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Q: Bootcamp partition missing after yosemite installation

I am running OS X 10.10.1 currently. Right after I upgraded to Yosemite my windows 7 partition was missing. I have all of my school work and programs on that partition and I use it quite often. I have seen other questions similar to this but none with an external hard drive backed up like I do. I tried to repair the windows 7 partition with disk utility but it appears to just be floating in cyber space unrecognizable and unrepairable. Something happened when I "upgraded" to Yosemite.

 

Thankfully, I have an external hard drive with both my Macbook partition as well as my windows 7 partition saved on to my external hard drive. I went the extra mile and partitioned my external hard drive as well with a macbook partition and a windows 7 partition so they are not in the same part of the hard drive. Unfortunately I'm a little rusty with my tech skills now. How can I just restore this back to what it was? time machine won't restore my windows 7 partition. I just want everything back to where it was originally, I don't care about yosemite. I'm quite sure that I didn't overwrite the windows 7 partition on my external hard drive because it doesn't exist on this new operating system, so it must be in my external drive. Can someone please give me some direction for a beginner on stuff like this?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012)

Posted on Mar 4, 2015 2:35 PM

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Mar 4, 2015 2:40 PM in response to colinkoenig
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    Mar 4, 2015 2:40 PM in response to colinkoenig

    If your Windows partition was untouched by Yosemite upgrade and has not been resized using any tools, it may be possible to correct the problem.

     

    Can you post the output of the following Terminal commands?

     

    diskutil list

    diskutil cs list

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

     

    The "sudo" commands will prompt for your password, and it will not be echoed back. You may also see a warning about improper use of "sudo" and potential data loss due to "abuse" of the command.

  • by colinkoenig,

    colinkoenig colinkoenig Mar 4, 2015 2:49 PM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 4, 2015 2:49 PM in response to Loner T

    Colins-MacBook-Pro-4:~ colinkoenig$ diskutil list

    /dev/disk0

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         398.5 GB   disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

       4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         45.0 GB    disk0s4

    /dev/disk1

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *398.1 GB   disk1

                                     Logical Volume on disk0s2

                                     DEF5676F-8F43-423C-A8F5-5E4D8C8C57D9

                                     Unencrypted

    /dev/disk2

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *16.0 MB    disk2

       1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk2s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS Flash Player            16.0 MB    disk2s2

    /dev/disk3

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk3

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS Mac OSx                 650.2 GB   disk3s2

       3:       Microsoft Basic Data WINDOWS 7               99.7 GB    disk3s3

    Colins-MacBook-Pro-4:~ colinkoenig$

     

    ------------------------------------------------

     

    Colins-MacBook-Pro-4:~ colinkoenig$ diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 5DDBD007-3D81-4E1A-BBA8-7DD7F125C466

        =========================================================

        Name:         Macintosh HD

        Status:       Online

        Size:         398484762624 B (398.5 GB)

        Free Space:   18935808 B (18.9 MB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume BE5E0BAC-AE66-4E3B-A75A-D3AF058A1744

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    0

        |   Disk:     disk0s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     398484762624 B (398.5 GB)

        |

        +-> Logical Volume Family 6D635355-E05C-4346-ADC2-7662CC2288F5

            ----------------------------------------------------------

            Encryption Status:       Unlocked

            Encryption Type:         None

            Conversion Status:       NoConversion

            Conversion Direction:    -none-

            Has Encrypted Extents:   No

            Fully Secure:            No

            Passphrase Required:     No

            |

            +-> Logical Volume DEF5676F-8F43-423C-A8F5-5E4D8C8C57D9

                ---------------------------------------------------

                Disk:                  disk1

                Status:                Online

                Size (Total):          398113505280 B (398.1 GB)

                Conversion Progress:   -none-

                Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)

                LV Name:               Macintosh HD

                Volume Name:           Macintosh HD

                Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

    Colins-MacBook-Pro-4:~ colinkoenig$

     

     

    -------------------------------------

     

     

    To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

     

