Boot camp deleted OSX partition?

[Jamie0003]

I partitioned my hard drive to install windows...I rebooted, loaded up the windows disc... And then realised my disc only had one partition...I quit the windows installer without installing windows, went into boot mode and I can only see my bootcamp partition.

What happened? Have I erased everything? Is there any way to get my osx partition back?

Thanks in advance..

 

[ravenvii]

Did you partition your harddrive within Boot Camp Assistant? Or did you use Disk Utility?

 

[Jamie0003]

I partitioned it using boot camp assistant while running osx

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Pop in your restore disk and see if it's there, but just needs repair.

 

[Jamie0003]

Tried that, all of the first aid options are greyed out

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

When installing Windows, you need to install it on partition C (in XP) or partition 3 (in Vista.) If you have lost your data and don't have a backup, Data Rescue 2 is the way to go.

 

[aaronw1986]

I'm sorry to say, but I think you have "deleted OSX partition"

 

[JediMeister]

Its been reported that OEM copies don't identify the BootCamp partition as a separate partition from the OS X section, and thusly when the install destination is selected and the process begun, the Mac OS is overwritten.

 

[gillieo]

Its been reported that OEM copies don't identify the BootCamp partition as a separate partition from the OS X section, and thusly when the install destination is selected and the process begun, the Mac OS is overwritten.

Great! Funny, I used an OEM before for a dual install, and now it craps out on me.

Any solutions found? My main HD is now "read only" and I can't repair/delete it in Disk Utility.

I have another partition at 127 GBs which is a windows volume. Any chance this has my data on it?

I'm really over it at this point. I've been pouring over this forum for a while and now looking to just reinstall.

Many thanks.

 

[gillieo]

got it fixed. Had to erase my hard drive.