3TB iMac and Boot Camp - Page 4

torana355 · Jan 1, 2013, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by lucasfunkt

People who use boot camp, how much hard drive space is good to partition to boot camp if you're starting with say a 1TB fusion drive?

If I were to just use boot camp to play just a couple of games (Metro Last Light when it comes out I'm thinking).

Would something like 20gb-25gb be good enough?

Im my case i have just Windows 7 Ultimate and Far cry 3 installed and im using 55gb. I would recommend at least 100GB unless you plan to install your games on a separate partition or drive.

uptownnyc · Jan 8, 2013, 10:38 PM

I'm totally new to Bootcamp. I'm hoping to get Bootcamp up and running on my 3tb drive - but probably won't need to game right away. Considering how the 3tb drive requires partitions to be ordered in a certain way, is Bootcamp something that must be done on a new machine before using your Mac?

Is it now or never if I want to setup Bootcamp, or is it possible to do it later-on?

hfg · Jan 8, 2013, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by uptownnyc

I'm totally new to Bootcamp. I'm hoping to get Bootcamp up and running on my 3tb drive - but probably won't need to game right away. Considering how the 3tb drive requires partitions to be ordered in a certain way, is Bootcamp something that must be done on a new machine before using your Mac?

Is it now or never if I want to setup Bootcamp, or is it possible to do it later-on?

You can do it any time ... however keep in mind that you will have to make a backup or clone before starting as the operations required to break the Fusion drive, repartition the 3TB hard disk, and rejoin the Fusion drive will cause both drives to be reformatted. Once you have your new Fusion drive operational, you will have to restore your data from the backup. The less data you have on your disk, the less time this will all take.

Of course ... you need to keep backups anyway!

-howard

Coffee Minutes · Jan 8, 2013, 11:39 PM

This tutorial will help you get around the 2.2TB limit while attempting to partition the 3TB drive.

http://www.twocanoes.com/support/win...7%29-and-later

MacCruiZe · Jan 9, 2013, 12:51 AM

Windows still working great on my iMac 3TB Fusion !! Boots up in about 35 seconds, runs Call of Duty amazingly well , 15 seconds for the OSX on fusion boot up .

Raima · Feb 28, 2013, 10:42 PM

Bumping this thread as it's pretty serious IMO. if I had known, I would have stayed with the 1TB drive.

torana355 · Mar 1, 2013, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Raima

Bumping this thread as it's pretty serious IMO. if I had known, I would have stayed with the 1TB drive.

10.8.3 allows Windows to be installed anyway.....

Raima · Mar 1, 2013, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by torana355

10.8.3 allows Windows to be installed anyway.....

I'm just curious, Where are you getting your information?

According to

No such information you mentioned is listed.

I3D · Mar 14, 2013, 08:48 PM

Hey Guys

With this new update to bootcamp, where does this leave us who performed this hack? do we need to trash everything and start fresh?

Cheers.

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Coffee Minutes macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2012	This tutorial will help you get around the 2.2TB limit while attempting to partition the 3TB drive. http://www.twocanoes.com/support/win...7%29-and-later __________________ 2012 13" MBA 1.8GHz i5, 8GB, 256GB SSD iPhone 5 32GB
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Raima macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2010	Bumping this thread as it's pretty serious IMO. if I had known, I would have stayed with the 1TB drive. __________________ MBA11 1.7Ghz i5 4gb RAM 128 SSD rMBP15 2.3Ghz i7 Quad Core 8gb RAM 256 SSD iMac27 2.8Ghz i7 32gb RAM 500GB SSD 9TB Ext Raid 5 iMac27 3.4Ghz i7 24gb RAM 3TB Fusion
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Jan 8, 2013, 10:38 PM	#77
uptownnyc macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2011	I'm totally new to Bootcamp. I'm hoping to get Bootcamp up and running on my 3tb drive - but probably won't need to game right away. Considering how the 3tb drive requires partitions to be ordered in a certain way, is Bootcamp something that must be done on a new machine before using your Mac? Is it now or never if I want to setup Bootcamp, or is it possible to do it later-on?
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Jan 9, 2013, 12:51 AM	#80
MacCruiZe macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2012	Windows still working great on my iMac 3TB Fusion !! Boots up in about 35 seconds, runs Call of Duty amazingly well , 15 seconds for the OSX on fusion boot up .
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Mar 14, 2013, 08:48 PM	#84
I3D macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2011	Hey Guys With this new update to bootcamp, where does this leave us who performed this hack? do we need to trash everything and start fresh? Cheers.
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