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Triple boot - Windows 7 and 8 on Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1516956" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Yeah, classic case of the Windows 7 boot sector getting overwritten. You can attempt to repair Windows 7 but I'm not sure if it will work right. You'll need to boot with your Windows 7 DVD and do the repair with it. However, you need to be careful that you don't accidentally "repair" your OS X partition or the Windows 8 one.</p><p></p><p>Before you attempt to repair Windows 7, try turning off rEFIt and see if you can boot to the Windows 7 partition manually. Do you know how to turn off rEFIt temporarily? If not, follow these instructions: (no need to uninstall rEFIt)</p><p></p><p>Open your Finder and go to: Macintosh HD/efi</p><p></p><p>Rename the efi folder to something like "efi_save". Now reboot the machine and rEFIt will be disabled or turned off. To turn it on again, just name it back to its original folder name.</p><p></p><p>Once rEFIt has been disabled, reboot and hold down your Option key. If everything is OK, you'll see: OS X, the OS X recovery partition, Windows 7, Windows 8. Try booting to Windows 7 if it appears. Let us know and we can go from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1516956, member: 46727"] Yeah, classic case of the Windows 7 boot sector getting overwritten. You can attempt to repair Windows 7 but I'm not sure if it will work right. You'll need to boot with your Windows 7 DVD and do the repair with it. However, you need to be careful that you don't accidentally "repair" your OS X partition or the Windows 8 one. Before you attempt to repair Windows 7, try turning off rEFIt and see if you can boot to the Windows 7 partition manually. Do you know how to turn off rEFIt temporarily? If not, follow these instructions: (no need to uninstall rEFIt) Open your Finder and go to: Macintosh HD/efi Rename the efi folder to something like "efi_save". Now reboot the machine and rEFIt will be disabled or turned off. To turn it on again, just name it back to its original folder name. Once rEFIt has been disabled, reboot and hold down your Option key. If everything is OK, you'll see: OS X, the OS X recovery partition, Windows 7, Windows 8. Try booting to Windows 7 if it appears. Let us know and we can go from there. [/QUOTE]
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