That's a safe way to work with the Windows partition, due to the fact that the Windows and OS X partitions are foreign to each other, and if you use your own normal way to repairing a Windows partition, there's always some risk that you may get Windows to work, but the boot for OS X may be corrupted, so then that needs to be fixed. If there is a booting problem with the Windows partition, then a fix USUALLY involves backing up the Win partition, then using the Boot Camp Assistant to remove the Windows partition. What exactly is the problem on the MBAir? I have never looked in Win Disk Manager at the OS X partitions, but if they are read-only, then the manager might say "unhealthy", I'm guessing.
The Boot Camp Assistant in OS X adds that 4th partition, which you already know is Windows.Īnd the Windows partition (if it is NTFS) is, by default, read-only when booted to OS X.Įither OS X or Windows have third-party apps that will allow easy file access to the other system partition. The three partitions are for OS X, and will normally be read-only from Windows, if you can access them at all. I THINK the EFI partition is modified when a boot camp partition is added for Windows. An EFI partition, and IIRC sets up the boot for both OS X and Windows (I might be wrong about the Windows, but I THINK that is mostly accurate) Usually not accessible, but part of the complement of normal partitions. A recovery partition (Recovery HD), which is bootable to run a variety of system utilities, and reinstall OS X, should that be needed. The system partition (by far the largest, with the OS, apps and data.)Ģ.
#How much do you partition for windows on mac mac
The Mac will often have 3 partitions on the drive.ġ.
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