Error in restoring from Boot camp

I recently had to erase my brother's MacBook Pro hard drive due to an issue with a partition. I backed up his drive to an external drive using boot camp with plans to erase the hard drive and restore it using boot camp. I've restored it twice and each time I attempt to turn on the computer it gives a strange error message and I'm unable to access the main drive. The error message says I have to turn off my computer and turn it back on but nothing changes. I'm wondering how to fix this. Should I reinstall the OS then recover using boot camp from there?
I can post a screenshot of my error if that helps

Actually, a Windows-based system CAN read and write a Mac formatted drive (i.e. Time Capsule) with the AirPort Utility installed. I haven't tried through Fusion yet, but if Parallels is in any way the same, you can try to go into the setup menu see if the Time Capsule HD can be included in shared folders. I will try it later in Fusion to see if that works.
My current setup with Fusion running XP Pro has my document folders outside of the VM. This way, those XP-specific folders are included in my TM backups. I made sure NOT to include my VM folder.

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HT4407 Is there any way to download these files manually from another source? The download from boot camp keeps stopping at around 25% and then produces the error "Can't download Windows Support Software because of a network problem". Thx!

Is there any way to download these files manually from another source? The download from boot camp keeps stopping at around 25% and then produces the error "Can't download Windows Support Software because of a network problem". Thx!

No. This issue is dicussed here frequently. The only option is to be patient and try often. Search this forum for other posts about this issue.

"Booting from Boot Camp Assistant created USB Drive...Failed to load BOOTMGR"

Hi Apple Ppl of the Wrld: I need help I been working on installing windows 8 on my Mac.
Spec of equipment:
Mac Book Pro Mid 2012
Bootcamp Version: Version 5.0.4 (473)
Bootable USB Flash Drive: Type Scan disk 4 GB windows 8 pro iso image but without the driver and the 2nd Scan disk USB flash drive with 32 GB with the Bootcamp Drivers downloaded and saved to this drive.
Please Note: I also have the original back up installation disc for Microsoft 8 Prof 64 from Microsoft where I purchased it from.
1st Bootcamp is not recognizing the Original Microsoft 8 Pro backup disk from microsoft itself.
Solution: I created the New Image from the Original Microsoft installed disc in my desk top and changed the extension to .ISO then burned the ISO image into the newly purchased DVD+R. Then I ran Bootcamp Once again and it get the following error message "The installer disc could not be found -- Insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few seconds for the disc to be recognized. Solution
2: Created a bootable usb drive with bootcamp assistant successfully with bootcamp. Yes I close, ejected or un-mounted any image that was open or had been previously used then i restarted the Mac. Next, I start the bootcamp assistant tool once again then i get the same insert your windows installer disc message.
3: Then I try to resolve the installer disc not found issue: this are the steps i took: a). Lauch disc utilities
    1. Selected the top most drive 750 GB Macintosh HDD
    2. On the right you’ll see 5 tab buttons: First Aid | Erase | Partition | RAID | Restore.
    3. Choose Partition. Then I clicked + to add another partition size of the partition was 222 GB
    4. Change the Name of the Partition to BOOTCAMP
    5. Change the Format to MS-DOS (FAT)
    6. Click Apply to save the changes and then reboot your Mac and we’ll begin Windows installation.
    7. During reboot, press and hold the alt/Option key and you’ll be presented with drives to boot from.
    8. Use the arrow keys and return button to select the Windows yellow USB key drive containing your Windows 8 installation files.
    9. This will begin the Windows install. --> then i get the following message: "Booting from Boot Camp Assistant created USB Drive...Failed to load BOOTMGR".
4: Take the Mac to best buy and let them resolve the issue and charge me like a million dollars for it :'( since i have no other idea who to get this bootcamp working at all. This has been a terribly lengthy issue and it is not as simple as it is claimed to be since i started with the Original Windows Disc Purchased from Microsoft and I have the Optical disc drive which it should be simpler from what I understand.
Please can you help It would be of great help.
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from what i understand you are trying to install win 8 pro from a "backup disk" the one that you purchased from microsoft.
this will not work, it is not an installer disk.
you need to start the process again. erase the partition you made on your hdd. in disc utility click the minus button after selecting the bootcamp partition, then manually drag the divider down fully then apply.
next, erase your usb then format it.
download win 8 iso from here;
http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/download-windows-8-pro/
it is perfectly legal to use your purchased product key in this install.
in bootcamp select the iso image you just downloaded, select your preferred partition size, check all 3 options.
you have the support software on another usb but you wont need it so it can be discarded. the install will work far better with the iso and support on the same drive.

