Mac stuck during Windows installing

I failed to install Windows on ny Mac book Pro, using boot Camp and Windows 8 cd. Now the screen is black and showing this message: " no bootable device -- insert boot disk and Press any key". How do i det back to normal Mac ox? It keeps ejecting the cd..

try the solution posted by kunu here and report back
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5105056?tstart=0

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Black screen during Windows install

Hello,
I have a late 2012 27-inch iMac with the GeForce 680MX 2GB graphics card. I'm trying to install Windows 7 or Windows 8 using Boot Camp, but neither works.
In either case, I can use the Boot Camp Assistant to create a bootable USB install disk, download the latest Windows support software from Apple, and partition the drive to allocate space for the Windows installation.
As soon as I partition the drive, the iMac restarts and tries to boot into Windows. But the only thing I ever see is a black screen (no blinking cursor), no matter how long I wait.
This seems like the exact same issue that plagued the late-2009/mid-2010 iMacs,
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173
In other words, it looks like the drivers included with the default Windows install disk don't work on the late 2012 iMac, at least not when configured with the 680MX.
Since this looks like the old problem but Apple doesn't appear to have provided drivers for the new iMac yet (the older iMacs above used ATI graphics, not NVIDIA), I tried to add the latest NVIDIA notebook graphics card drivers to the Windows install disk using the directions here,
http://superuser.com/questions/501812/corrupt-graphics-during-windows-8-installa tion
In particular, I used these drivers,
http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/55125
They're not explicitly supporting the 680MX (I couldn't find any drivers for it in NVIDIA's website) but they do support the 680M and a whole slew of other cards. Thought it was worth a try.
Anyway, that didn't do the trick. Still the black screen for me.
Any ideas? Have others had this issue with the new iMacs?
Thanks

OK, I figured it out.
You know how the Boot Camp Assistant gives you three options? Create Windows Boot Disk, Download Latest Drivers, Install. You basically need to do all three at once, from scratch.
I'm not sure exactly when in the last couple of months, but Apple updated their drivers. A few days ago I gave this another shot. Initially I tried using the USB stick I had previously created, but using some of the links at the first post above, I tried to inject the new NVidia drivers provided by Apple. That didn't help. I got the black screen and all that all over again.
But then I just tried to start from scratch, remaking the USB stick while simultaneously downloading the drivers. It then also asked me if I wanted to install a new helper tool. I never got that prompt before. Either that tool solved it, or when it was creating the boot disk now it was injecting the new drivers itself in some different way.
Whatever it was, try starting from scratch and going through all the steps and you might be successful in classic "it just works" Apple fashion. Took them a couple of months, but they got there.

