Boot Camp - backing up files

[C-3PBro]

I know its good to back up all my info on my comp. but I need to hurry up and install windows so i can use visual studio 2010. Has anyone had problems using Boot Camp and losing there files?

 

[balamw]

I know its good to back up all my info on my comp. but I need to hurry up and install windows so i can use visual studio 2010. Has anyone had problems using Boot Camp and losing there files?

Plenty, though a small fraction.

Visual Studio works fine in a VM, so have you considered VirtualBox instead? (At least until you can back things up).

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[Grannyville7989]

I've had no issues with data loss with Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro.

 

[balamw]

I've had no issues with data loss with Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro.

You're in the majority, but there are plenty of horror stories.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1091754/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1092328/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1086966/

just to pick a few from recent threads.

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[Grannyville7989]

Nothing's perfect. As long as you have a good back-up of your data, any data loss is just a mild inconvenience .