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Lost my Windows 7 Boot Camp partition after upgrading to Yosemite. Help!

Hi - I just upgraded to Yosemite and Windows doesn't even show up in my Bootcamp anymore.


What can I do to make this work? Most of my important data is on my Windows partition so this is scary!


Thanks!

Tony

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 5, 2015 12:45 PM

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Posted on May 5, 2015 1:28 PM

Can you post a new discussion and include the output of the following Terminal commands?


diskutil list

diskutil cs list

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0


The "sudo" commands will prompt for your password, and it will not be echoed back. You may also see a warning about improper use of "sudo" and potential data loss due to "abuse" of the command.

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May 5, 2015 1:28 PM in response to tonykirkland

Can you post a new discussion and include the output of the following Terminal commands?


diskutil list

diskutil cs list

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0


The "sudo" commands will prompt for your password, and it will not be echoed back. You may also see a warning about improper use of "sudo" and potential data loss due to "abuse" of the command.

May 5, 2015 12:58 PM in response to Loner T

Hi Loner, thank you for responding. Here you go.


The original HD was 180GB for the Microsoft partition and 80GB for the Mac partition. I am not sure why there is a /dev/disk1 here either :/


diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage 70.3 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data 125.1 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *69.9 GB disk1

Logical Volume on disk0s2

7E26E0D7-E338-4B0B-8CC4-E7A30A822180

Unencrypted


diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group 1C034D56-66F4-41B0-8D17-14641E0B2F7E

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

Name: Macintosh HD

Status: Online

Size: 70250876928 B (70.3 GB)

Free Space: 18960384 B (19.0 MB)

|

+-< Physical Volume CE29C694-1D09-40D6-903C-D8BD60BB7ABE

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

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 70250876928 B (70.3 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family EE15E62F-A059-44EC-94AE-157E2BDC3164

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

Encryption Status: Unlocked

Encryption Type: None

Conversion Status: NoConversion

Conversion Direction: -none-

Has Encrypted Extents: No

Fully Secure: No

Passphrase Required: No

|

+-> Logical Volume 7E26E0D7-E338-4B0B-8CC4-E7A30A822180

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

Disk: disk1

Status: Online

Size (Total): 69879595008 B (69.9 GB)

Conversion Progress: -none-

Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)

LV Name: Macintosh HD

Volume Name: Macintosh HD

Content Hint: Apple_HFS


sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=251000193024; sectorsize=512; blocks=490234752

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 490234751

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 137208744 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

137618384 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

138887920 106933520

245821440 244412416 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

490233856 863

490234719 32 Sec GPT table

490234751 1 Sec GPT header

I tried the same for /dev/disk1 but it said resource busy.


sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 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: AC 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 137208744] <Unknown ID>

3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 137618384 - 1269536] Darwin Boot

4: 0C 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 245821440 - 244412416] Win95 FAT32L


Again /dev/disk1 for fdisk said resource busy.


Thank you for your help!

May 5, 2015 6:48 PM in response to Loner T

Hi Loner,


I ran test disk but not sure what to do next (I have no idea what the output means). Do you mind pointing me to the next steps?


Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 251 GB / 233 GiB - 490234752 sectors (RO)


The harddisk (251 GB / 233 GiB) seems too small! (< 430 GB / 401 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 490233848 841578480 351344633

MS Data 490233855 734646270 244412416

Mac HFS 490234708 491504243 1269536

May 6, 2015 7:16 AM in response to Loner T

Hi Loner,


Thank you again for helping out.


OK I went to the next screen, then did a deeper search on the MS Data. It took all night. I am attaching the results after it ran (scroll down), though I'm not sure what to do now.


Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 251 GB / 233 GiB - 490234752 sectors (RO)


The harddisk (251 GB / 233 GiB) seems too small! (< 742 GB / 691 GiB)

Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...


