Windows Partition Removed Automatically?

[ianmolt]

Yesterday I was using windows on my iMac using bootcamp and it was working fine. Today when i tried to boot up in Windows it didn't work so i went to System Preferences>Startup Disk, and I didn't see BOOTCAMP option there!! Just to check, I opened DiskUtility and the partition which was on was formatted!!. I can't figure out what is wrong because no one except me uses this machine. Is there any fix to this. I'm really pissed off right now. -.- (Hope it makes sense to you.

 

[celticpride678]

There is no way to recover it if the partition has been removed. They don't get removed automatically, so you or someone else must have done something.

 

[ianmolt]

Can it be because of a virus? as i didn't had any Antivirus software

 

[Grannyville7989]

Out of curiosity, what version of Windows did you have installed?

 

[ianmolt]

Out of curiosity, what version of Windows did you have installed?

I had Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit installed.

 

[Grannyville7989]

Have you tried boot off the Windows install disc and tried using the repair tools to see if the partition is recoverable?

 

[balamw]

Can it be because of a virus? as i didn't had any Antivirus software

It's conceivable that some partition/MBR modifying malware may have screwed up your partition table in a way that it will no longer boot.

I'm with Grannyville7989, try Startup Repair wizard and see if it can fix it.

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