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Q: El Capitan/Bootcamp no more boot :(

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Output of test disk here:  First half is before I tried your fix, second half is after I messed it up further.

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Posted on Dec 2, 2015 4:17 PM

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Q: El Capitan/Bootcamp no more boot :(

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 3, 2015 11:36 AM in response to pourrichard
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    Dec 3, 2015 11:36 AM in response to pourrichard

    You can ignore the CHS messages, which are legacy disk information.

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    pourrichard pourrichard Dec 5, 2015 6:56 AM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 5, 2015 6:56 AM in response to Loner T

    Just to wrap this up, I did as you suggested and used the Win repair disk to recreate the boot record.  It told me to run chkdsk to fix errors first.  I did that and it repaired hundreds of errors, which presumably were created when I used the terminal commands to recreate the MS volume.  I was then able to boot into windows although with errors loading programs, including file explorer.exe.  So then I ultimately gave up and just installed a new clean Win7 install.  It now works perfectly.

    thanks for your help on this issue though.

    rich

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 5, 2015 7:24 AM in response to pourrichard
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    Dec 5, 2015 7:24 AM in response to pourrichard

    Were you able to get all your applications and files installed/restored?

  • by pourrichard,

    pourrichard pourrichard Dec 5, 2015 8:36 AM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 5, 2015 8:36 AM in response to Loner T

    I had to reinstall everything

    Good news is it's really fast again.

     

    On another topic, what are your thoughts on reformatting a imac HD (as NTFS) and installing windows natively rather than using bootcamp.  I find that bootcamp tends to make it run slower and adds another layer of complexity.  I really only use Windows on this other machine I'm thinking of doing this on.  I like the imac hardware esthetics (why I'm even considering this rather than using a win-PC).

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 5, 2015 8:49 AM in response to pourrichard
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    Dec 5, 2015 8:49 AM in response to pourrichard

    1. What year/model is your iMac?

    2. What version of Windows do you want to install?

    3. You may still want to keep a minimal OS X installation (externally or internally) for managing updates and other iMac aspects like firmware.

    4. You can make the entire internal disk a GPT-only or a Hybrid MBR (based on Windows version you intend to use and your iMac model).

  • by pourrichard,

    pourrichard pourrichard Dec 5, 2015 8:59 AM in response to Loner T
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    Dec 5, 2015 8:59 AM in response to Loner T

    mid 2010 i-mac 27".  Win7Pro.  It won't support Win10.

    I can use an external HD.  I already made an El Capitan version.

    Will this update the firmware if I use it to boot from?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Dec 5, 2015 9:27 AM in response to pourrichard
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    Dec 5, 2015 9:27 AM in response to pourrichard

    My suggestion is to make the OS X partition about 32GB and have nothing other than OS X in this partition and install Windows. Once Windows is installed, make Windows the default OS.

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