Duplicate Volume on Boot Camp Selection

An odd, but not serious bug that has cropped up on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS 10.7.2. I had Boot Camp setup with a Win 7 partition and when I held option I saw the two drives. One Macintosh HD and one Windows. I had to delete the Win 7 install to change out the version of windows. I used the Boot Camp assistant to delete the windows parition and then setup a new one and installed Windows 7 without problem.
Now, when I hold down option at boot to choose the OS I wish to boot into I get 3 options. Two of them are 'Macintosh HD' and one is 'Windows'. I've tried and both 'Macintosh HD' load up the same volume. Windows loads fine. I've checked the Disk Utility and there's no phantom partition or anything, just the one Mac OS X parition and the one Windows partition. I've also checked under /Volumes in Mac OS X and there is only the Windows volume and the symlink for Macintosh HD to / (no mysterious third entry).
Again, this doesn't appear to be a serious problem from using the laptop, but it's an odd quirk that I'd like to get rid of if at all possible.

I figured out what the problem was. The recovery volume for Lion was appearing as Macintosh HD instead Recovery HD. Also, if you have FileVault on the recovery drive disappears as a selection when at the Boot Manager.

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Boot Camp selection missing

First of all, let me say I'm a Mac newbie. Made the switch from M$. But, for business reasons, I had to install Boot Camp with Win Vista. Now, here's the twist. . for 3 weeks, I was able to switch between Leopard and Vista without a hitch. Then, I decided I should image the Vista partition (volume) with a commercial imaging program. When the imaging program completed, I found it had messed up the Vista startup files somehow, and Vista would no longer start up. Switching back to Mac OS using the option key during boot let me get back to the Mac OS. So, using the Boot Camp Assistant, I elected to run "Start the Windows installer". I used the Vista DVD to run a "repair" on the Vista installation. Afterwards, I found that indeed, Vista was repaired, and things went back to normal with the Boot Camp option working fine to switch between Mac OS X and Vista. BUT, in Mac OS X, I then found the Windows option within "Startup Disk" in System Preferences is no longer there. I can boot to either Mac OS X, or Vista using the Option key during boot, but that's the only way to shift to Vista from Mac OS. In Vista, I still have the Boot Camp option in the Vista System Tray, and it works fine. Any suggestions on how to get the "choice" back in the Startup Disk options of System Preferences??
P.S. In spite of the problem, both Mac OS X and Vista function just fine.

I don't know how to correct your startup preferences, but see:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6333575
The fourth post from the end describes an AppleScript to reboot from OS X into Windows. You could use this instead of the Option key at startup.

Boot Camp selected drivers

I'm thinking of installing Windows on my MacBook Pro and I have a few questions.
If I don't install any drivers, will Windows be able to access any files on the main partition, the one that has OS X?
If so, do I have an option to skip the driver for Macintosh file system when installing all the other drivers?
I'm asking this because I don't want Windows to be able to access any of my files on OS X.
I'm using MacBook Pro 13", Late 2011, Mountain Lion.
Also, is there any workaround to install Win XP instead of Win 7?

jouzephx wrote:
If I don't install any drivers, will Windows be able to access any files on the main partition, the one that has OS X?
If you don't install Boot Camp drivers, Windows won't be able to access to your OS X volume.
jouzephx wrote:
If so, do I have an option to skip the driver for Macintosh file system when installing all the other drivers?
In that case, you will have to install each driver manually instead of running the Boot Camp drivers installer.
jouzephx wrote:
Also, is there any workaround to install Win XP instead of Win 7?
As you are using Mountain Lion, you can't install Windows XP because Mountain Lion only supports Windows 7 and, soon, 8

How do I mount the Windows volume in Boot Camp?

I am running Lion and Boot Camp. I would like to mount the Windows volume so that I can access my Windows files while running Lion and access Mac files and folders while running Windows in Boot Camp. How do I do this?

If you think VirtualBox is technical I think you are in even more trouble.
Boot Camp - Windows on Mac / running Windows natively - is much clearer and cleaner
If the othr drives are formatted as NTFS and external you may need Paragon NTFS to see them in OS X or if they are HFS formatted then the only way to mount and see, and to read/WRITE would be MacDrive for Windows.
VB will not link to a native Windows OS but is easy to use and can use Windows 8 Preview.

