MacBook :: Can't Access Macintosh HDD When Booted
Jun 3, 2012
I have installed windows 7 on bootcamp, and currently running max os Lion currently i am having issues accessing the mac os itself. When i turned it on and off or restart it, it always gives me a bootup screen that said Mac OS Utilities, just like the picture in this link : [URL]I tried restarting it several times, it does not boot up my Macbook, to my desktop. I trist the windows it works just fine. Then i tried recovering it 3x, which each takes 6-7 hours to do it. and it still always keep booting up the same thing over and over again.
i tried re-installing the OS, but its always giving me message, "this mac os lion is damaged, cannot be installed in this computer" something like that. i've been trying to fix it a day or so, it still wont boot up my Desktop.. I tried restaring it and choosing my disk "Macintosh HD" but it still gives me a recover screen. I also tried pressing the option key then choose my disk, and it still doing the same thing.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jul 4, 2012
I just bought a new 15" Macbook Pro last two days, and today I used Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows 7.
I devided 250GB of my HD for Mac, and the rest for Boot Camp Windows. During Windows 7 installation I maked format the boot camp partition and resized it to 50GB so I have unallocated 450GB free space. After Windows 7 installation completed, I used Disk Management on Windows to create another new partition with FAT formatted. Then I restarted my Macbook Pro to use Boot Camp Assistant to download Boot Camp Driver due to I forgot to download at the firs time.
But I didn't see my Macintosh HD and even Recovery HD on the start up disk selection menu (Hold Option during start-up)I try all things from Apple Support page even try to recover via Internet (Command + R during start-up) and make a Lion Recovery Disk (USD Flash Drive)I have another Macbook run Lion too so I try everything that should work but it's still not work.Finally, I log on to windows and format all Macintosh Partition for a hope to clean install the new Mac OS X Lion, but it still not work.he last thing I haved tried was to exchange my new Macbook Pro hard disk with my unibody 2008 macbook and try to install new Mac OS X Lion. After completed install all new Mac OS X Lion 10.7 (.0), I put the macbook pro hard disk back to the new Macbook Pro and try to boot it but it shows up the Stop Sign.
Info:MacBookPro, Windows7
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I don't have an external hard drive, but I found ubuntu allows me to use my iPhone in the same way. I have backed up most of my files now, but I cannot access the main folders;
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"The Folder contents could not be displayed.
You do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of "_____".
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iMac (24-inch), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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total 12
d-wx-wx-wt@ 2 root admin 1024 May 18 06:50 .Trashes
--w--w--w- 1 root admin 4096 May 18 06:50 ._.Trashes
drwxrwx---@ 47 root admin 1666 May 18 06:57 Macintosh HD
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Disk Erase failed
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PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), G$ 17"
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0 [level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [Errtype FS] [MountPT /]
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MacBook Pro
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