Boot choice disappear after resizing main partition Mac

I wanted to resize the partition mac for more space later on Windows partition. But when the operation ended and I rebooted, I had no choice boot between windows and mac.
Now it boot, without asking my opinion, directly on the Mac partition.
How to fix this problem, so I can restart my Windows partition.
Thank you in advance for any help or advice.

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
use Diks Utility in OSx to check if you maybe inadvertently made a partition between your OSx partition and the Windows partition while shrinking your OSX partition.
If so, then the 'partition numbering' has been changed and the Windows partition is not found.
For XP have a look at this thread http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11783594#11783594 for a solution.
For Vista or Windows 7 EasyBCD http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 would be my tool of choice.
Hope it helps
Stefan

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Bootcamp partition missing after resizing OSX partition

Hi,
Please help me, after resizing OSX partition, i can't go back to windows, and i see bootcamp partition change to disk0s4 on disk utility
After find solution on this discussions site, I try to follow Lonner T way on "Missing Operating system_ " After installing Yosemite
but i have different problem :
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: disk0: mediasize=251000193024; sectorsize=512; blocks=490234752
gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 490234751
      start       size index contents
          0          1         MBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640 292614464      2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
293024104    1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
294293640   98285432
392579072   97654784      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
490233856        863
490234719         32         Sec GPT table
490234751          1         Sec GPT header
And try using testdisk
output
> MS Data
392579071 490862590   98283520
After that I follow this solution
Rebuild using start/end offsets from Testdisk DeepSearch using GPT Fdisk (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/)
Sudo gdisk /dev/rdisk0
P (print the full list of parts)
D (delete)
4 (part 4)
N (new part)
4   (part 4)
392579071- Start offset in bytes (start point for Bootcamp part)
+1072318457 (Size offset as opposed to End offset)
I have problem on point 9,
output
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
MBR: hybrid
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.
Command (? for help): p
Disk /dev/disk0: 490234752 sectors, 233.8 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): FB335EA6-2601-48E6-87FE-1208E28CCAF9
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 490234718
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 98285430 sectors (46.9 GiB)
Number Start (sector)    End (sector) Size       Code Name
   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00 EFI System Partition
   2          409640       293024103   139.5 GiB   AF00 Customer
   3       293024104       294293639   619.9 MiB   AB00 Recovery HD
   4       392579064       490234718   46.6 GiB    0700 Microsoft basic data
Command (? for help): d
Partition number (1-4): 4
Command (? for help): n
Partition number (4-128, default 4): 4
First sector (34-490234718, default = 294293640) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 392579071
Information: Moved requested sector from 392579071 to 392579064 in
order to align on 8-sector boundaries.
Use 'l' on the experts' menu to adjust alignment
Last sector (392579064-490234718, default = 490234718) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 98283520
Last sector (392579064-490234718, default = 490234718) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
Please help me

