So I was installing Windows XP via bootcamp, and chose Drive C to format it in , but that was weird cause it didnt show any of the usual other drives, It only showed NTFS, so I selected that.
After it was done installing it did the usual reboot, and after it rebooted all i get is the gray screen of death.
I rebooted it again holding down the option key to select which partition to boot from and... ALL PARTITIONS WERE GONE
The Mac HD partition was gone, all I saw was the installation disc.
So i thought i would just reformat the whole drive and reinstall Leopard, but while i was doing that, when it gets to the step "Select a destination to install Mac OS X" Nothing is listed, no drives to choose from, and it cant continue the installation.
So from the installer cd I went to Disk Utilities and confirmed that the Mac HD was gone and Windows partition from bootcamp might've went over it and wiped it.And I cant even use that windows partition that was called "disk0" cause apparently is was formatted incorrectly.
I cant create a new partition on disk utilities either cause the important buttons like partion drive, verify, repair, basically anything to format the original drive was grayed out.
What shall I do? I'm at an utter lost.
I tried resetting the PRAM, still no avail. I tried Single user mode but i get Gray screen of death.
The Macintosh HD partition got replaced with the Windows NTFS Partition named 'disk0' and didnt even format properly.
on Disk Utilities from the installation CD i pressed info button on it and it reads:
Name: disk0
Type: Volume
Disk Identifier: disk 0
Mount Point: /Volumes/Untitles
File System: Windows NT File System (NTFS)
Device Tree: /PCI0/SATA@1F,2/PRT0@0/PMP@0/@0:0
Writable: No
Capacity: 186.3 GB (200,049,647,616 Bytes)
Free Space: 127.5 GB (136,904,531,968 Bytes)
Used: 509.7 MB (534,417,408 Bytes)
Number of File: 3,050
Number of Folders: 0
Owners Enabled: No
Can Turn Owners Off: No
Can Be Formatted: No
Bootable: No
Supports Journaling: No
Journaled: No
Disk Number: 0
Partition Numer: 1
Main Macbook Pro Harddrive:
Name: FUJITSU MHY2200BH Media
Type: Disk
Partition Map Scheme: Unformatted
Disk Identifier: Disk 0
Media Type: FUJITSU MHY2200BH Media
Media Type Generic
Connection Bus: Serial ATA 2
Device Tree: /PCI0/SATA@1F,2/PRT0@0/PMP@0/@0:0
Locked: Yes
Writable: No
Ejectable: No
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed: No
Location: Internal
Total Capacity: 186.3 GB (200,049,647,616 Bytes)
Free Space: 127.5 GB (136,904,531,968 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
Disk Number: 0
Partition Number: 0
It seems it says Locked and unwritable, could that be why i couldn't partition it?
I've given as much info as I could, I hope you can help to save me a trip to the apple store. Thanks!
After it was done installing it did the usual reboot, and after it rebooted all i get is the gray screen of death.
I rebooted it again holding down the option key to select which partition to boot from and... ALL PARTITIONS WERE GONE
The Mac HD partition was gone, all I saw was the installation disc.
So i thought i would just reformat the whole drive and reinstall Leopard, but while i was doing that, when it gets to the step "Select a destination to install Mac OS X" Nothing is listed, no drives to choose from, and it cant continue the installation.
So from the installer cd I went to Disk Utilities and confirmed that the Mac HD was gone and Windows partition from bootcamp might've went over it and wiped it.And I cant even use that windows partition that was called "disk0" cause apparently is was formatted incorrectly.
I cant create a new partition on disk utilities either cause the important buttons like partion drive, verify, repair, basically anything to format the original drive was grayed out.
What shall I do? I'm at an utter lost.
I tried resetting the PRAM, still no avail. I tried Single user mode but i get Gray screen of death.
The Macintosh HD partition got replaced with the Windows NTFS Partition named 'disk0' and didnt even format properly.
on Disk Utilities from the installation CD i pressed info button on it and it reads:
Name: disk0
Type: Volume
Disk Identifier: disk 0
Mount Point: /Volumes/Untitles
File System: Windows NT File System (NTFS)
Device Tree: /PCI0/SATA@1F,2/PRT0@0/PMP@0/@0:0
Writable: No
Capacity: 186.3 GB (200,049,647,616 Bytes)
Free Space: 127.5 GB (136,904,531,968 Bytes)
Used: 509.7 MB (534,417,408 Bytes)
Number of File: 3,050
Number of Folders: 0
Owners Enabled: No
Can Turn Owners Off: No
Can Be Formatted: No
Bootable: No
Supports Journaling: No
Journaled: No
Disk Number: 0
Partition Numer: 1
Main Macbook Pro Harddrive:
Name: FUJITSU MHY2200BH Media
Type: Disk
Partition Map Scheme: Unformatted
Disk Identifier: Disk 0
Media Type: FUJITSU MHY2200BH Media
Media Type Generic
Connection Bus: Serial ATA 2
Device Tree: /PCI0/SATA@1F,2/PRT0@0/PMP@0/@0:0
Locked: Yes
Writable: No
Ejectable: No
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed: No
Location: Internal
Total Capacity: 186.3 GB (200,049,647,616 Bytes)
Free Space: 127.5 GB (136,904,531,968 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
Disk Number: 0
Partition Number: 0
It seems it says Locked and unwritable, could that be why i couldn't partition it?
I've given as much info as I could, I hope you can help to save me a trip to the apple store. Thanks!