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mac OS wont reboot after installing windows 7.

i have installed mac OS high sierra and right after using bootcamp i installed windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. then all was normal. but when i installed windows support software and try to reboot the system mac OS won’t show in the boot manu and only windows 7 shows in the boot after pressing oftion key.

when i press on windows 7 , go into windows booting mode shows blue screen and crash right after.


other start up combination key doesn’t work like cmd+R, shift, opt+cmd+R.


my previous mac OS was el capitan and windows 7 professional.

macbook early 2015

8gb ram

256 graphics card.

250 gb hard disk.

etc.

MacBook, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 26, 2019 8:00 PM

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Posted on Mar 26, 2019 8:12 PM

Yikes... Gulp, not a lot you can do, you might need an OS installed on an external drive.


Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379


In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.

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Mar 26, 2019 8:19 PM in response to saaifu

When you formatted the Windows drive apparently you formatted the macOS volume as well using NTSF. The only fix is to erase the drive completely and start over. This time be careful to only format the Windows drive when installing Windows. They are distinguishable in the Windows formatter.

mac OS wont reboot after installing windows 7.

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