Mike_in_Michigan

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Q: Bootcamp disappeared. How do I get it back?

I just upgraded to El Capitan. Now my Bootcamp is not available upon start-up. How do I get it back?

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Dec 17, 2015 11:25 AM

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WE ARE DONE! Win 10 installed on a 200GB partition; El Capitan on a 800GB partition.

I could not have done this without your help - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Mike

Posted on Dec 22, 2015 12:44 PM

Q: Bootcamp disappeared. How do I get it back?

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by Mike_in_Michigan,

Mike_in_Michigan Dec 17, 2015 1:48 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan
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Dec 17, 2015 1:48 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan

I was able to pull some data from Diskutil. Maybe this can be interpreted by someone?...
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Loner T Dec 17, 2015 2:42 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan
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Dec 17, 2015 2:42 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan

Can you post the output of the following commands?

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

What is the version of Windows?
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Mike_in_Michigan Dec 17, 2015 3:42 PM in response to Loner T
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Dec 17, 2015 3:42 PM in response to Loner T

Thanks for your quick response! The version of Windows that's on the Bootcamp drive right now is 8.1. I want to get that to 10 asap, but need to recover what I had first. Here's the other output...

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Loner T Dec 17, 2015 3:56 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan
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Dec 17, 2015 3:56 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan

El Capitan requires disabling SIP to manipulate partitions. This will not work if you boot into Internet Recovery (Command+Opt+R), but only works in Local Recovery (Command+R).

1. Boot into Local Recovery (Command+R).
2. Start Utilities -> Terminal.
3. Type csrutil disable in Terminal and press Enter/Return.
4. Type csrutil status.
5. Boot normally, and type csrutil status to confirm that all individual entries are still disabled.

Once SIP is disabled, run the following steps.

sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0
p
setpid 4
07
flag 2
p
w
y

Reboot and Test.
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Mike_in_Michigan Dec 17, 2015 5:01 PM in response to Loner T
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Dec 17, 2015 5:01 PM in response to Loner T

I think we're making progress. I followed the above and I was able to boot into OSX no problem. Then I tried to boot into bootcamp by holding the option button. I did see the "Windows" drive so I clicked on that hoping 8.1 would come back up. But I got an error message saying "Missing Operating System."
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Loner T Dec 17, 2015 5:04 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan
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Dec 17, 2015 5:04 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan

1. Can you post the output of
sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C
2. You may need Bootrec.exe and/or Startup Repair - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/927392 .
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Mike_in_Michigan Dec 17, 2015 5:42 PM in response to Loner T
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Dec 17, 2015 5:42 PM in response to Loner T
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Loner T Dec 17, 2015 5:48 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan
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Dec 17, 2015 5:48 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan

This looks good. You need Windows startup repair using the Windows Installation media built by BCA and Windows ISO, as appropriate, from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/home.
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Mike_in_Michigan Dec 17, 2015 6:03 PM in response to Loner T
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Dec 17, 2015 6:03 PM in response to Loner T

Thank you very much, you have been very helpful!

Before I download anything from the Windows site you mentioned above. What exactly should I be downloading and should it be for Windows 8.1 (which was originally installed on my bootcamp) or should it be under Windows 10, which is what I was trying to upgrade to?
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Loner T Dec 17, 2015 6:13 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan
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Dec 17, 2015 6:13 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan

You will need to use the same version as the one currently installed. If W10 is a future state, you cannot use it to repair the W8.1 installation and vice-a-versa.
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Mike_in_Michigan Dec 17, 2015 6:29 PM in response to Loner T
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Dec 17, 2015 6:29 PM in response to Loner T

ok, thank you. You really helped out a lot!
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Loner T Dec 17, 2015 6:41 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan
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Dec 17, 2015 6:41 PM in response to Mike_in_Michigan

Once you build the installer, try the Repair. If you run into any issues with recovery/repair, please post back on this discussion.
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Mike_in_Michigan Dec 18, 2015 9:44 AM in response to Loner T
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Dec 18, 2015 9:44 AM in response to Loner T

Well, I couldn't do the repair route, so I decided to reinstall Win 8 from the beginning. I partitioned the HD to 800GB for OSX and 200GB for Win. Previously I only had 100GB for Win, which is why I couldn't upgrade to Win 10.

So...I've got 2 new boot drives: Windows and EFI Boot. I tried Windows first and it just gave me a blank screen. Then I tried EFI Boot and it gave me the error that Windows cannot be installed on MBR partition table, only GPT disks formatted as NTFS.

I partitioned the drive using the BCA, so not sure what happened here. Any thoughts?

Mike
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Loner T Dec 18, 2015 9:55 AM in response to Mike_in_Michigan
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Dec 18, 2015 9:55 AM in response to Mike_in_Michigan

The error message is correct. EFI Boot will not work properly. Does Windows selection give a you light black screen with a blinking cursor? Do you have a physical DVD of W8?
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