Volume in boot camp is too loud

i have the imac 12,2 (mid 2011, 27")with 10.7.3, and windows 7 64 on boot camp.
I must keep my volume at around 4-6% in order not to go deaf.
should i download any drivers?
i installed the boot camp drivers that came with bootcamp.
i saw on device manager that the sound card is a cirrus logic something, but their site is old and disorganised.
what should i do?
thank you.

I had the same problem. The current bootcamp drivers simply do not control the sound well in windows 7. The only workaround I've found is 3RVX. It's a program that can replace the normal bootcamp sound control. After downloading, go into bootcamp control panel and set the functions keys to act as standard function keys. Run 3RVX, and in settings, set the custom volume change amount to something like 2 or 3%. Then in the hotkey setup tab, set the mute, volume up, and volume down keys to work with their normal function keys. Now when you press F10-12, instead of the standard macbook volume control, you will get the finer control of 3RVX. Of course, if you don't want to give up the other special functions, you can always set the hotkeys to be something else.

Can't get Vista 64-bit to format Boot Camp partition

Okay. I went through all the normal steps, I checked back here, read as many threads as I could, and still nothing has worked. The core problem is that after I use boot camp to partition my drive, I boot into the Vista DVD, it sees the partition, I use the Format button to format it to NTSF, it does, then it says "Windows cannot find a suitable volume for installation".
Here's my setup:
Mac Pro 2.8 GHz 8 core, 10 GB RAM, 8800GT card.
3 internal HDs, 2 500 GB drives for my system, apps and media stuff, and 1 250 GB drive just for Windows.
Vista Ultimate 64-bit (yes, a real store-bought copy) Note that this is an OEM copy that's 64-bit ONLY, as opposed to the retail version that has 32-bit and 64-bit on the same DVD.
Here's what I've tried:
- Zeroed out all data on the Win drive, formatted as OS X extended, used Boot Camp to partition for Windows
- Formatted drive as OS X extended, then used Boot Camp to partition it into a 5 GB OS X volume and a ~230 GB Win volume
- Used Boot Camp to partition it as a single Windows volume
- Used Boot Camp to partition it as a single Windows volume, then tried to install Vista onto it without formatting it to NTSF
- In the Vista installer, tried deleting the main partition, creating a new one, then formatting it
- In the Vista installer, tried deleting both partitions (including the 200 GB EFI one that Boot Camp creates) and recreating them
In every one of these cases, after Vista formatted the partition it would not allow me to install Vista onto it, saying it couldn't find a suitable volume for installation.
I noticed that when Boot Camp does it's thing to your drive, it's supposed to create a partition named BOOTCAMP. In my case, it failed to do that when I told Boot Camp to create a single Windows partition on the drive. Instead, the drive would simply disappear from my desktop. It would then show up in the Vista installer, but it had no name. It just said Drive 1 Partition.
However, when I used Boot Camp to partition the drive into a 5 GB OS X volume and a ~230 GB Windows volume, it did create the BOOTCAMP volume and mounted it on the desktop, in addition to the 5 GB Untitled OS X volume. And in the Vista installer it did show up named BOOTCAMP, however formatting it had the same results as all my other attempts.
So after doing this for over 5 hours today, I don't know what the problem is. Nothing I've done, either in Boot Camp or in the Vista installer, is letting me install Vista onto the volume. Vista is simply refusing to install onto my drive no matter how it's been erased, partitioned or formatted. I don't know if this is a problem with the Boot Camp drivers, or with Vista. Maybe it's something to do with this Mac, it's pretty new just got it last week, there's a lot of variables here. The Mac is 100% perfect in all other ways though.
Any suggestions?

It worked! The only way I could get it to work was to pull out both my 500 GB drives so that the boot camp drive was the only one left. And even though the drive wasn't named BOOTCAMP Vista finally installed onto it. So it looks like the bug is just in Vista's installer - specifically that it appears to ignore the fact that you've selected the correct partition to install onto, and it gets confused if you have multiple HDDs installed.
Once Vista installed everything else went fine. I put my drives back in, updated Vista, installed the Boot Camp drivers and it's peachy now. Thanks again for the help.