I can't start windows 7 normally from Boot Camp

I can't start windows 7 normally from Boot Camp.
It was running fine since I have installed it 7 months ago, but now it can't start or (restart) normally (safe mode is ok). It displays a black screen after showing the logo, and I have to shut down the machine. My Mac system is working fine. Mac technician (Genius Bar) has run a surface scan to verify hd integrity and proofed ok, but could not give any advice on Windows issues.
Please advice if anything I should do before cleaning up my partition and reinstall Windows.

I would guess and sorry for asking but you already tried booting from Windows 7 DVD and doing auto repair?
There are dozens of things to look at and do, and begin with chkdsk in Windows, yes but that only looks at one aspect. You can't really check for bad sectors on a drive's sectors. The best? to use the drive vendor's own utility actually, often with a linux boot CD or Windows program (they don't make Mac OS versions, one reason I first installed Vista over 5 yrs ago)
Restore check points
Uninstall last update or driver
Clean the system of debris temp files, caches, registry errors, fonts and left overs
make sure you have 20% and 12GB free space or more
A hard shutdown can create more problems.

Setup.exe from Boot Camp won't work with Windows Xp Home SP2

Hi,
I just bought the great MacBook Pro. So I work over years in Windows it's absolutliy necessary to migrate my old System to MacBook. I succeeded in cloning my old installation completly to the MacBook and Windows is activated. when I start windows, of course no MacBook drivers are installed, so I have only a minimum of functionality. Now I want to start the BootCamp to install the drivers. But if I start "Setup.exe" it's ending immediately with: There were errors... before Boot camp could be initialized.
I downloaded the newest BootCamp (3.1) and start it, the program crashes!
I can't get it working!!! What have I to do - please help me!
I use Windows XP Home SP2.
Thanks!

If you didn't try installing Boot Camp from your OS X disc, try that first.
From what you wrote it sounds like you somehow cloned your old install of windows over to a fresh partition. Depending on how you did this, the problem might lie here.
First, what version of OSX are you running?
If your MacBook Pro is new, it should come with Snow Leopard, which wouldn't explain the problem.
How exactly did you clone windows over?
Depending on how you cloned windows, your easiest solution might be to back up any files and applications you need from windows, remove the current Windows partition, and create a new partition and installation of Windows through Boot Camp on OSX. Normally Boot Camp should install its drivers after a successful installation of Windows.

Does Winclone still work to restore a Boot Camp partition?

I have a 50GB Boot Camp partition, NTFS file system, with Windows XP. My computer is a Mac Pro running OS X 10.6.5. I have been using Winclone to clone the Boot Camp partition as a backup. I know that Winclone is no longer supported, and have heard that Winclone may not work properly with Snow Leopard.
I have no problem creating an image of the Boot Camp partition using Winclone. I have not yet had to do a restore to a new partition, but assume that some day I may need to do so.
My question is: Has anyone running Snow Leopard successfully used Winclone to restore a Boot Camp partition?
A secondary question: Is there any other utility, running on the Mac side, that will clone/restore a Boot Camp partition?

coruscate wrote:
I have the Winclone backup, but I am unclear how to restore it.
Using Winclone, I can select the Image to restore.
When I click on Mount, Winclone puts a disk image of the partition on the desktop.
When I select the desired partition in Destination and click Restore, it tells me "No Windows Partition Found."
Has anyone done this? Can you give me any advice about how to complete the restore?
Good luck to you. I am trying to transfer/migrate my Bootcamp partition (XP pro, FAT32) to a larger HD. I tried Winclone, and like you could create an image, but am unable to restore it on the new drive. I get the same error that you do. I tried creating a Bootcamp partition, rather than having Winclone do it, but would get this error in the log:
Source image volume size is not an exact multiple of 1 MiB
This happened whether I used Bootcamp Assistant or Disk Utility to create the partition, and it didn't matter whether I used a larger partition size or attempted to match the existing one. Apparently Winclone measures the block-sizes differently than Finder, Terminal, or any other measurement that I have used reports.
I've read about suggestions to turn my old FAT-32 Bootcamp Parition into an NFTS one, but I'm loathe to do that since I have on idea if that will work.

