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    Data transfer with Boot Camp

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by diggy, Dec 13, 2007.

  1. diggy

    diggy Notebook Deity

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    I'm stuck - I did a data migration from one Mac to another, and I had Boot Camp configured with Windows Vista. When I did the migration, I saw the Vista drive, selected it, and I assumed it moved everything over. Now, when I go to boot, the Windows drive is not there, and when I go into Boot Camp, it doesnt give me the option to remove a Boot Camp partition. Anyone done anything similar, or know what I could do to try and get that drive to come up?

    Oh, I'm running 10.5.1
     
    diggy, Dec 13, 2007
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    You'll need to install Windows on the other Mac.

    If you copied the Windows drive from one Mac to the other Mac you are wasting hard drive space; you didn't actually partition the drive. Delete these files and use the Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows correctly.

    Apple Support - Boot Camp
     
    Xander, Dec 14, 2007
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    Thanks, Xander; that makes complete sense. I was only doing it for testing to see if it could be done :) Just out of curiosity: had I created a Windows partition on the other machine and loaded Vista, then did the migration, do you think the "image" for Vista would have moved over?
     
    diggy, Dec 14, 2007
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