Need help with Boot Camp dual booting

I'm trying to install windows 7 on a separate partition but after the mac book pro restarts to start the installation it says windows can't be installed because it needs to be NTFS format
but the mac partition is Mac OS Extended(journaled) but gives no option to format the other partition as NTFS
what to do?

I assume you did not use Boot Camp Assistant to create the Windows partition? If you did and are in the Win 7 installer you should be looking at a display of all the partitions on your hard drive. Locate the partition you allocated for Boot Camp (you should know it by its size and/or it has the volume name of BOOT CAMP. Select the volume then click on the option to Format the volume from the group of options at the lower part of the display. If the option is not active then with the volume selected click on the Delete option. Refresh the display then reselect the now unallocated volume and click on the Format option.
If none of the above work then reboot. When you hear the chime hold down the C key and wait until the computer starts up from the Windows DVD. When you reach the same point as above locate and select the unallocated volume for Boot Camp. Click on that Format option.

How to partition 1 HD for OS X, Boot Camp, and a second OS X?

I have a new MB Pro and need the following setup:
A partition running OS X 10.5.
Another partition running OS X 10.5.
Another partition for Windows OS.
I first used Disk Utility to partition the HD into three segments. I installed OS X on two of the segments.
I then opened Boot Camp Assistant to install the Windows OS.
I got a message that the startup disk must be a single volume Mac partition.
How can I segment the internal HD into three separate units?

You can probably just boot from Vista or Windows 7, but not XP, and use the 3rd partition, and you will need to carefully delete and create your NTFS volume.
Boot Camp Assistant is a 'crippled' partition manager and it sure would be nice if it was incorporated into Disk Utility itself - fully. Or 3rd party, iPartition or even Paragon-Software Partition Manager 10/Suite (never tried but it does have a Mac Boot Camp wizard assistant).

How do I set the Startup Disk to Boot Camp via ARD

All,
I typically use ARD and Set Startup Disk to image and reconfigure our lab computers (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2789) via a network image, namely DeployStudio. This works well. Now I want to be able to set it to a local disk to boot into Windows 7 which we have setup with Boot Camp. I get nothing but Failed responses. I am hoping it is a matter of what name or format I need to use.
I have tried:
BOOTCAMP
Windows
Windows on BOOTCAMP
None of these work. HELP!
These are iMac 21.5's running 10.6.8. ARD is 3.5.1. Same for clients.

have you considered using Send Unix Command to set boot Volume?
For instance if you have "Macintosh HD" and "Boot Camp". And you wanted to set the boot volume to "Boot Camp". You could try sending the unix command, as root:
bless -mount /Volumes/Boot\ Camp -setBoot
After setting this, if you reboot, the computer should boot to the Boot\ Camp volume. But One the computer boots to windows, getting them to boot back to the mac os x is going to be a whole other story.
FYI if your boot camp volume is labeled "Untitled" then you would send the unix command, as root, bless -mount /Volumes/Untitled -setBoot.

Lost Boot Camp partition after failure repatitioning

I was trying to install Windows via Boot Camp, it was failure then I decided to revert changes and repartition the volume (using Boot Camp Assistant), unfortunately it was failure too, I did a hard reset. Now that partition (20 GB) is lost, even in Disk Utility. when I open Boot Camp Assitant there is no "remove boot camp" option.

Further Information:
I haven't resolved the issue yet and still working on it.
The TestDisk detailed search revealed following information:
Mac HFS                196991668 198261203    1269536
> Mac HFS                196991676 198261211    1269536
   MS Data                196993024 500117503 303124480 - found using backup sector
   MS Data                498685953 499400704     714752- found using backup sector
   Mac HFS                498848616 500118151    1269536- found using backup sector
   MS Data                499400704 500115455     714752
   MS Data                499473315 499479488       6174- found using backup sector
   MS Data                499479488 499485661       6174 [Boot]
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Boot Camp 5 Trouble installing Windows 7. Fails to install due to partition being GPT

Using boot camp 5 I created a bootable USB for windows 7 professional. I followed the instructions up to choosing which partition to install on. Once I reformatted the boot camp partition, the installer said that windows could not be installed because the partition was of type GPT. This is a 64-bit version of windows so it should be able to be installed on a GPT partition. Any help is appreciated.

