- Joined
- Jan 30, 2016
- Messages
- 21
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
- CPU
- Intel i5 4690K
- Graphics
- EVGA GTX 750 FTW
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
I had some trouble installing Windows 7 through Boot Camp but finally managed to fix it. All I had to was unplug any other drive to format and install the OS correctly. The case was left open during the process since I figured I needed to plug the Mac drive back in soon either way.
I made the incredibly stupid mistake of plugging in the SATA cable into my SSHD (solid state hard drive) that had my OS X installed on while the PC was still on! Now I can't boot back into OS X. I just get a black screen that says, "operating system not found."
Is there ANY possible way for me to still safely recover my data?
I can see from my BIOS menu that the drive is still recognized. So that's still good, right?
This situation will be surely a lesson to be more careful with hardware and make more frequent backups.
UPDATE:
I managed to get it fixed myself. No one ever helps me on this forum. I don't even know why I bother.
Anyway, this is how I fixed it. First, I had to make sure no other drives were connected. I remade a bootable El Capitan USB with Unibeast and chose to start from the USB from my BIOS. Then, selected Mac OS on the Clover menu. I got a new error that the computer didn't shut down correctly with a power logo. I waited for maybe 2 minutes, and El Capitan booted normally, and all my data stayed intact. As always, thanks for nothing.
I made the incredibly stupid mistake of plugging in the SATA cable into my SSHD (solid state hard drive) that had my OS X installed on while the PC was still on! Now I can't boot back into OS X. I just get a black screen that says, "operating system not found."
Is there ANY possible way for me to still safely recover my data?
I can see from my BIOS menu that the drive is still recognized. So that's still good, right?
This situation will be surely a lesson to be more careful with hardware and make more frequent backups.
UPDATE:
I managed to get it fixed myself. No one ever helps me on this forum. I don't even know why I bother.
Anyway, this is how I fixed it. First, I had to make sure no other drives were connected. I remade a bootable El Capitan USB with Unibeast and chose to start from the USB from my BIOS. Then, selected Mac OS on the Clover menu. I got a new error that the computer didn't shut down correctly with a power logo. I waited for maybe 2 minutes, and El Capitan booted normally, and all my data stayed intact. As always, thanks for nothing.
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