Windows 7 64 bit "no bootable device found" mavericks
I need help installing windows 7 64 bit on an imac running mavericks.
I am using a usb superdrive, im also using a windows 7 64 bit oem disc
I keep getting the same error message, telling me "no bootable devixe found".
2 options
Google USB boot camp hack
If that doesn't work you have to get it repaired
No other way for boot camp
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Boot Camp partition moved to external:"No bootable device found"
I have just installed a new SSD, moved my old OSX partition to the new drive and am currently using the old hdd in an enclosure as an external hard drive.
I can access all my files on my old OSX partition and my bootcamp partition when connected to my laptop. However, when i try to boot from my old bootcamp partition i get the "No bootable device found -- insert boot disk and press any key" message. That is when i boot from Startup Disk and target the bootcamp partion.
When restarting my computer with the external harddrive connected and pressing the option key i only get "SSD" and "Recovery" as options, it does not recognize the external harddrive as a startup option at all.
Is there anything i can do to use my old boot camp partition again? It worked perfectly fine before being external to the computer.
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No bootable device found- insert disk and press any key
hi all, recently i have updated my macbook pro (mid 2012) from mavericks to yosemite
now the problem is i cannot install windows 8.1 both by bootcamp and through direct booting
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am totally confused of not able to get about this problem
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plz help me to find a solutionOS X cannot as standard write to NTFS partitions so it is likely that initially the Boot Camp utility created a FAT32 partition. This is not however a problem, when you run the Windows 7 installer either you can manually and specifically reformat that partition to NTFS or it may even do this automatically because it knows that Windows 7 can only be installed in to a NTFS partition.
Obviously if you are using the Windows 7 installer to manually reformat a partition make sure you select the right one!
It sounds like the Boot Camp utility got as far as setting the new 'Windows' partition to be the choice to boot from but of course it is currently empty. However if you are using a Windows CD/DVD disc to install from you should still be able to insert it, turn on the Mac, and hold down the letter 'C' to boot from it. If you are using a USB memory stick to install from then plug it in, hold down the Option/Alt key and turn on the Mac. Hopefully it will then list the USB drive as one of the boot choices or at least list the normal Mac boot disk.
With a Bluetooth keyboard the above keys for use during boot up may not work as mentioned by mjl2013. -
IdeaPad U330 - Replacing the SSHD with an SSD = no bootable device found
Hi,
I have the original SSHD (Seagate 500 Gig) with Windows 8 that I would like to replace with :
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series (256 Gig) with Windows 8 already installed and running on it.
When I put the Samsung SSD in my Lenovo Ideapad Ultrabook U330, BIOS tells me there is no bootable device found.
Can someone please explain this, I am SO desperate T_T
Thanks,
David
DETAILS :
Both Windows are Windows 8.1 64 bits
The SSD is working perfectly when placed in my Desktop computer
I installed Windows 8.1 on the SSD following this tutorial : http://superuser.com/questions/490476/how-can-i-install-windows-8-on-my-hdd-without-the-use-of-a-usb...
I did not provide the Windows 8 CD key on for SSD yet (but I have it)
I have tried rebooting with Safe boot disabled, Legacy settings, disabling Win8 OS optimization...no success
I have a bootable Windows 8.1 on an external HDD, I can boot on it everywhere...except on the Lenovo Ideapad and I have no clue why the disk is not supported here.
Usually, on the SSD, I plug the SATA cable but there is also another connector next to it. I noticed the SSHD in the Lenovo laptop didn't have any connector on it. Maybe my SSD requires to be connected using both slots (the SATA one, and the one next to it ?)
Should I update my BIOS ? Should I reformat the SSD ? Should I go back to the Bios Firm settings ?
I have been looking at some forum threads, but there doesn't seem to be any clear procedure to cope with this problem...
UPDATE :
From the BIOS, after disabling secure boot, selecting "Legacy" and "Legacy First" in the boot mode section allows me to boot on my USB HDD
Solved!
