Virus! I got a virus on my Windows Machine. Clover boot for Apple is gone now.

[Campanis]

So I have two separate hard drives in my machine. One for Windows the other for my Hackintosh. I use clover to boot into either one.

I got a virus on the windows machine. Got rid of virus, and Windows machine works fine again.

HOWEVER. When I boot up the computer it boots straight to Windows, not Clover. giving me no option to boot into my apple hard drive.

Any clue how to fix this and get clover boot loader back at startup?


I check disk management and it says my Apple HD is a health EFI system partition.

I just have no way of booting into it now.



Thanks, any ideas are greatly appreciated.

 

[P1LGRIM]

Moved to Multi booting.

 

[UtterDisbelief]

So I have two separate hard drives in my machine. One for Windows the other for my Hackintosh. I use clover to boot into either one.

I got a virus on the windows machine. Got rid of virus, and Windows machine works fine again.

HOWEVER. When I boot up the computer it boots straight to Windows, not Clover. giving me no option to boot into my apple hard drive.

Any clue how to fix this and get clover boot loader back at startup?


I check disk management and it says my Apple HD is a health EFI system partition.

I just have no way of booting into it now.



Thanks, any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Hi there.

1) Check your BIOS boot-drive priority to ensure your macOS drive is the first choice.

2) If this will not work then use your UniBeast installer drive to boot the system, then select your macOS. You can then re-install Clover if necessary.

 

[Campanis]

Thanks @P1GRIM

 

[Campanis]

Thanks @UtterDisbelief. When I boot from my USB it prompts me to just install OS X again.

 

[pastrychef]

Thanks @UtterDisbelief. When I boot from my USB it prompts me to just install OS X again.

When you boot from your USB flash drive, at the Clover boot menu, select your macOS system drive, NOT the macOS installer.

 

[Campanis]

That option is not there sadly. Just options to boot into windows. Do I need to remake my USB drive to boot correctly?

 

[pastrychef]

That option is not there sadly. Just options to boot into windows. Do I need to remake my USB drive to boot correctly?

If your macOS drive is not an option, it's likely something on there got corrupt.

The only way I know to try and fix it would be to pull the drive and attach it to a working macOS system...

 

[ghorwith]

If the MacOS drive is connected and is listed in your bios, it should show up in the Clover startup menu (even if the efi on that drive was trashed by the virus). Suggest you check the bios at boot to see if the drive shows up.

 

[Campanis]

@pastrychef thanks for the help. I sadly don’t have a way of doing that.

I built the system 2 years ago so I’m not up to par on everything.

I’m not sure I’m using the correct USB.

Is there a guide on creating a bootable clover USB that I can do with a new USB drive? As a final attempt.


Thanks so much for your help. I’d be totally lost otherwise