system disk)
SCSI Target Device @ 4:
SAS Address: 3A:22:1B:06:64:97:73:4B
SCSI Target Identifier: 4
SCSI Peripheral Device Type: 0
Manufacturer: ATA
Model: ST3750640NS P
Revision: BUF
SCSI Logical Unit @ 0:
Capacity: 750.16 GB (750,156,374,016 bytes)
SCSI Logical Unit Number: 0
Model: ST3750640NS P
Revision: 3.BUF
Serial Number: 5QD1ATLS
SATA Device: Yes
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Bay Name: "Bay 2"
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable: Yes
BSD Name: disk1s1
Bootable System Clone:
Capacity: 749.81 GB (749,812,400,128 bytes)
Available: 739.98 GB (739,979,878,400 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s2
Mount Point: /I thought maybe the volume header was toast for that drive, but bless indicates it's okay...
admin$ bless --info "/Volumes/System"
finderinfo[0]: 287 => Blessed System Folder is /Volumes/System/System/Library/CoreServices
finderinfo[1]: 379380 => Blessed System File is /Volumes/System/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
finderinfo[2]: 0 => Open-folder linked list empty
finderinfo[3]: 0 => No alternate OS blessed file/folder
finderinfo[4]: 0 => Unused field unset
finderinfo[5]: 287 => OS X blessed folder is /Volumes/System/System/Library/CoreServices
64-bit VSDB volume id: 0x371188F36F6E2755
Still digging... -
I need help choosing a different startup disk
I've recently replaced my MacBook hard drive, and am now unable to choose a partitioned section for my startup disk.
I created two partitions on the new hd, then copied all files from my old hd onto one of the partitions. Everything works wonderfully...as long as the old hd is attached as an external hd. System Preferences->Startup Disk shows only the old hd and a network as an option. The new hd does not appear in the Startup Disk at all.
I've restarted holding down the option key with the same result. I can choose from the old hd or EFI (which does nothing). If I detach the old hd while the power is off, I am given no options on restart. Mac just freaks out.
Any help will be greatly appreciate.Hi
I created two partitions on the new hd, then copied all files from my old hd onto one of the partitions
You can't do it this way. A large part of what makes your OS System bootable is the underlying Unix Structure. This would not have been copied. To facilitate a bootable copy you can use a number of methods. Disk Utility > Restore will do it for you as will CarbonCopyCloner. Both of which are free. If you want to spend money SuperDuper is something you should consider.
Tony -
How to choose 2nd additional SSD as startup disk permanently?
I have installed into the second tray an SSD OWC. I cloned it from the 1TB WD that came with the unit. It works perfectly, but I can't seem to choose it to be the startup disk by default. I choose it and even lock it after choosing it, but when I turn off the unit and start up it starts up with the WD 1TB original HD.
How do I choose this SSD to be the default startup disk. I
ThanksTwo thoughts.
Always when using SSDs have a backup bootable clone (and maybe an image of your 60GB system)
When you zap pram, then drive bay 1 (or SATA port 0) is the 'default' or first in line - that is all.
It doesn't and shouldn't matter which drive bay. In fact the system doesn't use the drive bay ID but rather the GUID identifier, and that it be blessed.
When I erased SSD, Disk Utility first grayed out 8-10% as though 'used' and I then restored small system.
I have no idea why when the Sand Force 2.0 firmware was so important, that OWC took over 3 months, testing? before including it on theirs. But not everyone with Mac has been happy updating firmware on their OWC Mercury (they said they hope to make it easier).
So always have a 2nd bootable drive and image, like external 50GB volume somewhere. -
I am having problems trying to boot from my Windows XP startup disk.
PLEASE HELP ASAP! I upgraded my MacBook Pro 17inch laptop for a larger hard drive. I had my MAC and Windows XP partitions re-installed but I am not able to boot from Windows XP partition. I can see both operation systems in the system preferences of the STARTUP DISK section but when I shutdown my computer and hold down the OPTION key there is no WINDOWS XP icon. I keep getting the error message: NO BOOTABLE DEVICE. INSERT BOOT DISK AND PRESS ANY KEY.
I have a very important project to complete this Friday and all of my files are on my PC partition. Could someone please help me to figure out how to get my PC drive to start rebooting? I would sincerely appreciate it. Thanks!courtesy of the following site:
http://www.builtfromsource.com/2008/04/05/a-match-made-in-****-windows-xp-boot-c amp-20-and-ntfs/
Feel like wasting several hours? Try installing Windows XP with Boot Camp 2.0 (the version released as part of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard) using NTFS, the file system required for partitions larger than 32 GB. Then watch as it fails miserably, again and again.
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
Sound familiar? You didn’t do anything wrong—this is actually Apple’s fault. Hal.dll, the “hardware abstraction layer”, doesn’t have any particular significance; it just happens to be the first file that Windows looks for as it’s loading. Attempting to replace this file with the copy on disk won’t work, and your boot.ini is probably fine.
So how do you fix it, then? The solution is a bit involved, but not too bad all things considered. Here are the steps:
If you haven’t already removed the bad installation, you’ll need to do so. In OS X, open Boot Camp, click Continue, select “Create or remove a Windows partition”, click Continue, and then click Restore.
Create a new partition as you did before, and start the installation.
After the computer has rebooted and it’s booted from the CD, type “R” to go to the console. You should be dumped to the C:\ prompt.
We’re going to reformat the drive as NTFS ourselves instead of letting the Windows installer do it. Type the following and hit Return:
format c: /q /fs:ntfs
Then type this to reboot the computer:
exit
Hold Option after it restarts, then boot to the Windows installation CD again (I believe it boots to the CD by default at this point, but this is just to be sure).
Install to C: (be careful not to select your OS X volume!), but—and this is important—choose NOT to reformat. Leave the file system as is.
Continue the installation process as you would normally.
That’s it! If things went well, the lovely 256-color Windows logo should load and you’ll be looking at Napa Valley in no time. -
Boot Camp partition not showing in startup disk or when holding alt key
I've read countless discussions about similar questions to this one, however, I still haven't been able to find any solution.
I have an old 2006 MacBook that has just been fully updated and reformatted. I'm running OSX 10.7.5 and Boot Camp 4.
I went through the Boot Camp installation from an Windows ISO image in my usb drive, where it succesfully downloaded all files needed, and prompted me to make the partition, after which it restarted and was supposed to take me to the installation manager in the Windows partition. I first got the "No bootable driver" error, to which I read I was supposed to restart the computer, hold the alt key, and choose the boot camp partition. However, it does not show up. I only get Mac and Recover drivers.
I went into the Mac's startup disk, and only the Mac driver is showing, no Boot Camp driver, however, when I go into Disk Utilities, I can see that the BootCamp driver there.
I read somewhere that I should zap pram and reset SMC, which I did with their instructions. It didn't change anything, I still only get the Mac driver and Recovery when hitting the alt key.
Does it have something to do with my MacBook being older? That's the only reason I can think that would not allow me to do this.
Let me know what other info I can give you so that you can please help me!! Thanks in advance!In last resort I solved my missing BOOTCAMP partition problem using a program called: iPartition from coriolis systems located in the United Kingdom http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iPartition.php it took me a coupleof days to figure out the credit card system they have Hint: use your 9 digit zip code to find your credit card address and call your bank if you have an overseas hold on the card!!!! The program found my missing BOOTCAMP partition and restored it. It did take a couple of e-mails to learn to use their program. Let me know how you turn out!
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