Boot Camp For Lion -- USB ISO Method --"Booting from Boot Camp Assistant created USB Drive...Failed to load BOOTMGR"

Hello, has anyone had experience with dealing with this speciifc problem?
In short, upon rebooting, I am getting a black screen with a line of text that says, "Booting from Boot Camp Assistant created USB Drive...Failed to load BOOTMGR." Nothing happens after that.
I am using Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4. I have an ISO of Windows 7 Prof. along with an 8GB usb drive. I changed the coding in my bootcamp program to allow for the normally first invisible option that allows creation of a USB Installation program using an ISO that is normally only for computers without an optical drive.
I have that box checked, the check for new software box, and the install windows box checked. I went through the process of creating the USB, downloading the software, and partitioning the drive. Then on restart, I get the failed to load bootmgr error.
Some people have suggested using two usb drives for this. I am trying that method but it does not seem to help thus far.
Can anyone offer any help?
Thanks.

from what i understand you are trying to install win 8 pro from a "backup disk" the one that you purchased from microsoft.
this will not work, it is not an installer disk.
you need to start the process again. erase the partition you made on your hdd. in disc utility click the minus button after selecting the bootcamp partition, then manually drag the divider down fully then apply.
next, erase your usb then format it.
download win 8 iso from here;
http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/download-windows-8-pro/
it is perfectly legal to use your purchased product key in this install.
in bootcamp select the iso image you just downloaded, select your preferred partition size, check all 3 options.
you have the support software on another usb but you wont need it so it can be discarded. the install will work far better with the iso and support on the same drive.

I need to download iMac 12,1 windows 7 compatibility software, because i can't get it from boot camp 4.0, please!!

When im trying to download the compatibility software for window 7 from boot camp 4.0 appears an error and the download could not finish.
I need to download the compatiblity software or driver for windows 7 from somewhere.......

Try again, there is no somewhere else

I can´t remove win from my mac because I can´t select the remove option from boot camp assist. Can anybody help me?

I can´t remove windows partition from my mac because I´can´t select the remove option from boot camp assit. Can any body help me?

open disc utility choose the drive you need partitioning highlight the bootcamp partition and click on the minus sign at the bottom left.
after this manually resize your drive by dragging the partition line all the way down and click on partition.

Why is Winclone Needed? Can't Disk Utility Restore a Boot Camp Partition?

Hi. Could we just use Disk Utility to create a backup the Boot Camp Partition running Windows 7 64-bit for example and then just use Disk Utility to restore it if you need to replace your Boot Camp partition?
Why is Winclone the tool use to create an image of Boot Camp partition as well as to restore a Boot Camp partition? Thank you in advance.
Gbu.

Thanks for the reply. How about if you opt for the non compressed image, the DVD/CD Master option (Image Format) when you do the New Image in Disk Utility? Would choosing the DVD/CD Master option be cloning it instead of archiving it? If the images created by Disk Utility are not the exact copy or clone then, it won't be bootable I believe but how come when you create an image of a DVD (to back it up for example) and burn that image, it is bootable which mean it copies it exactly (clone it in effect)?
What does WinClone do or copy exactly that Disk Utility can't?

Migrate from Boot Camp to Parallels

I've followed the threads about using the Boot Camp partition as a VM in Parallels, but I want to know if there is an advantage to keeping the Boot Camp partition if I doubt I'll ever need to re-boot into Boot Camp. I'm thinking I want to migrate my WinXP installation from Boot Camp into Parallels, and then delete the Boot Camp partition alltogether. How would I do this, and am I just making extra work for myself?

wadelaw wrote:
I may not have been clear before. I want to know the best way to migrate an existing Boot Camp WinXP installation into a Parallels VM. I would rather NOT simply use the Boot Camp partition as a VM.
Hi,
Parallels Transporter http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/features/transporter/ should do the trick.
Regards
Stefan

