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Bootcamp Windows 7 disappeared after OS update last night...

After I updated to OS X Yosemite last night, my Windows 7 partition was gone.

I'm not able to see it when I press down OPTION during boot, but I do see a strange name "disk0s4" under disk utility.

Can anyone help me out here?

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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), Windows 7

Posted on May 9, 2015 5:44 AM

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May 11, 2015 4:23 PM in response to AndyT0106

Your MBR is incorrect. You have entered 'n' where it should not be entered. Please see the second set of Gdisk steps, and the example below it. I will paste it here again. You need to repeat the second set of Gdisk commands again.


Please post a screen shot when you do this.


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. O (print current Hybrid MBR)
  5. H (chooses Hybrid)
  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

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