I have the option to back up all files as a disk image but I want to know if there's a way to change partition formats through terminal or disk utility without erasing it? or if I create a disk image of a partition to an external SSD, reformat that partition to the appropriate type (APFS or NTFS), and restore drive from the disk image backup, will it work? Thanks in advanced.
I tried searching for workarounds in terminal but it requires gdisk which I cannot download on recovery mode Safari because I can't store anything there. The only way is to reboot by holding down ALT. Please run Disk Utility to check and fix the error.' I've tried checking the disks from single user mode, and I've tried from the recovery partition, but nothing seems to fix the problem. Everything went ok, but when I'm on Windows, Mac disk isn't visibile, it's not on boot camp assistant on control panel, and if I try to reboot on Mac via the bootcamp icon, it says that it cannot find any disk. When I try to use Bootcamp, I get the error 'Your disk could not be partitioned: An error occurred while partitioning the disk.
I'm able to access online recovery mode but I can't figure out how to change their formats back without erasing data.ĭisk Utility says that it will erase data when changing partition formats (APFS or NTFS (MS-DOS)). Hi, I'v installed Windows 10 on my iMac (High Sierra) using Bootcamp. Now, I can't boot to Windows (takes forever to load) nor MacOS. I already tried repairing the the drives with Disk Utility on both the SSD my Mac partition and the windows partition with nothing.
This is after a completely fresh install of Windows 10 build 1703 and bootcamp drivers. But when I check bootcamp partition properties it shows that. In disk utility only 2 partitions are show as well, Macintosh and BootCamp.
The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk. In MAC os x when in about this MAC storage section it shows that i have macintosh partition with 125gb space and bootcamp partition with its new 67gb space, but unallocated 50gb space is not shown at all. Guess what, when I run the command on cmd (gdisk), I accidentally selected my BootCamp partition instead of the MacOS partition. The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk. Then first select Volume 1 and click on the minus sign (-) to remove this partition.
For instance, you have 3 partitions namely - Macintosh HD, Volume 1 and Volume 2. Now, I followed a guide where gdisk was used to change the MacOS partition format back to APFS because EaseUS auto changed it. Select the partition you want to merge and click on '-' button.
Then finally apply the settings and let the drive partition.Maybe bootcamp only likes MBR partitions ~ hope this solves your issue.So I tried extending my BootCamp's partition size with EaseUS and it made my MacOS partition disappear in the list of bootable drives during startup. At the bottom click options and select "Master Boot Record". Problem 1: Sometimes, you cannot access the Mac Disk Utility partition because your hard drive doesnt have sufficient space. Sometimes the Boot Camp Assistant fails on the first install, we are looking into this issue, if you see a failure we’ve seen. b to look for the location of the EFI partition on the main macOS drive. Using the Boot Camp Assistant to to remove the BootCamp partition. Generally, here are the steps to install macOS Big Sur Hackintosh: Create. as you did before ~ OS X Extended for Time Machine, ExFAT or Free space for Windows. (If I select 'Macintosh HD, VM' it says 'This disk is your macOS startup disk and appears to have been partitioned by another utility.').
I am a bit surprised you are having issues because your iMac and OS X version suggests that the drive is most likely formatted using the GUID/GPT partition scheme which Windows 7 should have no issues with reading.Actually, being curious I just tested it with Lion and Windows 7 (no bootcamp):I partitioned a drive with one OS X Extended partition, one ExFAT using the GUID partition scheme and Windows detected the ExFAT partition right away.Maybe it's a derp from bootcamp? Anyway, the options you were reading up on are most likely the solution to your problem.Since you only used Time Machine so far and Windows couldn't even access the drive I assume you have no problem with formatting the drive again losing all data currently stored on it?Go into Disk Utility, select the external drive and click on the partition tab. For anyone whos interested, doing a Time Machine backup, then booting from the Leopard media, repartitioning the disk with the right partition table layout and restoring from the Time Machine.