Loner T wrote:
Thank you.
No, I am who should be thanking to you
This is output from deepsearch
TestDisk 7.0-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, March 2015
Christophe GRENIER <[email protected]>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 251 GB / 233 GiB - 490234752 sectors (RO)
     Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors
D EFI System                    40     409639     409600 [EFI]
D EFI System                    46     409645     409600 [EFI]
D Mac HFS                   409640 293024103 292614464
D Mac HFS                   978664 293593127 292614464
D Mac HFS                   980528 293594991 292614464
D Mac HFS                   982464 293596927 292614464
D Mac HFS                   984072 293598535 292614464
D Mac HFS                   985904 293600367 292614464
D Mac HFS                   986416 293600879 292614464
D Mac HFS                   986976 293601439 292614464
D Mac HFS                   987440 293601903 292614464
D Mac HFS                   988224 293602687 292614464
D Mac HFS                   990104 293604567 292614464
D Mac HFS                   991640 293606103 292614464
D Mac HFS                   992112 293606575 292614464
D Mac HFS                   992408 293606871 292614464
D Mac HFS                   992656 293607119 292614464
D Mac HFS                   992752 293607215 292614464
D Mac HFS                   992960 293607423 292614464
D Mac HFS                   993224 293607687 292614464
D Mac HFS                   993552 293608015 292614464
D Mac HFS                   994248 293608711 292614464
D Mac HFS                   995560 293610023 292614464
D Mac HFS                   995656 293610119 292614464
D Mac HFS                   996304 293610767 292614464
D Mac HFS                   998056 293612519 292614464
D Mac HFS                   999112 293613575 292614464
D Mac HFS                   999248 293613711 292614464
D Mac HFS                   999352 293613815 292614464
D Mac HFS                   999488 293613951 292614464
D Mac HFS                   999624 293614087 292614464
D Mac HFS                   999824 293614287 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1000120 293614583 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1000336 293614799 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1000432 293614895 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1000664 293615127 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1000928 293615391 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1001096 293615559 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1001240 293615703 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1001344 293615807 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1001680 293616143 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1002568 293617031 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1004272 293618735 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1004432 293618895 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1004640 293619103 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1005944 293620407 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1007784 293622247 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1008160 293622623 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1010000 293624463 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1011552 293626015 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1013400 293627863 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1015504 293629967 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1015840 293630303 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1017736 293632199 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1018104 293632567 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1018688 293633151 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1020480 293634943 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1021352 293635815 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1022328 293636791 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1022936 293637399 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1023256 293637719 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1023584 293638047 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1024904 293639367 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1025288 293639751 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1025464 293639927 292614464
D Mac HFS                  1026095 293640558 292614464
D MS Data                149383904 149386783       2880 [EFISECTOR]
D MS Data                149387723 149393896       6174
D MS Data                149393896 149400069       6174 [Boot]
D MS Data                173916696 173919575       2880 [EFISECTOR]
D MS Data                173919576 173922455       2880 [EFISECTOR]
D Mac HFS                196270356 294293643   98023288
D Mac HFS                196273461 294296748   98023288
D Mac HFS                196273589 294296876   98023288
D Mac HFS                196273765 294297052   98023288
D Mac HFS                196273853 294297140   98023288
D Mac HFS                196273949 294297236   98023288
D Mac HFS                196274197 294297484   98023288
D Mac HFS                196274381 294297668   98023288
D Mac HFS                196274517 294297804   98023288
D Mac HFS                196274709 294297996   98023288
D Mac HFS                196274877 294298164   98023288
D Mac HFS                196274997 294298284   98023288
D Mac HFS                196275109 294298396   98023288
D Mac HFS                196275213 294298500   98023288
D Mac HFS                196275381 294298668   98023288
D Mac HFS                196275661 294298948   98023288
D Mac HFS                196275821 294299108   98023288
D Mac HFS                196275917 294299204   98023288
D Mac HFS                196276141 294299428   98023288
D Mac HFS                196276245 294299532   98023288
D Mac HFS                196276381 294299668   98023288
D Mac HFS                196276549 294299836   98023288
D Mac HFS                196276637 294299924   98023288
D MS Data                261292840 418075424 156782585
D Mac HFS                291754572 293024107    1269536
D Mac HFS                291754640 293024175    1269536
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D Mac HFS                293030371 294299906    1269536
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D Mac HFS                293030523 294300058    1269536
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D Mac HFS                293030675 294300210    1269536
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D Mac HFS                294293636 295563171    1269536
D Mac HFS                294293640 392316927   98023288
D MS Data                294295552 392579071   98283520
D Mac HFS                294296745 392320032   98023288
D Mac HFS                294296873 392320160   98023288
D Mac HFS                294297049 392320336   98023288
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D Mac HFS                294297801 392321088   98023288
D Mac HFS                294297993 392321280   98023288
D Mac HFS                294298161 392321448   98023288
D Mac HFS                294298281 392321568   98023288
D Mac HFS                294298393 392321680   98023288
D Mac HFS                294298497 392321784   98023288
D Mac HFS                294298665 392321952   98023288
D Mac HFS                294298945 392322232   98023288
D Mac HFS                294299105 392322392   98023288
D Mac HFS                294299201 392322488   98023288
D Mac HFS                294299425 392322712   98023288
D Mac HFS                294299529 392322816   98023288
D Mac HFS                294299665 392322952   98023288
D Mac HFS                294299833 392323120   98023288
D Mac HFS                294299921 392323208   98023288
D MS Data                315991993 413646776   97654784
D MS Data                331921785 429576568   97654784
D MS Data                333451264 490233848 156782585
D MS Data                392579072 490233855   97654784
D Mac HFS                393099998 401488607    8388610 [    D^A]
D MS Data                395878787 395884960       6174
D MS Data                395884960 395891133       6174 [Boot]
D Mac HFS                401488604 409877213    8388610 [    D^A]
D MS Data                401956715 401959594       2880 [NO NAME]
D MS Data                403749891 403756064       6174
D MS Data                403756064 403762237       6174 [Boot]
D MS Data                405916539 405937277      20739 [NO NAME]
D MS Data                414752979 414759152       6174
D MS Data                414759152 414765325       6174 [Boot]
D MS Data                414759187 414765360       6174
D MS Data                414765360 414771533       6174 [Boot]
D MS Data                414771536 414774415       2880 [EFISECTOR]
D MS Data                414774416 414777295       2880 [EFISECTOR]
D MS Data                471619240 471622119       2880 [BOOTTEST]
D Mac HFS                488965176 490234711    1269536
Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
                P=Primary D=Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,
     Enter: to continue
NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=4096, 49 GB / 46 GiB
And I have to P :list all MS Data
still same output
In all MS Data
Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged.
Only on sector "boot"
dr-xr-xr-x
0
0
0 16-Feb-2005 04:33 .
dr-xr-xr-x
0
0
0 16-Feb-2005 04:33 ..
dr-xr-xr-x
0
0
0 16-Feb-2005 04:33 System Volume Information

