Bootcamp corrupted Mac HD

I installed Bootcamp again for the third time since I want my big collection of games to carry on, even on my mac. So the first 2 times went great (cough), both of them ended in my Machintosh HD being corrupted. So the third time, the installation went as always, smooth and all. My drivers worked fine and I very happy.
Now recently Windows started bugging me about some updates that needed to be done, so I installed them. Not knowing that that would exactly corrupt my Mac HD. So when I boot into recovery and start up DiskUtil, it tells me that it can't be repaired, I need to back everything up, and start over. Now, I don't want to go though this process again (for the third time) since what DiskUtil is telling me, is not true in my eyes. I can access every file on my Mac HD from my Windows partition (that still works fine) but when I try to boot into Mac, it eventually shut down after the well known grey progress bar.
So I did my fair share of Googling and found out that Windows likes to use the Mac HD as swap or something similar during updates. I think this is also the cause of my problem. Everybody says that Windows doesn't has write permission but I can easily get Files on my Mac HD from Windows. So, my question basicly is, how can I fix this stupid (bug) annoyance, so I can use my mac again without losing all my files. My timemachine backup is 2 weeks old and a lot of stuff happend in that time period.
Any info would be of great help. I can do everything (verbose and single user mode etc.), the only that doesn't work is actually booting into Mac OS X.
The errors I'm getting during DiskUtil repair are, threads and invalid directory count.
A big thanks in advance!

I tried to use DiskWarrior but it wasn't booting on my iMac Late 2012 so I guess it's not yet updated for my machine. Any other suggestions of what I can do?

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The disk won't mount anymore. My question is what is the best data recovery software out there? Is there any software that could completely restore it as a bootable drive?
I don't mind paying but a free trial would be essential to check that I can restore everything I need.
Thank you. I'm off to buy a time capsule now.

The Boot Camp PDF Guide and FAQ mention more than once, backup your files / system before you begin.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Restore in Disk Utility
TimeMacine
SuperDuper
Carbon Copy Cloner
Having two methods like TimeMachine plus bootable backup is best insurance and more useful.
Data Rescue II isn't designed for corrupt or failed partition maps.
You could install Mac OS to 30-300GB of an external bootable hard drive, and use that to try DRII, and use the other partition on it for recovery and TimeMachine later.
When Windows gets installed, may want to use WinClone in OS X to backup XP partition.
TimeCapsule isn't bootable, so as useful as it might be, I'd still invest in USB/FW.
http://www.macsales.com/firewire has full line.
Boot Camp didn't do anything, they call that operator error. There have been XP install CDs that don't ask or pause and have over-written the users Mac OS volume.

3D Vision via bootcamp on Mac mini (continued)

Hi
Before I read this archived thread,
3D Vision via bootcamp on Mac mini
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2545736?start=0&tstart=0
I downloaded the latest NVIDIA driver 285.62 for my Mac mini server
(2010,GeForce 320M graphic chip)
for testing hdmi 1.4a frame-packing 3D output under windows7 x64 Boot Camp.
First time,I tried the NVIDIA driver with “recommended install” option,
then it output black screen, I can’t do anything,
so I entered the safe mode,
recover to the origin driver come with Boot Camp 4.01.
I find some suggestion from someone’s experience by Google,
second time, I tried the “Custom install-whole new install”
(or something like this, I did it under international version),
it passed the part where first time fail,
It seems OK then installation completed and reboot.
After reboot,
I can’t enter the boot camp partition by pressing “option”during restart,
The list of choosing HDs or recovery HD option not shown at all,
it just boot into OSX,
I can still see boot camp partition under “Finder”,
but boot camp is gone under Startup Disk control panel.
After repair procedure of Disk Utility,
the boot loader still not shown
& boot camp still gone under StartupDisk control panel.
The driver seems damaged the boot partition table.
I think I need to re-create the Boot Camp partition
and re-install windows 7 again!
Above is my foolish experience.
The question is:
Is there anything I can try to recover my boot loader?
What’s the version of driver successfully support 1920x1080 24p 3D output?
Is the newest NVIDIA driver 285.62 available for mac mini
by modded.inf method mentioned from the archived discussion?
Thank you~

After updating NVidia driver newer than 267.76,
I got black screen after Windows Logo shown during reboot.
After countless annoying tests,
I installed the newest NVidia 285.79 driver without problem finally.
My original prefered display configuration:
link the primary monitor with HDMI port
I already followed the GeForce Driver Installation Guide, step by step,
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=169555
but there's still black screen after reboot.
THEN, I TRIED TO USE mini-DISPLAY PORT INSTEAD AND REBOOT AGAIN,
video signal was connected to my DELL 2707W(only DVI port)
by MiniDP to HDMI adapter/HDMI-DVI cable.
The display is NORMAL NOW !!
Root Cause assumption:
Maybe the driver newer than 267.76 always regard miniDP as primary signal output port,
even if you set the HDMI port as primary.
I think this is a serious bug, but no solution after mote than 30 driver updating.
The following configuration worked on my Mac mini 2010 system:
mini─miniDP to HDMI adapter─
HDMI cable to HDMI splitter─┬HDMI-DVI cable─Dell 2707
                                              └HDMI cable─ 3D projector
but I found that the configuration can't play 3D video...
So I changed the configuration to:
Mac─miniDP to HDMI adapter─HDMI-DVI cable─Dell 2707
      └HDMI cable─ 3D projector
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Hi Steve
Its not a fusion drive. The full spec is
2.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz)
16GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
Intel Iris Graphics
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I did actually click format during a number of the attempts I've tried. It generally formatted and left me no better advanced. Generally it would removed the word BOOTCAMP from the drive. I've even tried deleting the partition and reestablishing in -- that doesnt help either.
My latest attempt has seen that the whole bootcamp partitioning structure is truly busted. When I go back to the Mac and enter bootcamp assistant it says I cannot do anything now and tells me the partitions cannot be changed. Now I'm really not in a great position.
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Message was edited by: fleck.donald

fleck.donald wrote:
I have a 2011 Mac mini (no optical drive). I have a brand new Samsung external DVD drive conntected via USB. I put the Windows 7 DVD (64-bit) in the external drive and the Windows support software is on a USB stick that is in a USB port. I partition the drive in the Bootcamp assistant, then when it reboots all I see is a black screen. Nothing happens.
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Boot Camp: Partition alert message when using Boot Camp Assistant - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203913
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http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204009
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Change the size of the partition
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You can rename the Windows partition from within Windows. For instructions, refer to your Windows documentation.
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