Go to Solution.Duckblade wrote:
Thanks for the tip, I will check that shortly. Is there any software that could help me do that ? I am also thinking of using Norton Ghost to clone the SSHD on my SSD, that has to work.
Cheers !
Just use disk management (winkey + x, select disk management). Select the leftmost portion of the disk drive and right click. Select properties. Select volumes. You will see the partition style of the disk that you have selected. -
'No bootable device found - insert boot disk and press any key'
Dear all,
I just tried to install a version of Windows 7 on my Mac yesterday and used bootcamp for this purpose. Unfortunately the process could not be completed since bootcamp did not partition the hard drive as NTFS. I had to terminate the installation process and whenever I start up my Mac Mini now see a black screen telling me 'No bootable device found - insert boot disk and press any key'. I have tried to push the Option/Alt key to select the boot device but this does not work. I created a USB with a version of OSX to start from externally which also did not work and I used an older hard drive with a fully OSX system and tried to boot from that which also did not work. I am out of ideas and hope that one of you can help me.
Best regards
BernhardOS X cannot as standard write to NTFS partitions so it is likely that initially the Boot Camp utility created a FAT32 partition. This is not however a problem, when you run the Windows 7 installer either you can manually and specifically reformat that partition to NTFS or it may even do this automatically because it knows that Windows 7 can only be installed in to a NTFS partition.
Obviously if you are using the Windows 7 installer to manually reformat a partition make sure you select the right one!
It sounds like the Boot Camp utility got as far as setting the new 'Windows' partition to be the choice to boot from but of course it is currently empty. However if you are using a Windows CD/DVD disc to install from you should still be able to insert it, turn on the Mac, and hold down the letter 'C' to boot from it. If you are using a USB memory stick to install from then plug it in, hold down the Option/Alt key and turn on the Mac. Hopefully it will then list the USB drive as one of the boot choices or at least list the normal Mac boot disk.
With a Bluetooth keyboard the above keys for use during boot up may not work as mentioned by mjl2013. -
After install it just says "No bootable device found" [SOLVED]
I have been trying (several times now) to install Arch Linux. After the install, it just showed the message "No bootable device found".
I have already asked for a solution here, but until now no one could really help me.
I will paste my text from the other site here, to explain exactly my situation:
I've been trying to install Arch Linux. After the installation, it shows the BIOS screen and after that there just comes a message that says "No bootable device found".
I have retried the whole scenario now some times, still it just shows the same message...
At installing, I have followed the Unofficial Beginner's Guide from the ArchLinux wiki.
Here is what I did:
First of all, I wiped the hard drive (on which before the wipe was Windows Vista installed) and put GPT on it by using gdisk. Then I set up some partitions, which now look as the following (output of parted):
Model: ATA ST9160310AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 2097kB 1049kB BIOS boot partition bios_grub
2 2097kB 107MB 105MB ext2 Linux filesystem
3 107MB 21.6GB 21.5GB ext4 Linux filesystem
4 21.6GB 30.2GB 8590MB linux-swap(v1) Linux swap
5 30.2GB 160GB 130GB ext4 Linux filesystem
Then I mounted the root partition (sda2) to /mnt, after that also the boot and the home partition (sda3 and sda5) to /mnt/boot and /mnt/home and at the end formatted and activated the swap partition (sda4).
Now I began installing the base system. After selecting the mirrors, I installed base and base-devel.
At the end of the install I generated an fstab.
Then I finally chrooted into /mnt, set up some Locales, set a root password and then installed and configured Grub2, exactly as it is explained here.
At the end I exited from the chroot environment, unmounted the partitions and rebooted. You know the rest... It just showed the message that it coudn't find any bootable devices.
By the way, I tried to install it on this computer.
Hopefully someone finds out what I did wrong, thanks in advance!
