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WarthogARJ Author

Level 1

8 points

Repairing Boot Camp after upgrading to Mavericks: Jarvis

Hi,

I cannot boot up into BootCamp after I upgraded to Mavericks: problem has been with me for about a year.

MacBook Pro 13: mid-2012

Mavericks 10.9.5

960 GB SSD: Mac OS etc and BootCamp partitions

1 TB HDD in the optical bay slot: HDD (data) and HDD2 for personal encrypted data.

BootCamp runs on Windows 7 Ultimate.

I am able to access the BootCamp partition with Parallel's Desktop.

But I want to be able to boot into it as well (like I used to in Lion).

Would really appreciate help from Chris Murphy or LonerT on this.

I've been following your thread:

Repairing Boot Camp after creating new partition

The output from the various Terminal commands are:

Last login: Tue Sep 23 20:25:52 on console

alans-mbp:~ arjarvis_mbp$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *960.2 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS Mac_SSD 869.9 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 784.2 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 89.3 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_HFS Mac_HDD 954.1 GB disk1s2

3: Apple_CoreStorage 45.6 GB disk1s3

4: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s4

/dev/disk2

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Mac_HDD 2 *45.3 GB disk2

alans-mbp:~ arjarvis_mbp$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Password:

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 116737/255/63 [1875385008 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 - 1698931968] HFS+

3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1699341608 - 1531680] Darwin Boot

4: 0C 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1700874240 - 174510080] Win95 FAT32L

alans-mbp:~ arjarvis_mbp$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=960197124096; sectorsize=512; blocks=1875385008

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1875385007

start size index contents

0 1 MBR

1 1 Pri GPT header

2 32 Pri GPT table

34 6

40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

409640 1698931968 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

1699341608 1531680 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

1700873288 952

1700874240 174510080 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

1875384320 655

1875384975 32 Sec GPT table

1875385007 1 Sec GPT header

Thanks very much,

Alan Jarvis

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), BootCamp Windows 7 Ultimate

Posted on Sep 23, 2014 12:48 PM

86 replies

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Sep 26, 2014 8:31 AM in response to WarthogARJ

Can you uninstall Parallels temporarily?

WarthogARJ Author

Level 1

8 points

Sep 26, 2014 9:27 AM in response to Loner T

I uninstalled Parallels and tried it (I made sure Parallels really WAS uninstalled).

Same issue, boot up into ALT and Windows BootCamp as well as the USB with Option 1&2 both hang.

And I can boot into Mac from this ALT (after getting out of the hang by forcing a power off).

I could DEFINITELY access BootCamp by this method before Mavericks.

But as far as I know, never afterwards.

OK Sensei, wot next?

In South Africa there was a practice called "neck-lacing" informers etc.

Forced a car tire over person's head, doused with petrol and set on fire.

The joke was that a "disciplinary warning" was to use a bicycle tire.

In my case, I am thinking of putting a Mack Truck tire around my Mac and threatening the same (call it "Mac(k) lacing")....sometimes you have to threaten stubborn beasties to co-operate.

I think my Windows BootCamp partition is the issue.

I mean if I can access Windows via Parallels, reload from WinClone backup onto a new SSD (I did that 6 months ago), as well as create new VM's, then it looks like Windows is OK, yes?

I think it's still an Apple problem.

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Sep 26, 2014 11:03 AM in response to WarthogARJ

Using Parallels if it works, Parallels is providing the BIOS equivalent. When the Mac does it, it does not work. Your NTFS header is intact on Bootcamp partition and it is supposed to boot.

A bit of a curiosity, can you post the output of diskutil cs list? I am trying to validate a hunch.

PS: Can you also post the output of

sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

WarthogARJ Author

Level 1

8 points

Sep 26, 2014 11:48 AM in response to Loner T

Sure.

