I tried to partitioning the macOS partition to have some space to extend the Windows partition using Windows OS. When trying to switch back to Windows OS, I could not find it. Even when restarting and pressing down the Option key. I found a thread with the same problem and its solution. But when trying the solution, I had a problem. The solution was entering this code in the terminal in recovery mode:
fdisk -e /dev/disk0s4
p
setpid 4
[press enter]
flag 4
p
write
y
disk0s4 is the partition with the windows on It.
But when trying to type the first line, I received an error saying "Resource is busy".
My software is MacOS High Sierra.
If there is any help, I would be grateful.
Notes:
The link of the thread is Mac won't boot Windows partition after using disk utility.
Mac version is Macbook mid 2010.
And the Windows is Windows 7.
This was the output when executing the command diskutil list disk0
in the terminal:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *250.1 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS macOS 124.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data Windows OS 125.2 GB disk0s4
And the output from fdisk /dev/disk0
is
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 30401/255/63 [488397168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 488397167] <Unknown ID>
2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
Below is the output from diskutil info disk0s4
.
Device Identifier: disk0s4
Device Node: /dev/disk0s4
Whole: No
Part of Whole: disk0
Volume Name: Windows OS
Mounted: Yes
Mount Point: /Volumes/Windows OS
Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
File System Personality: NTFS
Type (Bundle): ntfs
Name (User Visible): Windows NT File System (NTFS)
OS Can Be Installed: No
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Volume UUID: FA34FC24-AD79-47B7-BF7F-20928229DB81
Disk / Partition UUID: B94B94F6-3041-44DB-AFD6-37465DCC16B1
Partition Offset: 124860235776 Bytes (243867648 512-Byte-Device-Blocks)
Disk Size: 125.2 GB (125197877248 Bytes) (exactly 244527104 512-Byte-Units)
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes
Volume Total Space: 125.2 GB (125197873152 Bytes) (exactly 244527096 512-Byte-Units)
Volume Used Space: 67.1 GB (67050299392 Bytes) (exactly 130957616 512-Byte-Units) (53.6%)
Volume Free Space: 58.1 GB (58147573760 Bytes) (exactly 113569480 512-Byte-Units) (46.4%)
Allocation Block Size: 4096 Bytes
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Yes
Device Location: Internal
Removable Media: Fixed
Solid State: No
Hardware AES Support: No
diskutil info disk0s5
instead of fromdiskutil list