there is missing the BOOTCAMP partition in startup disc system preferences

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there is missing the BOOTCAMP partition in startup disc system preferences

Hello, i guess that after installation of NTFS for Mac i cannot see start up disc of BOOTCAMP anymore... does exist any chance to fix that?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), null

Posted on Oct 22, 2016 1:27 PM

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rose_10

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Oct 23, 2016 9:22 AM in response to karffe

Hello karffe,

Thanks for that info and choosing the Apple Support Communities. I know how important being able to use Bootcamp on your Mac is to you! Based on what you stated, it seems you may be having issues with being able to see your previously installed Bootcamp partition to start up into Windows on your Mac after you installed the NTFS for Mac driver from Paragon Software. First, try running First Aid on your hard drives and partitions with the built in Disk Utility tool, as this can correct simple issues like you're experiencing.

Disk Utility (Yosemite): Check a disk for problems
Disk Utility (Yosemite): Repair a non-startup disk
Disk Utility (Yosemite): Repair a disk

You can also use safe mode to start up your Mac so that it performs certain checks, delete system cache files, verifies your startup disk, and attempts to repair directory issues if needed. Log into your user account and see if the Bootcamp partition appears in Disk Utility while in safe mode and then restart normally and test the issue again.

Try safe mode if your Mac doesn't finish starting up
Limited graphics performance in OS X recovery or safe mode

Also, since this issue started after installing the NTFS for Mac driver from Paragon, you may want to contact their support as they may have a solution as well.

General > Knowledge Base - NTFS for Mac

Cheers!

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Eric Root

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Oct 23, 2016 9:47 AM in response to karffe

Does it show if you start up with the option/alt key held down during a restart?

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karffe Author

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Oct 26, 2016 1:25 PM in response to Eric Root

Hello Eric, yes it does like a charm but under Start up discs settings there the disc bootcamp is not available.

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karffe Author

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Oct 26, 2016 1:26 PM in response to rose_10

thank you for your links and infos, i am going to check them all.

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Eric Root

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Oct 27, 2016 10:16 AM in response to karffe

Long shot.

Might be a corrupt .plist.

Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

Quit the application.

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.

Restart the computer, open the application, and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.

If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.

Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

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