    Password:

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500107862016; sectorsize=512; blocks=976773168

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 976773167

          start       size  index  contents

              0          1         MBR

              1          1         Pri GPT header

              2         32         Pri GPT table

             34          6        

             40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

         409640  778290552      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      778700192    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      779969728  108913472        

      888883200   87889920      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

      976773120         15        

      976773135         32         Sec GPT table

      976773167          1         Sec GPT header

    Colins-MacBook-Pro-4:~ colinkoenig$

     

    --------------------------------

     

    ast login: Wed Mar  4 16:47:56 on ttys000

    Colins-MacBook-Pro-4:~ colinkoenig$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>

    2: AC 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -  778290552] <Unknown ID>

    3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 778700192 -    1269536] Darwin Boot

    4: 0C 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 888883200 -   87889920] Win95 FAT32L

    Colins-MacBook-Pro-4:~ colinkoenig$

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Mar 4, 2015 3:04 PM in response to colinkoenig
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    Mar 4, 2015 3:04 PM in response to colinkoenig

    Can you use Windows 7 Removed after update Yosemite as a reference and  download Testdisk and GPT Fdisk and start a scan with Testdisk. The gap between GPT3/GPT4 indicates is the likely place for your lost NTFS partition.

  • by colinkoenig,

    colinkoenig colinkoenig Mar 4, 2015 3:18 PM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 4, 2015 3:18 PM in response to Loner T

    uhm okay i am in test disk at the disk selection and I don't know which one to choose none of them really tell me what they are..

     

    Select a media (use Arrow keys, then press Enter):

    >Disk /dev/disk0 - 500 GB / 465 GiB (RO)

    Disk /dev/disk2 - 16 MB / 15 MiB (RO)

    Disk /dev/disk3 - 750 GB / 698 GiB (RO)

    Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 500 GB / 465 GiB (RO)

    Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 398 GB / 370 GiB

    Disk /dev/rdisk2 - 16 MB / 15 MiB (RO)

    Disk /dev/rdisk3 - 750 GB / 698 GiB (RO)

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Mar 4, 2015 3:24 PM in response to colinkoenig
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    Mar 4, 2015 3:24 PM in response to colinkoenig

    Use /dev/rdisk0. Please eject "Flash Player" (disk2) and external disk (disk3). Physically disconnect disk3.

  • by colinkoenig,

    colinkoenig colinkoenig Mar 4, 2015 4:32 PM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 4, 2015 4:32 PM in response to Loner T

    Ok, i made it to here and i don't know what to do...i just selected the [EFI GPT] that was already selected and I clicked "quick search"

     

    TestDisk 7.0-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, March 2015

    Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>

    http://www.cgsecurity.org

     

    Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - 976773168 sectors (RO)

     

    The harddisk (500 GB / 465 GiB) seems too small! (< 545 GB / 507 GiB)

    Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...

     

    The following partitions can't be recovered:

         Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors

    >  MS Data                976773119 1064663038   87889920

       Mac HFS                976773124  978042659    1269536

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Mar 4, 2015 5:27 PM in response to colinkoenig
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    Mar 4, 2015 5:27 PM in response to colinkoenig

    Press Enter to Continue.

     

    Please see https://imgur.com/a/PjmnK for reference.

  • by colinkoenig,

    colinkoenig colinkoenig Mar 4, 2015 5:27 PM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 4, 2015 5:27 PM in response to Loner T

    Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - 976773168 sectors (RO)

         Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors

    >P EFI System                    40     409639     409600 [EFI]

    D Mac HFS                   409640  777975079  777565440

    D MS Data                583168008  779970560  196802553

    D Mac HFS                778700192  779969727    1269536

    D MS Data                779970560  976773112  196802553

    D MS Data                888883200  976773119   87889920

    D Mac HFS                975503592  976773127    1269536

     

     

     

     

     

    Structure: Ok.  Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.

    Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:

                    P=Primary  D=Deleted

    Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,

         Enter: to continue

    FAT32, blocksize=512, 209 MB / 200 MiB

  • by colinkoenig,

    colinkoenig colinkoenig Mar 4, 2015 5:31 PM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 4, 2015 5:31 PM in response to Loner T

    I have more MS Data's than the picture does on imgur I'm not sure which one to click....

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Mar 4, 2015 5:56 PM in response to colinkoenig
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    Mar 4, 2015 5:56 PM in response to colinkoenig

    Scroll down to the following entry and use 'P - List Files'. This looks like the most interesting candidate.

    D MS Data                779970560  976773112  196802553

    Do not use left/right arrow/cursor keys anywhere in Testdisk.

  • by colinkoenig,

    colinkoenig colinkoenig Mar 4, 2015 5:59 PM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 4, 2015 5:59 PM in response to Loner T

    Thank you for letting me know about the arrow keys. I see here is listed some files for the games I had played on windows 7. Seems like everything is still there somewhere or another. Below is the requested info

    Directory /

     

    >dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 11-Oct-2014 12:43 .

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 11-Oct-2014 12:43 ..

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 22-Apr-2014 16:03 $Recycle.Bin

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 23-Apr-2014 12:50 .jagex_cache_32

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 22-Apr-2014 23:54 Boot

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 22-Apr-2014 16:09 Intel

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 23-Apr-2014 17:47 NVIDIA

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 13-Jul-2009 22:20 PerfLogs

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 24-Apr-2014 14:09 Program Files

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0  4-Oct-2014 16:35 Program Files (x86)

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0  9-Aug-2014 17:14 ProgramData

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 22-Apr-2014 16:03 Recovery

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 11-Jul-2014 17:33 Riot Games

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 11-Oct-2014 12:28 System Volume Information

                                                       Next

  • by colinkoenig,

    colinkoenig colinkoenig Mar 4, 2015 6:01 PM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 4, 2015 6:01 PM in response to Loner T

    Part two of the scroll screen on files:

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 24-Apr-2014 14:09 Program Files

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0  4-Oct-2014 16:35 Program Files (x86)

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0  9-Aug-2014 17:14 ProgramData

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 22-Apr-2014 16:03 Recovery

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 11-Jul-2014 17:33 Riot Games

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 11-Oct-2014 12:28 System Volume Information

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 23-Apr-2014 17:49 Users

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0 22-Apr-2014 17:14 VTRoot

    dr-xr-xr-x     0     0         0  4-Oct-2014 16:38 Windows

    -r--r--r--     0     0      8192 22-Apr-2014 23:54 BOOTSECT.BAK

    -r--r--r--     0     0      2060 22-Apr-2014 16:08 RHDSetup.log

    -r--r--r--     0     0    383786 20-Nov-2010 21:23 bootmgr

    -r--r--r--     0     0 3173011456 11-Oct-2014 19:22 hiberfil.sys

    >-r--r--r--     0     0 4230684672 11-Oct-2014 19:22 pagefile.sys

                                                       Next

    Use Right to change directory, h to hide Alternate Data Stream

        q to quit, : to select the current file, a to select all files

        C to copy the selected files, c to copy the current file

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Mar 4, 2015 6:13 PM in response to colinkoenig
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    Mar 4, 2015 6:13 PM in response to colinkoenig

    Excellent. The top has three numbers. Can you post that line? It is to confirm the numbers from the previous display.

     

    GPT 3 StartGPT 3 SizeGPT 3 EndNTFS StartSector OffsetNTFS SizeNTFS End
    7787001921269536779969728779970560832196802553976773113

     

    This is a table to confirm what the new GPT 4 will look like. The positive 832 sector offset is a good sign.

  • by colinkoenig,

    colinkoenig colinkoenig Mar 4, 2015 6:13 PM in response to Loner T
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    Mar 4, 2015 6:13 PM in response to Loner T

    TestDisk 7.0-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, March 2015

    Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>

    http://www.cgsecurity.org

         MS Data                779970560  976773112  196802553

    Directory /

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