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Boot Camp Error - Non System Disk

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MK123

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Oct 19, 2011
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Hi all,

I am new to Macbook and I am trying to install Windows 7 on my macbook using Bootcamp. These are the steps I have taken:

1. Created a bootable Windows 7 Installation USB using "Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool" (Using an ISO)
PS: I did the above using VMware Fusion
2. Partitioned using Boot Camp
3. Installed rEFIt

Now when I restart my mac and try to install Windows 7, I get a black screen with the following error:

Non-System Disk
Press any key to reboot.

At this point none of the keys respond.

Please HELP!!!
 
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Makosuke

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If you're only planning on dual-booting, I don't know why you'd need rEFIt, so as a start, you could try uninstalling rEFIt and see if you can install Windows then; it could be the issue.

Could also be a problem with booting a Windows installer from a USB drive. Should theoretically work, but I've never tried it myself, and Boot Camp does actually do something to EFI to get it to recognize a Windows install disc. If, for example, you just partition the disk and try to install Windows without ever running the Boot Camp setup, it won't work.
 
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MK123

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Oct 19, 2011
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Makosuke said:
If you're only planning on dual-booting, I don't know why you'd need rEFIt, so as a start, you could try uninstalling rEFIt and see if you can install Windows then; it could be the issue.

Could also be a problem with booting a Windows installer from a USB drive. Should theoretically work, but I've never tried it myself, and Boot Camp does actually do something to EFI to get it to recognize a Windows install disc. If, for example, you just partition the disk and try to install Windows without ever running the Boot Camp setup, it won't work.
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Hey Thank you for the reply.

I tried uninstalling rEFIt and still does not work.

I also tried Boot Camp to install Windows 7 but it does not recognize my USB as bootable.

I followed a tutorial on youtube which tells me to install it using rEFIt

link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmA-9apQ6kg

PS: I am using Macbook Pro
 
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nienque

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Sep 23, 2012
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MK123 said:
Hey Thank you for the reply.

I tried uninstalling rEFIt and still does not work.

I also tried Boot Camp to install Windows 7 but it does not recognize my USB as bootable.

I followed a tutorial on youtube which tells me to install it using rEFIt

link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmA-9apQ6kg

PS: I am using Macbook Pro
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Did you ever find a solution for this? Experiencing the same issue now and I've been googling for a solution to no avail :/
 
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