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_Josh_h12 Author

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Boot camp unbootable, boots windows repair

After not using my computer for a while (turned off) I booted it back up to windows through boot camp. After I left the computer overnight, taking into mind there was a scheduled update for windows. I came back to use it and windows seemed to not be working anymore. When windows is booted up it goes to windows repair. I ran CHKDSK using the CMD Prompt and majority of the partitions cannot be read so I canceled because of how long it was taking. When I went onto the OS X side, the windows is still readable, files can be accessed etc. However in the disk utility info option the boot camp partition says that it is unbootable (by saying no) the rest of the values also say no. What do I need to do to fix this issue? Without data being lost.

Thank you for your time and replies!

Extra info

Operating: Windows 7 Professional

I have no recent backups of windows

Using 2 external HDD disks

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Apr 13, 2019 5:38 AM

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Loner T

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Apr 13, 2019 12:11 PM in response to _Josh_h12

Do you have System Restore points enabled? If yes, can you rollback the update to the previous Restore point?

_Josh_h12 Author

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Apr 13, 2019 12:17 PM in response to Loner T

No disabled them on Mac and Windows for the fact that it would take up space.

Loner T

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Apr 13, 2019 12:19 PM in response to _Josh_h12

Can you boot in Windows Safe mode and remove any new drivers that may have been installed fully and/or partially?

_Josh_h12 Author

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Apr 13, 2019 12:25 PM in response to Loner T

No I can select safe mode but when selected I am sent to system recovery mode and get an error that the system cannot be repaired.

Loner T

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Apr 13, 2019 1:09 PM in response to _Josh_h12

Can you get to Command prompt?

_Josh_h12 Author

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Apr 13, 2019 1:14 PM in response to Loner T

In system repair, yes

Loner T

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Apr 13, 2019 3:38 PM in response to _Josh_h12

Have you run chkdsk in the past on C:?

_Josh_h12 Author

Level 1

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Apr 14, 2019 12:05 AM in response to Loner T

Yes I have I’ll run again and see what happens

Loner T

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Apr 14, 2019 6:52 AM in response to _Josh_h12

Ca you cancel chkdsk and check if you have write access to the Windows partition using Diskpart.exe and the attribute command.

_Josh_h12 Author

Level 1

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Apr 14, 2019 7:05 AM in response to Loner T

I have access to both commands.

Loner T

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Apr 14, 2019 7:11 AM in response to _Josh_h12

Does attribute command show read-write access to C:?

Loner T

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Apr 14, 2019 7:23 AM in response to _Josh_h12

Take a look at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-vista/cc766465(v=ws.10).

Loner T

Level 9

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Apr 14, 2019 8:05 AM in response to _Josh_h12

It also shows that you have read-write access. If chkdsk is unable to correct the issue, you have a larger problem. Can you see Windows files in macOS Finder? Do you use any third-party NTFS drivers?

_Josh_h12 Author

Level 1

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Apr 14, 2019 8:11 AM in response to Loner T

yes I can see my windows files in finder and I’m not sure wether my external hard drives are NTFS other than that no I’m not using any third party NTFS drivers.

_Josh_h12 Author

Level 1

8 points

Apr 14, 2019 8:28 AM in response to Loner T

thought the same thing. After should I just restore my windows 7? I don’t think there’ll be a solution.

Boot camp unbootable, boots windows repair