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"Disk Error. Press Any Key to Restart"

power2614 · 2009-01-25 13:37:01

Hi folks, I tired to buy XP on my macbook by bootcamp,but it didnt work out.So I claimed back the 30GB I set a said for XP.Now when I turn on I still get the msg "Disk Error. Press Any Key to Restart" and have to boot up by holding down the alt/option command button. Anyone know how to fix it without having to do a…

25-01-2009 1:37pm

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power2614

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Hi folks,

I tired to buy XP on my macbook by bootcamp,but it didnt work out.So I claimed back the 30GB I set a said for XP.Now when I turn on I still get the msg "Disk Error. Press Any Key to Restart" and have to boot up by holding down the alt/option command button.

Anyone know how to fix it without having to do a reinstall

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#2 25-01-2009 1:47pm

Normster

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This is probably a very stupid reply .. but do you have a floppy disk in it?

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#3 25-01-2009 1:49pm

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Normster wrote: »

This is probably a very stupid reply .. but do you have a floppy disk in it?

It's been a long time since a macbook has had a floppy drive in it...

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#4 25-01-2009 2:09pm

power2614

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No cd in drive

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#5 25-01-2009 4:57pm

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So you can still boot into Mac OS X if you hold down the option key? Have you tried System Preferences => Startup Disk => select the Mac OS X disk and restart from there? It should remember your setting and boot to Mac OS X without using the option key next time...

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#6 25-01-2009 9:35pm

power2614

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That did it J,thanks..

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