- Joined
- Jun 15, 2011
- Messages
- 228
- Motherboard
- GA-Z68XP-UD4
- CPU
- i7-2700K
- Graphics
- GTX 1050 Ti
Hey everyone,
I've run into a bit of an issue, and I have read similar folks running into same issue but I think I am missing a crucial step to fix this and I cannot figure out where.
I run Windows and Mac on two separate SSDs, and recently I upgraded my Windows 7 partition to Windows 10 using an installation USB. Everything went smoothly, except now I am forced to use the Windows Boot Manager (versus going into Chimera bootloader and trying to select the Windows SSD/partition). When I do change my BIOS setting to use the Mac SSD (to load into Chimera), I see the Windows 10 partition but clicking on it gives me the BCD error.
Looking into some of the other threads, it seems I need to create a boot partition, which I am in the process of doing. I ran CMD in Windows 10 and typed in "bcdboot C:\Windows /s C: /f uefi", which now I have an EFI folder in my C:\ drive with the boot EFI. I also looked at my disk management and saw two different partitions; my Windows 10 partition (the Healthy NTFS) and an unnamed OEM partition (which I believe is just the recovery that Windows 10 created). Following this thread (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...cy-windows-install-to-uefi-for-clover.126201/), I created a 100MB FAT32 B:\ partition so I can make that my bootable partition, but when doing the "bootrec /fixboot" step, bootrec seems to be not recognized as an internal/external command. I can confirm in my System Information that BIOS mode is UEFI (not Legacy), so I'm hoping this should be easy to create a bootable partition that Chimera can successfully load into, but I'm not sure what simple step I'm missing here.
Can anyone provide insight on what crucial step I'm missing, or did I skip something early on?
System information:
I've run into a bit of an issue, and I have read similar folks running into same issue but I think I am missing a crucial step to fix this and I cannot figure out where.
I run Windows and Mac on two separate SSDs, and recently I upgraded my Windows 7 partition to Windows 10 using an installation USB. Everything went smoothly, except now I am forced to use the Windows Boot Manager (versus going into Chimera bootloader and trying to select the Windows SSD/partition). When I do change my BIOS setting to use the Mac SSD (to load into Chimera), I see the Windows 10 partition but clicking on it gives me the BCD error.
Looking into some of the other threads, it seems I need to create a boot partition, which I am in the process of doing. I ran CMD in Windows 10 and typed in "bcdboot C:\Windows /s C: /f uefi", which now I have an EFI folder in my C:\ drive with the boot EFI. I also looked at my disk management and saw two different partitions; my Windows 10 partition (the Healthy NTFS) and an unnamed OEM partition (which I believe is just the recovery that Windows 10 created). Following this thread (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...cy-windows-install-to-uefi-for-clover.126201/), I created a 100MB FAT32 B:\ partition so I can make that my bootable partition, but when doing the "bootrec /fixboot" step, bootrec seems to be not recognized as an internal/external command. I can confirm in my System Information that BIOS mode is UEFI (not Legacy), so I'm hoping this should be easy to create a bootable partition that Chimera can successfully load into, but I'm not sure what simple step I'm missing here.
Can anyone provide insight on what crucial step I'm missing, or did I skip something early on?
System information:
Motherboard: Z68XP-UD4 (U1L BIOS)
Graphics: GTX 1050 Ti SC
My Mac SSD is currently on Yosemite with Chimera (but not able to boot in, due to https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/yosemite-install-boot-issues.268464/). I do plan on upgrading to High Sierra/Clover, once I can figure out how to boot into Yosemite.
Please let me know if you need additional information or screenshots. Thanks!