Before you begin all this, the original post doesn't make it very clear that you MUST have a backup of all the files in your windows installation.
Also, be aware that I don't believe that any special permissions will be copied over with the files - NTFS has a very rich set of ACLs that it supports and I don't think this information will be preserved. I don't know if it matters, but I believe that some critical system files should have certain permissions under Windows. Maybe in the conversion from FAT32 to NTFS once you've got Windows all restored then the correct permissions are applied as FAT32 doesn't support any kind of ACLs or extended attributes. If you have been using Services for Macintosh or Extreme•Z IP on the Windows side of things, be aware that it stores resource fork information for Macs in NTFS alternate data streams, and this data will be lost if you follow the steps outlined above. --- k:.
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Jun 13, 2014 The free disk space (available disk space) reported in Disk Utility, About My Mac and Finder is inconsitent. I have attached a screenshot. Please help me to resolve this issue. Notice that the free space reported: About This Mac - 26.75 GB; Disk Utility - 26.75; Finder - 120.97 GB. Jun 08, 2020 Backup your Mac in External Drive using Time Machine, or Copy the important files and folders to an external USB drive or External Hard Disk.; Clean up Mac and Re-Install macOS. Go to the Apple logo ( ) From the top mac menu Click on Restart option.; Next, During the next startup your Mac, Press, and Hold Command + R key from the Keyboard. Until you see the MacOS Utility window on the. Dec 14, 2015 El Capitan OS X Yosemite OS X Macbook Pro iMac Mac mini, How to Free Up Space Used By Time Machine's Local backup,How to free up disk space on your Mac, How to Reclaim Disk Space.
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I have tried this hint and it works.
I made a backup of my bootcamp FIRST (!!!!) Then took all the steps indicated in the original post. One thing I didn't bother with is going all the way through the windows installation. When I got to the key entry, I just rebooted, by then Bootcamp had made it's multi-boot partition installation and the new partition was formatted. From there, I deleted the contents (had to unlock files (use 'see info' on the files to unlock them)) and made sure that I installed the first 4 files first. Then it worked. Variable sized Bootcamp. --- Shhh.. MacOSX is BSD.. shhhh!
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Hi,
I am new with bootcamp. How did you backup the bootcamp first? Bernie
10.4: Backup, restore, resize, and convert Boot Camp partitions
I agree. This instruction is highly misleading as the author assumes that a disk image is already made. Here is another comment: it seems that FAT32 partitions cannot be greater than 32GB. So what if i wanted to resize to a 40GB partition? I assume that the requirement to use fat is due to the fact that MacOS cannot write to NTFS partitions. However, what about using MacFuse (http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/)? Does that work?
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I haven't tried this technique, but NTFS-3G via MacFUSE does work pretty well. The write speed is slow (see the FAQ on the MacFUSE wiki page at Google for why), but it's functional.
The other problem with FAT32 is the lack of support for large files (over 4GB).. So, even if this did work, you couldn't write the image file to a FAT32 disk. See my other reply for something that I know does actually work, seeing as how I've done it.
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I love the 'I haven't actually tried this' disclaimer; that helps build confidence that your idea is valid and should be relied upon..
I managed to upgrade my HDD and resize my BootCamp partition all at the same time, and -- did I mention -- actually performed these actions in the real world, not merely in theory. If you aren't replacing the HDD, and are squeamish about trying to dynamically grow the partition, then you can just use WinClone to backup the BootCamp partition to a file, then use BootCamp Assistant to delete and recreate the partition, start the install, cancel out after formatting, and then use WinClone to restore the image to the new, bigger partition.. Anyhow, here's my list of steps, including the HDD upgrade and making VMWare Fusion happy again after the transformation: http://lonewolf-links.blogspot.com/2007/09/mbp-w-bootcamp-seamless-hdd-upgrade.html Hopefully, it will help somebody out. --KG
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Thanks for the timely write-up!
Your summary was the best I've found. I followed your roadmap with a few minor differences: 1) I had a FAT32 Windows partition, and intended to keep it that way so I can read and write from OS X, so I followed the instructions to use the 'Restore' feature of Disk Utility to backup and restore the Windows partition. This worked very well. Detailed instructions are available at: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3463298#3463298 2) I ended up buying a Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360SU at the local MicroCenter, since I needed it right away, instead of getting the enclosure from OWC. 3) For some reason, the drive initialization defauled to the Apple Partition Format, not the required GUID Partition Table, so after reloading from SuperDuper, I could not get Boot Camp Assistant to partition for Windows. I had to re-format the drive and select the proper partition scheme. I would have assumed that with the external drive attached (via FireWire -- this was a different enclosure on a different drive than the one mentioned above) to my MacBook Pro, that the GUID partition map would have been the default partition type. Other than that, it worked like a champ!
Mar 12, 2020 Select Install macOS (or Install OS X) from the Utilities window, then click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions. Learn more For more information about the createinstallmedia command and the arguments that you can use with it, make sure that the macOS installer is in your Applications folder, then enter this path in Terminal. Os x boot usb. When OS X shipped on a DVD a good number of years ago, you always had the convenience of a bootable installer—an OS X installer that could be used to boot your Mac if its own drive was having. Sep 14, 2015 If your Mac doesn’t boot from an external volume or the drive doesn’t show up in Startup Manager even though it contains a bootable copy of OS X, it might need repair. The first order of business should be attempting to repair disk permissions in Disk Utility. In the worst case scenario, you might need to reinstall OS X on the external volume. Jul 31, 2018 The machine will start to boot from the USB drive. Way 2: Set a Mac Boot from USB Drive using Startup Disk. When you use Startup Disk preferences to set Mac boot from an external drive, so it’ll boot from that disk until you choose a different one. Here is how: Step 1: Go to Apple menu System Preference, then click Startup Disk.
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> Detailed instructions are available at: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3463298#3463298
This link is inaccessible. Even when I log in to Apple Discussions with my account, it still will not allow me to view this thread. Bottom line, Microsoft simply does NOT WANT anyone doing what we are trying to do, and is making Apple squelch any means of allowing it.
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I ran out of space on my Boot Camp partition and wanted to resize it without reinstalling everything. It was formatted as FAT32, so I could do it all from within Disk Utility. As an added bonus, I got VMware Fusion using the new larger Boot Camp partition once I was all done. I used this hint in conjunction with a few others and posted my details here. Hopefully it can help someone.
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MacFuse will indeed enable NTFS writing from Mac OS X but at the expense of disabling disk image mounting. I would definitely say it is a very poor choice but if you absolutely must have NTFS writing ability from OS X, go for it.
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Does copying the entire partition back and forth cause the Windows install to become highly fragmented?
10.4: Backup, restore, resize, and convert Boot Camp partitions
Bombich Software's NetRestore has been discontinued. Does anyone have a copy of it? I would like to try that method.
Also, I'd like to point out that with the current Boot Camp Utility, you have to delete and recreate the partition using the Windows Installer CD or else the boot camp partition will not work. What is needed is for Apple to allow writes to NTFS volumes. MacFuse purports to do this, but if you have Parallels installed, I believe that version of MacFuse will hose Parallels, or at least it did for me last time I tried that. Comments are closed.
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