Can I install Lion, and keep my Win bootcamp partition?

chibabah · Jul 21, 2011, 08:47 AM

I've been searching, but can't find a clear answer. If I install Lion over SL on a system that has a bootable Win7 partition, will Lion corrupt it?

I've seen some indicators of yes and no, as well as a few open threads. If anyone has links to this info, I would love to hear more.

... If you came here looking for something else, here is other info I found along the way.

Does Lion Have Bootcamp drivers? [yes]
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...=lion+bootcamp

Can I install Lion while using bootcamp partitions? [mixed]
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...=lion+bootcamp

Lion messed up my bootcamp - I can boot from it, but can't see it mounted [still in progress]
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...=lion+bootcamp

bikerc · Jul 21, 2011, 10:33 PM

Ditto.

Check also this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/appl...-bootcamp.html

PS: Can you move your post to the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion sub-forum?

TheCodec · May 4, 2012, 01:27 AM

I had the same problem after I upgraded to LION but found a solution.

2 parts of the problem:

1. Can't see the windows 7 partition or Windows 7 not mounted in Lion OSX

2. reFIT (associated with bootChamp I think) was NOT working.
Not letting me choose which OS to boot into.

To solve the reFIT problem:
RESTART YOUR MAC 3 times.
On the third time reFIT finally woke up and started doing its job and I could choose to boot into the Windows 7 partition, no problem. I remember when I first installed reFIT I had to restart a few times for it to work.

To solve the NTFS problem (windows partition not mounted):
Download and install the latest ver of NTFS-3g

http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/

Once it was installed and I restarted, everything just WORKED like magic.
With the trial version still running, I could copy a file from Mac to Win7 ( Some higher level folders were locked eg. DOCUMENTS, although within documents I could put the file in a subfolder.) AND I could copy a file from win7 into Mac.
There's a 15 day trial to see that you can access/read/write to windows partition. The full version is about $25. Or you can do it the hard way and search for crackz and serials but GOOD LUCK with that one. Just buy it.

Im not saying this is the only/cheapest/best solution, Just saying it worked for me. I know that when I installed Lion and refit stopped working I immediately panicked and searched forums for a solution. I didn't remember the restart 3 times thing.

Jul 21, 2011, 08:47 AM	#1
chibabah macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2010	Can I install Lion, and keep my Win bootcamp partition? I've been searching, but can't find a clear answer. If I install Lion over SL on a system that has a bootable Win7 partition, will Lion corrupt it? I've seen some indicators of yes and no, as well as a few open threads. If anyone has links to this info, I would love to hear more. ... If you came here looking for something else, here is other info I found along the way. Does Lion Have Bootcamp drivers? [yes] http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...=lion+bootcamp Can I install Lion while using bootcamp partitions? [mixed] http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...=lion+bootcamp Lion messed up my bootcamp - I can boot from it, but can't see it mounted [still in progress] http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...=lion+bootcamp
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Jul 21, 2011, 10:33 PM	#2
bikerc macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2011	Ditto. Check also this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/appl...-bootcamp.html PS: Can you move your post to the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion sub-forum?
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May 4, 2012, 01:27 AM	#3
TheCodec macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2012	I had the same problem after I upgraded to LION but found a solution. 2 parts of the problem: 1. Can't see the windows 7 partition or Windows 7 not mounted in Lion OSX 2. reFIT (associated with bootChamp I think) was NOT working. Not letting me choose which OS to boot into. To solve the reFIT problem: RESTART YOUR MAC 3 times. On the third time reFIT finally woke up and started doing its job and I could choose to boot into the Windows 7 partition, no problem. I remember when I first installed reFIT I had to restart a few times for it to work. To solve the NTFS problem (windows partition not mounted): Download and install the latest ver of NTFS-3g http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/ Once it was installed and I restarted, everything just WORKED like magic. With the trial version still running, I could copy a file from Mac to Win7 ( Some higher level folders were locked eg. DOCUMENTS, although within documents I could put the file in a subfolder.) AND I could copy a file from win7 into Mac. There's a 15 day trial to see that you can access/read/write to windows partition. The full version is about $25. Or you can do it the hard way and search for crackz and serials but GOOD LUCK with that one. Just buy it. Im not saying this is the only/cheapest/best solution, Just saying it worked for me. I know that when I installed Lion and refit stopped working I immediately panicked and searched forums for a solution. I didn't remember the restart 3 times thing.
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