macbook problem...help please

jose-fahartose

hey
when i turn on my macbook it goes to a black screen and says "no bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key"

.........i had a windows partion but deleted it yesterday for space, but today when i started it up this black screen just appears and i've no idea wat disk theyr talking about

Any help??

Cheers

projectmayhem

Not sure how much help this is but it's the first thing I thought of... they're the boot commands for OS X...
http://www.fif3.com/howto/archives/001983.html

jose-fahartose

no got nowhere with that.....

just hope the mac side hasn't been deleted because it says "no bootable device" does that mean theres nothing there ??

Simon201

Do you get any choices when you hold down the 'option' key while starting up?
If you do, choose your Mac HD.

Brian

If your computer was set to boot Windows by default, it will think it has nothing to boot. If the OS X partition is still there then the above post should work, and you should set your OS X partition back to the default one

Found this:

To change the default boot partition, boot to OS X by holding down the "Option" key. Once OS X has loaded, go to your System Preferences. Under the "Startup Disk" options, change the Startup Disk to your OS X partition. Once that is set, OS X will, once again, become the default OS at boot.

jose-fahartose

Baza210 wrote: »

If your computer was set to boot Windows by default, it will think it has nothing to boot. If the OS X partition is still there then the above post should work, and you should set your OS X partition back to the default one

Found this:

Yes this is exactly what i thought, that it is starting in the windows partition but there is nothing to boot, i have tried holding the option while starting up many times but it has no effect...

...do ye know what disk they are talking about when it says "insert boot disk"? if i put in a windows vista disk could i load windows and change the start up from there??

iamhunted

if you press one of the modifier keys on bootup (ctrl i think) it should give you an option to book fro a different disc. if your mac still has a startup folder you should be able to boot from it from there

Brian

Are you doing this without any disks in the drive? Also, trying holding down X when booting.

Simon201

Think you should stick your Leopard install disk in. Startup with 'option' (or 'C') pressed again and choose the install disk. Go through all the options and attempt to choose 'archive and install'. If there are no options to do that, then it would seem your existing installation seems to have disappeared.