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    Possibility to combine bootcamp and parallels?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Devenox, Oct 19, 2014.

  1. Devenox

    Devenox Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi

    Since i have to use REVIT for work and play some games, I need windows
    What I want is mac OS + bootcamp + parallels,
    BUT i don't want to waste 60 gigs of space on OSes, is there a way to combine bootcamp and parallels?
    What are the disadvantages of it?
     
    Devenox, Oct 19, 2014
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    Parallels will work with a Boot Camp installation. The only catch is that you'll probably have to reactivate Windows, which might require you to use MS' call-in service.
     
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    and where can that be found/enabled?
     
    Devenox, Oct 19, 2014
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    Install Parallels and follow the prompts. Once it configures everything, and the Parallels support software is installed (again, it should prompt you or do it automatically), Windows will pop up the alert to activate from the system tray. If it won't activate online, you can use the phone method.
     
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  5. kais91

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    setup the boot camp partition first. then when you open parallels or vmware fusion (i personally prefer fusion) you should be able to import the boot camp partition.
     
    kais91, Nov 3, 2014
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    Can't use adjust the amount of storage to give to a Bootcamp partition? Or is it stuck at 60GB?
     
    Jarhead, Nov 3, 2014
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    There is software that is supposed to allow for adjustment of a Boot Camp partition, but it's not reliable. The only tried and true way to change this is to remove and reinstall Windows. This isn't relevant, though, because Parallels and Boot Camp can co-exist just fine without needing to install another copy of Windows.
     
    saturnotaku, Nov 3, 2014
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    couldn't you just shrink the os x partition in disk utility, format it as fat and extend the bootcamp volume from disk management in windows?
     
    kais91, Nov 4, 2014
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    No.

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    saturnotaku, Nov 4, 2014
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