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MAC Partition not detected

Hi 👋 I hope someone can help me , at LONER T , i Hope you are up need your help. I can logged in to Internet recovery but following those steps am getting an error

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Posted on Sep 2, 2024 3:52 AM

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Sep 2, 2024 1:58 PM in response to Paby123

Paby123 wrote:

Is it best to just reinstall the MAC OS via internet recovery then re install windows through bootcamp ?


Yes, and yes. It’s also the most supportable approach.


This all assuming Internet Recovery works with this Mac.


If Internet Recovery does not work, you’ll need to build a compatible bootable installer on another Mac, and transfer and then boot that in the problem Mac.

Sep 2, 2024 12:30 PM in response to Paby123

So, you copied manual partition mapping commands from another post...do you understand how the gpt tool works?


Specifically, do you understand that the -b and -s flags tell gpt where to write the start of a gpt entry and how big that partition is...which is only relevant if your disk is the exact same size and layout of the one in the other post - which it clearly isn't...


Oh, yes, and the person in that post messed up their own partition table by manually re-partitioning their disk to expand their Bootcamp installation...did you also do something like that without bothering to mention it in this post or the other post on the same issue which you also started?

Sep 2, 2024 12:44 PM in response to g_wolfman

Nope, I did change the value as per the size of my disk partition. No i did not manually partition the disk before this problem have had happen. Basically the mac is just sitting on the table then when I open it the MAC OS is no longer detected. From the pervious post they were able tonfix it by rewriting the gpt.

Sep 2, 2024 12:57 PM in response to Paby123

Hopefully, you have previously-made backups of the contents of all partitions created prior to these storage changes.


Using Disk Utility from Recovery (if that still boots), erase the entire storage device, re-partition it for APFS, and re-install macOS.


After erasing and re-partitioning storage for macOS, use Boot Camp Assistant to re-install Microsoft Windows, or probably more flexibly re-install Windows as a guest of a virtual machine running on macOS.


Once Windows is installed in a partition, the only way to manage that partition is with Boot Camp.


Pragmatically, the fundamental purpose of partitioning is to allow user data to be corrupted. As an incidental, secondary, and far from assured usage, partitioning also allows sometimes-compatible operating systems to get tangled and to then selectively corrupt other co-resident operating systems. On an unusually good day, partitioning allows for operating system coexistence, when carefully and cautiously administered.


If you want to learn how partitioning works, I strongly recommend using a spare, empty disk, and preferably a spare Mac. If you lack a spare Mac, then ensure all connected storage is backed up appropriately, and avoid modifying (or clobbering) any of the in-built internal partitions used for the Mac itself (such as the EFI partition) and those for macOS.


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