20" alu iMac bootcamp/booting problem

[grimreaper1377]

I tried installing Windows today using bootcamp. So I went to Utilities, double clicked the bootcamp icon, and followed the boxes. Eventually, my computer rebooted. Then when it booted up, a black screen came up saying

"No Boot Drive Detected"
"Please insert one and press any key to continue."

So I insert the Windows XP cd, press return, and nothing happens.
Try holding the power button to turn it off, starting it up again, and same thing.

Anyone have any fixes?

 

[AlexisV]

Can you get back into OS X? Are you using Windows XP SP2?

 

[ugotpwned5]

i had a similar problem. Try holding the option key upon bootup

 

[grimreaper1377]

@ugotpwned5:

The option key thing works. However, will I have to do this every time I start my computer up?

@AlexisV:

Once it gets to the that screen, it just stays there until I turn my computer off. I can't get back into OS X or anything.

Using Windows XP Professional SP2.

 

[AlexisV]

I'd reinstall OS X from the system DVD.

 

[Consultant]

When you press option upon boot up, you should see 2 drive icons. What are the names of those drive icons?

Perhaps you formatted the Mac OS partition?

You should be able to select the Macintosh HD partition and log back into OSX. Personally I keep OSX as startup disk, and hit Option upon restart to log into windows. (Unlesss you are using windows all the time).

 

[ugotpwned5]

go to system prefrences and change default startup drive to mac os x partion. then oopen diskutility and repair permissions.