tonyyeb Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hi all Had Windows 7 on my laptop. Repartition the drive and installed OS X (10.5.2). Got an error when rebooting then used fdisk -u /dev/rdisk0. Now I cant get into Windows 7 from the Darwin boot loader. Tried a Windows 7 boot repair but that fails. How can I get back into Windows 7 and ten have a boot loader for both? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyyeb Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Ok back into Windows 7 by doing this: restart back into single user prompt using the OS X Installation Disc.Type these commands exactly: fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 Specifies the disc that you have Vista and OS X installed to flag 1 Marks Vista as the active partition (or if you installed OS X 1st and Vista 2nd, change the flag to 2) quit This will quit fdisk and take you back to the normal single user prompt reboot Then I could get the Windows 7 repair to work. How do I get a nice boot menu now that I have an OS X install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Try EasyBCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyyeb Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Try EasyBCD Thanks for that. I tried it but when I tried to get back into OS X from the menu it failed to boot. Is there a tutorial for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatDeceiver Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Ok back into Windows 7 by doing this: Then I could get the Windows 7 repair to work. How do I get a nice boot menu now that I have an OS X install? three posts with the same problem on the same page must be a virus see here for one solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamorgen Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I'm having this problem as well. I followed a guide that had me using my USB drive with the Windows 7 installer boot into Windows repair, use diskpart, set Windows to the active partion, use the Startup Repair option, reboot to the USB drive, set the OS X partition to active. Everytime I try this, I get to the Chameleon bootloader, but when I select Windows, it doesn't work. Any ideas on this one? I'm sure I'm missing something simple. I do know that with the bootdisc I am using to install OSX, it is installing a hidden EFI partition. Does this make any difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pax1234 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 "I do know that with the bootdisc I am using to install OSX, it is installing a hidden EFI partition. Does this make any difference?" Once you fixed your Windows 7, boot into it and use easyBCD to add the Mac OS to the menu. Don't use your bootdisc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamorgen Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 "I do know that with the bootdisc I am using to install OSX, it is installing a hidden EFI partition. Does this make any difference?" Once you fixed your Windows 7, boot into it and use easyBCD to add the Mac OS to the menu. Don't use your bootdisc. Yeah, got it working exactly that way. I was under the impression I'd be able to do it just with Chameleon. Now, I have to go through two menus, but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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