Root pwd reset - error. unexpectedly disconnected from boot status daemon

Hi All,
I forget my root pwd in RHEL 6 Linux.
I have installed Virtual box in my laptop and installed RHEL 6.
While trying to login with single user mode it shows this error "error. unexpectedly disconnected from boot status daemon".
Step i followed to restet my root pwd.
1. GNU Grab window
2. pressed ' a ' and entered single to login in single mode user
<hkernal =auto rhgb quiet
i tried with,
<hkernal =auto rhgb quiet 1
<hkernal =auto rhgb quiet single
3. some it shows "error. unexpectedly disconnected from boot status daemon"
4. if you tried few more time shows below
Telling INIT to go to single user mode
init: rc main process (742) killed by TERM signal
[root@ram /] # passwd
[root@ram /]
5. i entered passwd root cmd also nothing happened to reset the pwd.
[root@ram /] # passwd root
[root@ram /]
6. tried with su -l
[root@ram /] # su -l
[root@ram ~] passwd
[root@ram ~]
help me to reset root pwd
Thanks in Advance !
Regards,
Ramprakash Arun.
Edited by: Rampraksh Arun on Mar 19, 2013 1:09 PM

Moderator Action:
Your post has been moved from the Oracle Linux forum, to the Generic Linux forum.
You have stated you are using RHEL and are not using OL
Comment:
There is no help for Virtualbox environments at these OTN forums.
Virtualbox has their own web site and their own forums.

Error while partitioning in boot camp

When I try to repair the disk from my booted OSX it says something like "Your filesystem is broken and has to be repaired from the rescue partition". When I do so, the DiskUtility doesn't find any errors and says "everything seems to be fine".
So any idea, what I can do now?
Greets,
Thomas
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Start a thread in the Mountain Lion Mac OS X forum, if you need help repairing and restoring your system. This is about setting up a Mac to run Windows natively on its own partiton.
DU is not conclusive running verify while booted from a hard drive you want to check, it should be done from Recovery partition or another bootable disk with same version of OS X and DU.
You can't repair, you can verify - but I never use verify. Keep a clone of your system, and of course Recovery.
Do you have an issue with Boot Camp? maybe this should be moved again.

Not booting after creating a fat32 partition from windows 8 from boot camp

I have windows 8.1 on a boot camp partition. I created a fat32 partition from windows looking forward to be able to share files to Yosemite OSX. But now, neither the OSX or the windows are booting. When pressing options key is only abailable one option, a disk tagged as "windows", and after trying to use it, it refers to a error message "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME". I really really appreciate any help regarding this issue.

Your entire disk is a MBR disk. You will need to erase the disk, and start from the beginning and install Yosemite/Mavericks, and then use BC Assistant to create a Windows partition and install Windows. If you have a Time Capsule/Time Machhine backup, you can restore it after your erase using the command below.
You can erase the disk as follows
diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ OSX disk0
Here is the Usage help syntax.
diskutil erasedisk
Usage: diskutil eraseDisk format name [APM[Format]|MBR[Format]|GPT[Format]]
MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode
Completely erase an existing whole disk. All volumes on this disk will be
destroyed. Ownership of the affected disk is required.
Format is the specific file system name you want to erase it as (HFS+, etc.).
Name is the (new) volume name (subject to file system naming restrictions),
or can be specified as %noformat% to skip initialization (newfs).
You cannot erase the boot disk.
Example: diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ UntitledUFS disk3

Error message when starting Boot Camp: 'You must update your computers Boot Rom'

I installed the latest firmware updated to my late 2011 13 inch MBP. Rom version is MBP81.0047.B24. Now Boot Camp won't start. Says I need to updated my boot rom. But its updated already. Anyone else having this issue? Thanks.

Fire the people that write meaningless message errors. Oh, can't. Get the point though.
you mean you are trying to use Boot Camp Assistant? Boot Camp has become meaningless through over use for too many things.
It doesn't even know bout your EFI frmware, I can say that.
You should though use Lion Boot Camp Assistant and the BC 4.01 drivers for your system.
Zap pram
repair your hard drive with Disk Utility - from DVD
make sure your free space is not fragmented, is contiguous and also large enough, 40 + 20GB for Windows, and still leave 20GB / 20% free for HFS.
And backup(s).

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