Windows Boot Manager error, winload.exe

Hello,


MacPro 3,1

Windows 7 & 10.9.5


Mac OS and Windows partition on same disk


I've been reading threads here on the apple board and elsewhere on the net. Tried the easier fixes with no luck. (No USB devices on boot, zapping Pram, CommandS fsck operations, etc)


I've had no hardware or mac os updates in a very long time. Bootcamp was working fine for years, then suddenly not working.

I'm wondering if I do have some corruption going on..


My Windows 7 (64), is a Vista upgrade


DiskUtil list



Diskutil cs list


sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0


sudo fdisk /dev/disk0


Many thanks for any help!

Andre

Posted on Jun 25, 2021 8:15 PM

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Posted on Jun 28, 2021 6:11 PM

The command we used does not repair the GPT. To repair it, we need to run GPT FDisk in interactive menu. See https://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/gdisk.html for reference. A reboot can re-order disks, so be careful.


You need to run (do not type text like this). Let us try to repair disk0 (your macOS disk). Be careful, in each menu, the one-character command can mean different types of requests.


sudo gdisk /dev/disk0

2 (Choose 2, if prompted)

p (print)

x (Experts menu)

n (New Protective MBR)

o (print Protective MBR)

p (print GPT)

w (write the updated GPT)

y (confirm write)

q (quit, if necessary)


Do not reboot. Now post the output of


diskutil list


before we go further.

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Jun 28, 2021 6:11 PM in response to dreko71

The command we used does not repair the GPT. To repair it, we need to run GPT FDisk in interactive menu. See https://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/gdisk.html for reference. A reboot can re-order disks, so be careful.


You need to run (do not type text like this). Let us try to repair disk0 (your macOS disk). Be careful, in each menu, the one-character command can mean different types of requests.


sudo gdisk /dev/disk0

2 (Choose 2, if prompted)

p (print)

x (Experts menu)

n (New Protective MBR)

o (print Protective MBR)

p (print GPT)

w (write the updated GPT)

y (confirm write)

q (quit, if necessary)


Do not reboot. Now post the output of


diskutil list


before we go further.

Jun 29, 2021 6:55 PM in response to dreko71

Much better. We need to correct disk1. Do not reboot yet, otherwise the disk order will change.


For current disk1 (do not type text like this), we will delete the current GPT, and rebuild the same entries in a different order. Check the Start/End values for any errors, before you execute the steps.


sudo gdisk /dev/disk1

m (main menu)

o (remove existing GPT/PMBR)

x (experts menu)

l ( this is lowercase L, set alignment to...)

1 (this is digit 1, 1 sector)

m (main menu)

n (New)

1 (GPT 1)

40 (Start)

409639 (End)

EF00 (EFI)

n (new)

2 (GPT 2)

409640 (Start)

410663 (End)

0C01 (EasyRE)

n (new)

3 (GPT 3)

411648 (Start)

976773119 (End)

0700 (NTFS)

p (print)

w (write)

y (confirm write)

q (quit, if necessary)


Now reboot, and check


diskutil list


and verify the order of partitions is EFI, EasyRE, NTFS on your Bootcamp disk. Once you confirm, we can go further.

Jun 29, 2021 3:56 PM in response to dreko71

Some of the outputs are a bit confusing.


  • For example, you original Bootcamp disk was


where Windows starts at sector 411648.


  • Now, when you posted the GPT, I see



These are not the same disks. This is a regular Apple disk, but the GPT indices are are not in order.


We may need to get the output of the following commands


diskutil list

sudo gdisk -l /dev/disk0

sudo gdisk -l /dev/disk1

sudo gdisk -l /dev/disk2

sudo gdisk -l /dev/disk3


before we make any further changes.

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