Cannot resize main partition

I installed Bootcamp and obviously Bootcamp Assistant reduced my main partition so that it could create a new one for me to install Windows on. I finished my project and decided I wanted the space back. Something must have gone wrong when the Bootcamp Assistant removed Bootcamp, because I am left with a 40Gb empty space on my HD.
I can't get Disk Utility to resize my main partition into the empty space. I have looked at many "how tos" and they all show a resize handle at the bottom-right of the partition that can be dragged to expand the partition into the empty space. I don't see that.
I tried running Disk Utility from the recovery mode Command-R on startup, but I have the same issue there as well.
Any help appreciated. I would prefer not to have to wipe everything and start again.

Dr Mac, thanks:
eds-macbook-pro:~ ed$ sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0
gpt show: disk0: mediasize=251000193024; sectorsize=512; blocks=490234752
gpt show: disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 490234751
      start       size index contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640 410430536      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
410840176    1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
412109712   78125007
490234719         32         Sec GPT table
490234751          1         Sec GPT header
eds-macbook-pro:~ ed$ diskutil resizevolume /dev/disk0s2 limits
Volume format does not support resizing

Lion Recovery disappeared after creating new partition

Hey there-
Today I created a new partition on my MacBook Pro hard drive in order to install a separate Snow Leopard partition on my machine... Prior to creating this partition, I had my regular Mac HD partition, Lion Recovery, and a BootCamp partition to choose from when booting up. After creating the new partition, I was able to install Snow Leopard on it without a hitch, but now when I reboot and hold the 'option' key to choose the boot source, only the Mac partition, Snow leopard partion, and BootCamp partition show up... Where did Recovery HD go? Is it still on my machine somewhere?
Thanks!

Well like I said, I already have file redundancy with my two computers and if the whole thing dies, I'll just do it all over again... I'm not too worried about that. But yeah, probably a good idea to keep a copy of the installer. I did download it overnight but by then my problem was already resolved, haha. *puts it in safe keeping*
I really only cared for Recovery HD for two things: Find my Mac (it's needed to boot into Guest only mode) and to do file system repairs in Disk Utility if necessary.
When I get a bigger capacity hard drive one day, maybe I'll clone the whole setup but for now I really only wanted that partition back for the two things I mentioned above.
But again, I still insist that the method in the link is a much faster way, step 1 being almost unnecessary.
The 10.7.2 update even includes this exact process in the background to replace the old Recovery partition with its newer version.

