Well well well. I really need help. REALLY BADLY.
I have a Rev B. MacBook Air, 1.86 ghz, 128GB SSD. I have OSX on the first partition at 80GB, and I have Windows 7 on the second partition at about 45GB in size. It was a real nice dual boot setup and I was very happy with it.
Yesterday, for some reason that I will never comprehend, I decided to go into Windows 7's Disk Management Utility to fix up an unformatted flash drive. In the process, and I stress, I have no idea what the hell I did, I managed to convert my 128GB SSD into a dynamic drive. And of course, my computer happened to be extremely low on battery, and the computer died.
I tried to boot the Air, and lo and behold, I had the white screen of death. If I booted up holding down 'option', it would only give me the option of the Windows partition. If I select it, Windows appears to boot fine. After the whole Windows loading process, I get a quick blue screen of death and a reboot cycle. Over and over again.
I decided to run the Windows setup again to try and convert the SSD from Dynamic to Basic. 'Repair Your Computer' did not work. I then tried to reinstall Windows on the second partition, but Windows refuses to install on a Dynamic drive. I'm screwed.
So, I found a utility that will allow me to convert the SSD from a dynamic to basic drive via command prompt. Perfect right? I burned the ISO to a CD-R and boot it from the Superdrive at boot. I get the initial GUI screen of the app. Great! Would I like to load the program? YES! It then takes me to a DOS like command prompt where it shows its loading up the various modules. As it comes to the last module, the MacBook restarts. I try the process again. The MacBook restarts. Again and again and again.
I now decided to boot up OSX Install DVD. After loading it up again via the Superdrive, Disk Utility within the Setup recognizes the 128GB SSD and the 2 partition, but refuses to mount them. I cannot verify or repair.
My only option is to manually remove the drive, and connect it to a functioning PC that will allow me to convert from a dynamic disc to basic disc. The program that I just purchased should be able to do it without having to remove any data from the drive - Partition Wizard 5.2 Professional.
How do I get it to connected with a USB interface? Well well. Apple, in their infinite wisdom decided to make the SSD on the REV B. a LIF SATA interface. The only one in the effing world. Try finding an enclosure that'll house that! Luckily I found one (and ONLY one) made by Runcore. Cool, they're pretty reliable. So I went on to their only reseller in the US mydigitaldiscount.com and they of course are sold out. Just my luck.
I found another store, MemoryC located in the UK that has it in stock. Great! Ordered today with overnight shipping. I pray my life out that this enclosure will allow me to connect the SSD to my PC and allow me to convert it back from a dynamic to basic without having to format any data.
Please pray for me everyone! Or give me some tips! Or ANY help at all! PLEASE!!
Oh and no, I have no backup of either partition. I have yet to set up the Time Machine backup. So I'm really hoping for the best in this situation.
I have a Rev B. MacBook Air, 1.86 ghz, 128GB SSD. I have OSX on the first partition at 80GB, and I have Windows 7 on the second partition at about 45GB in size. It was a real nice dual boot setup and I was very happy with it.
Yesterday, for some reason that I will never comprehend, I decided to go into Windows 7's Disk Management Utility to fix up an unformatted flash drive. In the process, and I stress, I have no idea what the hell I did, I managed to convert my 128GB SSD into a dynamic drive. And of course, my computer happened to be extremely low on battery, and the computer died.
I tried to boot the Air, and lo and behold, I had the white screen of death. If I booted up holding down 'option', it would only give me the option of the Windows partition. If I select it, Windows appears to boot fine. After the whole Windows loading process, I get a quick blue screen of death and a reboot cycle. Over and over again.
I decided to run the Windows setup again to try and convert the SSD from Dynamic to Basic. 'Repair Your Computer' did not work. I then tried to reinstall Windows on the second partition, but Windows refuses to install on a Dynamic drive. I'm screwed.
So, I found a utility that will allow me to convert the SSD from a dynamic to basic drive via command prompt. Perfect right? I burned the ISO to a CD-R and boot it from the Superdrive at boot. I get the initial GUI screen of the app. Great! Would I like to load the program? YES! It then takes me to a DOS like command prompt where it shows its loading up the various modules. As it comes to the last module, the MacBook restarts. I try the process again. The MacBook restarts. Again and again and again.
I now decided to boot up OSX Install DVD. After loading it up again via the Superdrive, Disk Utility within the Setup recognizes the 128GB SSD and the 2 partition, but refuses to mount them. I cannot verify or repair.
My only option is to manually remove the drive, and connect it to a functioning PC that will allow me to convert from a dynamic disc to basic disc. The program that I just purchased should be able to do it without having to remove any data from the drive - Partition Wizard 5.2 Professional.
How do I get it to connected with a USB interface? Well well. Apple, in their infinite wisdom decided to make the SSD on the REV B. a LIF SATA interface. The only one in the effing world. Try finding an enclosure that'll house that! Luckily I found one (and ONLY one) made by Runcore. Cool, they're pretty reliable. So I went on to their only reseller in the US mydigitaldiscount.com and they of course are sold out. Just my luck.
I found another store, MemoryC located in the UK that has it in stock. Great! Ordered today with overnight shipping. I pray my life out that this enclosure will allow me to connect the SSD to my PC and allow me to convert it back from a dynamic to basic without having to format any data.
Please pray for me everyone! Or give me some tips! Or ANY help at all! PLEASE!!
Oh and no, I have no backup of either partition. I have yet to set up the Time Machine backup. So I'm really hoping for the best in this situation.
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