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Unable to boot into mac or bootcamp

I was stupid to create a new partition from bootcamp so that I can share files between mac and windows easily. It converted the partitions to dynamic I think. I can't boot into mac or windows. Is there a way I can boot into mac without reinstalling ? My time machine back up is very old so I want to get back into mac without restoring it. I appreciate it very much and would follow all the instructions.


I was able to get into internet recovery and terminal.


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MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Jan 14, 2016 10:27 PM

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Jan 16, 2016 10:24 AM in response to Loner T

Command (? for help): p

Disk /dev/disk0: 977105060 sectors, 465.9 GiB

Logical sector size: 512 bytes

Disk identifier (GUID): 98FD6F70-9B53-4580-97E3-D98EB0E0228D

Partition table holds up to 128 entries

First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 977105026

Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries

Total free space is 1177 sectors (588.5 KiB)


Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name

1 40 409639 200.0 MiB EF00 EFI System

2 409640 829351119 395.3 GiB AF00 Apple HFS/HFS+

3 829351120 830620655 619.9 MiB AB00 Recovery HD

4 830621696 977104895 69.8 GiB 0700 Microsoft basic data


Command (? for help):

Jan 16, 2016 10:52 AM in response to wykstra

Boot from OS X on the internal disk, and install GPT Fdisk on the internal disk. Disconnect your external disk. Once Gdisk is installed, Disable SIP, and run the following steps...


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. Please see thesample Q&A as an example. These steps can be repeated if you make a mistake before you get to Step 12, otherwise start from Step 1 for these steps. Step 6 has numbers which are typed with a space between the numbers. Please see the sample Q&A before you execute these steps.

  1. Sudo gdisk /dev/rdisk0
  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


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.

Jan 16, 2016 1:33 PM in response to Loner T

I had installed tuxera disk manager earlier before everything got messed up.


MacBooks-MacBook-Pro-2:~ macbookpro$ diskutil list /dev/disk0s4

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 424.4 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 75.0 GB disk0s4

MacBooks-MacBook-Pro-2:~ macbookpro$

Jan 16, 2016 3:10 PM in response to Loner T

Ok, I was able to boot into windows. The cursor was blinking on a black background for about 30 seconds and then it booted into windows. Any reason why it's taking so long to boot into windows ? I have an SSD


My bootcamp is brand new without any user files but out of 75 GB partition, only 20 GB is free. I am confused as to how could windows occupy so much space and how would I free up that space ?


Some questions that I had for future. I got into this mess because I tried creating a FAT partition that both mac and windows could read so that I can share files between both OS. What's the best way to share files between mac and windows with read/write capabilities ?


What would be a way to backup both mac and windows so that I don't have to go through this again ? Does time machine backup my bootcamp ?


I appreciate all the help you have provided. Thank you!

Unable to boot into mac or bootcamp

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