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Clone bootcamp drive but I cant log into Windows
Hi Everyone,
I have a Macbook Pro with a 150 gig drive that has Windows 7 on a 75 gig partiton and Mac OS X on the other 75 gig partition.
The hard drive was partitioned using bootcamp when I installed Windows on it.
Now, I am running out of room on my Windows partition so I purchased a 500 gig drive and cloned the current drive using Acronis True Image 2012. On the new drive, I left the Mac partition at 75 gig and the rest for Windows.
The clone was sucessful but when I press option on boot up, I only see the Mac OS. I checked the drive and I can see the Windows files on the disk so they are there.
How can I get the Windows partition to load when I press option?
I have a Macbook Pro with a 150 gig drive that has Windows 7 on a 75 gig partiton and Mac OS X on the other 75 gig partition.
The hard drive was partitioned using bootcamp when I installed Windows on it.
Now, I am running out of room on my Windows partition so I purchased a 500 gig drive and cloned the current drive using Acronis True Image 2012. On the new drive, I left the Mac partition at 75 gig and the rest for Windows.
The clone was sucessful but when I press option on boot up, I only see the Mac OS. I checked the drive and I can see the Windows files on the disk so they are there.
How can I get the Windows partition to load when I press option?
Mac OS XWindows OSWindows 7Acronis
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You may be able to get this to work by installing rEFIt as an alternate boot manager on the mac OS X partition.
Try cloning the HDD with this tool: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/dc-mac/
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@roylong - after installing rEFit and rebooting a few times, all i get is a flashing black cursor on boot up. Any suggestions?
@strung - thanks for the winclone suggestion. I will try that next if rEFit doesnt work.
@strung - thanks for the winclone suggestion. I will try that next if rEFit doesnt work.
which version of OS X are you running? did you get the EFI boot screen first and then get the flashing cursor after selecting the Win partition?
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OSX version is 10.5.8.
No EFI boot screen just a black flashing cursor right after the mac startup chime.
No EFI boot screen just a black flashing cursor right after the mac startup chime.
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Ok let me put the original drive back and then partition the new one using boot camp and then do the clone.
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Thank you guys for all your help.
Here are the steps I took to fix this issue.
1. I used winclone 2.2 to image the windows 7 partition onto a USB drive
2. I then used the OS X install disk to make a image of Mac OS X onto a USB Drive
3. I restored the OS X image using Disk Utility onto the new SATA drive
4. Booted the MBP with new SATA drive and ran BootCamp to partition the drive
5. Restore the windows 7 image onto the new drive using winclone 2.2
6. Rebooted the MBP into windows 7 and it worked
Here are the steps I took to fix this issue.
1. I used winclone 2.2 to image the windows 7 partition onto a USB drive
2. I then used the OS X install disk to make a image of Mac OS X onto a USB Drive
3. I restored the OS X image using Disk Utility onto the new SATA drive
4. Booted the MBP with new SATA drive and ran BootCamp to partition the drive
5. Restore the windows 7 image onto the new drive using winclone 2.2
6. Rebooted the MBP into windows 7 and it worked