Hi folks,
I now have a working Windows 7 partition on my Macbook. I currently
use Carbon Copy Cloner to back up my Mac HD. I also have Time machine running
as well.
I don't want to have to go through the process of getting Windows up
again. How do I best back up this Bootcamp
Have you tried WinClone?
Gordon
On 2 Sep 2011, at 05:16, Eric Caron wrote:
Hi folks,
I now have a working Windows 7 partition on my Macbook. I currently
use Carbon Copy Cloner to back up my Mac HD. I also have Time machine running
as well.
I don't want to have to go through
Gordon,
I didn't know about Win clone I Googled it, downloaded it, ran it, and
no go it only works on Leopard and Snowy, On one site it alsop said it was
discontinued. I don't know if that means on that site or in general. The
version I found was 2.2.
Is there another option out th
Hi Eric
We neither of us knew about that discontinuation of the software, sorry about
that. Actually this is something that you should be able to get over by doing
a sector-level backup of the hard drive. I'm sure there are Mac utilities out
there which do that. I will investigate.
Gordon
Hi Gordon and others,
Perhaps I need to use VM Fusion? I don't use windows much so bootcamp
was good enough for me. also I only have 4 GB ram so I did not want to share
resources. If I were to instal VM Fusion would windows then back up with CCC
as part of my Macintosh HD? Also, Can
Eric
Fusion isn't a backup utility, so you'd be no better off.
Gordon
On 2 Sep 2011, at 20:09, Eric Caron wrote:
Hi Gordon and others,
Perhaps I need to use VM Fusion? I don't use windows much so bootcamp
was good enough for me. also I only have 4 GB ram so I did not want to share
Hi Eric,
Your assumption about being able to back up your FUsion VM with CCC is correct.
When you don't want your Mac's resources being used by Windows, simply stop the
VM. I use a Fusion VM of Windows 7 with 2 GB of ram and it works quite nicely.
There's no noticeable slowdown on the Mac side
I was hoping that once VM Fusion was running with Windows CCC would consider it
part of the Macintosh HD and just back up the whole thing. I could then
ultimately ditch bootcamp. It sounds like that is not the case.
So other solutions would be greatly appreciated!
Eric Caron
On Sep 2, 2011,
Hi Eric,
THe question is whether or not you're running a VM with a virtualized hard
disk. If you do that, then yes, the VM is just one more file for CCC to back
up on your Macintosh HD. If not, and you use the Bootcamp partition with
Fusion, I'm not sure what happens, as I've never needed that
Hello Zack
I have been participating in, and watching this thread and I have a query. My
understanding is that, if you want to backup a BC partition from the mac you'd
have to use a sector-level backup utility. I don't think either Super Duper! or
CCC will allow you to do that because as I unde
Eric
It would, but not if it's a BC partition.
Lynne
On 2 Sep 2011, at 20:23, Eric Caron wrote:
I was hoping that once VM Fusion was running with Windows CCC would consider it
part of the Macintosh HD and just back up the whole thing. I could then
ultimately ditch bootcamp. It sounds like t
Hi Lynn,
You're quite correct. CCC or SuperDuper would not back up any bootcamp
partition, you'd need another backup utility to do that. I'm not sure what
programs are available for such tasks, as I find CCC adequate for my needs.
This is probably a good argument in favor of single-file VM c
hello Zack
And the point I was trying to make here, but neglected too was that even if you
used Fusion and ran your instance of Windows from that using your BC partition
which, I am sure, is perfectly possible, that wouldn't enable you to back up
the Windows install any more easily. So you'd be
Hi All,
I don't use Windows through BootCamp or VMWare Fusion, but I thought I would
quote the results of a Google search from the Carbon Copy Cloner FAQ:
http://help.bombich.com/kb/troubleshooting/can-ccc-back-up-my-bootcamp-windows-partition
Home → Knowledge Base → Frequently Asked Questions a
ester, gordon, Zack, and all
This quest for a backup solution has been much more difficult then I
anticipated. I just wanted either Carbon Copy Cloner to take care of
everything or find something on the Mac side to do the equivalent. Esther's
post clarified many things for me. Even
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