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Unmounted drives under Bootcamp - both Windows + Mac partition probs- used CamptuneX
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike416" data-source="post: 1389958" data-attributes="member: 239745"><p>Greetings. Have a slightly complicated story to spin on using Bootcamp and getting issues with partitions becoming unmounted.</p><p></p><p>I am a switcher with a lot of Adobe software - I would otherwise completely dive into Mac OSX Lion and live happily ever after. I therefore immediately setup Bootcamp when I got my new iMac. (Running Windows 7 Professional).</p><p></p><p>I discovered that with giant suites of software like Adobe CS4 that my initial 30 GBs for Bootcamp would be insufficient. I bought CamptuneX and resized the Windows partition. I went for 100 GB. </p><p></p><p>On the other end of the 1TB drive I loaded a lot of video and media files. I bought both flavours of Paragon drive writing software for NTFS from Mac side and HFS+ from Windows side.</p><p></p><p>I thought everything was fine until a few days ago when on repeated boots I could not seem to get the Macinstosh HD as an option. Eventually under Disk Utility I discovered that it was unmounted. I tried the "mount" button, and the repair function and rebooted, but it remained greyed out and unmounted. I decided to reformat the partition and I reinstalled OS X without issues (via the recovery process download).</p><p></p><p>I thought this was a crazy experience, but I chalked it up to resizing the partitions using Camptune X and decided that the reinstall would rectify the issues. Meanwhile today the reverse happened - the Windows partition (aka "Bootcamp") disappeared and I discovered it was now unmounted. I tried repeated reboots and pushed the "remount" button and attempted repairs but to no avail.</p><p></p><p>Long story short I just booted into OS X and under disk startup I can see the Bootcamp partition again! What gives?</p><p></p><p>I sense there's some instability going on with my system but I have no idea if it has to do with Bootcamp, the subsequent resizing with Camptune X, or if it is perhaps a defect in my hard disk.</p><p></p><p>I am totally committed now to the next step which is getting my backup routines solid so I can theoretically recover either partition easily in the future, but this is causing me some grief.</p><p></p><p>Is Bootcamp rock solid or prone to glitches? I note a month ago, shortly after I got the computer, that one of the first Apple updates that came my way described a fix for Bootcamp that involved drives appearing to be missing under start up (an EFI glitch apparently).</p><p></p><p>Please advise. Your help is much appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike416, post: 1389958, member: 239745"] Greetings. Have a slightly complicated story to spin on using Bootcamp and getting issues with partitions becoming unmounted. I am a switcher with a lot of Adobe software - I would otherwise completely dive into Mac OSX Lion and live happily ever after. I therefore immediately setup Bootcamp when I got my new iMac. (Running Windows 7 Professional). I discovered that with giant suites of software like Adobe CS4 that my initial 30 GBs for Bootcamp would be insufficient. I bought CamptuneX and resized the Windows partition. I went for 100 GB. On the other end of the 1TB drive I loaded a lot of video and media files. I bought both flavours of Paragon drive writing software for NTFS from Mac side and HFS+ from Windows side. I thought everything was fine until a few days ago when on repeated boots I could not seem to get the Macinstosh HD as an option. Eventually under Disk Utility I discovered that it was unmounted. I tried the "mount" button, and the repair function and rebooted, but it remained greyed out and unmounted. I decided to reformat the partition and I reinstalled OS X without issues (via the recovery process download). I thought this was a crazy experience, but I chalked it up to resizing the partitions using Camptune X and decided that the reinstall would rectify the issues. Meanwhile today the reverse happened - the Windows partition (aka "Bootcamp") disappeared and I discovered it was now unmounted. I tried repeated reboots and pushed the "remount" button and attempted repairs but to no avail. Long story short I just booted into OS X and under disk startup I can see the Bootcamp partition again! What gives? I sense there's some instability going on with my system but I have no idea if it has to do with Bootcamp, the subsequent resizing with Camptune X, or if it is perhaps a defect in my hard disk. I am totally committed now to the next step which is getting my backup routines solid so I can theoretically recover either partition easily in the future, but this is causing me some grief. Is Bootcamp rock solid or prone to glitches? I note a month ago, shortly after I got the computer, that one of the first Apple updates that came my way described a fix for Bootcamp that involved drives appearing to be missing under start up (an EFI glitch apparently). Please advise. Your help is much appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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