I ended up running testdisk again, setting it to bootable and writing again without result. I then was able to get the Windows recovery disk to find it this time though. After running chkdsk it's now booting again!
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- 11 Apr 2015, 03:46
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Can I make this drive bootable again?
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Re: Can I make this drive bootable again?
Thanks, I tried that previously and just ended up in a boot loop.
I ended up running testdisk again, setting it to bootable and writing again without result. I then was able to get the Windows recovery disk to find it this time though. After running chkdsk it's now booting again!

I ended up running testdisk again, setting it to bootable and writing again without result. I then was able to get the Windows recovery disk to find it this time though. After running chkdsk it's now booting again!
- 10 Apr 2015, 13:05
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Can I make this drive bootable again?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2823
Can I make this drive bootable again?
I had a Windows OS drive that was accidentally formatted by my Mac.
Fortunately, testdisk was able to recover the NTFS partition and everything looks intact. I've made a backup of the files.
My question is is there any way to make this disk bootable into the Windows install again? All the Windows ...
Fortunately, testdisk was able to recover the NTFS partition and everything looks intact. I've made a backup of the files.
My question is is there any way to make this disk bootable into the Windows install again? All the Windows ...