Menu bar display icon disappears after resize

My menubar display icon goes away after resize and the checkbox for it in system preferences unchecks itself. Has anyone else experienced this bug? Closing system preferences between resizes doesn't fix. Restarting machine doesn't fix. (Of course with my new macbook pro retina, I'm constantly resizing the display between resolutions that make my jaw drop to resolutions that I can read text on, so I need it in the menu bar.)

Thanks for the link. Looks like it was a program I didn't even remember I installed, WiFind, which was causing the problem. I got rid of it and it looks like the menu bar icons are working again. Strange thing was when I tried to search for WiFind neither Spotlight nor the Find function in the finder could locate it. But there it was, right in the the Library/InputManagers folder. It's happened to me before I and don't know why. Anyway...
I hope I don't have any more problems with this update but I've been burned by Leopard so many times I'm not counting on it! I'll try and stay positive.

I can't boot to Windows after resizing my Mac partition.

So, I recently decided to resize my bootcamp Win7 partition. This is something I have done successfully before, by:
1) Booting into Macintosh
2) Using Disk Utility to decrease the size of the Mac partition (20GB the first time)
3) Booting into Windows
4) Using Mini-Tool Partition Wizard (third-party) to allocate the free space to the Bootcamp partition.
There were a couple issues caused by this the first time around, mainly the fact that Macintosh didn’t recognize the fact that the free space had been taken, and had trouble reading from the Windows partition. However, I could live with that. I have since rebooted to both Mac and Windows several times without problem.
Recently, I decided I needed a bit more space, and so started to follow the above steps, shrinking the Mac partition an additional 15GB. Only when I went to reboot to reallocate the space, the Windows partition didn’t show up as a bootable option. Confused, I booted back to Mac, and the Bootcamp partition was still there, but renamed “disk0s4”, and unmounted. Reparing the disk failed (“Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: 15921e”). The disk wouldn’t mount (not even sure if it was supposed to be mounted earlier, but that’s what it looks like). It also appears grayed-out in the list of drives to the left. It looks like I can create a dmg from the windows drive, although I haven’t done that yet (I will soon).
Any solutions for this? Although I will erase the drive if absolutely necessary, it would be preferred if that wasn’t the first option to try. I had no problems like this the first time I resized the disk.
(My mac partition is running Mavericks, if that is of any relevance)

These steps correct the Partition ID, and the boot ability of the MBR partition that has Windows on it.You can type '?' for help in the following steps where you set the fdisk prompt.
To fix the MBR, in OSX Terminal
sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0
setpid 4
07
flag 4
p
w
y
q
Please ignore the i386 message that you see in the following. Here is the set of commands in the utility. The utility starts at partition id 1. If you see any other messages, please post back.
sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0
fdisk: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory
Enter 'help' for information
fdisk: 1> ?
help Command help list
manual Show entire man page for fdisk
reinit Re-initialize loaded MBR (to defaults)
auto Auto-partition the disk with a partition style
setpid Set the identifier of a given table entry
disk Edit current drive stats
edit Edit given table entry
erase Erase current MBR
flag Flag given table entry as bootable
update Update machine code in loaded MBR
select Select extended partition table entry MBR
print Print loaded MBR partition table
write Write loaded MBR to disk
exit Exit edit of current MBR, without saving changes
quit Quit edit of current MBR, saving current changes
abort Abort program without saving current changes
fdisk: 1>

How to restore Windows boot after resizing system partition ?

I have an fairly new HP Pavilion 14-n228ca notebook which I intend to use mostly for Linux, but still wish to occasionally run the WIndows 8.1 that it shipped with.
I installed CentOS 6.5 using the dual-boot procedure I have used many times in the past with XP and Vista, viz. resize the main NTFS filesystem, delete the partition and recreate it smaller at the exact same start byte.
Normally (on XP,Vista) Windows boots from GRUB, but here I get an error "file \Boot\BCD - missing or contains errors"
F9 at boot gets me a hardware boot menu, where I have a choice of "OS boot manager", EFI file, or "notebook hard drive". The last gets me GRUB. The first drops me to a repair menu where I can try autorepair, which fails, or a command
line.
The command line allows me to run diskpart and assign a drive letter to the system partition, at which point I can run chkfs successfully and access files.
If I try "bootrec /rebuildbcd" it finds one valid volume at \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HardDiskVolume4\Windows but then says "system cannot find the file specified"
How can I restore the ability to boot the Windows partition, preferably without messing up the Linux one ?

