Re: looking for help

[Chris Murphy]

On Mar 20, 2013, at 10:24 PM, Ilya M <address@hidden> wrote:

> Testdisk sees both hdd partitions on that disk but cant write the partition 
> table ("function write_part_mac not implemented").

and

> 
> Unfortunatley, I dont have a working MacOS to try a workaround using pdisk 
> package  because if I am not mistaken pdisk is avialable only on MacOS.

write_part_mac is probably APM, and pdisk is definitely APM. This hasn't been 
used for OS X boot disks since PowerPC/OpenFirmware. While the Apple EFI 
firmware can read and boot from APM, MBR, and GPT schemes, in practice it's 
only GPT. For a Hakintosh it depends on whether you're using UEFI or BIOS 
firmware and the size of the drive. If UEFI or a disk larger than 2.2TB, use 
GPT. If BIOS,  use MBR. I say that because you seem to be also using or trying 
to use Windows on the same computer/drive? Windows on BIOS hardware will only 
boot from an MBR disk. Windows on UEFI hardware will only boot from a GPT disk. 
OS X will boot from either.

> 
> I'd like to remind that the disk which partition table I want to recover had 
> a MacOS installed (apple partition table). 

Again this type of partition scheme hasn't been used in a long time, unless 
this is somehow specific to Hackintoshes.


Chris Murphy