Missing Bootcamp Partition After Mavericks Update
From original post - Re: Fixing missing Bootcamp partition after Mavericks rewrote wrong GPT
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
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From original post - Re: Fixing missing Bootcamp partition after Mavericks rewrote wrong GPT
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 91201/255/63 [1465149168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 1074674696] HFS+
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1075084336 - 1269536] Darwin Boot
4: 0C 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1269837824 - 195309568] Win95 FAT32L
kentons-mbp:~ Kenton$ sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C
00000000 b0 45 86 df 49 90 1e b1 47 20 96 de 2c 07 5b 63 |.E..I...G ..,.[c|
00000010 82 ce c1 49 db 66 cd 05 97 27 bf f2 cc 25 a4 0f |...I.f...'...%..|
00000020 f7 de fc 1f 1f 9c 11 12 67 60 74 23 b6 fd a4 55 |........g`t#...U|
00000030 c9 26 18 e9 74 ad 1d 90 4d 63 c4 67 17 62 1a e0 |.&..t...Mc.g.b..|
00000040 84 63 0e 68 0a 6f 0a ff 0b 71 79 96 54 7e fc bb |.c.h.o...qy.T~..|
00000050 21 67 4e d2 94 f8 cc 86 e2 90 7a a9 e5 6e ff 15 |!gN.......z..n..|
00000060 be 34 9c 8a 9f f4 5d b8 d2 17 1b f1 a7 7d 03 f9 |.4....]......}..|
00000070 d0 34 32 0b a2 58 4d a9 74 1d ab bb 55 6b ef d4 |.42..XM.t...Uk..|
00000080 eb c4 e4 eb e1 41 da 24 ae 24 17 d8 72 bf cb c7 |.....A.$.$..r...|
00000090 d3 53 6f 1b f1 93 aa a8 47 46 8f 4d 7a 20 83 75 |.So.....GF.Mz .u|
000000a0 e6 6d d2 53 2b a5 6c 6f e9 f1 0e 88 28 12 2d ff |.m.S+.lo....(.-.|
000000b0 12 71 05 88 af 5d 53 23 64 76 b6 fe b2 78 93 82 |.q...]S#dv...x..|
000000c0 ac 15 db 0a 65 34 5f 34 35 a6 23 82 7e 01 cc a3 |....e4_45.#.~...|
000000d0 cb b3 6d 21 93 f7 76 05 7e d0 f6 89 10 82 f7 01 |..m!..v.~.......|
000000e0 2c 26 77 de a1 6e 73 da a1 17 5d 2d 43 fc 47 71 |,&w..ns...]-C.Gq|
000000f0 ce 72 9a bc c3 52 73 a5 d4 b0 64 09 c5 36 29 6b |.r...Rs...d..6)k|
00000100 2b c3 9f 57 df 25 55 c5 df 03 ec 50 53 31 02 c4 |+..W.%U....PS1..|
00000110 da 6d fe c5 25 2b 54 ca e3 b5 6c 98 a6 0c 7e 7a |.m..%+T...l...~z|
00000120 8d 3c 3e 6d e6 b1 c6 88 98 cc f4 77 87 62 c4 d5 |.<>m.......w.b..|
00000130 f3 b6 3d 5b b9 15 ad 8e 3f 47 c1 55 68 ca 8f c5 |..=[....?G.Uh...|
00000140 70 91 ee af 0e c9 6e 43 f1 3a e9 f2 4a 6a fd 1e |p.....nC.:..Jj..|
00000150 09 77 d3 03 f9 22 ab bd a5 f5 83 96 e6 0c 4f a7 |.w..."........O.|
00000160 87 36 20 eb 1c a4 93 b5 7f 13 f8 ff 07 7c c1 d8 |.6 ..........|..|
00000170 3b d3 91 e5 b2 c9 87 1f d5 85 65 b6 58 ee b3 c2 |;.........e.X...|
00000180 29 09 14 93 4a f2 2f 04 f1 86 d0 7b c2 8e 77 63 |)...J./....{..wc|
00000190 c4 a6 f5 01 a5 d6 73 91 94 07 75 d7 f7 69 45 df |......s...u..iE.|
000001a0 32 11 ff 45 5c 66 20 3a 35 5a 6e 0c 58 55 f1 ae |2..E\f :5Zn.XU..|
000001b0 1e c0 b9 02 df 66 65 7b c6 8a d9 e5 0d 35 47 6d |.....fe{.....5Gm|
000001c0 24 b6 d3 4e 24 9f be 5e 48 31 25 78 9d fd 0b f7 |$..N$..^H1%x....|
000001d0 f5 c2 1b 04 61 2a cc 9c d0 e2 be eb 5c 65 21 7d |....a*......\e!}|
000001e0 06 c7 79 1e 55 eb 56 e2 e4 89 6c bc bc 1d e0 9f |..y.U.V...l.....|
000001f0 29 16 bf d8 4f 86 5a 10 df 88 d4 f3 cb 72 8c c3 |)...O.Z......r..|
00000200
Can you post the output of the fdisk and the dd as mentioned in the other thread?