I have an fairly new HP Pavilion 14-n228ca notebook which I intend to use mostly for Linux, but still wish to occasionally run the WIndows 8.1 that it shipped with.
I installed CentOS 6.5 using the dual-boot procedure I have used many times in the past with XP and Vista, viz. resize the main NTFS filesystem, delete the partition and recreate it smaller at the exact same start byte.
Normally (on XP,Vista) Windows boots from GRUB, but here I get an error "file \Boot\BCD - missing or contains errors"
F9 at boot gets me a hardware boot menu, where I have a choice of "OS boot manager", EFI file, or "notebook hard drive". The last gets me GRUB. The first drops me to a repair menu where I can try autorepair, which fails, or a command line.
The command line allows me to run diskpart and assign a drive letter to the system partition, at which point I can run chkfs successfully and access files.
If I try "bootrec /rebuildbcd" it finds one valid volume at \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HardDiskVolume4\Windows but then says "system cannot find the file specified"
How can I restore the ability to boot the Windows partition, preferably without messing up the Linux one ?
assuming your recovery partition is still extant, you can run that and go back to factory
backup files first natually
use a virtual machine linux or cloud
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Won't boot after resizing Windows partition

So I'm dual-booting Windows 7 with OSX using Boot Camp. The Windows partition had very little space left so I decided to go ahead and resize it. I first used Disk Utility inside OSX to shrink the size of the OSX partition. Worked like a beauty.
I then went into Windows and resized the Windows partition using Paragon's Partition Manager....big mistake.
I would gander a guess that in order to resize, the Paragon software has to reboot and boot into a partition it created. Which is all fine and good except I don't think (version 2010 of Partition Manager) the Mac bootup hardware likes this. Unfortunately, this seemed to have nuked my bootup of anything, including OSX.
Is there a way to recover/repair this without having to do wipe everything and reinstall?

Welcome to Apple Discussions,
You can boot to the Mac OS Install disk that came with the computer and run Disk Utility from from the disk to attempt to repair the Mac OS partition of the logical drive. If it can repair it then you may be able to boot.
Live partitioning is like doing open heart surgery on yourself. Its not a simple process. Doing it with a utility that isn't necessarily made for handling an HFS+ partition table (Like what the Mac OS uses) is tricker still.
Give Disk Utility a try. There are other directory repair programs out there (Drive Genius, Disk Warrior, etc.) that can do deeper levels of repair.
Were it my drive, I would probably just erase it and restore from backup (assuming you have all your data backed up and are confident that the backup is good). You don't want to keep working with a potentially damaged partition table. But thats just me.
Hope that helps.

Windows installer not booting up after resizing the partition

Hello.
I am trying to reinstalling Windows 8.1. pro on my macbook with Yosemite.
When I initially installed Windows, it went fine, but Windows corrupted my booting process.
So I tried to fix it with gdisk command to create hybrid mbr, but I was not able to fix the problem.
So I deleted the Boot Camp partition using Boot Camp Assistant.
then I created a new Boot Camp partition through Boot Camp Assistant.
However, Windows installer did not boot up automatically nor manually(pressing option whilst booting) anymore.
I have booted up Windows installer using the same usb on pc, so I know that the usb containing Windows installer does work..
I am not sure how to boot the Windows installer.
Do I have to do clean install the OS X??
thank you for your help and time in advance.
Rin

Is it possible to create the disk using BCA and a Windows ISO on the Mac, if your Mac supports it? If your Mac has a built-in Optical drive (or used to have one), you are going to run into issues.
Can you
1. Run Disk Utility Repair.
2. SMC Reset - Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support
3. PRAM Reset - OS X Yosemite: Reset your computer’s PRAM
You can also look at Bootcamp Windows 7 Install Problem.

QuickTime7 (Pro) disappeared after updating to new Mac

I used Apple's automatic transfer of software, settings and files when I updated to a new iMac (from a MacPro), and now QuickTime7 (Pro) has completely disappeared. It is nowhere to be found on the iMac. I am using FinalCutStudio, and the QTPro is a part of that. - What should I do to reinstall it? Any suggestions?