Installation stuck during phase Install Database Software

I am installing DB2 version 9.1 FP5 on Windows 2003 R2 SP2.
During phase Install database software I get the following error
Invalid command line argument. Consult the Windows Installer SDK for detailed command line help.
When i check the db2setup.log i get the following:
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: Product installation will be elevated because user is admin and product is being installed per-machine.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: Running product '{F23620AE-7E17-4863-898E-7F191B39022D}' with elevated privileges: Product is assigned.
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MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding REINSTALL property. Its value is 'ALL'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTALL_MODE property. Its value is 'NEW'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding DB2_LAUNCHER_RC_FILE property. Its value is 'C:\DOCUME1\ACONTR1\LOCALS~1\Temp\12\DB21.tmp'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding DB2_LOG_FILE_PATH property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\NW04S\SYSTEM\DB6\CENTRAL\AS\db2setup.log'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding LAUNCHPAD_LOCATION property. Its value is 'D:\Basis\51034846_3_DB2_LUW_91_FP5_Windows_64bit\DB2_LUW_RDBMS_91_FP5SAP_Windows\WINDOWS_AMD64\ESE\image'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying DB2_COPY_NAME property. Its current value is '___NotSet___'. Its new value: 'SAPDB2TWJ'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding DB2_COPY_NAME_OVERRIDE property. Its value is 'SAPDB2TWJ'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTPATH property. Its value is 'D:\db2\db2twj\db2_software'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding RSP_FILE_PATH property. Its value is 'C:\PROGRA1\SAPINS1\NW04S\SYSTEM\DB6\CENTRAL\AS\win_ese.rsp'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SILENT_MODE property. Its value is 'ON'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding DB2_TRACE_FILE_PATH property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\NW04S\SYSTEM\DB6\CENTRAL\AS\db2setup.trc'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding DB2_INSTALL_LANG property. Its value is 'EN'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding MSINEWINSTANCE property. Its value is '1'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying TRANSFORMS property. Its current value is '|:inst1.mst;D:\Basis\5103481\DB2_LU1\WINDOW1\ESE\image\db2\Windows\ESE\1033.MST'. Its new value: ':inst1.mst;D:\Basis\5103481\DB2_LU1\WINDOW1\ESE\image\db2\Windows\ESE\1033.MST'.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SETUPEXEDIR property. Its value is 'D:\Basis\5103481\DB2_LU1\WINDOW~1 CURRENTDIRECTORY='.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: Note: 1: 1708
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: Note: 1: 2729
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: Note: 1: 2729
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: Product: DB2 Enterprise Server Edition -- Installation failed.
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: Attempting to delete file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\ced05bae.mst
MSI (s) (84:68) [13:51:05:196]: MainEngineThread is returning 1639
Info 1639.Invalid command line argument. Consult the Windows Installer SDK for detailed command line help.
D:\BASIS\5103481\DB2_LU1\WINDOW~1\ESE\IMAGE\DB2\WINDOWS"
MSI (c) (E0:74) [13:51:05:305]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied. Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (c) (E0:74) [13:51:05:305]: MainEngineThread is returning 1639
=== Verbose logging stopped: 10/12/2008 13:51:05 ===
Please advise.

It seems that the path from where the installation has been started is too long. So you have to shorthen the following path were the RDBMS-software was copied to.
Current path (might be much longer, because of ~ placeholders):
D:\Basis\5103481\DB2_LU1\WINDOW~1\ESE\image\setup.exe
Please copy the RDBMS-DVD to an other shorter path, so that the path to setup.exe is e.g.
D:\short_path\WINDOWS_I386\ESE\image\setup.exe
The problem here is not the lentgh of this singel path. The problem is that in several steps this path will be multiplied in length until the limit is reached. Then the installation will fail.
Please try again with the shorter path.

Stuck during PKG install (Version of OSX not recognized)

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Wireshark tells me the software requires OSX 10.6 or later, but I have OSX 10.9.5 !
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Sounds like you are just putting it to sleep. try holding down the power button for longer. if that doesn't fix it, unplug it, wait a few seconds, and plug it back in.

Mac Mini stuck with windows install, won't boot from OSX DVD

Ok, I just bought this mac mini from ebay, yeah i know but it was cheap. I got it and it came with windows xp installed. I thought ok, I will just pop in my snow leopard disk and get rid of windows. so i put in retail new copy of snow leopard in the drive, shutdown, power on, hold C... grey screen for a little while then into windows boot screen. Thought ok, I will try reset pram, option + command + p + r, nothing... just boots into windows. I have tried to original osx 10.4 restore disks that came with the machine with the same results. I also tried holdind D during boot with the original disks and it still does the same thing.
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Can't boot into Mac OS after Windows install via Bootcamp

