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My entire mac partition disappeared
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<blockquote data-quote="Abrexas" data-source="post: 953750" data-attributes="member: 133823"><p>Sorry, this may tiek some time to read. But I really need some help with this.</p><p></p><p>So I had a windows vista partition my mac (which I have done before) And i guess my key ran out or something. So a friend of mine gave me a Windows 7 disc. I couldn't get it to just boot from disc, so i logged onto my mac partition and tried to delete the windows partitions (also something I have done before). Like usual it gave me a hard time. </p><p> Eventually I got the 45 gigs thats I assigned to windows to erase all data. I then decided to restart my computer with alt held so I could chose the empty partition and boot from cd there. To my surprise I found that I can no longer chose 'MAC OS X'</p><p> This doesnt make sense because I didn't touch the mac partition. I didnt format to single partition. I payed special attention to not messing with any of the mac data. So with no options i loaded the empty 45 gig partition and was able to book windows 7. When the setup asked what partition to chose for windows 7 I saw that my once mac partition is now an unnamed partition that has nearly as much free space as overall capacity.</p><p> I am currently installing windows 7 on my 45 gig partition so I have something to use. But what are my options now? Is it possible to restore my mac setting? and If not, how do i go about potting Mac OSX back on my computer? </p><p> Thanks you very much in advanced, and I really hope this doesnt happen to anyone else. Its starting to seem like I will lose everything I had on my comp <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abrexas, post: 953750, member: 133823"] Sorry, this may tiek some time to read. But I really need some help with this. So I had a windows vista partition my mac (which I have done before) And i guess my key ran out or something. So a friend of mine gave me a Windows 7 disc. I couldn't get it to just boot from disc, so i logged onto my mac partition and tried to delete the windows partitions (also something I have done before). Like usual it gave me a hard time. Eventually I got the 45 gigs thats I assigned to windows to erase all data. I then decided to restart my computer with alt held so I could chose the empty partition and boot from cd there. To my surprise I found that I can no longer chose 'MAC OS X' This doesnt make sense because I didn't touch the mac partition. I didnt format to single partition. I payed special attention to not messing with any of the mac data. So with no options i loaded the empty 45 gig partition and was able to book windows 7. When the setup asked what partition to chose for windows 7 I saw that my once mac partition is now an unnamed partition that has nearly as much free space as overall capacity. I am currently installing windows 7 on my 45 gig partition so I have something to use. But what are my options now? Is it possible to restore my mac setting? and If not, how do i go about potting Mac OSX back on my computer? Thanks you very much in advanced, and I really hope this doesnt happen to anyone else. Its starting to seem like I will lose everything I had on my comp :( [/QUOTE]
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