If you made a Windows 7 install flash drive, the install process will begin automatically. Continuing to hold this button down will bring up a menu where you can select a disc or drive to boot from. What am I doing wrong? This will erase all your files on you flash drive 0. You will need the bootlA32. How long does it take to install and what should my next steps be? A previous post made it sound like you do. Go into the App Store application and open the Purchases tab at the top of the screen. If your Mac loads successfully in Safe Mode, try restarting without pressing any keys.
When the process is complete, reboot while holding down the Option key. The Apple tool you linked is useful, but it is just a recovery tool. Release the Shift key till you see the Apple logo and loading bar. I followed all the steps in ubuntu, of course. As I have made about 4 different usb bootable drives and they all seem to boot up using the option key method, but when I click on it to boot to it, It immediately gives me the circle slash symbol which is frustrating as hell. Afterward, download Syslinux and install.
You can run Ubuntu will all your settings and files, even if you don't have your own computer with you. I learned this the hard way myself. This formats the first partition. More complete instructions can be found on the Ubuntu forums. Go to and download Mtools and install. I tried wulfderay's suggestion the currently voted answer to reset the pram and it didn't help. I finally used an adapter thunderbolt to FireWire it still wont boot.
To unlock it, enter your administrative password. There is no need to take out the crashed MacBook Pro hard drive. From the sounds of it you likely have a deeper problem within your system. Then let go and allow your Mac to continue starting normally. Decide on the purpose of your flash drive.
Would you like to answer one of these instead? Some of the startup options can be picky. It's great to hear from people! This is a simple but slightly time-consuming process. Because in this situation, the original data on the MacBook Pro is so fragile that any operation will overwrite it. These are all potential reasons for booting to an external device, among many others. Wait for your flash drive to load automatically after the reboot.
In this case, you can only send it to local repair center or replace the internal hard drive with a new one. Step 9: Choose the files you want to get back, and then click Recover button. This is a freeware tool created by Hewlett-Packard that will allow you to quickly format any flash drive. So if you want that setting unchecked for some reason, you must run createinstallmedia first. Sorry for the not very helpful pictures.
To create this article, 21 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. I Hope it helps somebody out there! I can't guarantee that it'll work, but it won't hurt, so it's worth a try. Is there anything weird going on here that I should be aware of? I went back to apple store and they swapped my one day old mac mini for another one. Keep holding down those keys for about 20 seconds. I am guessing that my wireless keyboard is recognized by the computer until it complete the booting process.
To streamline the process, download the free app. How can I determine what the problem is? The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. This article has also been viewed 413,622 times. Disk Maker work great it Detected on Startup Disk but is to slow for copy if have a another solution from Terminal or another apps to do bootable please I think you forgot to reformat the thumb drive. This may be a silly question.
I suppose there could be 2 problems… 1. Context-click on the Lion installer. First of all: Back up Since you have a problem with your MacBook Pro hard drive, the usual course of action is to repair the drive and boot the computer. Or the monitor may just be having some issues of its own. Warning: Disk Utility needs to be used with caution as selecting the wrong device or partition can result in data loss. How to get dvd or usb options when they are not listed? When I boot my mac mini from its own hdd my external hhd will show on the desktop and also on the disk utility.
I called apple help desk they seem to have no clue about the issue. This Instructable will show you how to install, boot, and run the popular Linux distro, from your flash drive. It has always worked like a charm… until now. However, I haven't ever had a problem. Apple made it easy so all you need to know is just a simple keyboard command. Just make sure to follow each step carefully.