Hello.
Last night I installed Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro early 2011 via Bootcamp.After some major complications I was able to finally install Windows 7 and boot into it. Now I can't boot back into my "Macintosh HD" partition, it shows a no entry sign.
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The good part is that I can still access the Mac OS partition in Windows and Windows is working perfectly fine. As a matter of fact right now I'm on the bootcamped windows.
I have a full time machine backup but still I am looking for a way to solve this without formatting the HDD.
Things I have tried:
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Successful Verify Permissions (Twice)
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Your problem is OS X is refusing to boot.
There is still a bootable volume on the Macintosh HD partition, it's just not working.
You can #8 Reinstall Just OS X while command r booted from the Recovery partition, as long as you don't use Disk Utility to erase the Macintosh HD partition, your files and programs remain.
Hook the computer via Ethernet cable to a router (or modem, power reset required) with a fast relaible internet connection, you will need your AppleID and password to reinstall OS X.
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IMac won't launch in mac, stuck in Windows, iMac won't launch in mac, stuck in Windows

I installed BootCamp last year and have been running OSX and W7 happily for all that time.
Just recently, I've had some problems when booting up my computer, it sometimes won't bring up the statup menu and just launches itself straight into Windows.
Now this has got worse. It won't open Mac at all and always launches straight into Windows. I've tried holding ths shift key rather than option key to start some disk repair but nada... I've also checked all USB sockets and a new keyboard to see if that was the problem but again, nothing. It's definitely not the keyboard or USB ports.
Also, just around the time this started happening ti started kicking itself out of sleep mode. If I put it into sleep mode a few seconds later it will start up again. Basically I can never turn it off, or sleep it. And now I can't even turn it on.
And it went out of warranty two weeks ago

Thanks.
I don't have the disc on me (moving 3 times in 6 months means my stuff is scattered all over the place) but I guess putting that in and running the diagnostic checks on it might revive it?
Gutted because it went out of warranty so little time ago. I guess if the hard drive is dead then it's just a big lump of metal. Even worse that I'm a computing student, and a degree in computing without a computer is going to be tough!

How to open MAc os after windows installed

hi
today i install windows 7 ultimate in my 27\ iMAC after i cant open MAC OS what to do

You didn't say how you installed MS Windows so I'm going to assume you followed directions using Boot Camp. If that is correct then restart the machine when you hear the Startup Tone hold down the Option key and choose the volume that has OS X installed on it.
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i was doing bootcamp on my macbook pro 2010 edition ..It reached in the install page. I clicked install .
.It was going well suddenly it stoped on 71% on expanding windows and message came .Windows cannnot install required files.the file maybe corrupt or missing error code 0x80070017..now i dont know what to do whn i restart it starts from a black page which says boot from cd or dvd ..i dont know how to get back to my mac osx..plzz also tell a way to install the file also..

While we all have MacBooks in this forum not all of us use BootCamp. There's a BootCamp Support Community where everybody uses BootCamp. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
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i was doing bootcamp on my macbook pro 2010 edition ..It reached in the install page. I clicked install .
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While we all have MacBooks in this forum not all of us use BootCamp. There's a BootCamp Support Community where everybody uses BootCamp. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

Intel iMac stuck during Yosemite install

Hi everyone. I downloaded Yosemite and began the install process about six hours ago. Everything seemed to be working. I have a gray screen with a status bar in the middle, showing the progress of the install. But that screen has been stuck for hours. Should I attempt a hard reboot? I'm afraid doing so in the middle of the OS upgrade will render the computer inoperable. Advice please!
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OK. I did the hard reboot, and it turns out the computer had finished installing Yosemite and was actually hanging up during the power-up. (It was stuck on the gray screen.) I disconnected a USB drive that often causes me problems during restarts, and the iMac is up and running with the new OS. Whew. Now to see if Yosemite makes my life easier ... or...

