Bootcamp not bootable

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Bootcamp not bootable

Hi guys

I have a MacBookPro (early 2011) and since 2 year additional bootcamp on it.

I need the Bootcamp for spacial software...

However, today I tried to extend my Bootcamp partition. So I crated with Disk Utility an additional one (resizing the mac-partition).

after that I was not able to boot my windows... I saw a lot of same problems...

link: Repairing Boot Camp after creating new partition

the solutions in this thread should work, but my problem is after using the command "sudo fdisk /dev/disk0" the slots are empty...

I would be really be thankful for the help. I need the bootcamp asap, because of my work.

Thanks in advise

Marko

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), Bootcamp: Win 7 Pro

Posted on Apr 7, 2016 6:49 AM

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Apr 7, 2016 12:08 PM in response to Milema

Can you use [Help] Can't boot to windows (8.1) after resizing partition as a reference and use the steps documented in it?

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Answer 2

Milema Author

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Apr 7, 2016 12:08 PM in response to Loner T

THANKS A LOT !!!

now, i can boot windows without problems... but the created partition (which was created to enlarge the bootcamp capacity) is still there...

is it possible to marge it (in my case 8 gb partition) with bootcamp without loosing any data?

thanks again!

Cheers,

Marko

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Answer 3

Loner T

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Apr 7, 2016 1:13 PM in response to Milema

To merge the extra partition, it needs to be converted to Free Space. This will break your current MBR, again, because there is no longer a GPT4 anymore.

The Free Space will need to be merged into the Windows partition using GParted Live CD. Please see http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-window s-vista-partition/ as an example.

Once you do this, you will again rebuild MBR, but this one will use the standard configuration 2 3 4 instead of 3 4 5.

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