OS X and Windows partitions won't appear

I created a 60 gig partition for Windows 7 in boot camp a few weeks ago. Today, I decided to erase the Windows partition, split it in two, and install Windows 7 on one and Windows XP on the other. Windows XP installed fine, but now the other partitions won't show up in the boot screen, or in target disc mode. Are they just lost now?

Did you erase the partition with bootcamp before creating the other 2?

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Asked on Parallels community....
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See the attached message, that I get when trying to boot the bootcamp partition, through Parallels 7; which also worked perfectly fine before.
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In short, I cannot see it in startup disk but I can see it in disk utility.
Here is output from commands asked from other relate posts.
Many important project in that partition!
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Last login: Tue Dec 9 11:15:46 on console
Sirisilps-Macbook-Pro:~ NightRabbit$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         370.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         50.2 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *369.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 D56971A6-5C12-444E-87DB-A53B00369D30
                                 Unencrypted
Sirisilps-Macbook-Pro:~ NightRabbit$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 6AE155F7-EBCC-4ED0-8F79-FD37C1CAB0AD
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         370264014848 B (370.3 GB)
    Free Space:   18907136 B (18.9 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 29168825-6888-4F17-9C70-9C7704BF325F
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     370264014848 B (370.3 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 6BE59A5B-9D68-4DA1-8CBA-8893FA2DBA45
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume D56971A6-5C12-444E-87DB-A53B00369D30
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          369892786176 B (369.9 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
Sirisilps-Macbook-Pro:~ NightRabbit$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
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.
Password:
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AC 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 723171904] <Unknown ID>
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 723581544 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
4: 0C 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 878632960 -   98140160] Win95 FAT32L
Sirisilps-Macbook-Pro:~ NightRabbit$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500107862016; sectorsize=512; blocks=976773168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 976773167
      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 723171904      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
723581544    1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
724851080 153781880
878632960   98140160      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
976773120         15
976773135         32         Sec GPT table
976773167          1         Sec GPT header
Sirisilps-Macbook-Pro:~ NightRabbit$

I have fix it! Have been reading older post by Loner T all day yesterday!
In case others have similar issue: You should read this discussion where elikeness has concluded what Loner T have told.
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For me, I did quick search (test disk) on /dev/disk0
and I found a partition that store all my window files.
So I use that partition start/end sector to config GPT and MBR.
After reboot, check in disk util that the partition is mounted and detect as bootcamp.
Check hex dump for R.NTFS string.
Reboot again with "option" button down and boot window
Thanks Loner T for all the help!
You must be exhaust with this issue.
Hope Apple give out a new patch with this fix or automatic quick fix solution.

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