Mac OS X 10.6 includes QuickTime versions 10.0 and 7.6.3. The QuickTime 7 player will only be present if a QuickTime Pro key was present at the time of installation, or if specified as part of a custom install, or individually downloaded.
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl923
Snow Leopard update 10.6.4 included an update to 7.6.6 (if installed). You can install it from the above link even though it says for 10.6.3. It's the same version of QuickTime Player 7.6.6.
Only QuickTime Player 7.6.3 or 7.6.6 can be updated to "Pro".

Pavilion Touchsmart won't boot after resizing partition

I have a Pavilion 14-n228ca on which I will primarily run Linux. So I followed the procedure I have used in the past to create a dual-boot system on XP and Vista systems, viz.
- resize the NTFS filesystem on the primary Windows partition
- delete the partition
- recreate the partition with the exact same start byte but a smaller size matching the resized filesystem
- create a new partition in the free space
- install Linux (CentOS 6.5) in the new parition, which also installs GRUB in the MBR and creates a chain record to the original Windows partition. Normally, that lets me choose to boot either a Linux kernel or Windows.
Linux runs when I boot the disk (notebook hard drive). I can mount all the Windows NTFS partitions and see the data. But I still want to occasionally run Windows. I believe it is version 8.1.
When I try to boot the Windows partition from GRUB, I get windows boot manager: file \Boot\BCD - missing or contains errors If I try "OS Boot Manager" after pressing F9 at boot, I get a "trying to repair" splash screen which fails then drops to a repair menu.
If I select command line, I get a working prompt but the normal Windows volume is not mounted.
If I run "diskpart" I see all the disk partitions but the Windows volume has no drive letter. diskpart says the partition is valid.
If I assign a drive letter and exit diskpart, I can then see the files in F: and run chkdsk which reports that the filesystem is OK.
If I run "rstrui" it says "could not find offline boot volume"
If I run "bootrec /scanos" it finds a valid volume \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HardDiskVolume4\Windows
If I run "bootrec /rebuildbcd" it says "system cannot find the file specified"
I tried booting before actuially installing Linux, so I presume the problem is to do with the partition name or something, not the MBR.
How can I recover the BCD, or otherwise boot Windows, preferably without messing up the Linux installation ?

Hello adaviel,
I have read your post on how your notebook computer will not boot after resizing the partition in Linux, and I would be happy to guide you towards a resolution!
For further information regarding the use of Linux on HP systems, please take a look at this document on Frequently Asked Questions About Linux (FAQs).
I hope this helps!
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When I boot holding option, both Mac and Bootcamp partitions show up, but disappear after 2 seconds.

I recently swapped out my HDD for an SSD in my 2007 MBP. Hardware installed fine. I installed Mountain Lion from a time machine backup (of the same machine). I made the Windows partition in OSX, then installed Windows 7 on the partition it had made. In Windows, I updated Bootcamp to 3.3.
Everything seems to work fine in both OSX and Bootcamp from what I can tell. The problem is, when I boot and hold option to choose my boot drive, both drives appear and then disappear in about 2 seconds. They disappear with a "poof" animation, as if you had dragged an app off of the dock. If I'm fast enough, I can choose the boot drive before it disappears.
I tried once again reinstalling OSX from my last time machine backup (prior to the SSD swap), and the problem persists.
I thought it might have something to do with NTFS 3G and MacFuse, because I'd heard that they cause a bug where the bootcamp partition won't show up under the "startup disk" preferences pane. When I uninstalled said programs, bootcamp showed up under there startup disk options, but the problem persists.
Any ideas?

