How I migrated my Boot Camp setup into Parallels...

Aug 19, 2006, 05:02 PM #21
cybertubby Junior Member Join: Jul 2006 Posts: 26	Following Colddiver's advice (see 1st msg in thread), I used "snapshot" which worked very well (as far as I know). For you there may be easier ways.

Aug 25, 2006, 09:46 PM

#22

sparky
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Quote:

Originally Posted by cybertubby

Following Colddiver's advice (see 1st msg in thread), I used "snapshot" which worked very well
(as far as I know). For you there may be easier ways.

I found that a product called Acronis True Image was much easier to use than Snapshot. Snapshot would forget the MBR (master boot record), give a cryptic error message, and not give very clear directions to restore the MBR.

Since my hard drive was not from Boot Camp, I just needed an exact copy that was also bootable.

Here's what I used and it has a 15 day trial.

http://www.acronis.com/promo/ATI/true-image-010.html

Very easy and it worked perfectly.

Oct 31, 2006, 11:01 AM #23
wrwebb79 Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 4	Wow. OK...There is no way I can do all that stuff! But I just need windows for a stats program, office, outlook calendar, VZbroadband dial-up, and a VPN. I am thinking it will be easier to uninstall Boot Camp and all my crap there, install Parallels, and reinstall all my stuff. How can I totally clean out Boot Camp, the partition, and everything I have installed on it?

Oct 31, 2006, 11:07 AM

#24

sparky
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Quote:

Originally Posted by wrwebb79

OK...There is no way I can do all that stuff! But I just need windows for a stats program, office, outlook calendar, VZbroadband dial-up, and a VPN. I am thinking it will be easier to uninstall Boot Camp and all my crap there, install Parallels, and reinstall all my stuff.

How can I totally clean out Boot Camp, the partition, and everything I have installed on it?

That's easy. Just use Apple's BootCamp utility/setup program to remove the partition... and BAM, gone- and the extra space added back to your Mac.

Oct 31, 2006, 11:09 AM #25
wrwebb79 Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 4	No shit? It erases windows, os, etc. - everything that was on the other side of the parition?

Oct 31, 2006, 11:24 AM

#26

sparky
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Quote:

Originally Posted by wrwebb79

No shit? It erases windows, os, etc. - everything that was on the other side of the parition?

Yeah, what did you think it would do?

Otherwise do nothing and the partition is safe.

Dec 2, 2006, 01:19 PM #27
runrun Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 2	I'd love to give this a try and use parallels for my Bootcamp partition, and reclaim the space. I have a parallels install now seperate from my bootcamp, but I usually use my Bootcamp version because I can't get parallels to properly see my wacom tablet.

Jan 18, 2007, 02:43 PM

#28

SKIN
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Quote:

Originally Posted by visualpeople

Do you think this would work to clone a regular PC? I have a 5+ year old dell sitting under my desk that has a bunch of stuff on it, but I'd love to get rid of it...

Maybe I'll give this a try this weekend, anyone else alredy tried?

Check out my post...

http://forum.parallels.com/thread7910.html

Jan 19, 2007, 02:11 AM

#29

joem
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Quote:

Originally Posted by wrwebb79

No shit? It erases windows, os, etc. - everything that was on the other side of the parition?

Sort of. It removes the partition, returning the space to the OSX partition. The bits are still there, however, and forensic recovery is possible. If you really want the data deleted, you need to use a utility to overwrite the free space on the OSX partition after you remove the bootcamp partition.

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Jan 19, 2007, 07:28 PM #30
VTSkier Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 13	Is there a way to migrate the VM into BootCamp?

Jan 23, 2007, 10:55 AM #31
dimplemonkey Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 1	Is this going to be a feature yet? I was wondering if Parallels would be able to migrate over the Boot Camp partition or be able to read the partition and boot off of it. With rumors of Apple charging Tiger user for Boot Camp, I'd like to move and clear this partition but still use it to some degree. tia.

Jan 23, 2007, 08:22 PM #32
brensparallel Junior Member Join: Jan 2007 Posts: 2	I've run into a snag trying your advice Colddiver I've followed all your advice and am stuck when I try to boot off the CD after opening my newly created drive with the restored snapshot on it. Here is the message I get when I try to open it. Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot pat and dish hardware...... I was booting from the Windows XP cd. I've been searching for a fix for the past two days. Do you have any ideas how I can resolve this problem? Thank you very much for your help. Brenda

Jan 23, 2007, 08:22 PM

#32

brensparallel
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I've run into a snag trying your advice

Colddiver

I've followed all your advice and am stuck when I try to boot off the CD after opening my newly created drive with the restored snapshot on it. Here is the message I get when I try to open it.

Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot pat and dish hardware......

I was booting from the Windows XP cd. I've been searching for a fix for the past two days. Do you have any ideas how I can resolve this problem? Thank you very much for your help.

Brenda

Feb 21, 2007, 08:31 AM #33
mmulin Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 34	transporter anyone tried using the new transporter? install it on the XP running under parallels make sure network-wise XP and MacOSX see each other run the tool from the MacOSX use the image for a new VM ditch the bootcamp partition ???..highly theoretical

Feb 21, 2007, 09:57 AM

#34

mmulin
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Quote:

Originally Posted by mmulin

anyone tried using the new transporter?

install it on the XP running under parallels
make sure network-wise XP and MacOSX see each other
run the tool from the MacOSX
use the image for a new VM
ditch the bootcamp partition

???..highly theoretical

thanks to insomnia am here to report that it works sweet

Jun 18, 2007, 07:18 AM

#35

ard
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Quote:

Originally Posted by frank

You can directly copy the BootCamp partition from a UNIX command shell (first eject the disk if it is visible in the Finder):

cp /dev/disk0s3 C.hdd

The generated file mounts directly in Parallels and is visible under a (previously installed) Windows (sic!), but not bootable. So create a new disk in Parallels, mount both C.hdd and the new disk (e.g. as D: and E:), boot into Windows under Parallels, and make a full file-by-file copy from D: to E: using Windows tools such as XCOPY or ROBOCOPY.

I guess there must be additional arguments to the cp command. When issuing this command in the Terminal app, one gets

usage: cp [-R [-H | -L| -P]] [-f|-l|-n] [-pv] src target

Jul 9, 2007, 11:30 PM

#36

jonlikesbikes
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Quote:

Originally Posted by mmulin

thanks to insomnia am here to report that it works sweet

This is also the way I did it (with Transporter). It worked really well! One step instead of 7+

Jul 16, 2007, 11:47 PM #37
elfgeek Junior Member Join: Jul 2007 Posts: 1	Possibly a simpler method... 1. Add a second virtual disk to your Boot Camp configuration in parallels (At least large as your Boot Camp partition). 2. Boot into windows and format the disk to match your Boot Camp (NTFS in my case). 3. Use XXCLONE (http://www.xxclone.com) in windows to clone your Boot Camp partition to your new disk. 4. User XXCLONE to make the new disk bootable and copy the disks volume identifier. 5. Copy the boot.ini from the boot camp partition to the new disk. 6. Create a new Parallels configuration to boot off the new disk.

Jul 16, 2007, 11:47 PM

#37

elfgeek
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Possibly a simpler method...

1. Add a second virtual disk to your Boot Camp configuration in parallels (At least large as your Boot Camp partition).
2. Boot into windows and format the disk to match your Boot Camp (NTFS in my case).
3. Use XXCLONE (http://www.xxclone.com) in windows to clone your Boot Camp partition to your new disk.
4. User XXCLONE to make the new disk bootable and copy the disks volume identifier.
5. Copy the boot.ini from the boot camp partition to the new disk.
6. Create a new Parallels configuration to boot off the new disk.

Aug 2, 2007, 10:10 PM #38
mmulin Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 34	or all much easier using transporter

Aug 14, 2007, 07:25 PM

#39

maxine2002
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XXCLONE method worked for me

Quote:

Originally Posted by elfgeek

Thanks for these instructions. I couldn't get Transporter to work--maybe because I have a lot of files on my Boot Camp partition or ??? XXClone is simple to use and I now have a new VM using the cloned image.

Sep 8, 2007, 06:18 PM #40
aydogdu11 Junior Member Join: Sep 2007 Posts: 8	Transporter cannot be used for BootCamp partition according to its help file! Does anyone know whether there is another easier way to back up everything (preferably the partioned bootable BootCamp disk itself) in BootCamp partition? I have an external hard drive which came as formatted so that I could use it both with Windows and MAC. Any help would be appreciated, as I am a newbe convert from Windows to Mac. Thanks.

Sep 8, 2007, 06:18 PM

#40

aydogdu11
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Transporter cannot be used for BootCamp partition according to its help file! Does anyone know whether there is another easier way to back up everything (preferably the partioned bootable BootCamp disk itself) in BootCamp partition? I have an external hard drive which came as formatted so that I could use it both with Windows and MAC. Any help would be appreciated, as I am a newbe convert from Windows to Mac.
Thanks.

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