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<blockquote data-quote="rholmes01" data-source="post: 945425" data-attributes="member: 99836"><p>We had some rapid-sequence blackouts here over the weekend which may or may not have caused, or had some hand in, the loss of me being able to boot into Windows Vista via bootcamp.</p><p></p><p>Last time I booted out of windows back to OS, my iMac 'hung', then booted back into Windows, so I tried again, it hung again but made repeated boot-up tones. Panicking a bit, I turned the iMac off, then powered on with the OS disc loaded.</p><p></p><p>All came up ok, eventually, with no apparent errors.</p><p></p><p>However, I've just tried to boot into Windows, but when I go to Sys Pref/Startup Disk, the Windows disc has gone. Also, when I try to run Boot Camp Assistant I see this error....</p><p></p><p>"Boot Camp Assistant cannot be Used"</p><p>You must update your computer's boot ROM</p><p>firmware before using this assistant</p><p></p><p>...which all looks very grim and looking potentially like sending the machine away time.</p><p></p><p>Unless of course, you experts out there can provide some advice and guidance and get me out of this hole! I have Time Machine from before the 'event' if that helps</p><p></p><p>Many Thanks</p><p></p><p>.......Forgot to say, I've still got the Bootcamp drive on my Apple desktop and can see all the files on it so I can still access the partition ok</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rholmes01, post: 945425, member: 99836"] We had some rapid-sequence blackouts here over the weekend which may or may not have caused, or had some hand in, the loss of me being able to boot into Windows Vista via bootcamp. Last time I booted out of windows back to OS, my iMac 'hung', then booted back into Windows, so I tried again, it hung again but made repeated boot-up tones. Panicking a bit, I turned the iMac off, then powered on with the OS disc loaded. All came up ok, eventually, with no apparent errors. However, I've just tried to boot into Windows, but when I go to Sys Pref/Startup Disk, the Windows disc has gone. Also, when I try to run Boot Camp Assistant I see this error.... "Boot Camp Assistant cannot be Used" You must update your computer's boot ROM firmware before using this assistant ...which all looks very grim and looking potentially like sending the machine away time. Unless of course, you experts out there can provide some advice and guidance and get me out of this hole! I have Time Machine from before the 'event' if that helps Many Thanks .......Forgot to say, I've still got the Bootcamp drive on my Apple desktop and can see all the files on it so I can still access the partition ok [/QUOTE]
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