Q: Windows option not available at boot after creating/deleting new partition
I came across this forum while searching for a solution to a problem I'm having in which the option to boot into Windows is not presented while holding down the OPT key during boot. I originally posted in another thread because it was the top result Google brought up for this issue, but I was asked to repost, so here it is. If anyone can help walk me through how to fix this, I would really appreciate it.
Basically, I wanted to increase the size of my Windows 10 bootcamp partition so I could install a game without having to uninstall any others. So I went into Disk Utility and tried to increase the size of the bootcamp partition, but it wouldn't let me. It would let me create a new empty partition, though, so I thought I could work with that. I made a new 5 GB partition, but once I tried rebooting into Windows, it wouldn't work. I didn't get the option to select Windows at boot; it just lists Macintosh HD at the only option. So I went back to Disk Utility and deleted the new partition I had made, returning the OS X partition to its original size, but it's still not allowing me to boot into Windows.
Below is the Terminal output for the commands listed in the other threads. I'm using an early 2013 MacBook Pro (retina) running OS X 10.11.4. Windows 10 is installed on the bootcamp partition. If it means anything, Bootcamp still shows up in Disk Utility and in Finder. Just not at boot.
$ diskutil list
/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_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 388.4 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.1 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 111.0 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD +388.1 GB disk1
Logical Volume on disk0s2
BADA0F47-13F7-4920-ABB4-2ED458405A0F
Unlocked Encrypted
$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group E5C14C1F-1E21-4D66-98AC-5AE7969E32E1
=========================================================
Name: Macintosh HD
Status: Online
Size: 388418744320 B (388.4 GB)
Free Space: 6533120 B (6.5 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 7E003CB6-6606-4617-BB5D-2082F61E64D7
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 388418744320 B (388.4 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 822B8A7C-F4C8-4EBD-954A-45D43FFC4388
----------------------------------------------------------
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Conversion Status: Complete
High Level Queries: Fully Secure
| Passphrase Required
| Accepts New Users
| Has Visible Users
| Has Volume Key
|
+-> Logical Volume BADA0F47-13F7-4920-ABB4-2ED458405A0F
---------------------------------------------------
Disk: disk1
Status: Online
Size (Total): 388055695360 B (388.1 GB)
Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
LV Name: Macintosh HD
Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500277790720; sectorsize=512; blocks=977105060
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 977105059
start size index contents
0 1 MBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 758630360 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
759040000 1269760 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
760309760 216795136 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
977104896 131
977105027 32 Sec GPT table
977105059 1 Sec GPT header
$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60821/255/63 [977105060 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AC 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 758630360] <Unknown ID>
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 759040000 - 1269760] Darwin Boot
4: 0C 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 760309760 - 216795136] Win95 FAT32L
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Posted on May 14, 2016 12:41 AM