Last edited by brgr (2013-04-03 17:58:20)So, here is the /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt3'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt3 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt3 f8d04422-e0a0-486e-ab$
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f8d04422-e0a0-486e-abfd-43fa63f5e10e
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Arch GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'g$
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 4ada76a3-b73a$
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 4ada76a3-b73a-4ddd-94e2-e723e15cdc84
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=f8d04422-e0a0-486e-abfd-43fa63f5e10e ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
menuentry 'Arch GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel (Fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $m$
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 4ada76a3-b73a$
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 4ada76a3-b73a-4ddd-94e2-e723e15cdc84
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=f8d04422-e0a0-486e-abfd-43fa63f5e10e ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux-fallback.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
and here the /etc/fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/sda3 LABEL=system
UUID=f8d04422-e0a0-486e-abfd-43fa63f5e10e /mnt ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# /dev/sda2 LABEL=boot
UUID=4ada76a3-b73a-4ddd-94e2-e723e15cdc84 /boot ext2 rw,relatime 0 2
# /dev/sda5 LABEL=userdata
UUID=964b46b9-8b33-4978-bcef-5c9e41ade8c6 /home ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 2
# /dev/sda4 LABEL=swap
UUID=276da045-ffba-4b20-9230-2540898541b1 none swap defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda3 LABEL=system
UUID=f8d04422-e0a0-486e-abfd-43fa63f5e10e /mnt ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# /dev/sda3 LABEL=system
UUID=f8d04422-e0a0-486e-abfd-43fa63f5e10e / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# UUID=f8d04422-e0a0-486e-abfd-43fa63f5e10e LABEL=system
/dev/sda3 /mnt ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# UUID=4ada76a3-b73a-4ddd-94e2-e723e15cdc84 LABEL=boot
/dev/sda2 /boot ext2 rw,relatime 0 2
# UUID=964b46b9-8b33-4978-bcef-5c9e41ade8c6 LABEL=userdata
/dev/sda5 /home ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 2
# UUID=276da045-ffba-4b20-9230-2540898541b1 LABEL=swap
/dev/sda4 none swap defaults 0 0
@Scimmia: I will try this out tomorrow, I don't have enough time to do it now. -
ok i get this error when hooking my dvd drive up and tring to use my windows 7 cdNo Bootable device. Insert boot disk and press any key. i have tried to use command key i see the cd icon and hit that and i get the error
Wiley207 wrote:
Believe it or not, it was the FireWire drive that was the problem! I managed to successfully install Windows 7 using an external USB DVD drive!
Well I am truly staggered, I have tried this on two different MacBook Pros, with three different external USB optical drives. Don't know if you googled as I suggested but you would find hundreds of others who have found same thing. The exception is MacBook Air which works with the Apple writer, but I don't know much about this.
Were you doing any of the special workarounds with refedit etc?
What model USB DVD drive? -
No bootable device found 5K iMac..HELP!!! Please?
Ok so here's where I am at on my 2014 5K iMac:
1. Used 16 GB USB 2.0 thumbdrive and an official Windows 7 ISO.
2. Bootcamp created the WININSTALL disk flawlessly complete with necessary drivers.
3. Created a 60GB partition via Bootcamp.
4. iMac restarts and boots to blank screen and then says "No bootable device found - insert boot disk and press any key"
I never removed the thumb drive, followed bootcamp's instructions to the letter, and made sure all other usb drives were removed. Again, bootcamp was working fine until the restart and the inability to read the bootable drive bootcamp JUST CREATED. Any idea what may be going on?
I have included a snapshot my system specs and I am running a 1TB Fusion Drive.
When I start up back into Yosemite I can even see a new drive labled "BOOTCAMP" (picture also included)
I have also restarted while holding the option key and manually selected the "Windows" drive and I STILL come to the same blanks screen with the same message.
Seriously, ***? Beginning to dislike my iMac now. I don't understand why this must be so difficultISO is a Win 7 Home Premium SP1 X64 only. 3.7 GB total. No other versions of Windos or x86 versions attached.
