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El Cap missing Bootcamp at boot (slightly fixed)

I've had the now famous problem of having my Bootcamp partition disappear after updating. I've followed Loner T's posts and gotten the Bootcamp back on boot up but now I've got a flashing white cursor in the left corner when I boot to Windows. I've reset SMC and NVRAM but I've still got the cursor blinking. Does anyone know the next step in solving this ridiculous problem? Hopefully Loner T is around, definitely the expert on this subject.

MacBook Pro, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Feb 10, 2016 6:53 PM

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Feb 11, 2016 4:10 PM in response to Loner T

Sorry about the delay. Here is the command that we needed:User uploaded file

The link to the one I tried to follow as closely as possible is here: Bootcamp doesn't show up on startup, but shows up in startup disks in system preferences


I used Testdisk to scan but didn't rebuild anything. Following the steps from above to get Bootcamp to come up as a bootable drive because it was completely missing. I thought I was on to something and then booted into it and got the blinking cursor.

Feb 11, 2016 4:27 PM in response to clchildress89

A. We need to disable SIP.

1. Boot into Local Recovery (Command+R).

2. Start Utilities -> Terminal.

3. Type csrutil disable in Terminal and press Enter/Return.

4. Type csrutil status.

5. Boot normally, and type csrutil status to confirm that all individual entries are still disabled.


B. 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.

El Cap missing Bootcamp at boot (slightly fixed)

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