I started using testdisk and I got this when trying to dig into MS Data:
Disk /dev/disk0 - 750 GB / 698 GiB - 1465149168 sectors (RO)
The harddisk (750 GB / 698 GiB) seems too small! (< 949 GB / 884 GiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The following partitions can't be recovered:
Partition Start End Size in sectors
> MS Data 1465147391 1853939703 388792313
Mac HFS 1465149124 1466418659 1269536
Disk /dev/disk0 - 750 GB / 698 GiB - 1465149168 sectors (RO)
Current partition structure:
Partition Start End Size in sectors
1 P EFI System 40 409639 409600 [EFI system partitio
2 P Mac HFS 409640 1075084335 1074674696 [Customer]
3 P Mac Boot 1075084336 1076353871 1269536 [Recovery HD]
No FAT, NTFS, ext2, JFS, Reiser, cramfs or XFS marker
4 P MS Data 1269837824 1465147391 195309568 [BOOTCAMP]
4 P MS Data 1269837824 1465147391 195309568 [BOOTCAMP]
Disk /dev/disk0 - 750 GB / 698 GiB - 1465149168 sectors (RO)
Partition Start End Size in sectors
>P EFI System 40 409639 409600 [EFI]
D Mac HFS 409640 1075084335 1074674696
D MS Data 687562760 1076355072 388792313
D Mac HFS 1075084336 1076353871 1269536
D MS Data 1076355072 1465147384 388792313
D MS Data 1076355079 1465147391 388792313
D Mac HFS 1463879592 1465149127 1269536
using testdisk, I was able to see a bunch of familiar files on this partition:
MS Data 1076355072 1465147384 388792313
1. Have you checked any other MS Data entries for familiar files? The current NTFS header is corrupt.
2. Download GPT Fdisk from SourceForge.
3. Delete GPT#4 and add it with these start/size. Run dd to check NTFS header.
4. Re-create Hybrid MBR using Gdisk and 'r' (Recovery...) and 'h' (Hybrid MBR) and add 2 3 4 partitions (let Gdisk automatically include EFI) and mark 4 as bootable.
5. Reboot.
a. Confirm OSX works.
b. Confirm that Bootcamp shows up in Finder.
c. Confirm that you can see files in Bootcamp volume.
d. Confirm that Bootcamp shows up in Startup Disk.
e. Switch to Windows.
f. You may need Windows Startup repair, if you see a black screen. Please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392 for details on W7 or use W8 install
media to repair startup.
1. The other two MS Data entries gave me the same response: Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged.
3. Which start/size numbers?
kentonfromdenton wrote:
3. Which start/size numbers?
This is where you saw familiar files.
MS Data 1076355072 1465147384 388792313
The size is 388792313
The start is 1076355072
I did everything from 1-4, however, on reboot, the bootcamp partition still does not show in finder, startup disk, or disk utility (it still shows as disk 0s4 and grayed out).
Any thoughts?
Can you a listing of the files you saw via Testdisk?
Yes. I can still see the listing of files using TestDisk.
Can you post the output of
sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C
This checks if the NTFS header is intact. If the native Apple NTFS driver cannot find the header, it will not mount the volume and nothing will show up in Finder.