The following partitions can't be recovered:

Partition Start End Size in sectors

> Mac HFS 205864694 1078281719 872417026

Mac HFS 216541829 1450486406 1233944578

MS Data 262047456 506459871 244412416

MS Data 490233848 841578480 351344633

MS Data 490233855 734646270 244412416

Mac HFS 490234708 491504243 1269536






[ Continue ]

HFS blocksize=134217728, 446 GB / 416 GiB



Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 251 GB / 233 GiB - 490234752 sectors (RO)

Partition Start End Size in sectors

>D EFI System 40 409639 409600 [EFI]

D EFI System 46 409645 409600 [EFI]

D Mac HFS 409640 136893223 136483584

D Mac HFS 977012 137460595 136483584

D Mac HFS 977629 137461212 136483584

D Mac HFS 978014 137461597 136483584

D Mac HFS 978607 137462190 136483584

D Mac HFS 978824 137462407 136483584

D Mac HFS 979873 137463456 136483584

D Mac HFS 980530 137464113 136483584

D Mac HFS 981003 137464586 136483584

D Mac HFS 981427 137465010 136483584

Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.

Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:

P=Primary D=Deleted

Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,

Enter: to continue

FAT32, blocksize=512, 209 MB / 200 MiB




isk /dev/rdisk0 - 251 GB / 233 GiB - 490234752 sectors (RO)

Current partition structure:

Partition Start End Size in sectors


1 P EFI System 40 409639 409600 [EFI System Partitio

2 P Unknown 409640 137618383 137208744 [Macintosh HD]

3 P Mac Boot 137618384 138887919 1269536 [Recovery HD]

Warning: number of heads/cylinder mismatches 255 (NTFS) != 1 (HD)

Warning: number of sectors per track mismatches 63 (NTFS) != 1 (HD)

4 P MS Data 245821440 490233855 244412416 [BOOTCAMP]

May 6, 2015 8:13 AM in response to tonykirkland

tonykirkland wrote:


Hi Loner,


Thank you again for helping out.


OK I went to the next screen, then did a deeper search on the MS Data. It took all night. I am attaching the results after it ran (scroll down), though I'm not sure what to do now.




Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 251 GB / 233 GiB - 490234752 sectors (RO)

Partition Start End Size in sectors

>D EFI System 40 409639 409600 [EFI]

D EFI System 46 409645 409600 [EFI]

D Mac HFS 409640 136893223 136483584

D Mac HFS 977012 137460595 136483584

D Mac HFS 977629 137461212 136483584

D Mac HFS 978014 137461597 136483584

D Mac HFS 978607 137462190 136483584

D Mac HFS 978824 137462407 136483584

D Mac HFS 979873 137463456 136483584

D Mac HFS 980530 137464113 136483584

D Mac HFS 981003 137464586 136483584

D Mac HFS 981427 137465010 136483584

Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.

Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:

P=Primary D=Deleted

Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,

Enter: to continue

FAT32, blocksize=512, 209 MB / 200 MiB


Are you able to see additional entries, if you scroll past the last entry on this page?

May 6, 2015 12:06 PM in response to Loner T

Hi Loner,


Thanks again, here is the output from re-running the quick search:

TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015

Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>

http://www.cgsecurity.org


Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 251 GB / 233 GiB - 490234752 sectors (RO)

Partition Start End Size in sectors

>P EFI System 40 409639 409600 [EFI]

P Mac HFS 409640 136893223 136483584

P Mac HFS 137618384 138887919 1269536

D Mac HFS 138887920 245559295 106671376

D MS Data 138889216 490233848 351344633

D Mac HFS 245819796 247089331 1269536

D MS Data 245821440 490233855 244412416

D MS Data 249103032 249627319 524288 [SDCARD]

D Mac HFS 254833852 263222461 8388610 [ D^A]

D MS Data 312275379 312281552 6174

D MS Data 312281552 312287725 6174 [Boot]

D MS Data 312281587 312287760 6174

D MS Data 312287760 312293933 6174 [Boot]

D MS Data 312293936 312296815 2880 [EFISECTOR]

D MS Data 312296816 312299695 2880 [EFISECTOR]

D MS Data 312988699 312994872 6174

D MS Data 312994872 313001045 6174 [Boot]

D MS Data 328612624 395715343 67102720 [NO NAME]

>D Mac HFS 488965176 490234711 1269536

May 6, 2015 12:59 PM in response to tonykirkland

Here is a table with the most likely candidate.


