#103 Cannot boot into Windows after partition synching.
I did not use the BootCamp assistant but manually partitioned the hard disk and installed Windows using rFEIt. It worked but after I synchronized GPT and MBR in the rEFIt menu, booting into Windows partition ends up with "Operation System Missing". Could you help me? How can I recover Windows?
*** Report for internal hard disk ***
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 175251671 Mac OS X HFS+
3 175251672 176521215 Mac OS X Boot
4 176521216 234440703 Basic Data
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 175251671 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 175251672 176521215 ab Mac OS X Boot
4 * 176521216 234440703 0b FAT32 (CHS)
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 Mac OS X HFS+
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+
Partition at LBA 175251672:
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 176521216:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Basic Data
Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 0b FAT32 (CHS), active
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What do the "fdisk", "gpt", and "diskutil" list commands say? Can you see the Windows partition in the Mac O X Finder? Does the Windows partition have the required boot files?