Comments on: Another new hard disk...and an unsolved problem
Peter Glaskowsky upgrades the hard disk in his MacBook Pro, but asks for reader help in migrating the contents of his Boot Camp partition for Windows.
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If you were using a PC you'd be done by now.
http://blog.fosketts.net/2008/06/25/upgraded-320-gb-in-a-macbook-pro/
Maybe it'll help you and your readers?
Stephen
We've used this several times to do exactly what you're trying to do. It's also handy for making backup images of BootCamp partitions for quick restores later.
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- by Mr. Dee October 13, 2008 10:15 AM PDT
- The problem is with Vista requiring an exact replica of the partition layout, especially if you used Complete PC Backup (Vista Business, Enterprise or Ultimate). Then again, OS X and Macs in general use a different boot table, so Apple should be the ones responsible for ensuring better migration when you upgrade hardware. Time Machine by default should backup both OS X partitions and Boot Camp partition layouts at minimum.
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