Actually, this is just getting weirder.
Disregard my edit above. Clicking once doesn't have any effect on the drives. But the drives disappear only coming off of a RESTART from OSX. If I Shut down fully, the problem is solved. Likewise, if the drives have disappeared after a restart and I am forced to turn off the computer by pressing the power button, upon boot up the drives no longer disappear (Regardless of any action I take).
It would seem that the drives are disappearing due to something during the restart process.
Okay: Here are some workflows that might shed light on the situation:
Boot to Mac -> Shut down -> Alt boot : DOES NOT DISAPPEAR
Boot to Mac -> Restart -> Alt boot: DISAPPEARS
Boot to Mac -> Shut Down -> Alt boot -> Boot to Windows -> Shutdown or restart -> Alt boot : DOES NOT DISAPPEAR
Boot to Mac -> Restart -> Alt boot & fast select -> Boot to Windows -> Shutdown or restart -> Alt boot: DISAPPEARS
Boot to Mac -> Restart -> Alt boot & disappears -> Turn power off -> alt boot: DOES NOT DISAPPEAR
So the core culprit is something to do with OSX restart. The method of shutdown during windows doesn't seem to matter.

Windows 7 boot problems after partitioning Mac Disc

Hi
I got a big Problem. I installed Windows 7 with Bootcamp. I have a 600Gb Mac Partition and a 150Gb Bootcamp Partition.
After Configuring Windows, I switched to the Mac OSX Snow Leopard System. I changed the Main Partition of 600Gb into 3 smaller ones. After this change I can't boot Windows 7 anymore. With the Option Key it doesn't show me the Bootcamp Partition. In the Sys. Preferences under Startup Disk it show me the Windows on Bootcamp Partition, but when I click restart, it shows me only the No System Disk Boot black screen.
I read a bit in the forum, but I haven't found the problem yet.
Thx for your help
NESTi

Your problem is quite clear and simple: you added and changed the parition numbers and table.
You want a linux style with a slice for swap, root, usr and data?
Use Mac's new Recovery - command d on startup.
Enable viewing hidden partitions in Disk Utility.
Use Windows DVD to fix and edit BCD
What you did is not supported. I know XP can't boot unless it is partition #4 or lower.
There is 200MB GPT, 128MB EFI, HFS+ 600GB would have been 3rd but GPT is zero, only now you have three where there was one.
Manage all partitions with Disk Utility in OS X
Check partition table health in Lion's Disk Utility
BCD for Windows 7 and Lion

After I did Partition on my windows, I lost my mac os on booting option

Hello everyone i need help,
I installed windows 8 perfectly on my macbook pro (mid 2012)
Then I restart my mac, and try to press option, I still see the mac os option
But after I partition my disk (the bootcamp disk) i seen 3 accessible disk in my computer
Because i dont like it, i try to delete the partition letter,( I did not formated it!)
After that I want to get back to my mac os, but after i restarted my mac, i cant find my mac os in option
I still can see the partition for apple in disk management, but it doesn't show in startup
Please help, thanks for ur reply
Sorry if my English is bad

You can't partition a Boot Camp partition. Nor can you add a third partition to a disk containing a Boot Camp partition. If this is what you did you have messed up your hard drive configuration. You will have to erase your drive, format your drive, reinstall OSX, then run Boot Camp Assistant to create a new Boot Camp partition, then install Windows.

Unable to boot to Vista after changing Mac OS partition size

Greetings,
After creating an additional Mac OS partition, I can't boot into Vista anymore. Any way to fix it without re-installing?
I have an intel iMac running Leopard, and Vista on a bootcamp NTFS partition. That was working fine.
I created a new partition on the drive (using space from my Leopard partition) and installed Tiger on it for a short project. I’ve been dual booting between Leopard and Tiger just fine.
However, now I’m unable to boot using the Vista partition. I boot to a black screen with white text that states "No bootable device, hit any key" error. Of course hitting a key does nothing.
I can boot into Leopard/Tiger just fine, and can see the Vista partition from Leopard and view the files as usual. However I just can't boot into Vista. I tried running the repair tool from the Vista install disk, but that doesn't work on the NTFS partition (I think it doesn't see a windows partition to fix). Disk utility from Leopard shows the vista partition as the right size and formatted as NTFS.
I'm really stumped by the problem. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

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Seeing you could lose everything, I would definitely use WinClone while in OS X to backup Vista, and CCC or SuperDuper to backup your OS X volumes (or Apple DU Restore, just be sure to turn off "Ignore Ownership" and repair permissions afterward, and then rerun 10.5.2 if possible).
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