[Using Mac OS X 10.7.2 Lion]
Hi all! I've installed Windows 7 on a Mac many times but something has just happened that has never before occurred:
When I finished repartitioning the HD to make room for Windows and watched as Bootcamp Assistant tried to reboot into the Windows installer I also happened to notice that nothing happened upon reboot. There's just a blinking little underline in the top left corner of a black screen. It goes nowhere even after ten minutes, and there's no sign my machine is doing any data crunching. Even the disc drive eventually goes dead.
I tried rebooting back into OS X and then rebooting with "option" held down and choosing the Windows CD, but it does the same thing.
I then tried repartitioning the HD but this didn't solve the problem either.
I tried using the 32-bit version of Windows instead of the 64-bit version. That didn't work either.
I tried verifying and repairing both partitions on my HD but that solved nothing either (and no problems were found).
But now after all this another option shows up in the boot menu: "EFI Boot", whatever that is.
None of this has ever happened to me before! I'm even using the same machine, an early 2008 13" MacBook, that I've always used. The only difference is that I recently upgraded to a new, larger HD. Could something be wrong with the new HD? It seems fine and OS X's Disk Utility isn't telling me anything...
I did a little bit of research online but couldn't find someone else with the same issue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hi all! I've installed Windows 7 on a Mac many times but something has just happened that has never before occurred:
When I finished repartitioning the HD to make room for Windows and watched as Bootcamp Assistant tried to reboot into the Windows installer I also happened to notice that nothing happened upon reboot. There's just a blinking little underline in the top left corner of a black screen. It goes nowhere even after ten minutes, and there's no sign my machine is doing any data crunching. Even the disc drive eventually goes dead.
I tried rebooting back into OS X and then rebooting with "option" held down and choosing the Windows CD, but it does the same thing.
I then tried repartitioning the HD but this didn't solve the problem either.
I tried using the 32-bit version of Windows instead of the 64-bit version. That didn't work either.
I tried verifying and repairing both partitions on my HD but that solved nothing either (and no problems were found).
But now after all this another option shows up in the boot menu: "EFI Boot", whatever that is.
None of this has ever happened to me before! I'm even using the same machine, an early 2008 13" MacBook, that I've always used. The only difference is that I recently upgraded to a new, larger HD. Could something be wrong with the new HD? It seems fine and OS X's Disk Utility isn't telling me anything...
I did a little bit of research online but couldn't find someone else with the same issue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!