Macintosh HD corrupt?

[jjyank]

I bought my MBP (15'') about a week ago. Tried to run bootcamp and install Windows XP, and after I partitioned my disk (20 gigs) my system went to a boot menu where I was shown the Windows license agreement. The next screen told me that there wasn't a valid Windows XP disc in the drive (even though there was). Apple support couldn't figure it out so I just decided that I didn't care that much about having Windows on my Mac anyway.

I forgot how I got to this point, but at some point, through some process, I was told (or I felt compelled to, I really can't remember) go to the Disk Utility program in the Utilities folder in Applications. Ever since the issue with Windows XP, when I try to verify the disk of the Macintosh HD I get a dialogue box saying "This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disk), and then use Disk Utility to repair the disk." And in the actual Disk Utility program (not a dialogue box) it says in the last two lines of the disk verification process "The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired. Error: This disk needs to be repaired...then use Disk Utility to repair this disk."

However, I put the installation disk in and can't figure out what to do. I am not given any different options really. I'm not sure how this happened, but it kinda scares me a little. My computer acts fine otherwise other than whenever I restart it (or bring it back from a shut down) it goes to a black screen that says that there is no bootable device, and to insert a bootable disk and press any key to continue. I have to actually hold down the option key on start up to select the Macintosh HD.

Any suggestions on what this all means/how to fix it?

 

[TattooedMac]

If you want to repair your HD from the install disk reboot holding down the 'c' key and then go through language and then to disk utility through the installer window.
Is this what your trying to get to ??

Cheers

 

[jjyank]

If you want to repair your HD from the install disk reboot holding down the 'c' key and then go through language and then to disk utility through the installer window.
Is this what your trying to get to ??

Cheers

Thanks for the info, this seemed to fix the disk being corrupt issue. However, I still get the "No bootable device" screen when I restart the computer. This didn't start until I attempted to install Windows, but I'm pretty sure I have since deleted the partition. Any ideas?

 

[6string]

Hold down option when you hear the chime when booting, select Macintosh HD.
Once booted go to system preferences, select startup disk (Macintosh HD), and this will stay the default startup disk.

 

[jjyank]

Hold down option when you hear the chime when booting, select Macintosh HD.
Once booted go to system preferences, select startup disk (Macintosh HD), and this will stay the default startup disk.

Haha it seems so simple I feel dumb for having asked the question. Guess thats what 20 years of Microsoft does to you, you assume every solution is far more difficult.

Anyway, thanks for the help guys, I appreciate it.

 

[6string]

LOL
You need to drop the windows mentality and start from scratch.... It is very common when switching to overthink, and look for troubleshooting methods by delving too deeply into something that is designed to be "user friendly".
I came from a windows environment after a few years of no computer except for work as I was sick of fighting against my machine. Since switching to Mac, I have stopped fighting, or looking for ways to make it better, and instead, have a pleasant relationship where it does what I want and I do what it wants.
It's not quite the unconditional love that my dog gives me, but it comes close