Here is my screen output:
Last login: Sun Mar 8 09:58:34 on ttys000
DEREKs-iMac:~ derekrevella$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 121.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 937.3 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 62.0 GB disk1s4
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *1.1 TB disk2
Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
D8910214-0CC0-433C-967E-12C8B2EF494A
Unencrypted Fusion Drive
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk3
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 999.9 GB disk3s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk3s3
/dev/disk4
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk4
1: Windows_NTFS My Book 2.0 TB disk4s1
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Time Machine *999.5 GB disk5
Logical Volume on disk3s2
C95A6680-EB2B-4898-9F29-5EECACFB4814
Unlocked Encrypted
DEREKs-iMac:~ derekrevella$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (2 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 2EDB8807-AFCF-41E1-BCDA-6F438470F393
| =========================================================
| Name: Macintosh HD
| Status: Online
| Size: 1058333908992 B (1.1 TB)
| Free Space: 114688 B (114.7 KB)
| |
| +-< Physical Volume 0C09A2C5-498E-4D35-8ACA-84B264462D96
| | ----------------------------------------------------
| | Index: 0
| | Disk: disk0s2
| | Status: Online
| | Size: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
| |
| +-< Physical Volume 1E0F380B-D81B-479D-BC16-EC8D264BF33A
| | ----------------------------------------------------
| | Index: 1
| | Disk: disk1s2
| | Status: Online
| | Size: 937345056768 B (937.3 GB)
| |
| +-> Logical Volume Family B15B0DBE-A3A8-42B6-B655-F343E7783511
| ----------------------------------------------------------
| Encryption Status: Unlocked
| Encryption Type: None
| Conversion Status: NoConversion
| Conversion Direction: -none-
| Has Encrypted Extents: No
| Fully Secure: No
| Passphrase Required: No
| |
| +-> Logical Volume D8910214-0CC0-433C-967E-12C8B2EF494A
| ---------------------------------------------------
| Disk: disk2
| Status: Online
| Size (Total): 1052478537728 B (1.1 TB)
| Conversion Progress: -none-
| Revertible: No
| LV Name: Macintosh HD
| Volume Name: Macintosh HD
| Content Hint: Apple_HFS
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 8D28A59C-F3FC-4F88-AB3D-A84CE9412D25
=========================================================
Name: Untitled
Status: Online
Size: 999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
Free Space: 5943296 B (5.9 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume E396DF7A-22A9-4CD3-B9B8-AD36EBC06BFE
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk3s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 3042FBEB-10F0-4101-8A38-351029136F95
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Conversion Status: Complete
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: Yes
Fully Secure: Yes
Passphrase Required: Yes
|
+-> Logical Volume C95A6680-EB2B-4898-9F29-5EECACFB4814
Disk: disk5
Status: Online
Size (Total): 999502643200 B (999.5 GB)
Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: No
LV Name: Time Machine
Volume Name: Time Machine
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
DEREKs-iMac:~ derekrevella$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
Password:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 236978175
start size index contents
0 1 PMBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 236306352 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236715992 262144 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236978136 7
236978143 32 Sec GPT table
236978175 1 Sec GPT header
DEREKs-iMac:~ derekrevella$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 236978175] <Unknown ID>
2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
DEREKs-iMac:~ derekrevella$ -
I have a MacBookPro 9,1 (mid-2012, non-retina) running OS X 10.8.2. Here is what I have done to my system:
Installed Windows 7 x64 Pro to a boot camp partition; installed all windows updates.
Using WinClone, save an image of this boot camp partition.
Removed optical drive and HDD.
Installed HDD in place of optical drive.
Installed SSD in place of HDD.
Booted to recovery partition, installed OS X on a flash drive.
Booted to flash drive, created fusion drive using [MacWorld's instructions](http://www.macworld.com/article/2014011/how-to-make-your-own-fusion-drive.html)
Booted to recovery partition on flash drive.
Restored system to fusion drive from a Time Machine backup. Unfortunately, it seems that because I never installed OS X on my fusion drive, I do not have a recovery partition. But that's an issue for another day.
Using Boot Camp assistant, created a boot camp partition on my HDD.
Using WinClone, restore my Windows installation from the previously created image.
Now, Windows boots to a black screen telling me that it can't find a bootable device. I have tried a few things to resolve this, all without effect:
I know that VMware Fusion has to prepare a boot camp partition in order to virtualize it, so I figured it might inadvertently fix things. Alas, while it *did* successfully boot my boot camp partition into a virtual machine, I still can't boot into Windows.
