Boot Camp Killed My Mac

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When your Mac powers up, it normally uses the system on its internal hard drive unless you change this behavior by choosing System Preferences@@→Startup Disk. You can also change what your Mac does by holding down the following keys or key combinations during startup. Print these boot option keys, because they’re particularly helpful to have.

Nov 18, 2019  Its Bootable Edition (included in Commercial, Enterprise and Technician editions) has helped lots of users recover data from a dead MacBook pro successfully. In the next section, I'll show you how to recover data from dead MacBook Air by using both Mac. Boot Camp 5.1 includes several Mac drivers so that Windows will recognize your trackpad, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, the iSight (or FaceTime) camera, the Eject key on the Mac keyboard, networking, audio, graphics, and so on. A Boot Camp Control Panel for Windows and an Apple Boot Camp system-tray item will be added. Install Windows on your Mac. Boot Camp is a utility that comes with your Mac and lets you switch between macOS and Windows. Download your copy of Windows 10, then let Boot Camp Assistant walk you through the installation steps. Feb 20, 2019  First of all, I have to apologize for the focus problem in the video. I will definitely address this thing in the future. Of course I'm not an expert on eGPU. There's probably much I did wrong in.

General File Recovery


If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive. Two free alternatives are Disk Drill and TestDisk. Look for them and demos at MacUpdate or CNET Downloads.


The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.


Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.

Dec 7, 2012 8:59 PM

Summary :

MacBook is used widely around the world. Some users reported that they come across a dead MacBook and want to recover data from it. This article will show you a good way to recover important files from the dead MacBook using MiniTool Mac Data Recovery, a piece of professional data recovery software designed for Mac system.

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You may have read many articles and posts about the steps to carry out the process of hard drive recovery on a Mac. But do you really understand the useful ways to recover data from dead MacBook? A lot of people would answer No.

  • As one of the myriad of ordinary users, you may sometimes find it not so easy to recover data from MacBook pro hard drive on a computer which is functioning well.
  • And the things will become even more complex when you need to recover data off a hard drive that won't even boot.

Doesn't this sound reasonable? But now, in this article, I will overthrow your idea – recovering files from dead MacBook could be an easy job with the help of MiniTool Software.

Apple provides a special tool to assist the problem of transferring data from dead MacBook Pro to another MacBook Pro. It sounds easy, but the difficulty is that under most circumstances, common users only have 1 MacBook at hand. In this case, how to recover data from MacBook Pro hard drive? I advise Mac users to give a shot to MiniTool Mac Data Recovery.

Its Bootable Edition (included in Commercial, Enterprise and Technician editions) has helped lots of users recover data from a dead MacBook pro successfully. In the next section, I'll show you how to recover data from dead MacBook Air by using both Mac Data Recovery & the special tool provided by Apple. Please don't worry; the operations for a dead hard drive recovery won't be complex even for users who have no hard disk recovery experience.

Note: If you doubt the performance of MiniTool Mac Data Recovery Bootable Edition, you can get the trial version first to see whether it could help. If it can find your needed data on the dead Mac, you'll need to buy a license to activate the full version in order to recover them.

Now, let's learn how to recover data from Mac hard drive to PC or another place.

To recover data from a broken computer running Windows or a Windows laptop, you should use MiniTool Power Data Recovery instead (Best Solutions To Laptop Data Recovery – 100% Quick & Safe tells exactly what you should do).

Recover Data from Dead MacBook

When your MacBook is working normally, you will not expect that it may become dead all of a sudden one day. But the truth is, accidents may happen at any time and give you a blow when you haven't backed up or fully backed up your important data inside. (MiniTool ShadowMaker is a good backup tool for you.)

In this case, the only choice seems to be getting data off hard drive quickly. Most people are willing to resort to Apple to take care of their Mac laptop hard drive recovery.

Here, I will first show you the solution that I recommend; it is suitable for users who want to control the cost of recovery. Then, I'll introduce the solution provided by Apple.

How to Recover Data from Dead MacBook Air to External Disk

How to recover data from a dead hard drive on MacBook:

First step: please get the MiniTool Mac Data Recovery Bootable Edition, which is able to get access to your hard drive data without OS.

Second step: run Bootable Media Builder to burn the bootable software to a USB/CD to make a bootable disk.

Third step: use the bootable disk to get access to the internal hard drive in the dead MacBook.

  1. Insert the bootable disk to your dead MacBook.
  2. Start the MacBook & change boot settings to make it boot from this bootable USB/CD.
  3. Boot into the hard drive on dead MacBook under guidance and enter the main interface of Mac Data Recovery.
  4. Connect the external disk that will be used to store the recovered data.

Fourth step: choose a functional module according to actual needs (Damaged Partition Recovery is recommended) and then scan the target MacBook hard drive to detect files. /variable-char-en-dev-c.html.

Fifth step: look through the scan result. If you find that it has discovered the data you need, you should pick out the files you want to recover from dead MacBook Pro. Then, press Save and choose the external disk to store them.

How to recover photos from dead MacBook pro? You should click on the Settings button and choose the certain photo types before clicking on Save.

Sixth step: at last, you should remove the external disk from the dead MacBook after laptop repair was finished completely. Now, you can connect it to another computer to see whether all files you need are recovered.

Please buy a license that includes the boot disk; otherwise, you won’t be able to recover data from a dead hard drive.

Please note:

  1. If you're running a Windows computer which has run into an unbootable system issue, you should read this page carefully. It will not only teach you how to recover data from dead hard drive, but also show you the possible causes and useful precautions for the unbootable problem.
  2. In addition, How To Recover Files After Factory Reset Laptop tells you what you should do to recover files from the Windows laptop that has been factory reset.
  3. Please be alert if you have a failing Mac hard drive; just click here when you need to recover data from it.

