Cannot boot to Windows 8.1 after updating to Yosemite

I am using a MacBook Pro (Retina 13-inch Late 2013) computer, and mainly use Windows 8.1 via bootcamp on it for work. I have just updated OS X Maverick to OS X Yosemite 10.10, and now when booting and holding option, the Windows and Backup partition no longer show.
I have read a few threads on here with similar problems, and I believe that I understand the crux of the problem, but I am having difficulties actually using TestDisk as I'm not exactly sure what options to use and what to look for.
Below is a screenshot of my Disk Utility:
And here is the output of TestDisk so far (I analyzed the disk0):
It looks like the Bootcamp partition is still there, but I'm not sure what steps to take next -- any help would be most appreciated!

The deep search finally finished:
And here's the text version:
MS Data                338695552 651468152 312772601
   MS Data                340391264 653163864 312772601
   MS Data                490233848 803006448 312772601
   MS Data                490233855 803006455 312772601
   Mac HFS                490234708 491504243    1269536
And after continue:
And text:
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 MS Data                 12844161 247217280 234373120
D MS Data                 25922952 338695552 312772601
D MS Data                 27618664 340391264 312772601
D Mac HFS                 97104348 235516637 138412290
D Mac HFS                 97154892 235567181 138412290
D Mac HFS                174921356 176190891    1269536
D Mac HFS                174921727 176191262    1269536
D Mac HFS                174921894 176191429    1269536
D Mac HFS                174922198 176191733    1269536
D Mac HFS                174922470 176192005    1269536
Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:

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p
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y
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-> sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Password:
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60821/255/63 [977105060 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
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1: EE    0   0   2 - 1023 254 63 [         1 - 624728063] <Unknown ID>
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/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            299.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data Shared                  20.0 GB    disk0s4
   5:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                180.4 GB   disk0s5
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gpt show: disk0: mediasize=500277790720; sectorsize=512; blocks=977105060
gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Malformed MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 977105059
      start       size index contents
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          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640 583984368      2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
584394008    1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
585663544        968
585664512   39063552      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
624728064 352376832      5 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
977104896        131
977105027         32         Sec GPT table
977105059          1         Sec GPT header

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00000000 eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.R.NTFS    .....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 98 3c 25 |........?.....<%|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 ff d7 00 15 00 00 00 00 |................|
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00000110 0a 13 b9 f6 0c fc f3 aa e9 fe 01 90 90 66 60 1e |.............f`.|
00000120 06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00 |.f...f.....fh...|
00000130 00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e |.fP.Sh..h...B...|
00000140 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f |.......fY[ZfYfY.|
00000150 0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff |....f...........|
00000160 0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a1 f6 01 e8 09 00 |...u...fa.......|
00000170 a1 fa 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb fd 8b f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 |............<.t.|
00000180 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 64 69 |............A di|
00000190 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 6f 63 |sk read error oc|
000001a0 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 |curred...BOOTMGR|
000001b0 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d | is compressed..|
000001c0 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b |.Press Ctrl+Alt+|
000001d0 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a |Del to restart..|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 8a 01 a7 01 bf 01 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
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+-- Logical Volume Group ACDAD8FF-B29A-4665-A986-1A011896C5E5
=========================================================
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Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required:     No
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Volume Name: Macintosh HD
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WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
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gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 236978175
      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 236306352      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236715992     262144      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
236978136          7
236978143         32 Sec GPT table
236978175          1 Sec GPT header
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Signature: 0xAA55
Starting       Ending
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1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 - 236978175] <Unknown ID>
2: 00    0 0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
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Thank you,
Bob
Solved!
Go to Solution.

My plan is to try to use the TOSHIBA Recovery and Applications/Drivers DVD to load the WIndows XP files onto the hard drive, then use the Windows XP Recovery console CD I downloaded from here
http://www.proposedsolution.com/downloads/download-windows-recovery-console/
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Good plan, Bob!
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Open Finder and go to Applications folder.
Locate iPhoto app
Drag iPhoto app from your Applications folder to Trash (NOTE: Do not emptied Trash yet)
Open App Store app and navigate to Purchases tab.
Click on Install button which is next to the iPhoto app (on the right hand side).
Once iPhoto is downloaded again, test it if its working for you. If all is ok, you can remove your Trash.

While trying to access my local network I get the message..."The page could not be opened because server cannot be found." This, after updating to Yosemite and paying (again) for the server app.

while trying to access my local network I get the message..."The page could not be opened because server cannot be found." This, after updating to Yosemite and paying (again) for the server app.

It's absolutley scandalous that a company with Apple's resources can let this happen. They should have staggered the release by region rather than opening the flood gates. The upgrade itself took me about 10 attempts to download it, and then I thought I was home free. That was until it rebooted and won't activate. It's over 2 hours now.
Scandalous!

After updating to Yosemite, why will my windows in Safari and Microsoft Word close unexpectedly with no method of retrieval?

On two different occasions after updating to Yosemite this has happened. On the first occasion I had two documents open in Microsoft Word and after looking something up on Safari, attempted to go back to the two open documents. Microsoft Word was showing as open, but the documents were nowhere to be seen and I also could open nothing else and was forced to force quit without saving my work on those documents.
A similar thing occurred today with Safari. I had many tabs open in one window in Safari. I closed my laptop to move to another room, and upon opening my laptop again Safari was still open, but all my tabs of different research papers I had were gone. When I chose the "reopen all windows from last session" option, it reopened windows I had not had open for many days, and not the ones I had been working off that day.
This is extremely annoying and as a scientist, I was forced to once again look up the many papers I needed for a grant proposal that I had not yet copied down reference information for. Why is this happening?

I see you have used Clean My Mac. If you search these forums you will find that running apps like this can cause problems. Start with this link:
Re: Re: 3 GBs used, no apps running.
Startup Items: ℹ️
    HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
    HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Go to your main Library folder > Startup Items and remove the items in red.
Macintosh HD Root folders
Applications
Library > Startup Items
System
Users

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