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i have installed Windows 7 using Bootcamp before
when i open Startup Manager there is no Macintosh HD or Recovery HD
only Windows shows up
any solution?
thanks
(sorry my english was bad)
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), OS X Mountain Lion and Windows 7
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You erased Mac OS X when you installed Windows on the computer. Press Command and R keys on boot, open Disk Utility, erase the disk and install OS X
Thanks for reply
But, before you replied. I tried using the PRAM Reset, I think that will fix it. But instead make a new problem.
I can't open the Startup Manager and I have been pressing the Command + R and it's not working
It's keep booting from Windows everytime i turn on the machine
If your computer came with DVDs:
1. Insert the OS X DVD and press C key when your Mac starts.
2. Go to Utilities > Disk Utility and erase the drive.
3. Install OS X again. Then, open > Software Update and install the most recent version. Finally, open App Store > Purchases and download OS X Mountain Lion
HadiW wrote:
Thanks for reply
But, before you replied. I tried using the PRAM Reset, I think that will fix it. But instead make a new problem.
I can't open the Startup Manager and I have been pressing the Command + R and it's not working
It's keep booting from Windows everytime i turn on the machine
Reboot, when you hear the chime press and hold the X key.
I think you borked OSX when you installed W7, post back if X does not get you to your Mac partition.
mende1 wrote:
If your computer came with DVDs:
1. Insert the OS X DVD and press C key when your Mac starts.
2. Go to Utilities > Disk Utility and erase the drive.
3. Install OS X again. Then, open > Software Update and install the most recent version. Finally, open App Store > Purchases and download OS X Mountain Lion
The OP is on 10.8, there are no discs, but there should be a recovery partition.
But the OP can't access to Recovery HD, so the OP has to insert the Mac OS X DVD that came with her/his Mac or press Command, Option and R keys if her/his Mac didn't come with DVDs
mende1 wrote:
But the OP can't access to Recovery HD, so the OP has to insert the Mac OS X DVD that came with her/his Mac or press Command, Option and R keys if her/his Mac didn't come with DVDs
That's why I need to know what happens when an OSX boot is forced with the X key, if it doesn't work then there is almost certainly no OSX partition available, I'll wait and see what transpires before I advise what to do next. 🙂
I have been used both X and C
Both of them go to Windows Boot Manager
Im using Mac Mini (Mid 2011)
And i dont have any Mac OS X DVD
Yes, I think you destroyed your OSX partition when you installed Windows.
Boot to the recovery partition, (hold command-r when your hear the chime) and reinstall OSX. You will need to re-install Boot Camp and Windows.
If you can't start Internet Recovery, press Command, Option and R keys while your Mac is starting, erase the disk and install Lion. Then, open App Store > Purchases and download Mountain Lion
I already used Command + R and its not working
It still booting windows, like normal
Press Command, Option and R
Then follow mende1's instructions for Internet Recovery.
Not working too.. :(
When i see the Macintosh HD and Recovery HD
File System was RAW o.O
May should i format them from windows?
Don't try it. Windows is starting on an hybrid GPT/MBR partition map and it could break the GUID partition table used in Mac OS X. Take the Mac to an Apple Store
There is no Macintosh HD and Recovery HD on Startup Manager