It still looks corrupted:
Kentons-MacBook-Pro:~ Kenton$ sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C
Password:
00000000 b0 45 86 df 49 90 1e b1 47 20 96 de 2c 07 5b 63 |.E..I...G ..,.[c|
00000010 82 ce c1 49 db 66 cd 05 97 27 bf f2 cc 25 a4 0f |...I.f...'...%..|
00000020 f7 de fc 1f 1f 9c 11 12 67 60 74 23 b6 fd a4 55 |........g`t#...U|
00000030 c9 26 18 e9 74 ad 1d 90 4d 63 c4 67 17 62 1a e0 |.&..t...Mc.g.b..|
00000040 84 63 0e 68 0a 6f 0a ff 0b 71 79 96 54 7e fc bb |.c.h.o...qy.T~..|
00000050 21 67 4e d2 94 f8 cc 86 e2 90 7a a9 e5 6e ff 15 |!gN.......z..n..|
00000060 be 34 9c 8a 9f f4 5d b8 d2 17 1b f1 a7 7d 03 f9 |.4....]......}..|
00000070 d0 34 32 0b a2 58 4d a9 74 1d ab bb 55 6b ef d4 |.42..XM.t...Uk..|
00000080 eb c4 e4 eb e1 41 da 24 ae 24 17 d8 72 bf cb c7 |.....A.$.$..r...|
00000090 d3 53 6f 1b f1 93 aa a8 47 46 8f 4d 7a 20 83 75 |.So.....GF.Mz .u|
000000a0 e6 6d d2 53 2b a5 6c 6f e9 f1 0e 88 28 12 2d ff |.m.S+.lo....(.-.|
000000b0 12 71 05 88 af 5d 53 23 64 76 b6 fe b2 78 93 82 |.q...]S#dv...x..|
000000c0 ac 15 db 0a 65 34 5f 34 35 a6 23 82 7e 01 cc a3 |....e4_45.#.~...|
000000d0 cb b3 6d 21 93 f7 76 05 7e d0 f6 89 10 82 f7 01 |..m!..v.~.......|
000000e0 2c 26 77 de a1 6e 73 da a1 17 5d 2d 43 fc 47 71 |,&w..ns...]-C.Gq|
000000f0 ce 72 9a bc c3 52 73 a5 d4 b0 64 09 c5 36 29 6b |.r...Rs...d..6)k|
00000100 2b c3 9f 57 df 25 55 c5 df 03 ec 50 53 31 02 c4 |+..W.%U....PS1..|
00000110 da 6d fe c5 25 2b 54 ca e3 b5 6c 98 a6 0c 7e 7a |.m..%+T...l...~z|
00000120 8d 3c 3e 6d e6 b1 c6 88 98 cc f4 77 87 62 c4 d5 |.<>m.......w.b..|
00000130 f3 b6 3d 5b b9 15 ad 8e 3f 47 c1 55 68 ca 8f c5 |..=[....?G.Uh...|
00000140 70 91 ee af 0e c9 6e 43 f1 3a e9 f2 4a 6a fd 1e |p.....nC.:..Jj..|
00000150 09 77 d3 03 f9 22 ab bd a5 f5 83 96 e6 0c 4f a7 |.w..."........O.|
00000160 87 36 20 eb 1c a4 93 b5 7f 13 f8 ff 07 7c c1 d8 |.6 ..........|..|
00000170 3b d3 91 e5 b2 c9 87 1f d5 85 65 b6 58 ee b3 c2 |;.........e.X...|
00000180 29 09 14 93 4a f2 2f 04 f1 86 d0 7b c2 8e 77 63 |)...J./....{..wc|
00000190 c4 a6 f5 01 a5 d6 73 91 94 07 75 d7 f7 69 45 df |......s...u..iE.|
000001a0 32 11 ff 45 5c 66 20 3a 35 5a 6e 0c 58 55 f1 ae |2..E\f :5Zn.XU..|
000001b0 1e c0 b9 02 df 66 65 7b c6 8a d9 e5 0d 35 47 6d |.....fe{.....5Gm|
000001c0 24 b6 d3 4e 24 9f be 5e 48 31 25 78 9d fd 0b f7 |$..N$..^H1%x....|
000001d0 f5 c2 1b 04 61 2a cc 9c d0 e2 be eb 5c 65 21 7d |....a*......\e!}|
000001e0 06 c7 79 1e 55 eb 56 e2 e4 89 6c bc bc 1d e0 9f |..y.U.V...l.....|
000001f0 29 16 bf d8 4f 86 5a 10 df 88 d4 f3 cb 72 8c c3 |)...O.Z......r..|
00000200
Missing Bootcamp Partition After Mavericks Update