![]() ![]() I did try to run first aid with no success:Īnd I do have a full backup of my computer that’s a couple months old but isn’t missing anything important, should I need it. Here’s what my disk utility looks like at the moment. Thanks very much if you’ve read this far, and sorry for what is likely more or less a double post! But I’m in far enough over my head that I’d really appreciate the eyeballs of someone with real knowledge of what’s going on here. (unmounting if necessary) will solve my issue. So from the code in the post I’m referencing, I’m hoping that So far seems to be similar enough to the link above that the same ought to apply.)įrom terminal in internet recovery mode, diskutil list returns the following: Option key on restart shows only Windows, NVRAM doesn’t work, recovery mode shunts me into internet recovery. ![]() When an update fixed that I thought I’d get rid of the partition and…the windows utility i tried to use seems to have dropped it into the Mac reservoir instead of merging it back with my main windows partition, hence problems. At some point I ran into a documented bug with an application I was running that required me to partition off some of its files and run a symbolic link to them. I’ve run bootcamp for over a year with no issues. (My background: I have a 2020 13” Pro, model A2289. I seem to be experiencing a similar issue to the following post: īut would like to confirm next steps in my particular case. MacBook Pro with BootCamp install only launching Windows. Frustratingly I can even read my entire BootCamp partition data, down to the last "." in my High Sierra Finder window. This has happened in the past, and I had to delete my BootCamp partition, which is recognised by Disk Utility, and completely reinstall W7, and do all 199 updates and download all my needed software and reload all my (fortunately) backed up data.Īny suggestions, since it's obviously all still there, just not accessible, yet. Unfortunately this action seemed to mess with some setting (MBR?) and so, despite appearing in "Preferences > Startup Disk" my BootCamp W7 would not start, either from "Startup Disk", OR "Restart > hold Option key." As a workaround, I tried creating and additional partition - to provide "unallocated" space for Partition Wizard to use. This required me to reduce the size of my Mac partition, something which Disk Utility won't allow. BootCamp Assistant limits me to 40Gb so I was planning to try Partition Wizard from Minitools. Note: If a disk is encrypted, select and click Unlock. Click the lock at the bottom left to unlock the preference pane. I have two partitions, with High Sierra on one and BootCamp Windows 7 SP1 64bit on the other.Īll was good (W7 installed and running fine) except that I needed more space on my BootCamp partition. Here’s what you should do if your Mac is running macOS Monterey or earlier: Click and choose System Preferences. Window 7 Bootcamp won't start and doesn't appear in boot options despite appearing in Startup Disk Hi, ![]()
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