I'm afraid I've corrupted my OSX install. When choosing to boot up with the system I get a grey screen (there's a short load sequence before this, after klicking the system icon in the bootup menu). I can hover my mouse around but there is no content. Earlier today I tried installing Windows 8 as a second system using Boot Camp 5 on Mountain Lion.
I did the following:
- Created a volume for Windows and installed Win7 + windows drivers
- Began installing Win8, only to realize that I needed more disk space (apparently using the online upgrade requires a LOT of disk in between the switch). Chose to quit the installer.
- Tried returning to OSX to delete the Windows volume but ended up with a grey screen.
Worth noting is that I see my OSX Recovery volume presented along OSX and Windows. My guess is it should be there but it could also be an indication that there is something wrong.
Any help is appreciated.
Edit: Problem solved (for now). Started up OSX successfully in Safe Mode and was able to remove the Windows partition via BCA. Restarted and everything seems to be back to normal.
I did the following:
- Created a volume for Windows and installed Win7 + windows drivers
- Began installing Win8, only to realize that I needed more disk space (apparently using the online upgrade requires a LOT of disk in between the switch). Chose to quit the installer.
- Tried returning to OSX to delete the Windows volume but ended up with a grey screen.
Worth noting is that I see my OSX Recovery volume presented along OSX and Windows. My guess is it should be there but it could also be an indication that there is something wrong.
Any help is appreciated.
Edit: Problem solved (for now). Started up OSX successfully in Safe Mode and was able to remove the Windows partition via BCA. Restarted and everything seems to be back to normal.
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