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Blian

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Dec 26, 2015
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Hey Guys,

first of all sorry for my english that is not my native language so most probably I can't explain my problem to you as detailed as I should but I will try.

So the problem is the following:
- OSX (El Capitano) is the default OS however the iMac (late 2009) boots itself up in Windows (7).
- OSX startup keys just NOT working I mean none of those (command-r, shift, c, alt/option).
- Windows is only able to boot in Safe Mode otherwise it freezes at the splash screen.

Any idea? May I say goodbye to my HDD?
 
I'm going to take a guess and say that the OS X partition was either deleted or is unreadable. Possibly due to a partitioning command being used from windows side. You shouldn't ever adjust partitions while in windows with OS X. Unless you know what you're doing

I don't know why the cmd+R etc wouldn't work :(
 
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