You don't have to install Windows in a GPT volume. Boot Camp creates a FAT partition that makes Windows detect the hard disk as MBR, so it looks like your computer doesn't support the Windows installation with a USB drive.
You can only install Windows with an external disk if your computer didn't come with a SuperDrive. Your MacBook Pro came with the SuperDrive, so you have to install Windows with a DVD

I need help with boot camp. "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."

This message appears every time I try to partition my disk:
"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 verified my Macintosh HD disk on Disk utility and then tried to repair it, but I am unable to click the repair button.
It says it's not available because the startup disk is selected.
I don't know what to do or how to go about both these problems.
Please, any suggestions?

This message appears every time I try to partition my disk:
"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 verified my Macintosh HD disk on Disk utility and then tried to repair it, but I am unable to click the repair button.
It says it's not available because the startup disk is selected.
I don't know what to do or how to go about both these problems.
Please, any suggestions?

Select CD-ROM Boot Type Error installing Windows 7 in Boot Camp walkthrough

Much thanks to John Anderson at AndersonHatch.com for his excellent
walkthrough for installing Windows 7 x64 in Boot Camp.
Since his post there has been an update to ImgBurn which adds a few
screens and dialogues whose proper navigation may not be obvious. He
also left out a few choices that SHOULD be obvious but you know how
THAT goes.
Here then, cribbing liberally (plagiarizing, actually) from John's
walkthrough, but including some "for idiots" footnotes (which are
more for my own benefit than yours), is the most current (as of March,
2010) walkthrough, which presumes you have a DVD of Win7 (if you
downloaded an iso file from somewhere I'm sure the instructions are
similar but I'm not exactly sure how. Perhaps someone can add a
comment with this variation?)
ON A WINDOWS MACHINE:
1: Download and install ImgBurn.exe from the cloud.
2: Insert your Windows 7 Install DVD, preferably into your
---DVD-ROM drive but if possible into an orifice of whomever is
---responsible for ordinary shmoes like you and me having to spend an
---entire day Googling this problem and then following a simple
---27-step procedure to do the most basic thing you can do on a computer
---which is to install an OS. This is before we can even use the computer
---to do anything useful which at this point is a dubious prospect. But I
---digress...
3: Extract your boot image as follows:
---a. Using ImgBurn, go to "Build" mode. All fields should be blank at
-----this point.
---b. Select the "Advanced" tab.
---c. Select the "Bootable Disc" tab
---d. In the dropdown under "Extract boot Image" select your DVD drive
-----and then click on the the little disk icon to the right of the
-----dropdown. A "Save As" window opens. Choose a location on your hard
-----drive to save to and keep the filename "BootImage" and click "Save."
-----This operation only takes a few seconds. ImgBurn presents a dialogue
-----box upon success.
---e. When it asks if you would you like to use the boot image file in
-----your current project say "Yes."
4: Add your disk to your new disc image
---a. On the left side of the ImgBurn window in the "Source" panel
-----click the little folder icon (second down from the plus sign)
-----and browse to select your Windows 7 Install DVD (Just select
-----the entire drive, no files or folders inside it). Hit OK.
---b. Select the "Options" tab on the right. Data Type: MODE1/2048.
-----File System: ISO9660. UDF Revision 1.02.
---c. Only the "Recursive Subdirectories" checkbox should be checked.
---d. Select the "Advanced" tab again.
---e. Select the "Restrictions" tab
---f. Select “Level X – 219 Characters”
---g. Select "Standard" character set.
---h. Select only the following checkboxes:
-----Allow More Than 8 Directory Levels
-----Allow More Than 255 Characters In Path
-----Allow Files Without Extensions
-----Don't Add ';1: Version Number To Tiles
---i. Select the “Bootable Disc” tab again. Make sure “Make image
-----bootable” is checked.
---j. Select "Emulation Type: None (Custom)" in dropdown.
---k. The "Boot Image" (which should already be filled in if you said
-----"Yes" in 3e) should be a path to the file "BootImage.ima." If not,
-----select the BootImage.ima file you created in Step 3.
---l. Load Segment: 07C0
---m. Sectors to Load: 8
5: Build your new iso.
---a. Under "Extract Boot Image" select your DVD-ROM drive again.
---b. Enter a name for your new iso on the left under "Destination."
-----Use the folder icon to the right of the dropdown, or enter a
-----filename manually. You can call it anything. I called mine "New7."
-----Make sure you are saving it to your hard drive, not back to the
-----DVD-ROM drive.
---c. The "Source" field in the upper left should be blank but the
-----directory is "D/:' I know this is confusing but trust me.
---d. Click the big folder pointing at a disc document icon at the
-----bottom left to create your new image! This operation may take
-----a few more minutes of your precious life. Oh well, there's plenty
-----where those came from...
---e. Here is where ImgBurn gets way too helpful. Decline its offer to
-----change the setting from "UDF" to ISO9660 + UDF." Just say "No."
---f. Laugh at the politically correct dialogue for "Confirm Volume
-----Label" and click "Yes" or just wait 30 seconds for the
-----programming gremlin to do it for you.
---g. Click "OK" for the useless (to non-propellerheads) "File,
-----Content, and Data" info dialogue box (but thank you ImgBurn!)
6: Burn your new iso.
---a. Go to burn mode, baby.
---b. Select the iso file you created in 5b.
---c. Remove your Windows 7 Install DVD and insert a blank DVD,
-----preferably into your DVD-ROM drive but...
---d. Select your destination blank DVD and click the "Burn" button.
If you have ADHD like me you can skip the "Verify" cycle (the disk is
probably fine) and use it to install Windows 7 x64 on your Mac and
return to your regularly scheduled life.
Enjoy!

