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No Bootable Device

  • 31-10-2013 9:53am
    #1
    Cork24
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    When starting up my Dads Mac i keep getting

    No Bootable Device --insert boot disk and press any key.. this in being displayed on a black screen,

    I have to hold the Alt key for the Mac to show me which HD i want to boot from.

    this is the second time it happened he took it to a repair place where they said to him that it was the Windows 7 that is causing this as it was not install right, this is inside a Virtual Box VMware Fusion

    I keep tell him that a VM image does not effect the physical boot loader,
    as its inside a a Virtual Drive with its own BootLoader install inside the Virtual Image which does not effect the physical bootloader.

    i can't seem to figure why this is coming up.


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Sounds like it could well be a failed hard disk. No Bootable Device means the bios/Firmware cannot find a device with boot code to load an operating system. Did the repair place actually test the hard disk before putting the blame on Windows? I'd do this first and see how it goes. No idea on Mac but I think if you boot off the Mac install disc the "Disk Utility" tool has a Hard Drive extended test option.

    Nick

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  • #3
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    yoyo wrote: »
    Sounds like it could well be a failed hard disk. No Bootable Device means the bios/Firmware cannot find a device with boot code to load an operating system. Did the repair place actually test the hard disk before putting the blame on Windows? I'd do this first and see how it goes. No idea on Mac but I think if you boot off the Mac install disc the "Disk Utility" tool has a Hard Drive extended test option.

    Nick


    I tested the hard drive,

    i tested for Permissions and i Verified the disk as-well in Disk Util


  • #4
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Cork24 wrote: »
    I tested the hard drive,

    i tested for Permissions and i Verified the disk as-well in Disk Util

    It could also be the SATA cable/controller. Is it a laptop or desktop? I think some Mac desktops had an issue with dodgy SATA cables, so this could be related to that.

    Nick

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  • #5
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    "No Bootable Device --insert boot disk and press any key"

    Thats definately a windows/BIOS related message not a Mac OS/EFI message.

    If the mac was not able to find a bootable device, it would land straight to the Folder with the no Entry sign.
    If you can boot to Mac OS from going to Startup Manager and selecting Macintosh HD, then I would presume the HD is fine.

    Something doesn't seem right with the VM Fusion software..


  • #6
    nialler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 896 ✭✭✭nialler


    Do all software updates including firmware updates - this is a known issue. Also go into the system preferences->startup disk and ensure that you have selected the Macintosh HD as the startup disk.


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  • #7
    Sad Professor
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    The OP has been temporarily site banned and probably can't read this, but if you are getting that error at startup there is definitely a Bootcamp partition installed, not a virtual disk image. VMWare can use both. Making sure that the OS X drive is selected in Startup Disk preferences, as nialler suggested, will probably fix it. But either way it sounds like the Bootcamp partition is damaged.


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