Partition of windows disappeared! help me
I installed today lion mac osx .. and my Windows partition disappeared seven? I can not boot from the key option... help me please
Same problem here. The Boot Camp partition disappeared and cannot be viewed under OS X Lion system
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Safari 3.0.4 on OS 10.5.1 not crashing but browser windows DISAPPEAR! Help!
I know there is a thread in the beta forum with a generic title "Safari acting strange" but I figured a more specific thread title might get more attention from those experiencing the same anomalies.
Here is my problem:
I'm using Safari 3.0.4 that came with the Leopard 10.5 disk I installed on my laptop. Safari was working fine for a good couple weeks and then suddenly it began acting strange indeed.
Now after an undetermined amount of time when I have a Safari browser window(s)/tab(s) open it will suddenly disappear off my screen without provocation (meaning I don't have to perform any action to do this. I can be sitting there not touching the laptop or typing anything; it will just disappear as if some unseen person with a remote control hits the Let's-mess-with-this-guy's-computer button). At first glance it seems that Safari has crashed.
However when I look to see what happened or perhaps relaunch I see that Safari is still up and running. The menu bars all work. It seems to be in perfect working order. Only problem is the browser windows have disappeared and nothing I do will bring them back. I can try to create new browser windows and Safar thinks it is creating them because I can check in Windows menu and see the fruits of my efforts stacking up more and more as I add new windows and tabs in an attempt to get the browser windows back. However where these windows live is a mystery to me. When I try to quit Safari I get an Alert message asking me if I really want to close the windows with the multiple tabs in them (further supporting the theory that Safari still thinks windows are open and seeable by me)
When I DO quit Safari and relaunch it, it remains in the same state. No browser window is seen yet looking in the Windows menu I can see that a new browser window is present. The only way to use my Safari again is to reboot my computer. Of course this fixes the problem for maybe 5 minutes until the browser windows disappear again. And that's when I switch to Firefox.
I've repaired permissions. I've checked for any Input Managers folder for culprits but seeing as this is a fairly new laptop and that I just did an Archive and Install of Leopard with a fresh Safari in toe I have not installed any 3rd party applications so no Input Managers folder exists anywhere on my laptop.
I have the standard Safari Plug-Ins that come with Quicktime.
I have Spaces turned off. I am not using dual monitors so the browser windows are not being shot off to a second screen somewhere.
I see nothing in the crashlog because I actually don't think Safari is treating this behavior as a crash. It's not quitting unexpectedly or anything.
So I am at a total loss. Any ideas?I had this problem as well.
First: In Safari go into preferences and select the "security" tab. Uncheck "Enable Plug-ins"
This fixed a lot of bugs for me !
Second: If that worked than you just need to go to Hard Drive/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
There should be a folder there that is called "Disabled Plug-Ins" I just put all of the plug-ins in that folder, went back and rechecked " Enable Plug-Ins" in Safari preferences, and then one by one added plug-ins back out of the disabled folder while reloading a web page that caused problems before. After some trial & error I think I have a setup that works for now. Hope this helps!! Also as of now I have installed all software updates. My mac has been doing this for a while. Logging out & back in reset safari back to where it was useable.
I have not had problems with any other programs. -
Bare with me as Im no computer genius but ... This afternoon I wanted to create more disc space on my Windows partition as I am using CAD software and wanted to free up as much space as possible. So, I went into disk utility and reduced the size of the Mac partition, then clicked apply.
When I came to reboot the computer to use windows the windows OS, the option to use windows was no longer there.
After looking at some online forums, I've found that most people suggest reformatting the hard drive and re-installing mac OS and also windows from back up data.
Is there no easier way for which I will not lose any data? Please help! I really need to use Windows ASAP!The only apps I know of that can backup a Windows partition and or resize a windows parttition on a Mac so you don't have to go through the wipeing out, resizing and reinstall is WinClone for backing it up and WinTune (I think that is the name) for resizing a Windows partition on a Mac.
Once you create a Windows partition, install Windows in that partition, you can't fool around with any partition on your drive with either Windows Disk Management or OS X Disk Utility and expect Windows to boot.
The only thing you can try is to run Boot Camp Assistant.app again and remove the Windows partition and then run it again to create a larger partition and then reinstall Windows. Once you remove the windows partition put all the space back into the OS X partition and start fresh. -
How come my safari windows disappear when I close my laptop and open again? The safari windows I wanted to keep running for the next time I open my laptop disappeared. Why? Help me.
Important note, do NOT sleep your macbook Air with headphones attached until this is resolved.
Ive done a good best of testing on same to confirm not to do that
also if you have the APP "BOOM" installed........ remove it -
boot camp 5.0.1 aways crash when i try to create a partition for windows. My mac is new MBP retina.Any one can help me?
boot camp 5.0.1 aways crash when i try to create a partition for windows. My mac is new MBP retina.Any one can help me?