Blue Screen during Windows install on SATA Raid1

Hi Folks!
I have a BIG problem with my brand new Eclipse SLI.
I can't install Windows (tried Vista and XP x64). It crashes already in the beginning!!!
I'm not an OC,yet so all my settings are like default or AUTO. Only my memory I set to 1600 through automatic settings.
Flashed in a brand new 1.6 BIOS.
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I was already able to set up a new partition and then Visat was extracting files. But after a few minutes (1% finished) it crash.
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Thanks!
Found myself a solution. Deactivated all additional features in the BIOS. Now it'S working even with 1600 RAM frequency.
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This may be an odd question, but first a little background.
I bought the 2011 MacBook Air as my first introduction into the world of Macs and thought it would also fulfil the occasional work duties due to the promises of how easy it is to integrate a Mac into a PC world since MS Office is available on both platforms. For personal use Mac OS has been a breath of fresh air, intuitive gesture support makes browsing and editing photos fun again as well as playing around with using it as a media server, and Keynote has taken over for my presentation needs.
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I know I can't simply resize the partitions without causing possibly major future headaches and all this MBR/GPT/EFI stuff is unfortunately a little over my head so don't want to do anything crazy (like formatting the Mac OS partition which I've considered) without first getting some advice.
I don't really fancy wiping out the Bootcamp installation and starting again if at all possible, and don't mind keeping Mac OS around but I know that it is highly unlikely that I'll ever need it again on my Air and would probably jump for the MacBook Pro if I ever did need a portable Mac again.
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Thanks guys, so I guess that means formatting the Mac partition from inside Windows definitely isn't a simple option then.
So... this leaves me with a couple more questions I'm afraid.
Firstly, I've read that Camptune can cause issues later down the road as it doesn't update the partition tables fully (or something?) which can lead to the possibility of losing Bootcamp later on - but that may only be when updating OSX, which is something I don't really plan on doing so may not be an issue for me?
and Secondly, how easy is it to completely purge OSX?
I can't risk losing access to Windows for any length of time as my work life has become ridiculously hectic lately. So I can't really risk trying this until I have had chance to set up another PC as back up just in case something goes wrong. However with space rapidly becoming a premium on the Windows side it is a case of time is running out.

During Windows install, says the Bootcamp Windows partition is incorrect file system and won't install

I had another Macbook Pro retina which I installed Windows 8 on with no problems via bootcamp. I just updated to the late 2013 model of the Macbook Pro, and attempted to do the same thing but have had problems. I create the partition for Windows with Bootcamp, restart the computer, and after I enter my security key in the Windows installation screen it comes to the screen where you have to select the appropriate installation drive. When I select the drive I created for Windows, it says that it can't install due to the file system. I have no idea why I'm having this problem because I had done this once before....I can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong and I'm at a loss.
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Well, here is what happened...
Somehow in making a Windows partition then removing the partition so many times I created an error where it only showed 1/2 of my hard drive...like it was starting to create the second half for the windows side and ran into an error.
So this turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because what I had to do was go to "Command + R" when I was starting up and format the entire drive, all 500 gb. This formatted the whole drive and must've erased whatever was causing the trouble.
Of course, then I had to reinstall OS X, and reinstall my Time Machine backup, but then I opened bootcamp and created the Windows partition again. This time, when I ran the EFI installer you were referring to on the far right (which I had tried before), it allowed me to click next and continue once I selected the Windows partition. Thank God! It must've fixed whatever file system error was hanging it up there every time....because it's installing now.
What I would suggest if all else fails, just format the whole dang thing. Then try from square one and see if you can install

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My 2011 MBP has been stuck "restarting" for about an hour now after installing Yosemite. The striped loading bar is grey and stationary but the charcoal circle is spinning underneath. Any suggestions? Do I leave it run overnight and call support in the morning? Thankfully this happened after Midterms, but I'm afraid I'll lose everything if I turn it off. (I decided to upgrade on a whim...I know...and the last backup is from the beginning of the summer. :/ )

Same thing happened to me - except, of course, that I made a back-up before installing Yosemite. I could not get my machine to boot - it would get stuck exactly the same way as yours. I tried for hours - and nothing...
I finally wiped my HD and used time machine to install my latest back-up. Without such a back-up, I don't know what options you have. Your best bet is probably this:
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