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proalbin

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Sep 16, 2009
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I have a Windows partition on my mac and before, I could use it normally, I could start the mac in Windows mode. Lately I cannot start my mac in windows, and when I look into the system preferences under the start up disk menu there is no more windows option. Yet the Windows partition is there on the hard drive, I can look into it, but the machine wouldn't boot in Windows. Anybody has an idea about what happened and how it can be cured?
 

Stridder44

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I have a Windows partition on my mac and before, I could use it normally, I could start the mac in Windows mode. Lately I cannot start my mac in windows, and when I look into the system preferences under the start up disk menu there is no more windows option. Yet the Windows partition is there on the hard drive, I can look into it, but the machine wouldn't boot in Windows. Anybody has an idea about what happened and how it can be cured?

This has been a bug that existed with Leopard as well. It started happening with Windows 7. Just hold down the Option button when starting up. Hopefully this bug will be fixed soon.
 

proalbin

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Sep 16, 2009
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Thnx for your comment. I have a leopard on my mac and XP rather than Windows 7. I am holding down the option key all the time at restarts and nothing happens.
 
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