Cannot use the Windows Partition

So, I have seen very similar messages and followed several forums, but I can't yet figure out what to do next.

I have 8.1 Windows on my Mac.  I wanted to repartition the Windows partition and make bigger it because I was running low on space, and the Windows partition is what I use it mostly for graduate studies.  About a year ago, I took an easy youtube video and used Mini Wizard Partition re-partition space and it worked perfectly.  I have found the same video and tried to repartition the Windows partition again, but apparently I royally screwed up.

My BootCamp is not yet visible more in disk utility.  Under the partitions, there is an option called "disk0s4" greyed, but I'm not allowed to do something with it.  I can't verify or repair.  If I go to Applications, BootCamp Assistant is there, but he wants me to start the installation of BootCamp.  It was not an option to restart Windows more, and when I turned on with alt + market, Windows was not an option more.

I followed this tutorial:

http://nerdr.com/bootcamp-partition-lost-repairing-Mac-partitions/

and when I restarted my Mac, restart Windows was an option. So I thought that I fixed it! EVIL.  My screen was black and said: 'Missing Operating System '.

I downloaded EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac (because it was another suggestion), and I was able to recover and see the files on the NTFS disk0s4, so I'm quite positive, they have not all been completely erased.  Or at least the part of basic Windows is still there.  I can't recover the drive to anything, because it tells me that I will just be fitness on the same drive, and I honestly don't know how to retrieve these files will help with the side of the partition of things.

I also used TestDisk and it seemed to find my missing partition, but in the middle of analysing it, it says something like "disk too small."  After further research, I went through and took only the most recent score that seemed to be deleted with NTFS, and when you are trying to do, it would allow me to make a 'logic' partition because he said something in red, as 'bad file.'

My Mac still works perfectly, but I'm terribly need to recover my windows.

Here are my findings from a similar position:

Last login: Wed Mar 9 16:30:28 on ttys001

Anna-Owenss-MacBook-Pro: ~ acowens1$ sudo gdisk/dev/rdisk0; "exit";

GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1

WARNING: Open with shared lock devices will not have their

table partition automatically reloaded!

Scanning partition table:

MBR: hybrid

BSD: absent

APM: absent

TPG: present

Found a valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): p

Disk/dev/rdisk0: 625142448 sectors, GiB 298,1

Logical sector size: 512 bytes

Identifier (GUID) of disc: 0000429B-368F-0000-CB2D-000003440000

Partition table contains up to 128 entries

First usable sector is 34, last usable area is 625142414

The partitions will be aligned with the boundaries of sector 8

Space free total is 277435021 areas (132,3 GiB)

Starting number (sector) end (sector), Code name of size

409639 40 1 200.0 MiB EF00 EFI system partition

2 409640 268314855 127.7 giB customer AF00

3 268314856 269584391 619.9 MiB AB00 Recovery HD

4 547018752 625141759 37.3 giB 0700 BOOTCAMP

Command (? for help): r

Recovery/processing command (? for help): o

Size of the disk is 625142448 areas (298,1 GiB)

MBR disk identifier: 0x0000711C

MBR partitions:

Code of State sector Boot start end sector number

1 1 547018751 primary 0xEE

2 * 547018752 625141759 0 x 07 elementary school

Recovery/processing command (? for help): h

CAVEAT! Hybrid MBRs are flaky and dangerous! If you decide to not use one,

Simply press enter at the prompt below and your partition table MBR will be

be intact.

Type one to three GPT partition numbers, separated by spaces, to be

added to the hybrid MBR, in order: 2 3 4

Partition of EFI GPT (0xEE) place first in the MBR (good for GRUB)? (Y/N): y

Create entry for the #2 GPT partition (partition MBR #2)

Enter a hex code MBR (default AF): n

Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): n

Create entry for the #3 GPT partition (partition MBR #3)

Enter a hex code MBR (default AB):

Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): n

Create entry for the #4 GPT partition (partition MBR #4)

Enter a hex code MBR (default 07):

Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): y

Recovery/processing command (? for help): o

Size of the disk is 625142448 areas (298,1 GiB)

MBR disk identifier: 0x0000711C

MBR partitions:

Code of State sector Boot start end sector number

1 1 409639 primary 0xEE

2 409640 268314855 primary 0 x 01

3 268314856 269584391 primary 0xAB

4 * 547018752 625141759 0 x 07 elementary school

Recovery/processing command (? for help):

Now, my major dilemma is that in the original post, he said to the partition of the hybrids with the numbers of 3-4-5, but I was unable to do so.  When I tried 5, he said "partition does exist or is too large."  So I used the 2 3 4 numbers.  Now, I'm at the point where I use the w command (to write), but I don't want to do it if I didn't the other steps correctly.

1 mini Partition tool is very dangerous and should never be used on a Mac, in particular, more than once.

2. article NERDR is the most irresponsible article about these issues and causes and exacerbates still more data loss.

3. Please do not rewrite the MBR/GPT with Gdisk.

4. you must return to Testdisk. TestDisk is used only for scanning, not for the updates. All updates using Gdisk, not binding Testdisk, once the right partition headers have been found.

5 Please after the release of

diskutil list

Cs diskutil list

sudo TPG - vv - r see the/dev/disk0

sudo fdisk/dev/disk0

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