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I have a macbook pro with windows 7 on bootcamp partition. I made a partition in windows 7 using disk mgmt and after that my computer wont show mac os partition and only show windows and when i boot to windows it errors out with blue screen unmountable volume. I was able to get in to command prompt of windows and use that command to boot to mac os but it failed giving error bootcamp.msi not found please any help in this issue will be appreciated.
ThanksHighwaytohells wrote:
Hi,
I own a Macbook pro 13 inch since about 3 years and
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but there is no way for me to boot in the Mac OSX. Could anyone help me ?
It is broken, take it to the Apple Store for repair. -
i recently tried to remove widows7 on my macbook air using bootcamp and halfway through it grayed out .The windows 7 is removed but i cant free up the 62gig partition the windows was occupying on my 121gig ssd harddrive please help
You may have to see about using the Recovery HD partition to attempt to erase and restore useful function of the capacity lost to the former Windows installation.
And you may have to backup your contents outside the computer to do it. Disk Utility on the Mac OS X historically has not been able to touch a BootCamp created partition; so if BootCamp cannot remove it, then you have to see how to do the equivalent of a reformat of the entire drive (less Recovery partition?) then reinstall your OS X. Maybe from internet recovery, then get your applications, etc from the Mac App store, etc.
A complete system clone of your OS X on an external HDD would be another method to restore after reformat, of the portion you want whole again, not necessarily the space where Recovery may live.
There may be (an)other way(s).
Perhaps someone with recent experience
in this matter can reply & discuss options.
With my antiques, they almost know what I want before I tell them.
Hopefully yours will after you talk to it awhile.
Good luck & happy computing! -
Help? Trying to create partition for Windows...
Okay so I'm trying to create a partition for Windows XP and I go to the Boot Camp Assistant and I have it set to 32 GB and I click partition and it says that I have to "repair the disk." So I go to the Disk Utitlity and I tried verifying my Mac HD and it couldn't even verify. Here's the description:
Verifying volume "Macintosh HD"
Performing live verification
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file
Checking Catalog file
Incorrect number of thread records
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files
Checking Catalog hierarchy
Checking Extended Attributes file
Checking volume bitmap
Checking volume information
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed
Someone please tell me what does this all mean and tell me how to make the error go awayHello akl88066
To repair the Macintosh volume, you will need to boot and make the repairs from the install disk as described in the link below!
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8492.html
Dennis -
Downloaded new iTunes, Comes up with T'c and C's, I click accept, window disappears but nothing happens. Please Help
James Williams2 wrote:
I've thought to download iTunes 10.4.1 fresh from Apple (ie not through Software Update) but don't want to risk screwing up the iTunes that I currently have
nothing will be screwed up.
but, if it makes you feel better, do this:
download the iTunes standalone installer
reboot into safe mode
run a permission repair session using disk utility
run the installer
let the Mac reboot normally -
Need help allocating partition for Windows using Bootcamp?
Using Mac desktop and Boot Camp get to the step where I need to choose what size partition for Windows ver 7 and have tried all different sizes with no luck?
Normnormbenard wrote:
Using Mac desktop and Boot Camp get to the step where I need to choose what size partition for Windows ver 7 and have tried all different sizes with no luck?
Norm
"...have tried all different sizes with no luck" tells us nothing about what size you tried. If indeed you tried all different sizes then you don't have enough space. What size did you try? What happens when you try? What error messages do you get? -
Imovie window disappeared? HELP!!
I was working on a slideshow with pix and video in imovie and i was dragging some pictures to the slideshow and all of the sudden that whole window disappeared. Now when I open imovie, the bar at the top shows up but theres no window...??! Also, is there any auto recovery, as I hadnt yet saved the slideshow but had several hours of work put into it...
OK that did it!
Let me explain more.
I have a MacBook hooked up to an external Apple Cinema Display. I use a trick to turn off the macbook screen, so that only the Cinema Display is on:
1) Close Lid on MacBook Pro to put it to sleep.
2) Unplug power from MacBook, then plug it back in and bang on keyboard.
This wakes up the Mac and the external display, while leaving the built-in screen off. (if you do this trick, Step 3 is to crack open the MacBook to let heat out - you can open it all the way and the built in display still won't come on).
ANYWAY... putting all the above aside, the bottom line is that when I first edited the iMovie project, only the external display was on. For some reason, trying to open iMovie with both displays on causes this problem where the iMovie window does not show up, even though the menu bar across the top does.
I am amazed that this worked.. but it did. Maybe you were doing something similar? -
How to delete unused, no drive letter assigned, partitions in Windows 8.1 Pro
Hi,
My drive partitions are assigned as below within "Computer Management" > "Disk Management":
(screenshot not allowed from my account, for some reason).
Volume Layout Type File System Status
Capacity FreeSpace %Free
<blank> Simple Basic <blank> Healthy(Recovery Part.) 300MB
300MB 100%
<blank> Simple Basic <blank> Healthy(Recovery Part.) 99MB
99MB 100%
3TB (E:) Simple Basic NTFS Healthy(Recovery Part.) 3000 GB
2000 GB 81%
SSD(C:) Simple Basic NTFS Healthy(Recovery Part.) 465 GB
78 GB 17%
I want to remove/delete the 2 partitions, Recovery Partition & EFI System Partition, to the left of the C: Partition on Disk 1.