Alans-MacBook-Pro:~ arjarvis_mbp$ diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

+-- Logical Volume Group 7CF55DB2-AA83-45D4-BDC5-AA8C37B44123

=========================================================

Name: Mac_HDD 2

Status: Online

Size: 45616680960 B (45.6 GB)

Free Space: 0 B (0 B)

+-< Physical Volume AB0939C6-1E6E-459C-B444-9A7B2B87A0C9

| ----------------------------------------------------

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk1s3

| Status: Online

| Size: 45616680960 B (45.6 GB)

+-> Logical Volume Family 0C2AF0A3-D045-4DE2-978D-4EE2DA280CB5

----------------------------------------------------------

Encryption Status: Unlocked

Encryption Type: AES-XTS

Conversion Status: Complete

Conversion Direction: -none-

Has Encrypted Extents: Yes

Fully Secure: Yes

Passphrase Required: Yes

+-> Logical Volume E7956449-08C9-430A-A782-B488A948C72F

---------------------------------------------------

Disk: disk4

Status: Online

Size (Total): 45281128448 B (45.3 GB)

Conversion Progress: -none-

Revertible: No

LV Name: Mac_HDD 2

Volume Name: Mac_HDD 2

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

Alans-MacBook-Pro:~ arjarvis_mbp$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

Password:

Disk: /dev/disk1 geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

Starting Ending

#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 1953525167] <Unknown ID>

2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

Alans-MacBook-Pro:~ arjarvis_mbp$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168

gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk1: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167

start size index contents

0 1 PMBR

1 1 Pri GPT header

2 32 Pri GPT table

34 6

40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

409640 1863496120 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

1863905760 262144

1864167904 89095080 3 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

1953262984 262144 4 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

1953525128 7

1953525135 32 Sec GPT table

1953525167 1 Sec GPT header

Alans-MacBook-Pro:~ arjarvis_mbp$

WarthogARJ Author

Level 1

8 points

Sep 26, 2014 11:52 AM in response to WarthogARJ

I also tried rEFInd, but also no luck.

I could see the various Win boot ups but they all hung as well.

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/configfile.html

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Sep 26, 2014 12:53 PM in response to WarthogARJ

Parallels uses its own Graphics driver, while Bootcamp uses the GPU driver for your hardware. If the Bootcamp driver is not working, one option is to try Safe Mode when using Bootcamp, which is F8 on standard PCs, but may be Fn+F8 on a Mac. Can you try either and test? You should do this from the Startup Disk in OSX and switch to Bootcamp and Restart, and then try F8 or Fn+F8.

If you bring up Windows via Parallels, can you look at this article - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/why-is-my-screen-black-when-i-start- windows-7and Advanced Boot Options.

When was the last time this Windows worked, if you can recall?

WarthogARJ Author

Level 1

8 points

Sep 26, 2014 3:43 PM in response to Loner T

I could boot up into Windows before I went to Mavericks.

Never afterwards.

Sorry, but I don't understand thisbootup in SafeMode.

Safe Mode in Mac or Windows?

I cannot boot up in SafeMode in Windows: it claims I can press F8 but after 10 attempts still doesn't work.

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Sep 26, 2014 4:21 PM in response to WarthogARJ

Interesting that Mavericks killed your Bootcamp. 😟

I was suggesting Safe Mode in Windows. OSX uses the Shift key for Safe Mode.

If F8 does not work, did you try Fn+F8. The Mac F8 key is unlike the standard Windows F8 key. Fn+F8 may generate the proper sequence. Please try and see what happens. From the link I posted...

If your computer has a single operating system installed, press and hold the F8 key as your computer restarts. You must press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears, and then shutting down and restarting your computer.

The other option is to run msconfig when Windows is running in Parallels. The question that I cannot address is wether msconfig changes the settings in the Parallels or it does it in the Windows Bootmanager which is used by Bootcamp.

If msconfig does not work, getting read-write access to the Bootcamp NTFS via NTFS-3g is an option, which can be used as last resort.

This is another avenue to explore - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2292