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Remak:
I err... accidently broke my computer today when I was trying to install a partition to have data on both os's.

It is a macbook pro,and I had bootcamp set up on it.

In windows earlier today, I tried to shrink the windows partition down 25gb and set up a new partition to put all my music and documents and wallpapers to access from both os's.

After doing that now,the mac wont start up into osx.When I hold the option key the mac partition and recovery partition have disappeared. It trys to startup into windows by default now. (Only the bootcamp is seen)

Only.. the first time from a cold boot, the screen will go into windows. A blue screen with white letters and I think apossible option flash up on the screen for a microsecond, making it impossible to read or choose any options it appears.

It then proceeds to restart and this time gives me the option of booting into windows recovery mode after being "Unable to start". From there I let windows try to fix the problem its self, but it is unable to. It gives me an error log that says this.


--- Quote ---Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOfflin e

Problem Signature 1:  6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 2:  6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 3:  unknown
Problem Signature 4:  21200276
Problem Signature 5:  AutoFailover
Problem Signature 6:  2
Problem Signature 7:  NoRootCause

OS Version:  6.1.7601.2.1.0.2.5. 6.1
Local ID:  1033
--- End quote ---

I just need to be able to fix up windows and I should be able to grab the data from the mac partition in windows finder andfrom the windows partion without a problem.  Then I intend to reinstall OSX and Windows 7 after backing up everything important on an external drive. (Unless I *really* screwed things up T_T.

So, how do I fix this~! ^^.

krumm:
Resizing partitions is very risky and can cause data loss.  You should never do it unless you are backed up or don't care to lose the data on the drive.  I only have about a 75% success rate with partition resizing(mostly on smaller drives).  I've never used a mac before but it is really just another OS and uses the same hardware, so my options should work the same.

Simplest solution is to just write off your data and reinstall mac OS, and may be the only option.  But, I would try mounting the hdd to a working OS before writing anything off.  There is 2 ways to do that: pulling the drive and putting it into a computer that has one or a Linux live CD.  I usually just pull the drive and hook it up to a working desktop, but I don't know how hard it is to get to the drive in your computer or if you have a desktop available to use.  Best bet is probably to burn a Linux live CD, I recommend Ubuntu 10.04.  Use the try option to get a working desktop that you can use to access the computers HDD and an external HDD to copy data to.

If you get access to your HDD, but the data you want is not there, probably means the data is lost.  My success at recovering truly lost data(the kind that does not show up when you get access to the hdd) is zero.  I always end up recovering useless OS files and stuff I don't want.

AnimeJanai:
There are software tools that claim to recover data from mis-partitioned drives.  So don't write it off yet.  Find at least several different softwares and read their instructions and FAQs to learn more before trying one of them.

kitamesume:
o.o ehh.. risky? haven't encountered a single error via resizing the OS's partition by more than a dozen times ranging 30gb-50gb(seems like 40gb is my sweetspot right now, win7 starts at around 25gb @ fresh install including drivers and grows to 30+gb after ridiculous patches...).

i use "EASEUS Partition Manager" if that makes a difference.

Kyrdua:
Did you just say Macbook?

o_o, pretty sure stuff works differently on that even if you say it involves partitions and whatnot.

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