You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Disco Dave D Author

Level 1

1 points

repairing bootcamp after creating new partition

Like others who have posted here, I had two partitions, MacOS and Bootcamp that worked just fine. I then added a new partition because I need a "D" drive in Windows configuration to be able to install a particular set of programs that rely on such a configuration (long story and perhaps there was a better way). Once I added the new NTFS partition and rebooted, I no longer see the Windows drive as a a boot option. I don't know if the command line "sugo" utility and syntax that I've seen in postings here applies to all such situations but if anyone can guide me through it I would be very grateful. Thanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Windows 7

Posted on Oct 1, 2014 1:47 PM

25 replies

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Oct 1, 2014 4:54 PM in response to Disco Dave D

If you can use an external drive instead of partitioning the OSX/Windows-via-BC route on older Macs, it would be the safest. If you deleted your Windows D, you may still need startup repair.

Disco Dave D Author

Level 1

1 points

Oct 1, 2014 5:24 PM in response to Loner T

I had actually tried to reverse it before posting and indeed I was not able to boot in Windows and will need startup repair. I'll go that route and repost the output per your 5 steps.

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Oct 1, 2014 5:42 PM in response to Disco Dave D

The NTFS header being intact may help in a short cut, but you may lose a bit of disk space.

From GPT (you ran the dd command and found NTFS).

1710663680 242860032 5 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

From FDisk

4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1666035712 - 44627968] HPFS/QNX/AUX

The start/size in GPT 5 mismatch the star/end in MBR 4. You can remove the Win D partition, reboot.

Now you can use Gdisk to create a Hybrid MBR using 2,3,4 (since 5 will move up to 4 in GPT). You can verify using the dd command but use rdisk0s4 instead of rdisk0s5 and you should still see the first line of "R.NTFS".

Please post back, if you need detailed steps for the GDisk steps.

Disco Dave D Author

Level 1

1 points

Oct 1, 2014 5:44 PM in response to Loner T

OK. 3rd partition deleted. new info runs below

diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0

1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 875.0 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 124.3 GB disk0s4

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168

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 1953525167

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 1708984368 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

1709394008 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

1710663544 136

1710663680 242860032 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

1953523712 1423

1953525135 32 Sec GPT table

1953525167 1 Sec GPT header

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 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 - 409639] <Unknown ID>

2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 1708984368] HFS+

3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1709394008 - 1269536] Darwin Boot

4: 0C 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1710663680 - 242860032] Win95 FAT32L

sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C

00000000 eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.R.NTFS .....|

00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 a8 f6 65 |........?......e|

00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 ff bf 79 0e 00 00 00 00 |..........y.....|

00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|

00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 9a b9 e6 6e d8 e6 6e 0c |...........n..n.|

00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07 |.....3.....|.h..|

00000060 1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e |..hf......f.>..N|

00000070 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb |TFSu..A..U..r...|

00000080 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 dd 00 1e 83 ec |U.u.....u.......|

00000090 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13 |.h...H..........|

000000a0 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3 |.....X.r.;...u..|

000000b0 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8 |........Z3... +.|

000000c0 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8 |f...............|

000000d0 4b 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d |K.+.w......f#.u-|

000000e0 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75 24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16 |f..TCPAu$....r..|

000000f0 68 07 bb 16 68 70 0e 16 68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 |h...hp..h..fSfSf|

00000100 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 0e 07 cd 1a 33 c0 bf |U...h..fa....3..|

00000110 28 10 b9 d8 0f fc f3 aa e9 5f 01 90 90 66 60 1e |(........_...f`.|

00000120 06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00 |.f...f.....fh...|

00000130 00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e |.fP.Sh..h...B...|

00000140 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f |.......fY[ZfYfY.|

00000150 0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff |....f...........|

00000160 0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a0 f8 01 e8 09 00 |...u...fa.......|

00000170 a0 fb 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb fd b4 01 8b f0 ac 3c 00 |..............<.|

00000180 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 |t.............A |

00000190 64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 |disk read error |

000001a0 6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d |occurred...BOOTM|

000001b0 47 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d 0a |GR is missing...|

000001c0 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 |BOOTMGR is compr|

000001d0 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 |essed...Press Ct|

000001e0 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 |rl+Alt+Del to re|

000001f0 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 8c a9 be d6 00 00 55 aa |start.........U.|

00000200

Disco Dave D Author

Level 1

1 points

Oct 1, 2014 5:48 PM in response to Loner T

Thanks. Yes your assistance with Gdisk would be very helpful. Thanks

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Oct 1, 2014 5:54 PM in response to Disco Dave D

Fantastic. (no need for GDisk - yet).

sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0

setpid 4

flag 4

Now reboot.

1. Test 1 - Make sure there is a Bootcamp volume in Finder.

2. Test 2 - Make sure you can see files in the Bootcamp volume.

3. Test 3 - Make sure you can see Bootcamp in System Preferences -> Startup Disk.

4. If Test 3 works, select Bootcamp. and click on Restart.

If you see a hanging cursor in top left corner, you need Windows Startup Repair.

If Windows boots successfully, you are back in business. 😉

Disco Dave D Author

Level 1

1 points

Oct 1, 2014 5:56 PM in response to Loner T

got this on step 1

sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0

fdisk: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory

Enter 'help' for information

fdisk: 1>

Disco Dave D Author

Level 1

1 points

Oct 1, 2014 6:08 PM in response to Loner T

Loner T - you my friend are a lifesaver. I am back in business thanks to you. Very much appreciated 🙂

Dave

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Oct 1, 2014 6:40 PM in response to Disco Dave D

Always forget to mention the i386 error message. Glad to see you back in business. 😎

Dec 25, 2014 11:30 AM in response to Loner T

Hi Loner T,

I need your help to find/repair the the bootcamp after resizing the partition of mac.

Below are the details you need. I created a new thread as what is usually advisedMissing bootcamp after resizing the partition of mac

Hope you can help me. Its my son's laptop and he needs it badly.:(

repairing bootcamp after creating new partition