Boot Camp missing from Startup Disk

Do you have any third-party NTFS software like Tuxera, Paragon, NTFS-3g (MacFuse/OSX Fuse) or it's variants? When did the Windows partition go missing? Was it after a Yosemite Recovery Upgrade?

Can you post 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.

Can you post the output of the following command?

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

What year/model is your Mac?

If Windows was installed using BC Assistant without using EFI boot, then you can use the following procedure. You will need to download GPT Fdisk from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/.

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.

I developed a problem trying to follow the above. I am running OS X 10.10.5, on a Mac Mini. I have Tuxera NTFS installed. I was able to dual boot into either Windows 10 or OS X, view Bootcamp files via Finder, but Bootcamp did not show up in my System Preferences Startup Disk. I can no longer boot into Windows 10. I do have a Winclone backup. Can you offer some help?

[ rick@Mac-Mini 06:45 PM ] ~

$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage 788.3 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 211.0 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *788.0 GB disk1

Logical Volume on disk0s2

518A2033-6825-4ADE-9FFA-A3AFB815DA3C

Unlocked Encrypted

[ rick@Mac-Mini 06:45 PM ] ~

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

Password:

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 28 e0 5b |........?....(.[|

00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 f8 3f 90 18 00 00 00 00 |.........?......|

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 46 a8 8b 0b ed 72 1c f2 |........F....r..|

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 52 11 16 68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 |h...hR..h..fSfSf|

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

00000110 0a 13 b9 f6 0c fc f3 aa e9 fe 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 a1 f6 01 e8 09 00 |...u...fa.......|

00000170 a1 fa 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb fd 8b f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 |............<.t.|

00000180 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 64 69 |............A di|

00000190 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 6f 63 |sk read error oc|

000001a0 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 |curred...BOOTMGR|

000001b0 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d | is compressed..|

000001c0 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b |.Press Ctrl+Alt+|

000001d0 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a |Del to restart..|

000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|

000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 8a 01 a7 01 bf 01 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|

00000200

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It may be a bit easier to keep context, if you start a new thread. Post these two outputs that you have here , and also post the output of the following two commands

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

@LonerT

I have a same problem. successfully installed windows via Bootcamp. After reboot I can see Mac and Windows both but when I am running startup disk in Mac Its not showing Bootcamp Partition

However in Disk utility its showing Mac and Windows both partitions.

What should I do next ?

As I have been through this entire post I will print output here for your given Terminal Command :

my config :

OSX Yosemite 10.10.4

Macbook pro retina 13-inch Late 2013

Installed windows-7 pro via Bootcamp

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MacBook-Pro-2:~ iDHL$ 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 180.1 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data Untitled 70.0 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Untitled *179.8 GB disk1

Logical Volume on disk0s2

8C745641-40F4-4852-A7A8-CC8AF63A5D09

Unlocked Encrypted

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MacBook-Pro-2:~ iDHL$ diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group 29E6F783-69EF-4B84-8711-9BDF423EAC87

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

Name: Untitled

Status: Online

Size: 180140433408 B (180.1 GB)

Free Space: 843776 B (843.8 KB)

|

+-< Physical Volume 5CBE435A-5376-496E-8FB3-6293B0BA9CEA

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

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 180140433408 B (180.1 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family 46DA394C-5858-4F77-B3B8-A7AE622D22E0

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

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 8C745641-40F4-4852-A7A8-CC8AF63A5D09

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

Disk: disk1

Status: Online

Size (Total): 179787268096 B (179.8 GB)

Conversion Progress: -none-

Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)

LV Name: Untitled

Volume Name: Untitled

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

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MacBook-Pro-2:~ iDHL$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Password:

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 - 351836784] <Unknown ID>

3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 352246424 - 1269536] Darwin Boot

*4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 353517568 - 136716288] HPFS/QNX/AUX

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MacBook-Pro-2:~ iDHL$ 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 351836784 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

352246424 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

353515960 1608

353517568 136716288 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

490233856 863

490234719 32 Sec GPT table

490234751 1 Sec GPT header

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MacBook-Pro-2:~ iDHL$ 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 40 12 15 |........?....@..|

00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 ff 1f 26 08 00 00 00 00 |..........&.....|

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 a5 d1 14 50 fd 14 50 6a |...........P..Pj|

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

What year/model is your Mac? Do you have any third-party NTFS software?

macbook pro 13 inch retina late 2013

8GB - 2.4GHz - core i5 processor

I have installed Paragon NTFS but I have been following Apple bootcamp official support instructions.

And today installed win7pro 64 bit successfully.

Windows doesnt detect usb or sound

but mouse and keyboard working fine so read official apple support and they told to goto startup disk select bootcamp

but mine doesnt show bootcamp

Please see https://kb.paragon-software.com/article/204 as a reference. System Preferences will not shown any NTFS disks, controlled by third-party NTFS drivers.

yeah I disabled paragon from settings pan then its showing windows partition ...

but new problem arises...

after selecting windows partition under system preference --> rebooted mac

went in to mac but no Boot Camp service icon neither in control panel nor anywhere else !!

do you know how to get rid of it ?

prince.de.canada wrote:

after selecting windows partition under system preference --> rebooted mac

went in to mac but no Boot Camp service icon neither in control panel nor anywhere else !!

do you know how to get rid of it ?

Sorry, but you selected OS X -> System Preferences -> Startup Disk -> Bootcamp and you booted into Windows, correct? If yes, you are in Windows, and do not have a Bootcamp icon in Windows Control Panel, correct?

What do you want to get rid off?

yes I did that way and it suppose to show my USB disk where I have saved windows support software so I can go in and open setup.exe to install window drivers . This is the procedure explained on apple bootcamp support forum.