GPT 3 StartGPT 3 SizeGPT 3 EndNTFS StartSector OffsetNTFS SizeNTFS EndSector Offset (MB)
13761838412695361388879201388892161296351344633490233848 1


Please scroll down to the following entry (fifth entry in the current list).

D MS Data 138889216 490233848 351344633

and use 'P' to list files.

May 6, 2015 1:19 PM in response to Loner T

Hey Loner,


Really appreciate your help on this.


Here you go - I scrolled down since System Volume Information seemed to be related to this topic.


http://www.cgsecurity.org

MS Data 138889216 490233848 351344633

Directory /

Previous

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 5-Feb-2015 13:30 ProgramData

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 9-Aug-2012 22:03 Putty

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 3-Jun-2013 23:18 Qt

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 3-Jul-2012 12:05 QtSDK

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 2-Jul-2012 22:03 Recovery

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Nov-2014 17:12 Samples

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 27-Jun-2014 14:50 ScannerUT

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 10-Nov-2014 15:54 SolidWorks Data

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 3-May-2015 11:58 System Volume Information

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 15-Feb-2014 11:51 TCO

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 11-Jun-2013 19:25 Temp

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 14-Nov-2014 09:44 Texas Instruments-DLP

dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 8-Jun-2013 18:37 Users

>dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 12-Feb-2015 09:37 Windows

May 6, 2015 2:10 PM in response to tonykirkland

Leave your Testdisk display and start a new Terminal Window. You need to use the following steps.


If you see any error messages during the following steps, please stop and post back here with the error message. The following steps have values from your Testdisk output (and you can verify) in Steps 7 and 8.


Rebuild GPT4 using start/end offsets


  1. Sudo gdisk /dev/rdisk0
  2. P (print the full list of parts)
  3. D (delete)
  4. 4 (part 4)
  5. N (new part)
  6. 4 (part 4)
  7. 138889216 - Start offset in bytes (start point for Bootcamp part)
  8. +351344633 - Size offset (as opposed to End offset)
  9. 0700 (Windows part type)
  10. P (print list of all parts just to see what changes will be made)
  11. W (Write the new GPT)
  12. Y (Yes! really write the new GPT)

This will delete and re-write the GPT partition info for /dev/disk0s4.

Rebuild MBR to match the new GPT information thus resetting the Hybrid MBR. Use defaults for other questions (like partition codes). The only values that need modifications are the Boot flags and step 10. Accept all other defaults that Gdisk offers.

  1. Sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
  2. P (Print list of parts)
  3. R (Recover)
  4. H (chooses Hybrid)
  5. O (print current Hybrid MBR)
  6. Partitions numbers to be hybridized: 2 3 4
  7. Y (Good for GRUB question)
  8. N (part 2 boot flag)
  9. N (part 3 boot flag)
  10. Y (part 4 boot flag make NTFS bootable partition)
  11. O (print current Hybrid MBR)
  12. W (Write the new MBR)
  13. Y (Yes! write the new MBR)
  14. Reboot


Here is sample Q&A for this section. Please notice the Press Enter/Return.


Place EFI GPT (0xEE) partition first in MBR (good for GRUB)? (Y/N): Y


Creating entry for GPT partition #2 (MBR partition #2)

Enter an MBR hex code (default AF): Press Enter/Return

Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): N


Creating entry for GPT partition #3 (MBR partition #3)

Enter an MBR hex code (default AB): Press Enter/Return

Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): N


Creating entry for GPT partition #4 (MBR partition #4)

Enter an MBR hex code (default 07): Press Enter/Return

Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): Y


Test 1 - Does Bootcamp Volume show up in Finder?

Test 2 - Can you see files in Bootcamp Volume?

Test 3 - Can you select Bootcamp in System Preferences -> Startup Disk?

Test 4 - If Test 3 is successful, select Bootcamp and Click Restart.

May 6, 2015 2:39 PM in response to Loner T

I'm not sure how to thank you enough for this. I cannot believe Apple has let this bug run wild for so long - the damage would have been catastrophic to me and you are the only person on the Internet answering any questions about this.


If you're in the US and willing to accept some reward for the help you gave me, please let me know - my GMX e-mail alias is tdrx


Thanks again!

Tony

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