Moving Boot Camp HDD to another Mac?

[Redneck1089]

I have a 2012 Mac Pro with an internal 2TB HDD partitioned for Windows X under Boot Camp -- 1TB for Windows, the other 1 TB for file storage under Mac OS.

I've just purchased a new Mac that should be on its way shortly, and I'm wanting to just take the HDD out of my Mac Pro and put it in a USB-C HDD enclosure.

Specifically this enclosure: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B073165ZCP/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Will I still be able to access my Windows partition via this method?


Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[Redneck1089]

Anyone?

 

[Intell]

You can access the data on it, but you likely will not be able to boot from it. Also note that by default macOS cannot write to a Windows NTFS partition.

 

[Redneck1089]

You can access the data on it, but you likely will not be able to boot from it. Also note that by default macOS cannot write to a Windows NTFS partition.

Thanks for the response.

Disappointing I won't be able to boot from it. I'll have to see if I can get a Thunderbolt enclosure for the single drive then, as I heard you can install a Windows partition on a Thunderbolt drive and have it still work.

 

[Intell]

Windows is generally picky about booting via an external drive on a Mac. Even if you put that drive on an internal bus, it'll boot but be unhappy because of how Windows activates and deal with its drivers.