I figured I'd just try to reinstall Windows. Surprisingly, my system booted to my Windows install disc, which was in my original optical drive (which I had put in a USB case). But, Windows refused to install, giving me a an error 0x8030024. It seems the solution to this issue is to disconnect all drives but the one on which you want to install Windows, which is something I would dearly like to avoid. It would be a pain, but more than that, I'm afraid it would bork my fusion drive, even if I'm careful to never boot to OS X with the SSD disconnected.
A lot of places said that this error results from a borked MBR, and suggest using a tool like gptfdisk to rewrite it. I followed the instructions [here](https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4144252?start=0&tstart=0), but *that* didn't work either.
I am now completely at a loss as to how to proceed, and Google isn't much help either.
In conclusion, here is some information that you may find helpful:
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *240.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 239.7 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *750.2 GB disk1
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 648.4 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 650.0 MB disk1s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 100.9 GB disk1s4
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Mayfly *884.0 GB disk2
$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 63DC419F-1A09-4C5B-977A-F59F79502CA1
=========================================================
Name: FusionDrive
Size: 888087773184 B (888.1 GB)
Free Space: 0 B (0 B)
|
+-< Physical Volume B1B14251-2DB3-491C-9E7A-5C2FD11881BA
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 239713435648 B (239.7 GB)
|
+-< Physical Volume D0BA2837-514D-4620-8E1D-26D18137CA94
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 1
| Disk: disk1s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 648374337536 B (648.4 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 736A8900-FE9C-4342-A932-EDC35444774C
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: None
Conversion Status: NoConversion
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: No
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: No
|
+-> Logical Volume B4997853-59F8-4480-BB48-3481B2F2A123
Disk: disk2
Status: Online
Size (Total): 884000030720 B (884.0 GB)
Size (Converted): -none-
Revertible: No
LV Name: Mayfly
Volume Name: Mayfly
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
$ sudo gpt -r -vv show disk1
Password:
gpt show: disk1: mediasize=750156374016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1465149168
gpt show: disk1: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk1: Sec GPT at sector 1465149167
start size index contents
0 1 MBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 1266356128 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1266765768 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1268035304 280
1268035584 197111808 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1465147392 1743
1465149135 32 Sec GPT table
1465149167 1 Sec GPT header
$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk1
Disk: /dev/disk1 geometry: 91201/255/63 [1465149168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
1: EE 0 0 2 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 1268035583] *2: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1268035584 - 197111808] HPFS/QNX/AUX
3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unusedMy setup is very similar to your's, Ryan, on a Mac Mini5,2 and the ordering is different and Winclone was not used.
1. New Mini with internal 500GB with Mountain Lion(ML), put into an external FW enclosure, so the Mini can/could be booted using an external drive for contigency.
2. Replaced internal stock HDD (500Gb/5400rpm) with SSD/HDD (256Gb SSD/1TB 5400rpm).
3. Installed W7 x64 on 64GB partition on HDD, which was a single-partition drive to begin with.
4. The remaining HDD partition and the entire SSD was put into a Fusion drive.
5. Using Command-R, new ML installed on Fusion HD.
Here is what I currently have...(Disk0 - SSD, Disk1- 1TB HDD, Disk2 - Fusion, Disk3 - External FW).
