i7Hackintosh Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I followed the tut @ http://www.insanelym...howtopic=257950 I installed Chameleon boot loader as instructed - doesn't even let me boot Mac OS X from it, I need to use the iB0oo0t disc anyway. Now, when I boot from the disc(iB) it doesn't even show my USB's. Which is a bit scary, since I can't boot back into OS X installer. Also, when I try boot Win8Dev installer disc, it goes straight to Chameleon. So, firstly, how the hell do I get rid of Chameleon? I am sure if I do that, I will have better luck fixing the problem myself... Edit: I got into win8 boot cd Followed How to restore WINDOWS BOOTLOADER on a PC 1~Reconfigure your BIOS to boot from the DVD first and then the Win7 drive 2~Boot the machine from the Win7 DVD 3~After the language select screen, choose "Repair your computer" from the lower left 4~The system will not find any installations. This is okay, click the top radio button and hit Next 5~You'll see a list of "System Recovery Options". Open up the Command Prompt 6~Try typing the following commands in order: "bootrec /fixmbr", "bootrec /fixboot", "bootrec /rebuildbcd". If these complete successfully, go ahead and skip the next step. However, if any of these steps reports "Element cannot be found" you need to reconfigure the disk configuration. 7~You're going to use DISKPART to make the Win7 partition active. You can type "HELP" for a list of commands or check out Microsoft's help page. Basically you select the drive first ("LIST DRIVES" and then "SELECT DRIVE [number]") and then the partition ("LIST PARTITION" and then "SELECT PARTITION [number]") where Win7 is installed. Then type "ACTIVE" to make the selected partition active. Once this is finished, repeat the previous step. 8~With the bootloader now created, we need to let Win7 configure it. Restart and boot from the DVD again, and choose the same repair option as before. Now you should see your Win7 installation listed. Allow the installer to repair the system. ~You may have to repeat this step once or twice, but eventually the bootloader will be fixed and your machine will work again! Okay, so I did that. When I get to "select partition 4", I get: Virtual Disk Service error: This operation is not allowed on an invalid disk. The disk may be invalid because it is corrupted or failing, or it may be invalid because it is OFFLINE. Okay, so I know windows is still there, I can see the partition. I can't access it from Mac OS X, though... But that's not my point. I want to be able to boot back into Windows - I don't really care about my hackintosh install right now. HELP! please. Okay: DISKPART Diskpart version 6.2.8102 list disk Disk 0 ---- Status=Invalid Size=596GB free=0B dyn=* GPT =blank select disk 0 Disk 0 is now the selected disk. list partition Partition 1 = primary = 101 MB offset = 31KB Partition 2 = primary = 14GB offset = 101mb(macosx volume) partition 3 = dynamic data = 6172KB offset = 14 GB Partition 4 = Dynamic Data = Size 519Gb offset = 14 GB (windows yaay) "bootrec /fixboot" gives error bootrec /rebuildbcd" finds no windows installs It doesn't let me turn the partition active. (because of the invalid status) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279489-slightly-calmer-help-fixing-something-i-really-screwed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockinron_1 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 "I can't access it from Mac OS X, though" That statement itself means you've screwed something pretty important up. What method did you use for formatting your hdd? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279489-slightly-calmer-help-fixing-something-i-really-screwed/#findComment-1824325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 At this stage I suggest you try with Acronis Recovery Expert, part of Acronis Disk Director 11 (as I said in my previous post): http://www.acronis.c...s/diskdirector/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279489-slightly-calmer-help-fixing-something-i-really-screwed/#findComment-1824371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
i7Hackintosh Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 At this stage I suggest you try with Acronis Recovery Expert, part of Acronis Disk Director 11 (as I said in my previous post): http://www.acronis.c...s/diskdirector/ I used a bunch of tools to try recover files - they all told me that the file system is damaged. (f@ck.) I am going to try acronis, and see if it will be able to recover the file system altogether and not just some files. (thanks for the suggestion) "I can't access it from Mac OS X, though" That statement itself means you've screwed something pretty important up. What method did you use for formatting your hdd? EaseUS partition manager, then used the installer to format that partition to HFS. And yeah, I did screw something really important up. NTFS partition is screwed over at the moment, lmao. So; I gathered that my NTFS partition got corrupted by the macintosh 10.6 installer. yay for apple. EDIT: Can't use acronis, requires Windows. I can't even install windows, the messed up partition somehow renders my WHOLE HDD useless to the installer, and it doesn't show any partitions at all. I need to find a way to fix the partition from Mac OS X itself, or at least recover some photos then reformat that partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279489-slightly-calmer-help-fixing-something-i-really-screwed/#findComment-1824457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 If Acronis Recovery Expert doesn't work for you testdisk is a good alternative: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279489-slightly-calmer-help-fixing-something-i-really-screwed/#findComment-1824460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 EDIT: Can't use acronis, requires Windows. I can't even install windows, the messed up partition somehow renders my WHOLE HDD useless to the installer, and it doesn't show any partitions at all. I need to find a way to fix the partition from Mac OS X itself, or at least recover some photos then reformat that partition. Don't you have access to any other computer? Family, friends... Of Acronis you need the recovery CD. You can also use a TestDisk LiveCD: http://www.cgsecurit...TestDisk_Livecd (I suggest Parted Magic) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279489-slightly-calmer-help-fixing-something-i-really-screwed/#findComment-1824524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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