View Full Version : Best method to clone a dual boot MacBook Air?
goodcow
May 21, 2008, 11:44 AM
We got 20 MacBook Air's in at our campus to be distributed to certain faculty and staff. What's the best method to clone these once they're dual-booted? Without firewire and target mode I have a feeling this is going to be really painful... but hopefully somebody here has done this already and has suggestions.
Thanks.
Philflow
May 21, 2008, 11:49 AM
I have not tested it yet but I think Acronis True Image could do it.
You make a bootable CD with the program, boot from the cd and then you can clone the harddisk.
I've done this in Windows environments, but never with a Mac partition.
glitch44
May 21, 2008, 11:59 AM
you posted this in the Macbook Air specific forum. you might also try the Windows on Mac forum (http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?f=86), as it's not specifically a MBA problem...
Consultant
May 21, 2008, 12:22 PM
Mac OS: Carbon Copy Cloner or there is another app
Windows: Winclone that runs in Mac OS, but you might need a corporate version for duplication, otherwise you need to duplicate it before registering windows.
You might need to partition manually after cloning the Mac OS.
Not sure if there is a way to automate it.
I think if you search Winclone in MR forums you will find lots of threads on cloning both Mac and Windows OS.
vBulletin® v3.8.6, Copyright ©2000-2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.