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *256.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 255.7 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 934.5 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 650.0 MB disk1s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 64.9 GB disk1s4
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Fusion HD *1.2 TB disk2
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk3
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1
2: Apple_HFS Rescue HD 371.8 GB disk3s2
3: Apple_HFS Leopard HD 31.9 GB disk3s3
4: Apple_HFS Snow Leopard HD 31.9 GB disk3s4
5: Apple_HFS Lion HD 31.3 GB disk3s5
6: Apple_Boot Lion Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk3s6
7: Apple_HFS Mountain Lion HD 31.3 GB disk3s7
8: Apple_Boot Mountain Lion Recove... 650.0 MB disk3s8
diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
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+-- Logical Volume Group A8C00490-0E14-401F-AB69-59F37724E8C4
=========================================================
Name: Fusion
Size: 1190201270272 B (1.2 TB)
Free Space: 0 B (0 B)
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+-< Physical Volume 4772013B-5520-4801-9BE5-BCAEF4AEDAB3
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 255716540416 B (255.7 GB)
|
+-< Physical Volume A679A101-3C78-4A59-B5EE-A4339210CFAD
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 1
| Disk: disk1s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 934484729856 B (934.5 GB)
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+-> Logical Volume Family 5EF5C7CA-0B9C-4169-82A1-41C84F206672
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: None
Conversion Status: NoConversion
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: No
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: No
|
+-> Logical Volume 1512657C-ED13-4B31-82C6-7AECBBCA7F98
Disk: disk2
Status: Online
Size (Total): 1185508581376 B (1.2 TB)
Size (Converted): -none-
Revertible: No
LV Name: Fusion HD
Volume Name: Fusion HD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
sudo gpt -r -vv show disk1
gpt show: disk1: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168
gpt show: disk1: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk1: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167
start size index contents
0 1 MBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 1825165488 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1825575128 1269544 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1826844672 126679040 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1953523712 1423
1953525135 32 Sec GPT table
1953525167 1 Sec GPT header -
"No bootable device found" Windows 7 Installation Problems
Hello. I am very sorry if this has been asked and solved but I have looked through the forums and cannot find anyone who has.
Here is my situation:
MacBook Pro late 2011 running OSX 10.9.2 Mavericks. I am trying to install Windows 7 using Bootcamp and a usb as I replaced my optical drive with a hdd. My BCA (bootcamp assistant) originally did not have the option to create a bootable install disc with USB but through the info.plst and terminal I was able to fix that. I have partitioned my bootdrive (120gb ssd) successfully through BCA and created an install USB with a Windows 7 ISO through BCA. I have another USB with the Windows Support for Apple. My problem is when I get to the reboot screen, it says that there is no bootable device even with my USB connected. I tried shutting down and using the Alt/Option method and the USB simply doesn't show up on the options screen.
My question:
I read that perhaps it is just my particular USB that will not work as a boot device. Could this be true? If so then does anyone know which brand or USB will work?
Is there some fix for this?
Is the USB formatted correctly? Before installing the ISO onto it with BCA I went into Disk Utility and partitioned it into one partition with the Mac Journaled format and the GUID partition table. Is this wrong? Also after putting the ISO file on it with BCA I looked at it again in Disk Utility and it was back to FAT format.
Anyway, I apologize again if this has been explained or if it is impossible to install windows without a disc on mavericks. All help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.Didn't work for me ,but I installed a free app/utility called ReFit ( Google it ) which creates a little win/ Mac choice at boot. It sees the win boot volume even though the Mac can't. Works Great.
Hint: after installing ReFit you have to reboot Twice before it kicks in. -
Shared disk (Tried 2 methods BootCamp and Disk Utility) to install windows, but the section is not shown, to be precise, when you turn the Mac while holding Alt key shows the partition for system restore and disk partition with OSX, and not created by me. If you try through Bootcamp that actually says "No bootable device". What could it be? I have a macbook pro 371ll/a, OSX 10.9.5 . Thanks for the reply.
Thank you! All established, but a new problem with Windows 7 partition. If you install Windows on a Mac, say you gave 30GB on widows, after installation you have 2GB from 30GB, while the size of the files in Windows is 18 GB, should be free 12 from 30. Hidden files on large amounts of no (100 MB all hidden files together). Know that there is a disk which reserves memory for the system, but I don't have, I look through the taskbar there is a disk with osx and bootcamp and all. What could it be, if you of course know.
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Boot Camp not installing Windows 7 - "No bootable device, insert boot disk and press any key."
