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How To Recover Bootcamp Partition

This document provides steps to recover a Bootcamp partition on Mac. 1. Check if the NTFS header is intact by running a dd and hexdump command. 2. If the NTFS header is intact, use gdisk to add the Bootcamp partition to the hybrid MBR with the bootable flag set to 'y'. 3. Write the new GPT table and reboot to verify the partition table before testing the Bootcamp installation.

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How To Recover Bootcamp Partition

This document provides steps to recover a Bootcamp partition on Mac. 1. Check if the NTFS header is intact by running a dd and hexdump command. 2. If the NTFS header is intact, use gdisk to add the Bootcamp partition to the hybrid MBR with the bootable flag set to 'y'. 3. Write the new GPT table and reboot to verify the partition table before testing the Bootcamp installation.

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HOW TO RECOVER BOOTCAMP PARTITION

1. Can you check if the NTFS header is intact?


sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C
2. If you see "R.NTFS" in the first line try the following steps. The values shown here are from a different machine and may not match
what you have. Use default except the boot ability of the last partition which should be 'y' as shown.
sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
MBR: hybrid
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.
Command (? for help): p
Disk /dev/disk0: 490234752 sectors, 233.8 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 59BDFEEB-1EB4-4529-94FE-3CBC2C3CD513
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 490234718
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2604 sectors (1.3 MiB)
Number
1
2
3
4

Start (sector)
40
409640
401060384
402331648

End (sector) Size


409639
401060383
402329919
490233848

Code Name
200.0 MiB
EF00
191.0 GiB
AF05
619.9 MiB
AB00
41.9 GiB
0700

EF
Macintosh HD
Re
Microsoft basic data

Command (? for help): r


Recovery/transformation command (? for help): h
WARNING! Hybrid MBRs are flaky and dangerous! If you decide not to use one,
just hit the Enter key at the below prompt and your MBR partition table will
be untouched.
Type from one to three GPT partition numbers, separated by spaces, to be
added to the hybrid MBR, in sequence: 2 3 4
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): AF
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): n
Creating entry for GPT partition #3 (MBR partition #3)
Enter an MBR hex code (default AB): AB
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): n
Creating entry for GPT partition #4 (MBR partition #4)
Enter an MBR hex code (default 07): 07
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): y
Recovery/transformation command (? for help): w
Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!
Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/disk0.
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Warning: The kernel may continue to use old or deleted partitions.
You should reboot or remove the drive.
The operation has completed successfully.
Now Reboot and verify the output of fdisk again. If it is correct, test Windows/Bootcamp.

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