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Hi there guys, I executed a Big Sur install patcher on my Hackintosh trying to create a bootable install USB for an older laptop. It caused my Hackintosh to no longer boot. I'm guessing it somehow changed the EFI partition, or perhaps something else? I used the EFIclone tool to try and copy the EFI partition from my CCcloner backup drive back to my internal SSD (which failed to help), but now, even the CCcloner backup drive quit booting as well. As a last resort,
@Talloth
If you have restored your working EFI and it doesn't boot, I'm pretty confident the patcher has modified kexts in your hack's macOS which are not compatible with your hack.
Also check the BIOS boot priority to make sure it is booting from the correct EFI.
I would suggest you create a USB installer with your current macOS, and install over your currently not booting macOS drive. This will keep your data, but replace the macOS which will then hopefully boot again.
Or if you have a current clone of the hack's drive, use it to clone back from the working clone to replace the non-booting macOS.