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Gjwilly

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Every tutorial I can find is for going from Windows to Bootcamp but I want to do the opposite.
I have an existing Bootcamp partition that I want to migrate to an actual PC.
Anybody got any tips on how I can do that?
Thanks
 

Shirasaki

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Can you believe that? That is what I suppose to do after a few days. Amazing.

My thought is using backup software available under Windows to backup windows in here, and restore it to another machine. I think this could help.
 

macenied

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Every tutorial I can find is for going from Windows to Bootcamp but I want to do the opposite.
I have an existing Bootcamp partition that I want to migrate to an actual PC.
Anybody got any tips on how I can do that?
Thanks

A BootCamp partition is just a normal Windows partition. You can use any software which supports cloning Windows across Harddisks / SSD´s.
 

Shirasaki

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A BootCamp partition is just a normal Windows partition. You can use any software which supports cloning Windows across Harddisks / SSD´s.
But I think it is needed to take care of boot manager when cloning it to a new PC. Boot information on Mac is stored inside their EFI partition.
 

macenied

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But I think it is needed to take care of boot manager when cloning it to a new PC. Boot information on Mac is stored inside their EFI partition.

Good disk cloning software should be able to do that. If you have issues though, boot the destination system from Windows installation media and let Setup repair the boot information ( automatic ). Worked for me.

BootCamp on Windows is just an Apple driver collection. BootCamp Windows is nothing special.
 
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Intell

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You can get around some of the driver problem by SysPrepping the OS when it is still on the Mac before it is transferred to the non-Mac.
 

Shirasaki

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Good disk cloning software should be able to do that. If you have issues though, boot the destination system from Windows installation media and let Setup repair the boot information ( automatic ). Worked for me.

BootCamp on Windows is just an Apple driver collection. BootCamp Windows is nothing special.
Hmm. Good thought. Thanks.

I have seen there are possible boot camp issues since destination maybe not a Mac computer. If users use Windows 10, he can try refreshing the machine with literally all applications removed, including boot camp.

But yeah. I will have a try on that.
 

macenied

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Hmm. Good thought. Thanks.

I have seen there are possible boot camp issues since destination maybe not a Mac computer. If users use Windows 10, he can try refreshing the machine with literally all applications removed, including boot camp.

But yeah. I will have a try on that.
I don't think you will have issues because the destination is not a Mac. Uninstalling bootcamp should help to keep the PC clean ( applehfs.sys, the special keyboard with its special function keys, ... ). Let us know :)
 
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