I need some help with something. A while back, I put a brand new hard drive in my MacBook, a 500 GB model to replace the 120 GB one. I cloned everything successfully to the new drive via Carbon Copy Cloner, but now I want to make a Boot Camp partition on the drive. The SuperDrive in it is defective, so I use an external FireWire drive. So far the Boot Camp Assistant in 10.7 Lion works fine in creating the partition, but when it gets to the part where it tries to boot into the Windows installation disk (32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium, or could the 64-bit work fine as well?), it shows a black scree nwith "No bootable device, insert boot disk and press any key." I try pressing keys, but nothing happens.
I also tried using rEFIt, but that didn't work out either.
Here are the specifications of my machine...
MacBook (Early 2009 model)
2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
4 GB of RAM
500 GB SATA hard drive
Dual-layer SuperDrive (defective, may replace it once I have the cash)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics chip
Mac OS X 10.7.2 Lion
Can anyone help me out with this? Is there some sort of workaround?Wiley207 wrote:
Believe it or not, it was the FireWire drive that was the problem! I managed to successfully install Windows 7 using an external USB DVD drive!
Well I am truly staggered, I have tried this on two different MacBook Pros, with three different external USB optical drives. Don't know if you googled as I suggested but you would find hundreds of others who have found same thing. The exception is MacBook Air which works with the Apple writer, but I don't know much about this.
Were you doing any of the special workarounds with refedit etc?
What model USB DVD drive? -
I have a MacPro Tower running OSX 10.9 on one partition and WIndows 8.1 on a bootcamp partition. I've been rinnung this way for almost a year. At every boot, I hold option and select either OSX or Windows depending on what I am doing at the time. Yesterday, I was running in WIndows and rebooted into OSX. I left the computer running overnight in OSX. I got in this morning and OSX was completely locked. I had mouse control and could select an app, bu tthe app would never load. I then delected the Apple-Shutdown and got the pinwheel for about an hour. It never shut down. So I held the power button and rebooted in OSX. OSX came up withou a proble. I then rebooted and selected the bootcamp partition for Windows 8.1 and got an error that it can't find a bootable device. So I booted into OSX and looked at the Bootcamp partition. It is there and I can see the Windows folders/files. I ran GPT check and the partitions look fine. Here are the results:
Joe-MAC-2:~ Shared_Mac$ sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0
WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
Password:
gpt show: disk0: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168
gpt show: disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167
start size index contents
0 1 PMBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 746767808 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
747177448 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
748446984 760
748447744 1205075968 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1953523712 1423
1953525135 32 Sec GPT table
1953525167 1 Sec GPT header
I then ran a gdisk check and got the follwoing:
Joe-MAC-2:~ Shared_Mac$ sudo gdisk -l /dev/disk0
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/disk0: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 000077EA-6464-0000-352F-000035010000
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2189 sectors (1.1 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 40 409639 200.0 MiB EF00 EFI System Partition
2 409640 747177447 356.1 GiB AF00 Customer
3 747177448 748446983 619.9 MiB AB00 Recovery HD
4 748447744 1953523711 574.6 GiB 0700 BOOTCAMP
Everything looks okay to me. I then booted into the OSX recovery and ran repair disk on the disk via the disk utilty. It said that I had an EFI error and repaired it. It still wont boot into Winfdows. Any ideas?
Thanks,
JoeDid you find a solution?
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Windows 7 No bootable device problem
I am trying to install Windows 7 on my late-2009 27" iMac. I tried installing Windows two different times from both disc and ISO image and after partitioning, the iMac restarts and a black screen comes up with a message that says "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key." What is the problem? Why won't it install?
Disconnect all USB devices except kb and mouse
You have to use the internal disc drove for install
Make sure the USB key you will use for the windows support software is only usb2 -
Windows 7 No bootable device (Win7 on usb, Mac mini md387)
Hello.
I want to install Windows 7 to my Mac mini MD387 (2012). I don't have an external disk drive (dvd), but i have an usb-drive (Transcend 32GB).
I tried creating bootable usb using Boot Camp, Windows 7 (using cmd). But when mac mini restart I always get message "No bootable device...". And i can't install Win7.
Can you help me?this is in the bootcamp manual: restart and when the grey screen appears, start tapping your spacebar rapidly until it boots up. I know it sounds crazy but it works
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