Q: Mac OS X partition is not available for booting after I shrinked the Windows 7 partition
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Aug 2, 2014 10:11 AMby kumasewera,Oh, luckily I came across MacDrive 8 and it has enabled me to view contents of the Mac OS X partition and I was able to make the back ups of the files there. Anything I can do now to bring back the OS X partition to show again regardless of whether I lose Windows partition or not?
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Aug 2, 2014 1:01 PMby Loner T,Single-disk OSX and Bootcamp will not support any additional partitions. The Windows partition should be resized in any manner.
How can a Windows partition be resized after Windows is installed?
You need to delete the Windows partition using the Boot Camp Assistant, and start over to change the size of the Windows partition. Back up your important Windows files first.
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Aug 3, 2014 5:37 AMby Loner T,You will need to build an external bootable disk or flash drive. You also have the option of using Target Disk Mode -
OS X Mavericks: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode
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Aug 3, 2014 10:39 AMby kumasewera,@Loner T, I have already transferred the files using MacDrive so I may not need to use Target Disk Mode. The only worry are the databases which I cannot backup using a file manager like MacDrive. You suggested two ways but honestly I do not know where to start. As it stands now I just need to buy a lot of airtime to download OS X from torrents sites and build an external bootable disk as per the first suggestion in your third post.
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Aug 3, 2014 10:55 AMby Loner T,What happens if you power-cycle the Mac and hold Command+R? If Command+R does not work, can you try Command+Opt+R?
If you have a Mac, you should not have to use any Torrents. It has recovery options.
There is a tool called Testdisk - http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
It is available on many OSes, so you download an appropriate version and take an image backup of OSX to an external drive.
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Aug 3, 2014 11:18 AMby kumasewera,When I attempt to recover using Command+R it initiates Internet Recovery so I abort it because I know I do not have enough airtime for Internet connection for a such a heavy task. I am working with TestDisk right now. I have another Mac (Mini). Can I create a recovery disk from this one and use it on my troubled MBP? The MBP was running OS 10.9.3 while the Mini is running 10.8.2
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Aug 3, 2014 11:34 AMby Loner T,Since you have another Mac, Target Disk Mode ( http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13842 ) will let you back up the entire OSX unbootable partition.
You should be able to dd the Recovery HD from the Mini to a USB flash drive and try it. It should be formatted MAC OSX Extended Journaled.
