PEZHI
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Mac OS X

Q: partitions failure!!!

In windows 7 which was on my BOOTCAMP, I used disk management to shrink Drive "C:\" and then creating one more partition. It caused the startup failure of both MAC OS and WINDOWS!

unfortunately even when I used Internet recovery and then Disk utility, I couldn't access to my partitiona and backup. Anybody can help me?

iMac, iOS 10

Posted on Sep 25, 2016 1:28 AM

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Q: partitions failure!!!

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  • by Keith Barkley,

    Keith Barkley Keith Barkley Sep 25, 2016 3:16 PM in response to PEZHI
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    Sep 25, 2016 3:16 PM in response to PEZHI

    Do you have a bootable clone?

     

    Otherwise you might need to make a trip to the App store.

  • by PEZHI,

    PEZHI PEZHI Sep 25, 2016 8:09 PM in response to Keith Barkley
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    Sep 25, 2016 8:09 PM in response to Keith Barkley

    Hi Dear, thanks a lot for your reply

    No, unfortunately I don't have bootable clone.

    when I run Disk Utility after Internet Recovery, I couldn,t do anything because partitions are grayed out and impossible to verify and repair.

    please tell me How can I do to not loosing my data?

    I read some articles about TestDisk program which is a recovery software but now I have no OS to Start from!!!

    and an article describing using "dd" command in terminal to create image, But actually I don't realize what can I do and what's the solution for such a problem occured!

  • by PEZHI,

    PEZHI PEZHI Sep 25, 2016 8:20 PM in response to Keith Barkley
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    Sep 25, 2016 8:20 PM in response to Keith Barkley

    Is there any scenario to recover data on my partitions?

    and if the answer is yes, what are the scenarios?

  • by PEZHI,

    PEZHI PEZHI Sep 25, 2016 8:28 PM in response to PEZHI
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    Sep 25, 2016 8:28 PM in response to PEZHI

    Disk Utility indicates partitions Unmounted and "windows_DLM" format type!!!

    I'm Certain that when I used to shrink my BootCamp partition, I did nothing with MAC Partition.

  • by PEZHI,

    PEZHI PEZHI Sep 25, 2016 8:30 PM in response to Keith Barkley
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 8:30 PM in response to Keith Barkley

    Disk Utility indicates partitions Unmounted and "windows_DLM" format type!!!

    I'm Certain that when I used to shrink my BootCamp partition, I did nothing with MAC Partition.

  • by Keith Barkley,Helpful

    Keith Barkley Keith Barkley Sep 26, 2016 5:42 PM in response to PEZHI
    Level 5 (6,422 points)
    Sep 26, 2016 5:42 PM in response to PEZHI

    Your data is gone. Unless you use an expensive disk recovery service. If you have a time machine backup you can at least go to the Apple Store and have them restore the machine to factory defaults and then restore from TIme Machine.

  • by PEZHI,

    PEZHI PEZHI Sep 26, 2016 5:36 PM in response to Keith Barkley
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 26, 2016 5:36 PM in response to Keith Barkley


    Dissapointing reply!

    But I try to do something.

  • by PEZHI,

    PEZHI PEZHI Sep 27, 2016 4:17 PM in response to Keith Barkley
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 27, 2016 4:17 PM in response to Keith Barkley

    I did something.

    after that failure I described, during system startup, windows 7(not Mac OS) tried to start but after splash screen of windows 7,it couldn't startup & restarted. even when I pressed option key(Alt key) when startup, in that menu only windows was available and there was no Mac OS.

    Suddenly I decided to test if I can do something with that not-Healthy windows 7!? then I used windows 7 installation DVD and then installed windows 7 on the same partition which my old windows was. (without any format request from wizard)

    After installation completed, windows started up very responsive and I saw windows.old folder and other my documents  in my computer. All of them are healthy.(it was hopeful thing)

    Because all my important files were in Mac OS partition (about 700GB) it is necessary to recover those partition yet.

    Now with this my new adventure, Do you think we could do such a kind of process like this one, for Mac OS as well?

    please Let me Know.

    sorry for long context.