
Geoffrey-Zimmers-MacBook-Pro:~ Geoffrey$ sudo gdisk -l /dev/disk0įound valid GPT with hybrid MBR using GPT.ĭisk /dev/disk0: 500118192 sectors, 238.5 GiBĭisk identifier (GUID): 67AC034D-2607-4CBE-80DB-5FEC00ACD57Bįirst usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 500118158 Geoffrey-Zimmers-MacBook-Pro:~ Geoffrey$ sudo fdisk /dev/rdisk0ĭisk: /dev/rdisk0 geometry: 31130/255/63
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Geoffrey-Zimmers-MacBook-Pro:~ Geoffrey$ sudo diskutil listĢ: Microsoft Basic Data Windows 243.0 GB disk0s2ģ: Microsoft Basic Data Win7圆4 12.9 GB disk0s3 [CodeLast login: Tue Nov 2 07:21:19 on ttys000

You're right! The 3rd partition doesn't map exactly between the fdisk results and the GPT:
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I also attempted to format the Win7圆4 partition with Paragon NTFS for Mac once I'd created it, but when I rebooted in Boot Camp it was still listed as "unallocated space" in Computer Management and I had to format it again to create a simple volume. I rebooted after every step in Snow Leopard before continuing, which may have made a difference. The Win7圆4 partition isn't visible in Parallels but I don't need it to be. Update: This time the fdisk results and GPT table match! I can see the Win7圆4 partition in Finder (although when I open the folder Snow Leopard claims it's empty), and Parallels now runs using the Windows partition without any "Cannot access hard disk 1" error messages. Maybe the GPT table will be OK this time, but if not I dare not touch it again for now. I'll go ahead and use iPartition to create the 12 GB Win7圆4 partition again and let it go at that. I used Boot Camp utility to create a single Windows partition again and am restoring the original system via ShadowProtect. Unfortunately, I couldn't boot to the Windows system and one of the partitions ("Windows") was no longer visible in Finder. I tried to restore / recreate a hybrid MBR via gdisk using their recovery option command, and assigned the two Windows partition to the MBR (wasn't sure about the 200 MB EFI partition), verified the GPT table was the same as before and restarted. Yes, that's exactly what the fdisk result showed.


Surprised to see you posting over the weekend! Appreciate your help.
