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If you have time please read my entire post. I do not complain or blame anything. I have been on these forums for a while so please don't flame me, I hope to have this problem resolved by the end of the night.
Today I tried to install xp 64-bit using boot camp as described on many posts via the internet. Before starting I knew that xp 64-bit was not completely supported by boot camp, so I took the necessary precautions by waiting for a complete backup to start and finish through time machine. I then made a disc with all of the necessary 64-bit windows drivers for my iMac because as detailed in many of the online work arounds, the leopard install disc that comes bundled with the imac will not automatically download the necessary drivers for things like NIC, sound card etc.
I went ahead and took the necessary steps to partition my hard drive and then popped in my Legal XP 64-bit disc. Installed using apple's directions posted here:
manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup.pdf
Then I used the disc to update the drivers, spending most of the day trying to get it to work. However, much like many people who do not have a Mac Pro, I was unable to get xp 64-bit to work because for some reason, it seems that 64-bit edition of XP needs its own separate hard drive, or there may be another reason.
So then I restarted and booted using the option key and selected os x as the OS i wanted to boot to. Then I used the manual again (posted above) and followed the directions exactly to "restore" my hard drive back to normal and give up on Windows. Then the slowness began. When I inserted disks into my imac and then ejected them they would eject physically, but they would never disappear from the desktop. Several other problems occurred but that is the easiest one to explain.
I figured it was simply a finder issue. So I relaunched finder and nothing from the desktop reappeared. So I figured I just needed to restart. So I did restart. Then when the restart happened I was stuck at the grey screen after the startup sound but before the grey apple appears with the pinwheel for almost 15 mins. So then I unplugged all of my periferals except for keyboard and mouse and did a hard reboot
Now I am on a black screen with the message:
"No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key"
Now I understand this was my fault for trying to install an unsupported OS via bootcamp, and that is why I am not blaming anything on windows or anything else... I was prepared for this, and I am just posting to let people in the future know exactly how I plan to fix this problem with my specific system.
I plan to simply reinstall leopard and restore via time machine. Considering I have never restored via time machine, I was hoping someone who has could post a step by step so I don't somehow lose everything during the backup. My biggest fear is that I will reinstall leopard, connect my external, and then say backup using time machine, and it will somehow erase my old backups. So please, if you have some time, please detail exactly how to restore using time machine, or send me a link you used that worked flawlessly because once again I have trusted people on the internet, and have put myself in a little bind.
Thanks, and sorry for the long post and any typos along the way.
jdgti
If you have time please read my entire post. I do not complain or blame anything. I have been on these forums for a while so please don't flame me, I hope to have this problem resolved by the end of the night.
Today I tried to install xp 64-bit using boot camp as described on many posts via the internet. Before starting I knew that xp 64-bit was not completely supported by boot camp, so I took the necessary precautions by waiting for a complete backup to start and finish through time machine. I then made a disc with all of the necessary 64-bit windows drivers for my iMac because as detailed in many of the online work arounds, the leopard install disc that comes bundled with the imac will not automatically download the necessary drivers for things like NIC, sound card etc.
I went ahead and took the necessary steps to partition my hard drive and then popped in my Legal XP 64-bit disc. Installed using apple's directions posted here:
manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup.pdf
Then I used the disc to update the drivers, spending most of the day trying to get it to work. However, much like many people who do not have a Mac Pro, I was unable to get xp 64-bit to work because for some reason, it seems that 64-bit edition of XP needs its own separate hard drive, or there may be another reason.
So then I restarted and booted using the option key and selected os x as the OS i wanted to boot to. Then I used the manual again (posted above) and followed the directions exactly to "restore" my hard drive back to normal and give up on Windows. Then the slowness began. When I inserted disks into my imac and then ejected them they would eject physically, but they would never disappear from the desktop. Several other problems occurred but that is the easiest one to explain.
I figured it was simply a finder issue. So I relaunched finder and nothing from the desktop reappeared. So I figured I just needed to restart. So I did restart. Then when the restart happened I was stuck at the grey screen after the startup sound but before the grey apple appears with the pinwheel for almost 15 mins. So then I unplugged all of my periferals except for keyboard and mouse and did a hard reboot
Now I am on a black screen with the message:
"No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key"
Now I understand this was my fault for trying to install an unsupported OS via bootcamp, and that is why I am not blaming anything on windows or anything else... I was prepared for this, and I am just posting to let people in the future know exactly how I plan to fix this problem with my specific system.
I plan to simply reinstall leopard and restore via time machine. Considering I have never restored via time machine, I was hoping someone who has could post a step by step so I don't somehow lose everything during the backup. My biggest fear is that I will reinstall leopard, connect my external, and then say backup using time machine, and it will somehow erase my old backups. So please, if you have some time, please detail exactly how to restore using time machine, or send me a link you used that worked flawlessly because once again I have trusted people on the internet, and have put myself in a little bind.
Thanks, and sorry for the long post and any typos along the way.
jdgti