However when I right click on either partition I'm unable to do anything ("Recovery" only shows help in right click menu, "EFI System" shows full right click menu however everything but the help option is greyed out).
I've also looked around and tried the diskpart command from an Administrative command line. However having tried:
>diskpart
>rescan
>list disk
I can only see the 2 main partitions (3TB/SSD) on both Disc 0 & 1. Leaving me unable to assign drive letters/delete/etc.
Help !Hi,
Why do you want to delete the two partitions?
Actually, they are not unused, they are managed by PC. Each bootable drive must contain an ESP. The computer will boot to the Extensible Firmware Interface System Partition (EFI System Partition, or ESP).
The recovery partition is Windows RE tools partition.
Alex Zhao
TechNet Community Support -
Stumped On How To Fix HFS+Partition Error!! Help!
WEll hello and i am having so much trouble with my mac software. My current setup is as follows.
-Windows XP Home Edition Installed As Base OS
-80GB Hard Drive Partitioned
-65GB Windows NTFS Partition
-15GB Mac Partition
-Intel Celeron Processor
-Multiboot Software Set Up As Well
Here's my problem. I made all the partitions correctly and installed the Mac software onto my pc with already had Windows XP installed on it. The install went smoothly and the disk was mounted and formatted correctly. But after the install of the Mac OS I restart my pc and boot into Mac. Immediatly a message comes up saying HFS+ Partition Error. I have tried tons of things to fix it but everywhere I go it tells you have to fix erros related to intalling Windows onto a Mac. But luckily my Windows Xp still boots up fine. Someone out please help me!!
Great appreciation if ya do
Toshiba Satellite Laptop Mac OS X (10.3.2) Windows Based PC, Intel Celeron ProcessorHi Steel Raptor;
What you are trying to do is illegal. Asking for help here is not a good thing since this forum is an Apple sponsored site.
Allan -
How much room should be partitioned for Windows XP?
Alright, I have a different install disc for XP with SP3 which should work. Since I'll only be using XP for a couple of things (mainly small programs, but also for office and such), how much room should I leave for XP on my 320 gig HD so that both OSs have some breathing room (most of my other stuff like music and pictures are on the Leopard side of things)?
But I hear that it has better compatibility to run FAT32 than NTFS. Does it really matter too much?
While OSX is able to read and write to FAT32 partition, it can only read from NTFS partitions.
With the help of apps like NTFS-3G http://www.ntfs-3g.org/ and/or NTFS for Mac http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/ OSX can also write to NTFS partitions.
To me personally this is no problem, since I want OSX and Windows to seperated (I even have Windows on a harddisk of its own in my Mac Pro) and for file exchange between OSX and Windows I use an external FAT32 HD.
But the advantage of the newer, better and more robust NTFS file system outweighs these 'disadvantages'.
And FAT32 has a file-size limitation for single-files of 4GB.
Also, not to be pessimistic, but what if something goes wrong with the partition or install? Can I restart my Mac and would it be unaffected? This disc should work, but I want to know just in case...
Before 'fumbling' with any kind of partitioning on a harddisk I always make a backup of my important files, or better said I use SuperDuper to make a bootable clone of my OSX.
While the chances that something goes wrong are quite slim (I have made the partitioning with the BootCamp Assistant for about 10 times now), the possibility is always there.
Stefan -
Cannot access Mac OS Partition from windows 8 running in boot camp
So I installed Windows 8.1 Pro through Boot Camp but I can't access the Mac OS partition from windows even though boot camp partition shows up while I'm on Mac OS. I have installed all the drivers from apple but still it didn't work. Then I downloaded Paragon HFS+ which was free for windows 8 and 8.1 thinking that this would solve my problem. The instructions told me to change the drive letter for mac partition from disk management by right clicking the drive pressing "change drive letter and path" button. But the "change drive letter and path" key in grey color and I can't press it. Can somebody please help?
Here you go
1) diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *750.2 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 650.3 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 99.0 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *645.8 GB disk1
Logical Volume on disk0s2
AFC82671-CBAA-4338-BAEC-7D272EC755B1
Unencrypted
2. sudo fdisk /dev/<BootCampDisk> (from 1 of the form disk0)
i typed this: sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 91201/255/63 [1465149168 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 - 1270110576] <Unknown ID>
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1270520216 - 1269536] Darwin Boot
*4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1271791616 - 193355776] HPFS/QNX/AUX
sudo fdisk /dev/disk1
/dev/disk1: Resource busy
3. sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/<BootCampDisk> (from 1 of the form disk0)
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=750156374016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1465149168
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 1465149167
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 1270110576 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1270520216 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1271789752 1864
1271791616 193355776 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1465147392 1743
1465149135 32 Sec GPT table
1465149167 1 Sec GPT header
I didn't quite understand the 4th step. Sorry
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