Problems Mac Recognizing BOOTCAMP - Unable to Mount the disk

[SteveGe]

I can boot into bootcamp with no problems. I have been wanting to be able to open the bootcamp in Parallels. However, something is causing problems and I haven't been able to find a good answer in all my searching.

Here is the issue:

1. the partition 'disk0s3' is greyed out in Disk Utility. It is not mounted. Mounting does nothing.
2. for reference, the Windows 7 IS formatted as NTFS. It is a Windows 7 64-bit install
3. verify disk does the following:

Verifying volume “disk0s3”
** /dev/disk0s3
Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: efbbbf
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.

4. repairing does the following:
Verify and Repair volume “disk0s3”
** /dev/disk0s3
Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: efbbbf
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.


Here is my last problem: I have stuff on the Windows partition that I don't want deleted.

I'm really stuck on this -obviously, I can just continue to boot into bootcamp, I just would rather open it from Parallels. I'm not sure what or if I made some mistake in setting up Bootcamp, I thought I followed the directions to the t. I do know I formatted the partition as NTFS during the install - as I think Windows 7 requires it.

I have tried installing NTFS-3G - it is installed, but didn't do any good when trying to mount the drive.


Information:

diskutil list /dev/disk0
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 779.5 GB disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 220.3 GB disk0s3


diskutil info /dev/disk0s3
Device Identifier: disk0s3
Device Node: /dev/disk0s3
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: BOOTCAMP

Volume Name:
Escaped with Unicode:

Mounted: No

File System: MS-DOS
Type: msdos
Name: MS-DOS (FAT)

Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 220.3 GB (220322594816 Bytes) (exactly 430317568 512-Byte-Blocks)
Volume Free Space: 0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Blocks)

Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (not mounted)
Ejectable: No

Whole: No
Internal: Yes

 

[balamw]

My guess is that your GPT and MBR partition tables are out of sync. There is a tool called GPT fdisk (gdisk) that can help you correct this.

I'm on my iPad so it's harder for me to find the link, search the forum for gdisk.

EDIT: Back on the Mac. https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=11367511

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[SteveGe]

Thanks I'll try that and report back

 

[SteveGe]

Ok, I got the program installed, etc...

I am seeing this:


sudo gdisk -l /dev/disk0
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.6.13

Partition table scan:
MBR: hybrid
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present

Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/disk0: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 957C9DC5-E962-4F84-9087-5DE986090A5D
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 265581 sectors (129.7 MiB)

Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 40 409639 200.0 MiB EF00 EFI System Partition
2 409640 1522941991 726.0 GiB AF00 Customer
3 1523206144 1953523711 205.2 GiB 0700 BOOTCAMP



Is there a certain command I need to execute?

 

[SteveGe]

That link talks about reformatting the partition, etc... is that basically my only option is to reformat ?

I was hoping not to have to blow away the partition. I think if given that choice, I might just try creating a new Parallels instance.