Recover Data from Mac Hard Drive to PC

MacBook has a built-in hard drive which makes it difficult for us to take out. Considering this, Apple provides a solution to help – connecting the logic board of dead MacBook to another MacBook through a USB-C adapter.

Well, in order to access data on a dead MacBook Pro, you must satisfy the following 2 requirements:

  • The one-year hardware warranty or AppleCare is still valid.
  • You have another MacBook at hand or are able to buy a new one.

Obviously, this solution provided by Apple is not available for all MacBook users. What's more, some users who meet the conditions refuse to adopt this way to recover hard drive. Why?

  • Some of them may think that buying another MacBook is totally a waste of money.
  • Others have their own unique reasons.

2 examples:

I have a Mac hard drive from a MacBook Pro that does not work. I connected it externally to my PC and tried to copy the files over and keep getting cyclic redundancy checks. So now I need to perform a recovery but none of my recovery software will allow me to recover from a mac onto a PC. Does anyone know of a good program that will allow me to recover these files? I tried using Virtual Lab but the trial will not let me sample the recovery and is too costly for something that might not work.– said by skeptikaltruth on Tom’s Hardware

Boot Camp Killed My Macbook Pro

I figured if anyone could help, it would be you guys. I would imagine a large majority of you are more computer savvy than anyone I know. My MBP crashed almost a year ago, I opened it one morning to find it wouldn't turn on. It doesn't properly boot, it just sounds different. The screen stays black and the light on the front isn't the same, I think it kind of goes in and out. Anyway, unfortunately I've given up on getting the Mac back, but I really need the stuff that was on it. I heard I could put this hard drive in a new MBP when I get one, but that probably won't be anytime soon. What would the cheapest and/or easiest way to retrieve my data? I was hoping a friend could somehow open its files and put it on an xhd? Something tells me it's not that easy though. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.– asked by fiddycent in Apple Communities

I advise users who can't meet the requirements or don't want to finish data recovery from hard drive by using the solution provided by Apple adopt MiniTool software since it is cost-effective.

Other Solutions to Activate Dead MacBook

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If you're not satisfied with either solution mentioned above, I still have other choices for you. However, you need to keep in mind that you should always put data security in the first place. (You can forget about how to recover data from hard drive if you have a full backup of data in dead MacBook or the data in it are not so important to you.)

Now, let's learn how to fix when MacBook won't turn on.

Way 1: Clear Parameters & Files

Step 1: reset PMU (Power Management Unit).

  1. Shutdown MacBook.
  2. Press shift + control + option + Power at the same time.
  3. Hold for a few seconds and then release.
  4. Restart MacBook to check out.

Step 2: reset PRAM (Parameter Random Access Memory).

  1. Shutdown MacBook.
  2. Press command + option + P + R + Power before the gray screen shows.
  3. Hold them until MacBook reboots again.

Step 3: delete Kernel Extension Caches.

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  1. Press shift key while MacBook is restarting to enter safe mode.
  2. Open the terminal.
  3. Delete two files (which are mainly used by the driver and some expansion modules) with root privileges by using two commands: su rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache and su rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext.
  4. Shutdown MacBook immediately.

Step 4: restart computer and wait patiently since the restarting process will become really slow after cache was deleted.

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Please be advised that this method is provided only for users who need to use MacBook urgently; it will not solve the problem fundamentally, so I still advise them to recover data from dead MacBook first and then send it to repair.

Way 2: Make Use of Disk Utility

  1. Reset PRAM & PMU by using the way mentioned above.
  2. Restart MacBook to adjust screen resolution and then turn it off.
  3. Use installation disc to boot MacBook (hold C).
  4. Enter Disk Utility and execute Verify Disk Permissions/Repair Disk Permissions.

If this still couldn't help, please resort to the next method.

Way 3: Restore System

  1. Backup all important files if you can access MacBook hard drive after trying above methods. (Or transfer data from dead MacBook Pro with the help of MiniTool Power Data Recovery Bootable Edition.)
  2. Boot into the dead MacBook with the installation disc and then reinstall OS X.
  3. Update the OS X (don’t update it to 10.4.9).
  4. Install the applications you need (iStatPro, iStatnano, Temperature Monitor, Core Temp and other apps that need to read Core Duo CPU state are not included).
  5. If MacBook can’t be opened, use the installation disc to boot and enter Disk Utility to execute Repair Permission/Repair Disk.
  6. If Boot Camp is needed, you should adjust the installation process to this step. (After you finished installing, you should repeat step 5.)

Conclusion

Considering that MacBook could fall victim to sudden failures, just like Windows laptop, it's very necessary to talk about the useful solutions to recovering from a dead MacBook. Reading here, I hope you have the basic mastery of what I’m talking about – recover data from dead MacBook & solve the dead problem.

Now, please allow me to summarize the things you should do after finding your MacBook dead:

First, you need to recall whether you have saved important data to local drive (in most cases, the answer will be affirmative) and whether you have a full backup of them. After all, data is always the most important thing and users often care the most about data security when accidents really happen.

Second, decide whether the data saved in dead MacBook are important to you.

  • If you have important data here and have the latest backup of them (or you don't care any data saved in dead MacBook), you can try to fix the dead MacBook by using any possible methods.
  • If you do have important data here, but have no backup, please adopt Power Data Recovery to recover data to external disk or make use of another MacBook to transfer data from dead MacBook.

Third, follow the methods I’ve introduced in the last part to try to fix the MacBook dead problem and make computer work normally again.

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Hope you all can find back precious data and reactivate your dead MacBook!