You cannot stuff a UEFI into an EFI32 ROM, there isn't room; EFI32 is 2005-2008; UEFI 2.x was the first to support 64-bit.
Apple does have an article on which Macs DON'T support 64-bit Windows (I think it actually just says my Mac Pro 2006 doesn't support Windows 7, which of course I am running! But had extra hoops.
It is possible to install Windows 7 32-bit on one drive, then boot into that, and install Windows 7 64-bit ON A SEPARATE drive or partition (my mac has 4 internal drives). Else, you get into 'triple boot' and the pitfalls and problems.
Technology changes and you can't always go back. Even having a 64-bit processor is only part of the equation.

How do I remove the Windows partition? Boot Camp Assistant does not allow me to select the remove option.

I am using an iMac, 8.1, early 2008. I installed Windows XP at that time. I am now using OS 10.8.5 and want to remove the Windows partition to free up disk space. Boot Camp Assistant does not allow me to select the "install or remove" option. How can I get rid of the Windows partition?

You can try removing it in Disk Utility.
To resize the drive do the following:
1. Open Disk Utility and select the drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list.
2. Click on the Partition tab in the Disk Utility main window. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.
3. Select the bottom rectangle/partition. Click on the Delete [-] button below the sizing window to remove it. Click on the Apply button. Wait until the process has completed.
4. In the lower right corner of the sizing rectangle for the remaining partition is a resizing gadget. Select it with the mouse and drag it all the way down to the bottom. Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
You should now have a restored single volume on the drive.
It would be wise to have a backup of your current system as resizing is not necessarily free of risk for data loss. Your drive must have sufficient contiguous free space for this process to work.

Boot Camp to install windows, unable to select the checkbox

Hello,
I recently purchased windows 8 64bit on a dvd and I'm trying to install it using Boot Camp Assistance on my Macbook Pro (early 2011). However, the second option is greyed out and I cannot select it.
I already downloaded the latest support software and I'm not sure why I'm unable to select the second option "Install or remove Windows 7 or later version"
Please Help

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         439.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Backup                  59.9 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *438.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 Unencrypted
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            IR3_CCSA_X64FRE_EN-... *4.1 GB     disk2
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *16.4 GB    disk3
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 UNTITLED                16.4 GB    disk3s1
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Boot Camp              *1.4 GB     disk4
Abdullas-MacBook-Pro:~ 3bdulla3moodi$
Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         439248101376 B (439.2 GB)
    Free Space:   18882560 B (18.9 MB)
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     439248101376 B (439.2 GB)
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          438876897280 B (438.9 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD

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