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Possible to select booting from Windows in OS X?

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npriess

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Nov 12, 2008
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Hi,

When I boot up in Windows 7 I have always restarted from OS X and held the alt key during startup.
But isn't it possible somewhere in OS X to select 'restart in bootcamp partition' or something? :)
 
Maybe I explained it in a wrong way - but I would like to boot windows from within OS X - is that possible? Instead of having to restart and press alt
 
No, you hve to restart with Bootcamp. However, with emulation software you can run both without reboot
 
Have you tried under "Startup Disk" in system preferences? Do Bootcamp partions show up there?
 

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Try rEFIt. It will prompt you for a boot partition each time the computer starts, defaulting to the OS X partition if you do nothing for 20 seconds. It saves you from having to hold the option key, and from having to restart a second time if you forget to do so.
 
I found an AppleScript somewhere on the 'Net (perhaps here, perhaps Doug's Scripts) that sets the startup disk to the partition you specify, and reboots.

When I get home to my iMac, I'll post it here.
 
IF you want to run another OS (windows, linux, etc.) when OSX is running, then you need

- VMWare
- Parallels
- VirtualBox
 
Okay, here's the script I promised, two lines long. I've separated them with a blank line below. Paste these into Script Editor, and substitute the name of your Windows volume and your admin password in the appropriate places. Then save with a useful name (I use "Restart To Windows" myself).
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do shell script "bless -mount /Volumes/YourWindowsPartition/ -legacy -setBoot" password "YourPassword" with administrator privileges

do shell script "shutdown -r now" password "YourPassword" with administrator privileges

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This will immediately set the startup boot disk to your Windows partition, and immediately reboot. No, I don't have any "warning dialogs", so use with caution, or program your own (I'm a total AppleScript noob).

NOTE: The startup disk reset here is persistent. If you do a normal Windows restart after using this script to switch to the Windows partition, it will restart in Windows automatically, which is very handy for Windows Update and other software installations that require a reboot. You can then use the Boot Camp Assistant system tray icon to restart back to OS X, or hold down the Option key as per normal Boot Camp instructions.
 
I'll try BootChamp when I get home - thanks so far.

However, the boot camp partition does is not visible in my system preferences under start disk. Should it be?
 
I have paragon ntfs for mac installed.
Along with MacFUSE which came with vmware fusion. Could this be the problem?
 
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