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Q: Resized Hard drive with Disk Utility, now Windows won't boot

I was being stupid and decided to resize my partitions because I needed more space on my windows. I have re-sized my partition before using this method + Minitools Windows Wizard so I thought this time it would work just the same. I regret not backing up. However I am trying to access/recover the files on the windows side at the moment. Bootcamp is not showing up in finder.

 

So this is what I did:
I went into disk utility and re adjusted the mac side of the hard drive to be smaller.
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Then I opened up the windows and a black screen with "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" appeared. When I reboot holding alt option there is only MAC/MAC recovery showing up.

 

Then I looked up in forums about this situation and one suggested resizing the partition again and that it might fix itself. so I readjusted it back a bit similar to the partition I began with. And this is how it is currently.

 

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I tried using this guide http://nerdr.com/tag/fix-bootcamp-partition-not-booting-mac-and-macbook-pro/

 

I managed to get to the last part (Y/N) but then it popped up that it would edit my partition? so I'm not sure if that meant that it would erase all my files/data on the windows side.

 

I am using a Macbook Pro Mid 2012 10.8.5

 

One of my friends told me to take out the HDD and use a Hard Drive Docking Station to recover/access the files? Would that work at all? Or should that be my last resort?

Any help would be appreciative Really need those files to be recovered.

Please let me know what information you need!

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 24, 2015 10:52 PM

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