hey would making a disk image with disk utility of the bootcamp drive work as a back up? could i then just restore the partition when needed? also would this work if the bootcamp partition is formatted as ntfs?
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backing up bootcamp partition?
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dcl
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Not hard to backup, any window backup program will do it - Mac backup programs won't.
Used Bootcamp and VMWare Fusion on old computer.
Tried the firewire transfer offered during OS X setup from old to new MB -
Bootcamp drive was a NO GO.
Problem is restoring it.😡 - Apple Tech - said you will have to reinstall bootcamp & windows - before even thinking of using an image, or backup restore software.
Much easier with VMWare Fusion😀
Used SuperDuper! to backup old MB to external backup drive. Then, from external drive to MBP also with SuperDuper!. At first didn't work. but after fixing permission with OS X Disk Utility, everything worked perfectly.
I have stopped using Bootcamp.
Used Bootcamp and VMWare Fusion on old computer.
Tried the firewire transfer offered during OS X setup from old to new MB -
Bootcamp drive was a NO GO.
Problem is restoring it.😡 - Apple Tech - said you will have to reinstall bootcamp & windows - before even thinking of using an image, or backup restore software.
Much easier with VMWare Fusion😀
Used SuperDuper! to backup old MB to external backup drive. Then, from external drive to MBP also with SuperDuper!. At first didn't work. but after fixing permission with OS X Disk Utility, everything worked perfectly.
I have stopped using Bootcamp.
davinche
macrumors regular
http://www.twocanoes.com/winclone/
I used it to backup and restore my boot camp partition when I got my current MBP.
I used it to backup and restore my boot camp partition when I got my current MBP.