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I installed Windows 10 using Boot Camp from OSX 10.11.5 (El Capitan), everything went fine but I wasn't happy with having to hold alt/option every boot if I wanted to choose an OS. So using Windows I installed EasyBCD and installed the Vista+ BCD Bootloader, and then I realized I was stuck on Windows cause I seemed to do something wrong, as even pressing alt/option before wont get the Macintosh HD to show up, I had two options which both brought me to Windows (EFI Boot and Windows drive).
So then I booted into internet recovery and installed OSX onto a third partition (to avoid losing data/overwriting system files), hoping it would bring me closer to restoring the MBR as El Capitan intended. I am now stuck on 10.8.5, however my 10.11.5 installation shows up on Startup Disk within the System Settings, and I can select the option to restart into that OS but it ends up just booting to Mountain Lion. I've ran disk checks and repairs on my drives from Disk Utility but that didn't get me anywhere and everything checked out fine.
I tried installing 3rd party bootloaders, and the only one that seemed to get me closer was rEFit, I can now see the Recovery Partition (unbootable), Untitled (10.8.5 Bootable) and "Legacy OS" which has a Windows logo so I assume this is my Win10 installation but I can't boot into this either. Just get an error or it hangs on loading.
Using rEFit's Partition Inspector I got the following information regarding my partitions.
All I want is to be able to dual-boot between OSX & Windows, and at this point I just want it to work so wouldn't mind holding alt/option each boot lol. Thanks in advance.
So then I booted into internet recovery and installed OSX onto a third partition (to avoid losing data/overwriting system files), hoping it would bring me closer to restoring the MBR as El Capitan intended. I am now stuck on 10.8.5, however my 10.11.5 installation shows up on Startup Disk within the System Settings, and I can select the option to restart into that OS but it ends up just booting to Mountain Lion. I've ran disk checks and repairs on my drives from Disk Utility but that didn't get me anywhere and everything checked out fine.
I tried installing 3rd party bootloaders, and the only one that seemed to get me closer was rEFit, I can now see the Recovery Partition (unbootable), Untitled (10.8.5 Bootable) and "Legacy OS" which has a Windows logo so I assume this is my Win10 installation but I can't boot into this either. Just get an error or it hangs on loading.
Using rEFit's Partition Inspector I got the following information regarding my partitions.
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*** Report for internal hard disk ***
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 963586359 Unknown
3 963586360 964855895 Mac OS X Boot
4 964855896 1377601127 Basic Data
5 1377863272 1388654151 Mac OS X HFS+
6 1388916296 1463879591 Mac OS X HFS+
7 1463879592 1465149127 Mac OS X Boot
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 963586359 ac Apple RAID
3 963586360 964855895 ab Mac OS X Boot
4 964855896 1377601127 0c FAT32 (LBA)
MBR contents:
Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable
Partition at LBA 40:
Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
File System: FAT32
Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)
Partition at LBA 409640:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Unknown
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type ac Apple RAID
Partition at LBA 963586360:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Mac OS X Boot
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type ab Mac OS X Boot
Partition at LBA 964855896:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Basic Data
Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 0c FAT32 (LBA)
Partition at LBA 1377863272:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Mac OS X HFS+
Partition at LBA 1388916296:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 6, type Mac OS X HFS+
Partition at LBA 1463879592:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 7, type Mac OS X BootAll I want is to be able to dual-boot between OSX & Windows, and at this point I just want it to work so wouldn't mind holding alt/option each boot lol. Thanks in advance.
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