updated mavericks and now my bootcamp windows 7 partition no longer shows up

Hello and thank you in advance for the help!


This problem started when I updated my Mavericks. My start up into the windows side of my computer is normally a bit slow but works never-the-less. After installing the update to 10.9.5 my windows partition first gave a screen where it would ask me to press enter to get into the windows side of the computer but the keyboard did nothing so I restarted the computer. Thereafter, my windows 7 partition no longer shows up when I press option from start up or from system preferences > startup disk. I was able to find the partition on the target disk mode which leads me to believe that the partition is damaged somehow. I have some of my data backed up, but not all of it. What is the best way to make a data recovery and get my windows partition operating again?


I have also tried all the basics like PRAM and starting up from Safe mode but I cannot see the windows partition anywhere except for when I open the target disk mode from my other computer.


Thank you in advance for the speedy replies!

iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Apr 7, 2015 7:44 AM

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Apr 7, 2015 12:38 PM in response to Eric Root

Hi Eric,


Bootcamp does show up in the disk utility but it is grey instead of black like the Macintosh HD.


The following information is available:

Mount Point: Not mounted

Format: Windows NT File System (NTFS)

Owners Enabled: -

Number of Folders: -

Capacity: 274.55 GB

Available: -

Used: -

Number of Files: -


What might be the best way to continue to repair it. I do not have the option to click on "verify disk permissions" or "Repair Disk Permissions".


Should I clone the hard drive in the target disk mode??


I'm not the best at this stuff so any more advice would be greatly appreciated!


Thanks!

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